We went to the Circus!!

We went to the circus on Saturday with Katie and Tyler.  It was SO much fun, here are the kids waiting to get inside.

Prior to the show, you can go down on the stage and see some of the animals up close and personal.  I love the big old fashioned signs that were up.

Here kitty kitty kitty....

Loved watching the elephants. 

Of course Mikayla had to get her face painted :)  The lady doing the painting was REALLY good, and so fast!!

  

Tyler rode the Houston circus animals... number one, he could drive it by himself but they wouldn't let him and number two - he was staring down the girl that go the purple elephant animal he wanted....

HA!! 

The opener!!  Ohhh I love the circus!

Katie and Tyler were totally into it!!!   

I have to confess that I was really loud with the act below...those guys are CRAZY, they spin around and then they were jumping from one to the other and on the inside of it and the outside...OH my nerves!!  I kept screaming out OHHHHH and OH NOOOOO..... HA!

Trapeze...wow.... um...yes, that's a girl doing the splits on the line up there.... 

Here kitty kitty kitty

another crowd pleasing OHHHH GOSH moment while you look away and look back to see if it's true that there's really a guy hanging from her leg and she's hanging from the other leg and they're flying through the air while going in circles (now there's something you don't say every day LOL)

the picture below...IS a guy...ON fire.... shot from a cannon!!!

Yet another OOHHHH NOOOOO (loudly) moment from Kirsten.

Totally loved the elephants.  They just seem like such gentle giants...I want one.... well maybe not, we could fertilize the neighborhood!  HA (another of Tyler's favorite moment was when the elephant poo'd on the stage) hee hee.  Mikayla completely missed that!

It was really neat to go see it.  Mikayla doesn't remember too much from the last time so it was really fun.  It was SO fun to hear what Tyler thought of the clowns - he was really laughing loud and hard at their stunts (the lady in front of him turned around to see who was having so much fun, I think that made her have more fun too!)!

Michael has been selling the food to the circus....one day they ordered 1,600 lbs of chicken and 1,600 lbs of top round beef for the tigers, and 50 cases of lettuce for the elephants along with carrots and celery too.  So it's cool that he's feeding his "lions, tigers, and bears from the circus". 

I LOVE the circus!!

Thanks Dad, Katie and Tyler for coming with us!!!!



Happy 4th of July!

Happy Day!!!  We had a great day in spite of it feeling sort of strange being in the middle of the week and feeling like a weekend but it was definitely not a weekend.  We had a great time

We started out by making some red, white and blue strawberries that I saw on Pinterest (love that site!!).  They were fun to make, fun to look at (even though they're not perfect) and they tasted even better!

Then Mikayla and I made some R/W/B pinwheels and fan flowers for a little banner.

Then we made some ice cream!!!!!  I have such fond memories of making ice cream when I was a kid (although it sure felt like it took all day to do it back then). 

Mikayla was VERY into this project!

YUM!

Then we had to leave before it totally set up, so other than a taste test...we haven't had any HA!  Then we headed over to my BIL & SILs house.  The cousins had GREAT fun and the adults did too!

In the picture below, Michael was laughing soooooo hard!  It makes me laugh out loud to remember what he was laughing at!

Then some sparkler action!

This was an awesome sword fire shooter thing.

Then we went out onto the golf course and saw the big fireworks!!!  It was an amazing display!  We left their house about 10:15 pm...and had to have an early morning today, so I'm sure Mikayla will be tired tonight but I sure wouldn't trade any of the day!!!  Not one bit!

I hope everyone's 4th was a GREAT day!!  It's nice to take some time to reflect on our blessings!!

The Fairy Flies Again!!!!

On Friday, Mikayla came to work with me for 1/2 day.  We had a GREAT time.  I love bringing her here, she's so good.

And well......

That tooth!!!!  it's been loose for weeks..... and it was REALLY lose..... so we worked it just a little bit....

Truly a snaggle tooth!!

We would take turns.... she would pull down on it...then I would pull down on it.....

when ALL OF A SUDDEN!!!! 

Pull......

UM......

WHY WAS I SURPRISED IT CAME OUT!!!!!

So.... The fairy comes tonight!!!

The funny thing is that she was supposed to have a sleep over at my dad's house but she had to cancel it until Saturday so that she would be there when the fairy came.

Little girl was SO tired from everything we did on Friday - it was a LOT of fun but she was soooo tired, she didn't even wake up until about 4:10ish (vs. 2:30 am) to see if  the Tooth Fairy came.

well...she came allright!!  This time she got her money in quarters!!  What a creative fairy she's got!

In the picture below...she was asking me...seriously - how does she come in from there?

Then of course she was so incredibly excited, we cuddled back up in her bed for awhile to talk about it and she says...wow, Mommy, I have the best Tooth Fairy ever!!  I said.... she sure is!!  HA!

Good times for sure!!!

So the run down is - 1st tooth came out with a cupcake

2nd tooth came out when she was brushing her teeth

3rd tooth came out with a hard boiled egg

4th tooth came out with my help in the car

5th tooth came out with my help at my office!! 

6th tooth, TBD...it won't be long it's already 1/2 way loose.....

OH another little tidbit is her very first tooth came in on Michaels birthday (June 28) and her first tooth that came out with the cupcake was on my Dad's birthday (June 29th - 5 years after the first tooth came in) .... and well...her 5th tooth came out on Dad's birthday too!!