Disney on Ice...Still Catching Up!

On April 25th, we went to Disney on Ice. Anna and Kane came and spent Friday night and we went to the show together on Saturday. Kane thought he was a little too old to go but sacrificed for Addison. Addison was so anxious to see Mermaid. She kept asking where she was! Then she wanted to know where her pretty dress was!
Mermaid!

Captain Hook during the Peter Pan part!

Addison wanted lemonade, but saw this cup. Luckily, we were able to get lemonade in the cup and skip the messy snowcone! I thought she needed one souvenir!

We had a lot of fun! We always enjoy being with Anna and Kane!

Playhouse, Easter Eggs, and Easter Sunday

We had a great Easter weekend. We bought Addison a playhouse from Sam's. Grant couldn't wait to put it together. Gigi and Michael came over on Saturday to help with the building. Our yard looked liked a lumber yard!

Working hard! But didn't get close to finishing this weekend!

Then Saturday night, we dyed Easter eggs. It is so fun now that Addison really gets in to things and understands what is going on.

Of course we had the princess dyeing kit!

The completed eggs.

I decided to try sponge rollers in Addison's hair for Easter Sunday. She was excited about having curls in her hair! Here she put her Easter basket out for the Easter Bunny to fill.

The Easter bunny came and most the rollers stayed in. Addison went straight for the DBD as she calls DVDs! She also got finger nail polish, bunny straw cup, Aerial bubble blower, books, swimsuit (tradition that my mom did for my sister and me) sunglasses, and chocolate bunny.

We were running late and didn't get any pictures of us dressed for church. Gi and Michael went to church with us. We tried to take picts after church but my battery died! I couldn't believe we didn't get any pictures! It was raining like crazy on Easter. We went to Mimi's cafe and ate then came home. Grant worked on the playhouse for a while and we watched Pinocchio. It was a great day!

Easter Cookies (catch up)

My reader for my memory stick quit working so I haven't posted in a while. I am going to do a couple of catch up posts since I missed the whole month of April!

I love my Fridays home with Addison. I try not to do much house work, just make the day "our" day. The Friday before Easter, we made cookies. I realized the only Easter cookie cutter I had was a cross. Although this is the most important, I hated that we couldn't make Easter egg cookies. We did butterflies and flowers instead. The crosses didn't work out very well!

She got her rolling pin from her kitchen set! So cute!

Spreadin the icing...

A plate of beautiful sugar cookies!

A Mermaid Cake!

A few weeks ago, Addison and I were in the car. We were talking about birthdays...

Me-Mommy's birthday will be here soon

Addison-You have a birthday cake?

Me-Yes. I want a cheesecake.

Addison-Oh! I want a Mermaid cake and Daddy wants a chocolate cake.

Me-(Mental note-mermaid birthday)

Fast Forward...

We have had this conversation several times since then. She always talks about the Mermaid cake. Well, today I came home from work and she came running up to me and said, "Look mommy! It's my cake! A Mermaid cake!"

She had found an insert from a movie and it had this same picture in it. She was sooo excited! The girl has been consistent! I looked tonight and found the cake topper on Ebay so I guess I will be ordering it soon! I'm not a big character person, but I am very excited about planning this Mermaid b-day party. We are considering having the party here. We have a few months, but one place I contacted was already booked. Guess that happens in July! Anyone have any ideas? I am thinking of having the guests bring/wear their swimsuits (I just bought Addison a Mermaid costume she will probably be wearing) but start the party in the house. Do some Mermaid related games/activities and then go outside for some water fun- staying with the theme. I think it will be fun!

Oh, and I bought some of the party favors this weekend. Shovels and pails! I had extra budget money so I put it to use!

We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo!

Last Wednesday, my mom, sister, and nephew came and spent the night. Addison was sooo excited. She absolutely adores Kane- and for the most part, Kane adores Addison. (He is a normal 8 year old boy!) We had this planned for a while and were scared the weather wasn't going to cooperate. We went to the zoo on Thursday. It was a little chilly, but we had fun!

Kane and Addison feeding the fish.

Farmer Addison!

All aboard the choo-choo train!

The lion stayed at the window. It made Anna and me a little nervous! It was growling/hissing and jumping on the glass. We didn't stay very long!

The elephants!



They were also having a spring carnival at the zoo. For an additional price, of course, you could buy tickets and ride the carnival rides. I was so proud of Addison! She loved the rides! We rode some rides at Sea World last year, but I was on them with her. She wasn't tall enough to ride at Magic Springs last year, so this was a first for her!

Driving a car, a pink one, of course!

Biker chick!

The lady bugs!

The bear ride! Addison said this made her busy (dizzy)!

When we got home Addison took Kane on a little spin in her jeep. She has finally gotten up the courage to ride this thing!

Spring Weekend

We had a lot of fun this past weekend. Like everyone else, we really enjoyed the beautiful weather. Grant rented a tractor and a bush hog and now we have a great (BIG) backyard!

Daddy on the tractor.

We planted an herb garden. It has basil, chives, and parsley. Yes, that is dirt on Addison's face. I put suncreen on her face and so the dirt really stuck!

We bought a little $5 golf set for Addison on Sunday. She had fun making holes in ...well she enjoyed hitting the ball into the holes! :) You can see the backyard in this picture. Thanks Daddy! You did a great job!

What do you do when you are feeling better?

You put on your jewelry and play with your castle...
You paint a pretty picture...

You accessorize Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head...

You put on your pretty dress...

And dance!

What a difference a day makes! See Nana and Grammy, she is feeling better! She made it 4 1/2 hours today before having a temp and it only went up to 99.6 (so far:)). Still don't know what we will do tomorrow. May stay home one more day. I don't want to spread this virus to Macey or Olivia at Ms. Janice's house!