SYTYCD & Eclipse

Two things that I am sad about being over...So You Think You Can Dance and Eclipse.

I love watching SYTYCD over the summer times probably for multiple reasons...1.to relive my days that I used to be able to move my body somewhat gracefully (though not quite as good as those folks) 2. There are no other good shows on to watch while I wait for my husband to get home 3. well I guess there's only 2 reasons. I'm glad that a girl FINALLY won (its about time) and I'm glad it was Sabra, its just amazes me that she's only been dancing for 4 years!

I absolutely LOVED reading all three books, Twighlight, New Moon, and Eclipse and I am so sad that I have to wait another year for the next one. I have found myself going onto Stephenie Meyers website reading all of the extras and outtakes just to fill the void (and my crush on Edward)

I've always thought that Danny was an amazing dancer but he always bugged me until this week. This week when I watched him do the Viennese Waltz with Lacey I discovered that he moves exactly how I pictured Edward Cullen would move (which realization probably came from my latest obssession with those books)

Meet Henry Cavill...Stephanie Meyer's "perfect Edward". So now just watch and just imagine its Edward dancing with Bella (but Bella isn't graceful so imagine its you) and enjoy!

Twins Game

During the summer time dates are few and far between for Dan and I, but last weekend we finally got to get out together and leave Kaitlyn at home...thanks Owen for babysitting. We went to a Twins vs Indians game, I have to admit that I'm not the biggest baseball fan to begin with and the game was for the most part pretty uneventful (one double play, one hit that bounced over the wall for a double, one run scored, and lots of stike outs) but it was still pretty fun to just get out without the responsiblities of having a toddler around.

And just because she's the cutest part of our family, here's Kaitlyn in one of her new favorite hiding places

The "Beach"

Yesterday Kaitlyn and I went with our friends Mindy and London to the "beach"...which was actually a little sandy area on the St. Croix River. I was debating whether or not I was gonna go because I had just started reading Twilight (which if you haven't read it yet, you MUST) but I decided it would be good to get out of the house and have some fun with our friends and socialize.

And this is the "beach". Nothing compared to the beaches in Hawaii...no breeze, gross sand, brown water....but at least it was outside so we can work on our tans - which is more than we can say for the pool at our apartments. It also had a Salt River kind of vibe with all of the people just hanging out playing music from their boats. But all together it was a fun outing!

And since I mentioned that I was reading Twilight this is what happened today. While I was just sitting on couch completly absorbed in the book Kaitlyn was happily passing the time away playing with her toys. After a couple hours she came up to me and said she wanted to eat lunch, I told her as soon as I finished the chapter (page and a half) we could. She immediately went to grab her blankets and a binkie and just layed down and fell asleep under the table within about a minute....Guess she wasn't that hungry after all, and I got to finish the book!

Another fun day...

Going to the park and the pool every day kinda gets old, so we made another trip to the Mall Of America! This time it was just me and Kaitlyn so I could make a quick stop into Forever21 and then focus the rest of the time on more Kaitlyn friendly activities. However Kaitlyn did seem to enjoy herself shopping for clothes - she has eyes for most eveything pink and tells me how pretty the clothes are.

After shopping for clothes we headed down the the theme park and Kaitlyn got to ride all of her favorite rides, and even her not so favorite...the carousel. I was so happy because this time she finally rode the carousel without any screaming, I just had to keep pointing out the pink flowers
on the horse she was riding and after about a minute she finally admitted that it was fun! The "Choo choo" is always a big hit, but this time the bus ride is what Kaitlyn keeps talking about



All around the park there are those photo booths I tried my best to keep Kaitlyn out of them but after I explained to her that they were for taking pictures she got so excited and ran into one and looked so cute I figured "why not" .

Random

We haven't really been up to much lately, but my mom keeps bugging me for a new post and some pictures of Kaitlyn and Owen. So here's some random pictures - Love ya Mom!

I know I always talk about how Kaitlyn is such a neat freak, however that does not mean that she doesn't occasionally enjoy making a mess. This happened one day when I was enjoying some peace and quiet (and not being climbed all over)time on the computer. Kaitlyn really thought that the applesauce made a great hat.

I don't think much explanation is needed here....just that I think Oreos can make just about anyone happy! And I love the chocolate goatee she gets whenever she eats chocolate.






Piggy back rides with dad - which always end up in her room so she can jump on the mattress on the floor.





Siiting in the corner playing with her toys, while mom reads Harry Potter.

And last but not least, almost every day Kaitlyn wants to paint her nails. So today we finally did (we usually do it about once a week)









And this is for you mom.....Owen's photo shoot!

(I'll try to get Aaron over for a photo shoot too for all you Liddles out there)

Yumm-o!

OK so these are seriously (at least in my opinion) the best tuna melts ever! When I made them the other day Dan was really impressed, which doesn't happen very often. And now I can never go back to the plain ol' kind. They're really easy to make...just a little bit of chopping and you too will be hooked.

Click here for for the recipe....Thanks Rachael Ray!

Kaitlyn's Day!

Today we had such a fun day! I decided I need to be a better mom and do more fun things with Kaitlyn, so today I let her decide what we were going to do.

At 10:30 in the morning she decided that we needed to go get ice cream. I kindly told her that was a great idea but we needed to wait until after nap time. So immediately she starting running to her room so she could take a nap. Then I had to tell her that we had to eat lunch before we could take a nap, so she ran into the kitchen chanting "eat, eat, eat". Somehow I managed to hold her off until 11am for lunch then she darted into her room to take a nap. ok so I'm not sounding so nice right now, but come on isn't 10:30 a little early for ice cream? As soon as she woke up she was so excited and ready to run out the door to go get ice cream. So we were off to Dairy Queen and the whole way she was chanting "ice cream, ice cream"!

I think she had the time of her life eating her ice cream cone. My favorite part was that inbetween each bite she would grab her napkin and wipe her mouth...she seriously is the biggest neat freak. So by the time the ice cream cone was all gone there was no mess for me to clean up on her or the table.



After Dairy Queen I asked Kaitlyn what she wanted to do next. Naturally she wanted to go to her favorite place...the park! I took her to a park that's a little bit farther away from our house (not the one in our parking lot that we usually go to) because this park has a smaller jungle gym that is perfect for her to play on.


After going down the slide a million times and swinging on the bars above the slides, my usually very cautious daughter must have built up some courage....


Kaitlyn ran over to the bigger jungle gym and scared me silly by climbing up this ladder-ish thing. It made me really nervous but she was actually really good at climbing it (and yes I did make sure I was standing there right underneath her just incase) And she went down this slide, which is actually the steepest slide I have ever seen. And we repeated this process yet another kajillion times! ok maybe a little exaggeration there



And the last thing Kaitlyn wanted to do today was to go home get some Apple juice and watch Barbie! A perfect end to a perfect day! Kaitlyn was entertained and happy all day, and I had time to make dinner, vacuum and sit and cuddle with my little cutie before the movie was over! Oh how I love being a mom!!!