Saturday, July 31, 2010

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Can you say TOTAL BEATING!

Since Daddy is gone this weekend, I am trying to find some "out of the norm" things to do with the girls that don't involve being outside in the 100+ temps.

So I thought we would try the dollar movies...I even warned Ashton that we might not make it through the whole movie and if that was the case I would take her back sometime when Daddy can hang with Lan-Lan P.

Well.....we will be heading back ASAP without a certain two year old tagging along. She lasted about 20 minutes and we had to leave...good thing I only spent$3.75 on the tickets for all three of us! Ashton was so disappointed (and I felt horrible), but she understood that I was trying to do something different and this was a good lesson in "you won't know if you don't try".

I am glad that experiment is over and I think we will try that again when she is five! Not to mention we have had quite the day today with Landry....WOW!

Friday, July 30, 2010

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Tonight the girls and I had a fun evening together since Daddy was out with his boys. We went to dinner at the Purple Cow and played in the fountains afterwards. One of the best parts of dinner was the purple ice cream for Ashton and the hand spun chocolate milkshake for me and Pea...delish!

It was a fantastic evening with my little girls!

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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Ashton has been attending an American Girl Dance camp this week and can I just tell you that she has LOVED and I mean LOVED every single second of it!

She has had so much fun choosing Aubrey's and Elizabeth's (her dolls) outfits and styling their hair for each day of camp. She and Macy have coordinated their outfits, their dolls' outfits, and the dolls' hairstyles for each day...I love these two girls so much!

Prodigy outdid themselves this week!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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our poor littlest girl!

Landry began the day being quite uncooperative....I thought she was just being TWO!

She acted fine all day long until after her nap...when she woke and threw up. She had no other symptoms just looked puny and pale and threw up for a few hours.

What a great way to welcome Daddy home from California!

*Sorry for the horrible quality of this picture....I just snapped without "trying" to get things right!


Tuesday, July 27, 2010

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My Big Girl has been EIGHT for exactly 21 days now and we are still working on thank you cards. Now granted, we didn't do any while we were on vacation for 10 days and started as soon as we got home, it still takes a while. The good news is that she is almost finished!

She was so excited to pick these cards out (even though I think they look waaaaay to old for her) since they followed the same color scheme as her party. She was bummed that she couldn't find and pink, black, and zebra.

Monday, July 26, 2010

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A Special Monday Movie Night-Just Us Girls

Since Daddy wasn't home this evening, and we had company all weekend which meant our weekly movie night didn't happen...we rented movies for us girls to watch for Monday Night Movie Night instead.

Landry was quite pleased with her Elmo's World choice and Ashton so far is loving Annie (we ran out time to watch all of hers so we will resume tomorrow) which means I had two happy little girls tonight!

Sunday, July 25, 2010

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My new fave grown up beverage (excluding wine)....

...margarita mix, tequila, and sangria= YUMMO!

Saturday, July 24, 2010

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Salsa Party at Casa de Bryce!

The Olsons were are in town this weekend so we are having a par-tay with the Crew so they can see everyone. We decided to make it a Salsa Party...I took this picture as Kynda and I were getting ready to make our homemade salsas for the party. All these ingredients look so pretty and colorful!

Friday, July 23, 2010

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have you ever had a pluot?

do you even know what a pluot is?

pluot: the fruit that is made from combining a plum and an apricot.

Pluots are quite delish! While we were in Alabama we ran into Sam's Club to grab a few things and these bad boys were one of the samples. Ashton tasted one and since I had decided I wouldn't sample it, she convinced me I must try it. So.....I did and it was yummo!

Once we got home, we checked our Wal Mart and low and behold they had them. Everyone in the Bryce house is a fan and loves them!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

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Our Landry Paige...aka "I Supa-Man"

I nearly fell out when I saw this newest completed look on Landry today. I was cleaning and she and her Sisser were playing in the playroom. I heard her "I totally frustrated" scream promptly followed by Ashton saying, "Do you need some help?" As I came around the corner to check on things, Landry had the swim suit top on, but was having difficulty getting the 3 pair of Elmo panties over her diaper. Good thing Ashton fixed that minor problem for her.

Next thing I know Landry is asking me for Ashton's pink swimming goggles. I was busy trying to get the floor mopped so I asked Ashton to get them for her. Landry comes around the corner yelling...."I Supa-Man I Supa-Man"!

Of course I grabbed the camera and can't believe she actually posed for me! I said "You look awesome!" and she looked at me with the biggest smile and said, "Thank you Mommy!"

She did make a pretty stinkin' cute little girl Supa-Man..all she was missing was a cape!


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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Today the girls and I made a quick afternoon trip to the American Girl store so our BG could spend her gift card she got for her birthday and her hard earned tooth fairy and allowance money.

I love watching her in that place and watching the sparkle in her eyes as she browses each and every thing in the store.

She loves being able to pay for her stuff all by herself! How did she get to be so BIG?!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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who knew the hose would be so much fun!

today the girls and I spent a little time in the backyard waiting for Daddy to get home...I tried to catch a few rays while they played in the water.

Monday, July 19, 2010

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This chaos took Landry about 2.5 seconds to create. The girls were excited to be home and while they had a blast at Mamo's and Papo's house it was also great coming to home to their own toys!

Sunday, July 18, 2010

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This symbol let us know that were "home" in Texas after a wonderful trip!

Saturday, July 17, 2010

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Every single night of our vacay was spent the same exact way. When Landry went to bed it was a couple of games of Skip-Bo until it was time for Ashton to go to bed. Once both girls were in bed we broke out the cards and wine and lots and lots of laughter.

It was awesome!

Friday, July 16, 2010

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Girls Day=Pedicures with fancy designs!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

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We braved the heat (just as we do every summer) at the Botannical Gardens today. Every year they have something different...last year it was giant incects and this year it was treehouses.

Even though we were soaked with sweat, the girls had so much fun. In fact we had to coerce them out with a snow cone on the way home.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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This is one cute little tutu-hiney and the little girl in it was beyond thrilled when she picked this swim suit out at Target today. I was not surprised at all when she told Mamo this is what she wanted...and she and her Big Sis had a BLAST playing in the water today!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

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These two little ducks come by the dock at Mamo-the-Great's house every morning looking for breakfast. It is a tradition to feed the ducks in jammies every year when are there...and the girls loved it!

Monday, July 12, 2010

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We got to spend Daddy's birthday at the lake with some of his family today! It was a fun day celebrating Daddy!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

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This guy right here is one awesome Daddy and husband! He loves bringing the girls to the lake where he grew up and loves making memories with them just he has. He does such a great job with the girls on the lake and I could not love him more!

Saturday, July 10, 2010

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After we put Landry to bed tonight we all sat on the back porch overlooking the lake and played Skip-Bo. It is a fun game and our BG just loved to have this time all to herself with the grown ups!

It was a perfect evening!

Friday, July 9, 2010

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We left last night around 9:30 headed for our annual trip to Alabama. We drove all night while the girls slept...except at about 2:30am Landry woke up saying her tummy hurt and proceeded to puke...and at that moment I REMEMBERED that last year she got car sick. Yep...the Mommy of the Year award goes to me...I forgot my kid gets car sick! Bless her baby heart. She comes by it naturally....many people in our family get car sick in the wee hours of night and early morning including me.

So Daddy stopped and got her some of this stuff which helped tremendously!


The funny thing is that she never ever gets car sick any other time. We have taken many trips with her and she has only ever gotten twice both on the overnight trips!

Thank goodness for chewable Dramamine!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

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I nearly peed my pants laughing at my sweet hubs this morning when he saw "his new little friend" on his office window.

He HATES spiders with a passion. He has seen more big 'uns up close in the last month than I think he has in his life. I could barely walk to get the camera because I was laughing so hard. I of course was laughing with him not at him.

Thank goodness it was on the OUTSIDE of the window and not inside. He promptly googled it to find out that it in fact does not eat little girls or almost 37 year old men.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

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so our neighbor decided that 6:45 AM is the perfect time to finish hammering the shingles on his storage shed. And since he decided to do this....our girls were up early today.

thank you neighbor for waking us up with your shed roofing noise.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

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A birthday dinner party with the Leonards and the Scheers for Ashton Bryce Uncle Julio's Style...love it!

Happy 8th Birthday My Sweet BG!

Monday, July 5, 2010

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We are decorating and preparing for Ashton Raley's 8th birthday party....a SLUMBER party! It should be lots of fun for our BG!

Sunday, July 4, 2010

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Since today is actually the 4th of July, we went to a little cookout at some friends of ours' house in the neighborhood...we had an absolutely fun time!

Christine had her house decorated so cute for this special day!

Saturday, July 3, 2010

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This evening we celebrated America's Birthday a day early since that is when all the firework displays were taking place. We had The Crew over for some "Lake Style" burgers and then arouond 9:44 we walked out our front door and across the street to watch the fireworks. We had a great view and it worked out perfectly...no traffic, and Landry went to bed at her usual time!

Friday, July 2, 2010

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Today Lan-Lan P, me and some of our friends from back in our StrollerFit days had a little play date at the splash park. It was a bit overcast which made the kiddos chilly...good thing there was playground right next to it.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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the things boys do.

Bill Leonard brought this contraption over to our house and put up just as my husband requested. This pretty little thing is a pull up bar (or a f-wing as Landry says) and BBryce wants to test it out to see if it is something he should consider adding to our home.