Squeakers

The Secret Garden and Dolphin Habbitat at the Mirage was so much fun. The boys and I went for free with Warner's class, and we had a blast. I was surpirxed that both of the boys were more fasinated with the dolphins than the lions and tigers. Xander kept calling the dolphins, "elephins" I think he got them confused with elephants (which were nowhere to be found, go figure). As we were leaving Warner was showing off what he had learned by quizing himself.....

"I know what dolphins eat, ... fish.... and squeakers... I know, I could hear it stuck in their head."

A Tender Mercy... Burger King!?!?

I never thought I would be so grateful for a fast food place, and the role it would play in helping me keeping my sanity. There are little things around us everyday that are proof that our Heavenly Father wants us to be happy; today that proof came in the form of Burger King. I have really been struggling with Xander lately, so much so, that I feel too overwhelmed to go anywhere or even answer the phone for fear of someone else getting a better glimpse of my stressful situation. I have been feeling very lonely, though never actually getting any alone time. So I took the kids to lunch and brought my new book along, just in case. I was amazed at how well Xan played, so I read Breaking Dawn for three hours in the play-land, all the while telling my self that at the first sign of contention or hostility we would leave, but amazingly, every one did great. Of course on the way home and for more than an hour afterward Xander exploded into what we lovingly refer to as a "meltdown." It was worth it. I needed that time with just me, Bella, Edward, and the happy sounds coming from a dozen kids in the jungle-gym.

Breaking Dawn (relax..this post contains no spoilers!)

My sister Amie and I went to a Breaking Dawn book release party in California. It was so much fun. We wore matching Twilight T-shirts, and few cute buttons that we ordered at zazzle.com. The really great part (or psycho part, depending how you look at it) was that we covered our face with white, glitery eyeshadow, with a bit of gray undser our eyes,... a little silly but we went as Rosealie and Alice.

Even though I was probably the oldest person at the party, I felt like a teenager agian, as the hundreds of Twilighters whoped, clapped, and screamed, making me the winner of the costume constest. Usaully everything about the Twilight series makes me feel young and reminds me of what it was like to be in high school when the most important thing in the world was that cute boy. (I think that's one of the reasons it appeals to moms so much,.. it's so much of and escape from reality.)

This picture was taken at 1:30am, after the party, so I'm afraid a little of the magic of the night had worn off.