easter bunny vs. wanda

easter was great! the kids were excited to see their baskets filled with...inedible stuff-take that back-they did get a fruit roll up. mason and i decided that we didn't want a visit from wanda the toothfairy anytime soon, so we'd better limit the sugar in the basket-but just so you know, they went to their cousins birthday party the day before and recieved tons of candy-not to mention the egg hunt at carrie's house on sunday, and later that night, they missed the easter bunny again right outside our door(he's so tricky that bunny). he left them some goodies to which of course, mason helped himself to. (and of which i'll be enjoying as soon as i'm done with this)-how did the easter bunny know i liked cadbury eggs! needless to say, easter was very nice and we enjoyed a nice ham dinner at my dad's. i didn't take any pics. of the girls in their easter dresses and accessories-yes, the girls wore hats and gloves(mason loves it) and mese, even though we bought him a new suit, didn't want to wear it because it was too big-i measured wrong-it'll be perfect for him in 2 years. oh well. hope all of you had a wonderful easter-oh-i almost forgot-the easter bunny left me some goodies too! i got some cranberry/nut trail mix and the natasha bedingfield cd-the easter bunny has good taste in music!

i didn't know...

yesterday, in the van, on the way to the dentist...

sila: mom, what's the toothfairy's name?
mom: uhhh-the toothfairy!
sila: no, her regular name-like wanda, yeah, wanda's a pretty name!

and so apparently the toothfairy has a name and i just didn't know it.

by the way, sila did great at the dentist yesterday-she had her canine pulled because when she was 2 she broke the back half of it by hitting it on the slide-tooth got a small cavity got bigger then eventually rotted and now it's completely out and she'll be toothless til she's 11 or 12.
and yes, wanda did visit sila last night and left her some green, to which she replied"yes, now i can buy lunch-let's go to mcdonalds's!"

p.s.

yuuuummmmmmmmyyyyyyyyy!!! a big mahalo to lynn for the delicious chocolate chip cookies she sent over for us-we thoroughly enjoyed them-perhaps too much(mese insists that i ate them all when in fact, dad and i ate them all-we did share with the children)-and we were even feeling generous enough to share one with carrie-thanks a bunch lynn!

hawaii, vomit, and everything in between

welcome back shawn,darcy,orin,and the pattersons in encinitas! heard your trip was fabulous-then i wouldn't expect anything less since you were in hawaii. it's so nice to live out your dreams through loved ones! (if it were up to mason we'd be living in hawaii like yesterday) we've enjoyed hearing of all the fun things you did and saw while in paradise. not to mention all the delicious food you ate-wish we were there. someday we'll make it back(mason is quite determined) we've had an eventful week ourselves with the kids getting sick starting with sila on monday-she threw up chinese food we had the night before(it's not your fault carrie!) then nani followed suit(without the crying and drama) and lastly mese ended the week with a bang-we were up(actually mason was up with him) last night(and the night before)-i don't know, 3 times with mese crying about how he didn't feel good and he couldn't make it to the bathroom to throw up-i guess we're just not meant to get more than 4 hours of sleep at a time. such is life. today we had our relief society enrichment birthday brunch and it was a breath of fresh air! i'm so glad i went(even with a sick son-sorry everyone). mason and shawn are helping randy mart move today so i dragged the kids to church with me and i think they did fine-hopefully no one will get the bug that's going around our home(and other homes i hear). and poor little orin even got sick-but was still a trooper and smiled and laughed and played. so, another week another dollar and i've got to go-i hear something buzzing in mese's room and i'm afraid to see what it is!

kids say the darnedest things...

*conversation today with carrie and the kids-

carrie:(talking to me about a male friend)
sila: is that your boyfriend?
carrie: no, i don't have a boyfriend.
mese: well, you need to get one! (said emphatically)


*sila on the way home from her birthday party-

sila: brady & theresa didn't come to my party.
melina: i know. i think maybe they had to work.
sila: well, i'm only going to invite them one more time and then that's it!

Sila's party

Sila's 4th birthday party was alot of fun. All of her friends came and she danced. We wish everyone could have been there. We decorated Melina's perfectly magical butterfly sugar cookies and the kids went on a treasure hunt. Everyone stuffed themselves with fried chicken, teriyaki short ribs and potato salad. Shawn made a wonderful Ceasar Salad and Costco provided the rolls. We had 2 giant cakes and only ate one of them. By the end of the party we were all tired and Sila was so excited to take home the wonderful gifts she received. It is so nice to have such kind and loving friends and family that come to the parties. she also recieved alot of Happy Birthday calls and was so excited. Even though uncle Randy did not call her. By the end of the day Sila was demanding a Happy Birthday from anyone who called.