Max-ism: Ear Whispers

Just something funny I noticed about Max tonight... when he wants to tell you something quietly, like a secret, he puts his ear up against your ear and then whispers really soft.  It's funny because he thinks his ear has to be touching yours in order for you to hear him.  If you try to turn away, he turns you back to him and matches your ear back up to his before he whispers.  So funny!

Half-Time Cheer

Alora, along with over 120 girls ages 4-14, got to cheer for the Wolves vs. Scorpions game this past Friday night.  The Wolves scored the first 7 points within minutes of the 1st quarter, but the Scorpions quickly scored 7 more touchdowns before the 4th quarter even began.  Obviously it wasn't a great night for the Wolves, but our little cheerleaders did a great job and were so incredibly cute out on the big field!  Alora got to stand in the front row and she didn't show any fear at all.  She did amazing!

What do you do when the shirt they give you goes past your elbows and knees?!  Customize it!  A lot of our friends trimmed and frayed their shirts to fit better, so we did the same with Alora's.  Maybe not the greatest look, but altogether the girls looked cute.



My friend Bridgette J. (www.ohsogirly.blogspot.com) made these cute little bows for all the little cheerleaders to wear. She can custom make anything to match! 

 

Alora with her friends Finley F. and Sydney J. at the football game.  Alora is the oldest, but the smallest!

GO! WOLVES! GO!

As a fundraiser for the high school cheerleaders, they invite the younger kids (grades K-8) to participate in a week-long cheer camp.  After four hours of practice, they then get to cheer at half-time for the school football game.  Alora missed the chance last year, but we got her in this year.  Tonight was her first practice and she LOVED it! 

They divided the kids into three groups, based on age.  Alora was in the youngest group, ages 4-6.  Even though she was one of the older kids, she was still the smallest.  She actually seemed to catch on pretty quickly and wasn't even shy.  I think the combination of having some friends there and having taken dance for a year was a definite help! 

Alora's Pirate Party

Ever since last summer, Alora has asked that her next birthday party be a pirate party.  Not just a regular ole' pirate party, but a girls-only pirate party.  I secretly hoped she would change her mind, but she never did.  So, we ended up throwing her a pink pirate party and it actually turned out pretty well and she loved it.

Pirate Jack

Pirate Noah

Pirate Max

Each of the guests got to paint their own treasure box.  Pictured with Alora are Paola and Aubrey, friends from her 1st grade class.

Pirates Alora, Aubrey, Finley & Emorsyn

The kids went on a treasure hunt to find the buried treasure.

Pin the pink eyepatch on the pirate!

Cannonball Pop! ( It was actually a little hard playing inside the house.)

Present time!

A makeover set received from Halle.

A Tori doll from the show "Victorious," given to Alora from Aubrey.

A Fairy Little Pet Shop toy received from Alli.

10 buckaroos from Paola!



Cupcakes, pirate style of course.

Five Brown and Speckled Frogs

Imagine my surprise when I found a large frog (or is it toad) while mowing our lawn!  I covered it with our butterfly catcher and ran to get Jeremy (I wanted him to catch it).  He managed to catch him while I continued mowing but then I found another frog!  He quickly caught that one also.  We were pretty amazed that we found those two guys in our yard.  Afterall, we live in a desert!  But then I found another one, and another one, and another one!  FIVE LIVE FROGS in our backyard, most of which the lawn mower had run over. 

We showed all the kids, which thought they were pretty cool.  We then took them over to our friends' house that night to show all the other kids.  They were all pretty excited.  We ended up taking them down to the pond at the golf course across the street from our friend's house and let them go. 

No Pain No Gain

This past Friday afternoon Alora got her ears pierced.  One of her 6th birthday gifts we gave her was the opportunity to get her ears pierced, which she excitedly accepted.  Two weeks later, we finally were able to take her.  She was super excited up until the technician started cleaning her ears and then marking the positions.  I ended up having to put her on my lap and hold her hands down so the tech could place the earrings.  She wailed, of course, but after a minute or so, she calmed back down and decided she LOVED her new earrings. 

Vegas Baby!

 

Jeremy's employer, Pacific Dental Services, promised all of their employees last year that if they broke a specific monetary amount collected by the company, then they would send everyone to Vegas for the weekend this year.  The employees didn't only meet the expectations, they exceeded it!  So, holding true to their promise, the entire company came to Vegas this weekend, spouses included!  Talk about an awesome reward!  Most of us stayed at the Paris Hotel, located on the center of the strip. 

Jeremy & I mostly walked the strip and checked out all the hotels.  It was pretty fun to "people watch" and see how the later it got, the less clothing people wore.  We didn't see any big shows, but did catch the Titantic exhibit, which was pretty amazing.  Besides many of the artifacts recovered from the ship, we also got to see a giant chunk of the ship that took several years to recover and then preserve.  It was pretty surreal.  (A special thanks to my mom and brother, Christopher, for watching our kids for the weekend!)



Penny slots aren't as much fun when they don't take actual pennies!

 

Jeremy loves his Diet Coke and this can was huge!



 

More street people...



 

On Saturday night we had a company party at the Paris gardens and the Chateau nightclub.  While Jeremy and I were playing a little foosball, who happened to join us but Elvis himself!