Musical theatre

Today Eden and I went to see a CMT Godspell. It was Eden's first time in a theatre.
Eden, did you like the show? No
Eden, did you like the singing? No
Eden, did you like the dancing? No

She is still young, right?

7 QT Vol. II

Happy to join everyone at Conversion Diary:

1. I became very interested in reading Girl's Gone Child recent post about HELP. I read all the comments and then there were follow up blogs and I read those comments too. She also posted a video from Amy Poehler that I loved where she thanked the people that help her with her kids so she could be successful. She is so funny. Side note: we are catching up on all the Parks and Recreation episodes. I've come to the conclusion recently there is no Mom out there doing it all. There has to be compromise somewhere and every family is so different, you just need to find what works best for you.

2. Catie is super walker now. There is longer hallway in the new house and she circles around the living room and kitchen. So cute! She can crawl outside with the sisters and she loves to push Anna on the little scooter car.

3. Eden was a little grumpy on Monday morning to return to school but who isn't after vacation. Steve walked her everyday but on Thursday I had to drive her so I could take Anna to preschool and she was SO UPSET not to walk.

4. I was so happy to read that a friend of a friend is visiting my acupuncture clinic to help her with pregnancy. Sending her and all my friends affected by infertility many, many prayers and thoughts.

5. This is the time of year that Ole Miss always teases us as a bubble team for the tournament. I'm afraid it will be the NIT again for them.

6. It was so cute to read this blog post. One of the happy things to come out of the Pope's resignation. Where were you when you heard about Pope Benedict being appointed? April 2005, I was in Banff with Steve at the lovely Fairmont hotel. I was so excited to see the headline in the paper.

7. Flashback photo from February 2008. Eden was nine months old. This week she was so happy to see the daffodils again. She said "How do you spell daffodil?"

Blogging and moving don't mix

So sad to have missed three days of blogging but we have been busy, busy with the move!! Sad to miss 7 Quick Takes on Friday and What I Wore Sunday but here is a quick summary of the weekend.
Friday: Packed up as much as we could and moved a couple of car loads Friday night after we got our keys. Steve told the girls they could do a sleepover in the new house before we moved the furniture in. So they took their sleeping bags and watched DVD's on the laptop. Steve said they had so much fun! Me and Catie smartly slept in our beds at home, ha!
Saturday: All day moving fest! So exhausting. We are so tired of moving my bed. Steve reminded me how I called him in tears from Jacksonville trying to take apart the bed to move to California. Ha, I chose to block that our some how but laughed at the reminder.
Sunday: Organized the stuff the best that we could. There were still a lot of random stuff at the old house Steve gathered up. Spring cleaning is at it's best when there is a move! Comcast was supposed to come in the afternoon but didn't show till the evening when he couldn't do anything. A house is not a home until the cable is installed!!
Here is a pic of Catie exploring the new yard!

Parent Fail

A few months ago I made a mistake with the girls. They were in the bath tub starting a bath. They had a basket of letters, some foam and some magnetic. Eden might have said she wanted to wash the letter but for whatever reason I dumped the whole basket into the tub. The plug was not on the drain so a few of the magnetic letters went down the drain. This sent the girls into hysterics. Screaming and crying, "THE LETTERS ARE GONE"! Full on hysterics. Steve even went under the house to see if somehow they got stuck in the pipes but alas they were gone. This led to bathtime being impossible for months. We could only bring ourselves to bath them about once a week because it was like a horror movie everytime we turned on the water in the tub. Even Catie would break into full screaming. Finally, I was able to ease Anna and Catie back into the tub and we are able to resume normal bath routine with them. Eden was able to ease into taking showers which is not ideal but it has worked okay with me coaching her on the other side. But last month Eden started to freak again, thinking all the bath toys were going to go down the drain. She has gone back into screams and crying everytime there is a bath. Maybe when we get to the new house, we can get back into normal bath/shower time.

We need a vacation!!

After three mini vacations in 2011, we didn't take any vacations in 2012. While that did help our budget, it is beginning to take a toll. These last two months in particular have been very stressful for both Steve and I so hopefully we can schedule in a break soon.
Luckily, we got a one day getaway last fall to Yosemite with Maria. The girls talked about it for months after even though it was a less than 24-hour trip. We arrived at our hotel at midnight and was home again the next night by 9. When we woke the girls up upon our arrival at the hotel Steve told them to "get in the building" so for weeks after they would say "We need to pick up Maria at the airport and go to the building. And we'll sleep there and Catie will sleep in her pen" Ha, it was the first time Catie had been in a Graco playpen. So funny how they remember these things. Anna talked about it a lot!
They would love a trip to the snow. Eden thinks she wants to snowboard but when we tell her she has to wear a helmet she doesn't want to do it anymore. Maybe we can at least get a couple days to sled.
Here's hoping for a snow trip!
A pic from Yosemite snow last November:

WIWS Volume 1

My first time to link up with Fine Linen and Purple.....

Wow, the church was like at half of its usual participants. Maybe the churches up in Tahoe were full...
Yay, winter vacation!
I didn't actually take a picture of today's outfit because it was sooooo boring:
Khaki pants
Beige turtleneck
Ivory Cardigan
So unlike me to have no color, ha!

But here is a flashback pic from Catie's baptism, Divine Mercy Sunday 2012.

Blouse: H&M
Skirt: Steinmart (Way back from my Jacksonville days, whoa!)

Seven QT VOL I

My first time to join Jen @ Conversion Diary

1. One week countdown till we move!! The house is a mess right now but I'm trying to remember it will just be temporary. It will be an interesting vacation break with almost everything packed up.

2. Catie is very close to full time walking. She took several consecutive steps across the room. Any day now!

3. Eden had a "safety drill" at school today. They said she did a really good job because they needed all the kids to be quiet, perfect activity for her, ha! I told Steve I should have asked her teacher if Steven Seagal was there....

4. Finally some new shows to watch with the return of Smash and Walking Dead.

5. We are looking foward to going back to re:sound tonight. I really need to get a video of the girls singing, "Trading My Sorrows" in English and Spanish! So cute!!

6. Anna in a tree

7. Eden in her "lunchtime school house"