Finally Sofia walks

Sofia is walking! She has definitely taken her time! She began walking along all the furniture in November and we swore by Christmas she would be walking! We were so worried she would start when Dan was in Redding and were staying with my parents in December, but no she had other plans. For months she has gotten around by walking along the walls and anything in her path, or speed crawling. She has been content to do this, so lately we have been like this is crazy and we try not to let her crawl but make her walk. I know we are so mean.
Anyway just in the last few days she has been walking almost across the entire family room! She is so cute she walks all the way to us and then just dives into our arms laughing and so proud of herself!
She is so fun and it is hilarious because now Zeke wants the attention and he says it's my turn to walk to you, and he pretends to be learning to walk and fall. It is great fun for the whole family!

The Roadster, don't act like you aren't impressed!

First of all isn't Zeke's bed head so cute! He has the thickest hair and these crazy cowlicks (sp?) that are amazing. Until it gets longer he always has the best crazy hair!
So usually in the morning when Sofia takes a nap Zeke and I either do his homework or build things with legos.
I am proud to say we built this "roadster" all by ourselves today! Zeke is amazing with legos but I am not, so when he wanted to put together this new car, I did not! Anyway we had so much fun and it was like 15 steps, yay for easy legos! It also glows in the dark!

Dan has been out of town and Zeke had this whole week off of school, so needless to say it has been a really long week. But today Dan gets home and I am so excited! The kids actually did great, it is just hard not having a break. We planned trips to Old Navy, walks around our complex, and dinner with some new friends. So it was good to have things to do. I just heard that we are getting a big storm today, with crazy winds up to 50mph! I hope it waits until Dan gets home!

Every movie is bad

That is how Zeke feels right now, and it is so annoying! He is in this phase where he vehemently swears all movies are bad. The only movie he will watch is Cars. In class they showed a cartoon and he cried the whole time and sat on the teachers lap, at the gym last week they had cartoons quietly playing in the background and he cried, but refused to stop watching it!
We keep trying new movies and it is always a disaster! My parents got him Curious George for Christmas and we have made him watch it twice, most of the movie he laughs but some parts he covers his ears and yells at us, then afterwards says it was a bad movie and he didn't like it at all! So we decided to rent Ratatouille since we heard how cute it was. So as I am putting it on he is already crying and mad at me for making him stay downstairs. But that is the problem he won't even give it a chance! Of course one of the first scenes is an old lady shooting at the rats with her shot gun, and a million rats running through the gutters. He is already crying and covering his ears, good times. So we made it through but I missed 70% of it due to his yelling at me! I really hope someday soon we get over this phobia!
On a lighter note I have seen two movies lately which I enjoyed. Now you might say, "um Alyssa those movies have been out for awhile", I know this but I am a bit behind on movies!

We rented "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" and loved it, George Clooney's character was great, and his expressions were amazing.
Also "Becoming Jane" this was a girl movie that Dan kind of watched with me. He had just gotten a new phone so he was really doing that instead.
Anyway his comment half way through was sarcastically "oh I wonder how this will end, will they live happily ever after?" And I said well if it is true to Jane Austen's life then no Dan she won't! Anyway I will not spoil it if you have not seen it, it is great, but I LOVE period pieces and Jane Austen!
So this has been movies in the life of the Lances! Yes we are outdated, but that is what happens with kids!

my music vs. the kids music

So for Valentines Day Dan got me this C.D. which I love! Love the movie, love the music!
We went out to this really nice golf club and ate dinner with some new friends, it was great.
I have unfortunately not had this cd stuck in my head for the last week, I have had veggie tales ingrained in there instead. Zeke has recently been into this veggie tales juke box dvd, you pick all the songs you want to hear and it plays through them all like a juke box. Well we have been listening to it daily for more than a week!
Now I have to give it up to veggie tales they have catchy, funny songs. They make us all laugh. For example they have a song called the bellybutton song, where the veggies are dressed like the backstreet boys and sing lines like baby I gotta tell you somethin', I don't got a bellybutton. And they sing little tunes about Sport utility vehicles, cruisin to 7-11 for frito lays and kickin it in 4 wheel drive for a dozen eggs. Now this might not sound that funny, but the veggies are dressed like yuppies and driving pink and blue matching SUV's.
Anyway last night at 1am when I woke to visit the ladies room, I was singing in my head one of the tunes about a yodeling veterinarian! It has gone too far when all day these catchy tunes are in my head!
So I am going to work on getting some good music in my head! It is cute to watch Zeke giggle at these tunes, he has never been into veggie tales, but who wouldn't love to hear a cucumber sing about his lost hairbrush!
by the way Zeke is sick again, has had a fever on and off since yesterday, in the month and a half since we moved, he has been well for one week! ugh!

Creatures of Habit

I was realizing that our daily routine in the mornings is exactly the same everyday! When it comes to breakfast we each have our own little thing we eat everyday. Dan eats Special K cereal daily, he has eaten that for almost 2 years now. (it is a good weight watchers breakfast) I make myself an egg mcmuffin of sorts every morning. I cook my egg add a slice of colby jack cheese and eat it on a toasted english muffin (they have nooks and crannies ya know).
Zeke has eaten the same breakfast since he was 2 years old. He either eats cheerios or bees. You might be wondering what bees are, Zeke named them bees when he could hardly talk, they are actually organic panda puffs from Trader Joes. We never figured out why he named them bees, but it has stuck and everyone in our family calls them that!
Sofia is still eating baby cereal so we are not sure what her breakfast favorite will be!
I know this is a weird boring post, but it struck me as funny that we are so stuck in our routines of breakfast foods!
Happy Wednesday, the sun is shining again! Yay!

snow trip 2008

Dan already put a quick post up about our snow trip to Mt. Shasta. The Osborne's came up to visit for the weekend and we braved a trip to Mt. Shasta. The weather was actually perfect, the sun was shining and it was clear and beautiful! As you can see there was a ridiculous amount of snow piled up on the sides of the road, it was crazy! The slopes were not as groomed as we were used to but it was free and fun, a great combo! When we used to go down south in Running springs it would cost like $8 a person, so free was a great bonus!
The pictures of Zeke are priceless and sum up his snow experience! The hill was a little rough so Sofia and I just hung out on the saucer, we are pretending to go down the hill, but don't be fooled we are sitting still!
We went to get hot coco afterward, and even though Zeke was unhappy 85% of the time and Sofia didn't feel good, we still had a great time with friends.
It is amazing to me that we live an hour away from Mt. Shasta, it is so beautiful up there!

kids = MESS

It's a wonder I get anything done around here. The first picture is of Zeke hiding in the dirty laundry. The laundry I had just separated into 3 piles to wash, they are no longer separated.
The 2nd picture is of Sofia and she gets into absolutely everything possible. I load the dishwasher she empties it all over the floor, I pick up the family room she throws all the books off the bookself, and all the dvd's and cd's as well. This is a drawer that she daily empties out.
The only time the house gets cleaned is if the kids are sleeping! Then the day begins again and the house gets destroyed! But that is life with kids and I love it!

Things that are not so good...

Sofia and I getting sick again after only being well for less than a week

Sofia teething and biting everything, including your hand when you least expect it

Sofia having ridiculous poops, often (4 times a day) due to her teething. Cloth diapers are not so fun on these days.

Buying too many big items at Ikea and realizing it may not fit in the car... I am sure Dan will post about this experience soon.

Leaving the dog for 9 hours to travel to Ikea in Sacramento and coming home to some surprises! I can't fault her for pooping in the house, sometimes you just gotta go.

Feeling aching and tired and having and really really messy house, it just might stay this way for a couple of days!