2 teeth lost!!!

So.....I'm a bad mommy and forgot to post a picture of Danielle's 1st tooth being lost. (My camera was hiding that day....) Well, one week later -- tooth number 2 came out!!!! She was super-excited for both of them; I think Mom and Dad were a bit relieved as she'd been wiggling them for a couple of MONTHS! Yes, she pulled them both out by herself....after she had gone to bed each time. (Apparently the thing to do right before falling asleep is to pull on and wiggle your loose tooth!)

 So here's my BIG girl with two missing teeth -- the front 2 on the bottom!

Snow!!!!!.....a bit late.....

Most of you know that we had a late snow fall a couple weeks ago. I think it was the most snow we had all year -- and I even remembered to grab my camera when we went out to play in it!!

 The beautiful backyard -- I love it when it looks like this!!

 The front yard -- pre-kiddos playing!

 The girls have little snow shovels that they think are the coolest thing EVER. (Yes, we're training them young....)

 Ashley couldn't quite get to the pavement....it was a lot of snow!

 So here she's asking me for help....

 Danielle was enjoying herself -- I had to remind her to be careful of where she 'threw' her snow....she almost hit me and Ashley several times (she likes to flip it over her shoulder)....

 Happy girl!

How to.....

Make a Rapunzel cake for a 3 year old's birthday party.

Step 1. Bake a 9x13 cake.

Step 2. Frost it green.

Step 3. Figure out how to make brown frosting, then add a windy stripe down the middle of the cake.

Step 3. Mix dark and light blue sugar crystal sprinkles and spread down the middle (covering most of) the brown frosting stripe.

Step 4. Place/sprinkle flower shaped sprinkles along the 'banks' of the river you created on the cake.

Step 5. Bake cupcakes.

Step 6. Stack 3 cupcakes on top of sheet cake. Use toothpicks as rebar -- more substantial structural support might be needed, so possibly shove a 6" long x 1/4 or 1/2" diam. item down the middle of the stack.

 Step 7. Frost the 'tower.'

Step 8. Make sure it's late. Make sure your husband is an architect. Ask him "what do you think?".....and this will be the result:

 I love my husband!

....using a toothpick to get the stone detailing....

 Step 9. Grab a wad of tinfoil and shape it into a roof-type shape. Wrap it in saran wrap (why? it seemed like a good idea....) Shove about 3 toothpicks (aka rebar) into the bottom of it. Stack it on the tower. Frost with the remaining brown frosting. Put entire project in the fridge and go to bed.

 Step 10. Make a batch of decorator's icing and make it dark green.

Step 11. Have princesses come give their approval.

 Step 12. Pipe 'ivy' vines onto tower and roof. Add flower shaped sprinkles to the vines.

Step 13. Find small Rapunzel doll in playroom. Brush her hair and braid it. Also find small Pasquale in playroom and wash him off. Put them on the cake.

Step 14. Invite friends and family over. Put 3 candles on the cake.

 Step 15. Sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! and blow out the candles.

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Mostly due to Bob surprising us on Monday evening, so we got to see him ALL DAY on Tuesday.

 Quite the lineup of presents.....

 ....complete with BEAUTIFUL roses that my FABULOUS husband got for me!!!

 The girls.....hm, can you tell Danielle just got off the bus and took her hat off about a minute ago?

 Cheese!

 Double-cheese!

 Showing off her cupcake necklace from Grandma Sweetie and headband from Aunt Linda...

 Showing me HER cupcake necklace from Grandma and headband from Aunt Linda!

The shoes.....

Lastly from this past trip, these were 'the shoes.' Way taller than anything I'm used to, they were perfect for the bridesmaids dress. I also discovered they were super cute with jeans and a fun sexy top...... and I promised Taylor I'd take a picture of them.

 The picture really doesn't do them justice -- they were tall!!!

 ....and sparkly!

The BEST tree ever!!

The one time I remembered I had my camera, I had to take a picture of a very special tree. It's the tree in front of the church....and also right next door to Yen Ching. This tree is so special because Bob and I took our engagement picture leaning up against it -- then we used that picture as our wedding favor bookmarks.

 So yes, I love this tree. (and no Ann, I did NOT hug it!)

 Such a pretty tree!

Back to getting the BRIDE ready!!!!

....and after a few days, it was finally time!!!! We had a relaxing morning at the hotel getting ready.....

...getting hair done....

 ....the stylists were wonderful!!

 Then it was time to get into our dresses, and Stephanie and Salisa helped Andrea with her dress.....

 SOOOO PRETTY!!!!!! (and getting all laced up in the back.....)

 Then it was down into the limo and off to the church!!

 Quite possibly my favorite picture from the day!!

From this point on, I pretty much forgot I even had my camera, so......yeah, kinda kicking myself for that.....