Cookie Party!

Friday afternoon we went to a cookie decorating party! Candice and Kate invited us to join them with a few of their neighbors. Alex had a BLAST!

The girls had so much fun pressing out their cookie dough then using cookie cutters. While the cookies were baking, they had a snack and did a few little arts and craft projects!

Alex wasn't sure what to do first, so she took a bite of her cookie and ate some frosting! She would spread some frosting on the cookie then lick the rest off the stick and keep going! They made the biggest mess, but had a blast! I think we came home with 1/2 a cookie because Alex ate the rest of hers!

After all the decorating was done, the girls played dress up and danced around the living room!

Seriously!

So a few weeks ago, Alex saw a commercial for Minnie's Masquerade and she has been asking for it since. I figured we'd get it for her for Valentine's Day. I got an email from Disney the other day and they had a $5 off coupon if you got the Mickey Mote version. I thought it looked cute and it's much more interactive than just watching a movie. I looked for it the other day at Target and they didn't have it. While we were out today, we made 4 stops looking for it. I finally found it at Toys R Us! Since Alex was with me, it wasn't a suprise so I let her watch it after her nap. While she was napping I tried to set up the remote and it wouldn't work. I searched online for any tips and found out you can't use it with a bluray player. What a pain! We don't even have a DVD player in our house! So if anyone is wondering, Alex wants a DVD player for Valentine's Day! haha

Hot and Cold

We woke up Friday morning to snow! Granted, it wasn't a ton, but it was enough for Alex to get excited. She ran into our room and told Josh it was snowing...and Santa was coming. I guess she relates snow to Christmas and Santa! Haha! After breakfast we bundled up and went outside for a bit. Since Alex's cough and runny nose was still hanging around, I didn't want to stay out too long! When we were done, we came inside and had hot chocolate!

We woke up Thursday morning to see that our bedroom window had cracked. I guess with the cold weather, warm house and a pretty big window it just gave in. Thankfully it's double paned. You can see the crack to the right of the yellow line. It is slowly growing. I made some calls Friday and found out it will be $450-$600 to replace the glass. UGH!!!

From cold to warm! It was beautiful outside Sunday! After breakfast and an errand, Josh washed his car so Alex and I played outside so we could keep him company! Alex had a little picnic (which she is all about now) and then she drove her car around! We listened to Beauty and the Beast (the whoooole time) so she took breaks to dance around!

Best Gift!

Alex got THIS for Christmas! It comes preloaded with 2o songs. Some classics like If You're Happy and You Know It, Row Row Row Your Boat, BINGO and many other songs I've never heard of. You can also upload your own music to it! For Christmas Alex also got Beauty and the Beast. It came with a CD with several Disney songs. In the last few days Alex ask to listen to it non-stop! We finally added a few of her favorite songs to the music box for her. Now she happily plays in her room listening to her music! We are still working on restarting the song once it is finished but since it has big, easy to use buttons, she should have it in no time!

My Big Girl!

Alex has been napping for about a month in panties without any accidents! We started a week ago letting her sleep in panties at night and we have been accident free!

Yesterday she started going to the bathroom all by herself! She calls for me when she is done and I help her wipe and wash her hands!

Sunday

Sunday we got up and were about to get dressed to leave for our usual Sunday breakfast and IHOP and Alex started coughing. She's had a little cough since Friday afternoon. Well, she started coughing so much she started puking! She was crying as she was doing, poor thing. Our bathroom and bedroom stunk like sour milk. Alex was covered so we decided to stay home and have breakfast. I know the puking was caused by her coughing so much, but I still didn't want to chance it. She isn't running a fever or acting different so I'm sure she's ok...but I still cringe a little every time she coughs!

We made pink heart shaped pancakes and had strawberry syrup! Yum!!! After breakfast we played a little then went outside since it was fairly warm. Alex drove her power wheels around some then we flew a kite since there was a pretty good wind!

After Josh got the kite stuck in the tree, I decided to show off my mad kite flying skills!

like 3 minutes later, I dropped the string thing and

the kite went flying off and crashed to the ground!

Auto Show and Kemah!

We had the best Saturday! Despite going to bed after 10 Friday night, Alex was up at 7 am! We had a quick breakfast, then got ready. We went to Houston for the Auto Show. We walked around then let Alex play in the kid zone. She was sooo excited about the huge slide, then heartbroken when we realized she was too short to ride it! She ended up finding other activities to keep her entertained. When we were done we debated what to do for lunch. It was nice outside and we were only 30 minutes from Kemah so we decided to go for lunch. We took Alex to The Aquarium to eat. Alex caught a glimpse of the 2 story carousel as soon as we saw the boardwalk and talked about it the entire lunch so after a delicious lunch and dessert, we headed to the ride area. I took Alex on the carousel where she picked a horse we named Sparkle! She had the biggest smile on her face the entire time and got sooo excited every time we passed Josh, who was trying to take pictures of us! It was such a great day!

Alex sharing her pink ice cream with Josh

waiting for our turn on the carousel


we are up there on the 2nd level!

we saw a cool bridge just outside of Pasedena and Josh wanted to drive on it!

Alex loves bridges and really tall over passes!