Happy Birthday to my squishy princess!!!

Yesterday the 18th, was my girl's birthday. I know she turned 5, and that calling her a squishy princess may be a little kids name, but she IS still my princess for the rest of her life. And Squish is her nickname. And can you believe that this girl is 5!!!! We're talking Kindergarten in the fall! Tyler and I always comment on how we wish we could freeze her right now, just the way she is. And on super great days, I wish she were triplets. :) Well, she had her first all girls party and was it pink! She had 5 friends over and she wore her Cinderella costume.

We had presents and games and pizza etc.... and she was in heaven. And she got some nice presents too. We played Plinko with the Plinko board that Tyler made. And at the bottom I had different prizes. Sparkling lip gloss, sidewalk chalk, princess jump rope, princess figurines, glow in the dark bracelets,candy. These girls were having so much fun! Then we went cow bowling. The pins look like milk bottles and the ball looks like the head of a cow, and as you roll the ball it moos. It's pretty awesome.

And then the cake. AAhhh the coveted Barbie cake. Go back in time with me for just a minute. Now, when the squish turned 3 she wanted said Barbie cake. I had just had Dallin and was home from the hospital for my first day when her birthday came. I didn't want to disappoint her, but I was also exhausted and still water filled. (Boo for water filled bodies. Seriously I could have filled up some lakes. Anyway.) Step in my super massive awesome husband who took on the job. After showing him a picture, he went straight to work.

This was the front.

This was the back.

I gave him 5 stars for making the best princess cake ever! Who would have thought to make her do the backwards splits??!! Your awesome Love!

And now we have the cake done this year.

I can't believe that I forgot to take a picture when I was done. Well, here's a side view. And here's what it looks like in the front. Just imagine the cake a little fuller. Hurray!!!

I'd say all in all it was a very successful birthday. I am happy to report that I had a very happy 5 year old by bed time. What a girl. I love you Nat!!! Happy birthday to my squishy missy moo miss princess face.

My sweet little Dilly Dal Pal

Oh my sweet babe! Today you turned 2!!! 2 years old and now you are a toddler. But you will always be my sweet moopty moo, schmoopin schmaps, biddiest bid, Mr. Schmee. I love everything about you, and secretly I like when you come in our room around 1:30 every morning to crawl in by mom. :) We started the day early. 1 A.M. to be exact, when the Dal started to come in our room, saw the balloons I had blown up and put on the floor, and stopped to play. Normally I would say,"Aawww how cute." and take a picture. Not so this time. I scopped him up and we waved goodbye to the balloons until morning, and back in his bed we went. And he stayed there until 7:45. Tyler did the traditional carrying of the birthday boy/girl to our bed for presents.

He got hot wheels, and fruit snacks, goldfish, new suit for church (yeah it's a snappy one) magnet board, fire truck remote control..... But I have to say that I was most impressed with Mason's gift. Dallin loves dogs. Just loves them. So every morning for the past 2 weeks after Mason gets up, he has been drawing a picture of a dog for Dallin. He drew a Dalmashan, Golden Retrever, and a Beagle. (Spelling done by Mason) Tyler got a frame from Michaels and we framed his pictures really nice and Dallin pointed to them and kept sayin,"Buh buh. Buh buh." (puppy) It was great. We played outside because it was gorgeous!!! And then I made us a picnic and we headed to the park. Good times! We came home and had a couple families with kids from the Nursery over for cake and ice cream.

O.k. so here's my dog cake. I know, it looks like a bear, but who cares it was super tasty! Yum yum!

We had a tricky time with the candles but only because he knows they are hot. Enter mom stage right to help with the blowing out of the candles. And now, after cake and ice cream and presents, after a scrub in the tub, he is in bed. Oh how I love that boy! Happy birthday pal! I love you more than ever!!

Last night was a Father/Daughter dance at the high school. It was a princess ball actually and so Tyler took Nat. We put on her Cinderella costume and away they went. Tyler said they had a great time, and Nat danced the night away! He got some video of her dancing and then of the two of them dancing together. It is so priceless! What a great dad! Thanks Love, the Squish had a great time! Man I love this family!! Thanks family, for making it a great, great day.

Well...rats!

Rats because I have nothing really to say, but I feel bad without blogging when so much time goes by. I sit here, waiting for the Dal to fall asleep so I can mop the floor. And that's about it. I did however, have a fabulous Mother's Day. Breakfast in bed with chopped up strawberries and bananas to go along with my pancake that spelled M O M. The kids didn't fight all day, the sun came out, and we grilled on the grill. I LOVE the grill. (Thanks Ems!) I love the smell of cooking food thats on the BBQ. I love that it was turkey burgers and my kids gobbled (no pun intended, haha) it down thinking it was hamburgers. I loved my homemade card. I'll save it forever. Thanks family for a great day!

I know your all dying to know how level 2 is going with my BFF Jillian. It took me 3 days to finish level 2 to the end. It was so stinkin hard, and I was really discouraged at myself for pooping out and watching the rest on the floor. But finally, I am now able to finish. I overheard Mason ask Tyler, "How come mom makes screaming sounds and the girls on t.v. don't?" Hahahaha- well son, mom is not as flexible and in shape as the girls on t.v.. But I didn't scream last night, so I guess that means it's getting better. I think I'll finish out level 2 this week and start level 3 on Monday. We have a weekend full of cakes with it being Dallin's birthday on Saturday and Natalie's on Tuesday. Hurray!! I actually have an idea for a dog cake. In my head it looks awesome. Hopefully I can transform it. I'll let you all know. Time to mop I guess. O.k. just do it already!!

Friday at our house

From Tyler, taken from our family website:

Yesterday was an exciting day. On my way home from work I stopped and talked to a pavement crew working near my home and I asked them to pave over a low spot in my driveway. So they came over and paved about a 30 sq. ft patch and told me not to drive on it for about an hour. Beck was at the optometrist at the time and I had a bunch of chopped up tree trunks lying next to the driveway. I blocked off the driveway with this firewood and presumed Beck would stop the van prior to the obstruction and the fresh asphalt. Minutes later she comes barreling in, monster trucks over my "speed bumps", over the new hot mix, and on towards the house. I'm beside myself in frustration and as nicely as I could, open the van door and ask her if she's blind. Immediately I notice her wearing disposable sun glasses that could only come from a doctor's office. She takes them off and shows off her massive beady black eyes and says,"Yes!" We laughed hard about that and then I realized that those wood stumps could have just as easily been our kids greeting her in the driveway- "Mommy's home! Mommy's home! Mommy? MOMMY?!" thump, thump, thump.

Despite being blind with pupils dilated like basketballs, I let her run my new backpack blower that I also bought yesterday. I'm such a nice husband. I love my new toy. Now I know how I'm gonna clean the inside of the house the next time Beck is away.

from Beck- I'm pretty sure I would have seen the kids. :)

Meet my new BFF

I'd like to introduce you all to my new BFF....her name is Jillian Michael's. And between her 30 day shred video and me upping the veggies for munching....I am happy to announce a 4 pound loss last week!!!! GO ME, GO ME!! I am ready to take it to level 2 today. I won't lie...it's been super hard. But I have a little 6 year old motivator that comes home from school and says," Are you ready to do your video mom?" Sometimes I need a little push. So there you go. Level 2 here I come! Please don't be more than 2 minutes of jumping jacks. I've decided that those aren't my favorite.



On to other news...or just stuff that happens in the Zobe household. Nat and I had a tea party the other day for her special time with mom. She was the perfect hostess. We all had silverware and cups. But the donut holes were the best. Her bunny got full from too much water, so Nat had to eat her donut. Hey, a girl has to sacrifice sometimes. We had a great time!



I guess that's all. We have a couple birthdays coming this month. Dal will be 2! He wants a puppy cake, or so I've been told. Nat will be 5! She wants a Tinkerbell cake. I'm too cheap to go to Michaels though,and spend $12.99 on a Tinkerbell cake pan that will only get used 1 time. Maybe I'll have to get creative. May those juices start flowing. I have 17 days to figure it out!!!