Kite Day

Yesterday was kite day at Alayna's school. Paul surprised her before school with a new Disney Princess kite. She said it was a really fun morning and wanted to fly her kite again.

She had enough patience to wait until Paul came home.

She came home from school with 2 kites, and said Cavell could use the one that she had made in art class. We were very impressed with how well her paper kite flew (I was helping Cavell).

It wasn't the perfect kite flying breeze, but it was the perfect evening together.

Is anyone else now singing "Let's Go Fly a Kite!" to themselves? I am.

Birthday Girl!

Oh my, she is 6!!

In the morning she received some little gifts and cards from us. A little Rainbow Dash pony, Tinkerbell socks, and a flower headband (the one in the picture). In the afternoon she collected the mail and opened her cards from her grandmas and grandpas. This included money that she plans to use to purchase a doctor's kit.

Alayna and Cavell talked about her cake all day. There was much excitement for the cool whip frosting. We added a little strawberry juice with the milk.

We used Bette Hagman's gluten free lemon cake recipe, but subbed all lemon juice and lemon-lime soda with strawberry nectar, and the vanilla with strawberry extract. Simple strawberry preserves for the filling, and 6 strawberries on top. Very yummy. Paul, Cavell and I each had a little more. Alayna's piece was so BIG she couldn't finish hers.

We surprised her with a few more gifts after the cake. Her "real" presents.

The Princess and the Frog movie from Mama and the big Rainbow Dash from Cavell. Look at the joy and excitement in her face over these gifts. Only to be completely trumped by her Papa's gift a moment later.

"EEP!!!"

My little girl has her on mp3 player. We loaded it up with Playhouse Disney, Disney Princesses, old school songs from Disney movies, Disney songs in Spanish, Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lavato, Jonas Brothers, and Taylor Swift. She loves it.

Her birthday celebration continues throughout this Spring Break week. Each day she is having a playdate with a different friend. She is very excited to have strawberry shortcake for snack, using the leftover frosting and a super yummy gluten free pound cake.

36 Weeks

I don't know why, but I feel that 36 weeks is a good time to show some more pictures of the pregnancy progression. So here they are.


Only 2-4 weeks to go. I'm hoping 2. Paul probably wants something closer to the 4 range.

I'm feeling really good. I still go to the gym. But, I can't run or even walk on the treadmill and my baby belly is starting to get in the way of riding the bike. Oh well, I still lift some mean weights.

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2

I suppose it's only fair to post a pic of Cavell in his green as well.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I thought we would share a quick post of Alayna and her hairdo for this fun day.


Too bad the gold glitter didn't work this morning.