Movie Review

I thought this movie was pretty good. A little sad, but pretty good. I wasn't all that interested in watching it, but I decided to check it out at the library. Glad I watched it. I now want to read the book.

So if you ever get the chance to watch Charlie St. Cloud, take the time to watch it.

3rd Day of Spring Break

We are now on the 3rd day of Spring Break (Wednesday). It wasn't a super exciting day today. We mostly stayed home. We did go to the BX to buy Tangled, I've been wanting to watch it ever since it started in the theater.

Well today I finally watch it. Great movie!

Other then watching Tangled we didn't do a whole lot. The weather wasn't super nice, but it was warm enough to play outside with a jacket on. It was also very windy. I was thinking today that it would be a great day to fly a kite. Well we didn't have a kite and I kept on forgetting to buy some for the girls. You know, March is kite month, you can't go with out flying a kite in March. March is almost over and we hadn't flown a kite yet. Well I improvised, this is what we used instead. The girls thought it was AWESOME!






I took some string and tied it to plastic sacks and sent my girls outside to fly plastic sacks. They had a blast and it was super cheap. It was pretty funny watching them fly plastic sacks around.

They also played in their little forest. They made puffin nests. Tyra's been really into puffins lately.


This is Tyra by her nest


This is Shelby sitting on her nest

We are now spending the evening as a family watching the movie...

That's right, The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Movie!
My girls have been into the Ninja Turtles lately, so we thought it would be fun to watch the movie. They think it's awesome! They have been playing turtles during the movie. Shelby yells "Kill Shredder!" every time she see's him. Pretty funny.

Well that was our 3rd day of Spring Break.

2nd Day of Spring Break

On the second day of spring break (which was Tuesday) we had to take a trip to Boise for Tyra's doctor visit. She's doing really well, she still tiny. They have her at the 25% for her weight which comes to 42.8 lbs. She is in the 20% for her height which is 45 in. So she is a pretty small girl, but we still love her. She ended up getting her finger pricked to test her iron and blood sugar (this is all because she doesn't eat). But everything came out ok. So the doctor visit was good, the girls got stickers and we were out of there.

I felt a little bad that Tyra got her finger pricked (but she didn't get shots), so I took them out for some Ice Cream. I heard of a new Ice Cream place off of Eagle and Ustick and that's where we went.

The u-swirl frozen yogurt

You go in and pick from a ton a different flavors, you can put more then one flavor in you bowl. Then you go and put as many toppings as you wont on your ice cream, and then they weigh it. I think it comes to $ .38 and oz. It does get pricey if you get carried away. But it's a lot of fun and it tastes so good. After you weigh it you pay and enjoy. It's a pretty cool place. My girls loved it.



We have been to one like this one on Apple street. That won is called Blue Cow. Tyra's been begging me to take her again, so hopefully this one was just as good.

After the ice cream we went over to my friend Shannon's house and had a nice visit. We don't get to hang out so much anymore so it was nice to get together even if it was just to talk. My girls played with her little boy and I got to see how cute her twin girls are getting. We ended up ordering pizza and had dinner there. It was fun. Wish we could do it more often.

Well that was our 2nd day of spring break. Now onto the 3rd day.

Cupcake Poppers

These look like that would be fun to make for Easter with your children. They also look really yummy!


Total Time: 1 hr 15 min Servings:30
Cupcakes
1- box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix, Water, vegetable oil and egg whites called for on cake mix box
1/4 teaspoon each- gel or liquid food colors (neon pink, neon purple, neon orange, neon green, classic blue)

Frosting
1 1/2 cups- marshmallow creme
3/4 cup- butter, softened
1 1/4 cups- powdered sugar
Gel or liquid food colors (neon pink, neon purple, neon orange, neon green, classic blue)


1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 60 mini muffin cups. Make cake batter as directed on box. Divide batter among 5 small bowls, about 3/4 cup each. Make 5 different colors of batter by adding 1/4 teaspoon food color to each bowl; blend well.

2.Fill each muffin cup with 1 level measuring tablespoon batter, making 12 cupcakes of each color.

3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.

4. In large bowl, beat marshmallow creme and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Beat in powdered sugar until fluffy. Divide frosting among 5 small bowls, about 1/3 cup each. Using the same 5 food colors, lightly tint frosting in each bowl to match the cupcake colors.

5. Assemble each popper using 2 mini cupcakes. Cut tops off each cupcake horizontally (save bottoms for another use). Spread or pipe about 1 tablespoon frosting on cut side of 1 cupcake top. Form a sandwich by placing cut side of second cupcake top on frosting; press lightly. Repeat with remaining cupcake tops. Store loosely covered.

Spring Break

Well this week is spring break for us. WE have nothing exciting going on this week, a couple of trips to Boise, which means a possible trip to the zoo that the girls have been begging me to take them. Tyra has a doctors appointment one of those days, she's super excited, really she is. Other then that we will probably stay around the house and do some cleaning.

The girls started their spring break by watching cartoons almost all day. What I thought was really funny this morning was Jeremy waking me up and asking if I took Tyra to school. I looked at him like he was crazy and said no, it's spring break. So glad I didn't have to take Tyra to school this morning. Nice day to sleep in since I took allergy Medication last night, which knocked me out.

I probably should get up and get my house clean. There is laundry that needs to be done, things that need to be put away and floors to be cleaned and shelfs to be dusted. It would be a lot more fun if the weather was nicer. The sun is out, but the wind is blowing. Not fond of the wind. I would like to open my window so there will be a nice clean smell in my house while I clean. I love that kind of cleaning. I wish Scentsy could bottle that up and make a scent out of it. The closest they came to that smell was, Cheerful day. I love that smell, but it has been discontinued for a while now. They brought it back once for bring back my bar, I hope they bring it back again for summer bring back my bar.

So that is our spring break so far, I will post some more if we do anything exciting. Hopefully the weather will be nice sometime this week so we can get out of the house and go to the park. Being couped up with two crazy little girls is insane and I don't know if I could make it through Spring Break if that's the way it's going to be. On the bright note though, I'm hoping to have a Scentsy open house, to show off all the new fragrances and product. So if anyone is interested you know where to find me:) Ok, I will stop trying to sell scentsy on my blog, I have another blog for that. Well I hope you all enjoy your week. I hope I enjoy mine too.

March 2011 Pics

Here are the pictures that we got at Sears on Tyra's birthday, they turned out great. The girls did a wonderful job, they are so use to posing that they just get in there and get the job done. I love my girls, they are so BEAUTIFUL!

March, Such a Busy Month

Oh man, this month has been sooo busy! I knew March was going to be busy, it always is, but I think this year it's been even more busy. I am so ready for spring break! Well this is how my month went:

The beginning of the month we had a wonderful time with my sister Tracy and two of her sons. I always enjoy spending time with Tracy and my kids love her boys. Wish we could see them more often.

Raytha came to visit for Tyra's birthday. We had a good visit with her. Tyra turned 7 this month. I can't believe she is already that old.

The school had an early release on her birthday so we ran into Boise and got there pictures taken. They turned out great. They did really good, just went in and got it done. After pictures we took Tyra to Build a Bear. That is our present to the girls every year. They love doing that. She got herself a white kitty and we let Shelby get a little white kitty.


Tyra had a birthday party at Chuck e Cheese that evening. It was a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who could make it to her party and thanks for the presents. We also had my two brothers and their kids there. It was good seeing them. Tyra had an awesome birthday, but I'm glad it's over until next year.

Tyra had her first spring concert yesterday. She did really good, but she doesn't like standing still for very long, so she was up there playing with her dress and turning in circles and rubbing her nose. It was really cute watching the first graders though. They all did a good job.

(This was the morning of Tyra's concert, I thought it was funny that Shelby peaked herself into the picture. Silly little girl)


I guess March doesn't sound that busy, but it sure feels like it was. I was hoping to have a Scentsy open house this month because the new scents and warmers came out. But I guess that will have to wait until next month.
I can't wait till Friday because that is when spring break starts. We aren't planning on going anywhere for spring break, just hang out at home and clean house I guess. Sounds good to me though, I look forward to sleeping in.

Well I guess this is it for my month of March. I hope next month wont be so crazy, but I have a good feeling it will be.