Happy Birthday Lilly & Uncle Tom!

I had new teacher orientation today. I was pretty bummed that Julia had a fun birthday party that I was going to miss, but we finished our morning session early and got to have a long lunch that perfectly coincided with the birthday party! 

Julia's best friend, Lilly, celebrated her 4th birthday with a Frozen party at Cupcakes Y'all. The party was complete with the real Elsa. I was surprised that Julia was pretty standoffish with Elsa. Elsa sang Frozen songs with the girls and let them use her microphone but Julia wasn't interested. I walked out of the party room to get a drink and the other moms started yelling for me that Julia was singing.

Singing Let It Go

The Princesses with Elsa

Julia & Elsa - she was a GREAT Elsa!

Julia has been asking to go to the car wash for a week now so I finally broke down and went this afternoon. Charlotte doesn't think the car wash is near as fun as Julia does!

Today we celebrated Uncle Tom's birthday with dinner at Rodeo's.

 

Julia and Natalie thought they were going to blow out Uncle Tom's candles but he got them! 

 

I have one more day of freedom before I'm back to work. We're gonna make the most of it tomorrow!

Sofia's Frozen Amulet

The girls woke up bright and early this morning ready to get our day started.  This little ham got into my swimsuits while I was in the shower.

 

We bought the stuff to make "Sofia's Magical Amulets" yesterday. They have been showing these on Disney Junior all summer and she has been talking about them for weeks. She even knows that the recipe is on "disneyjunior.com/disheswithdisney". Last night I put the grape juice amulets in the freezer and this morning we made the frozen yogurt pops.

We mixed all the ingredients in a ziploc bag.

Then, we put that ziploc bag inside another ziploc bag with ice and salt and shook it up!

Last, we spooned them in the popsicle molds and put them in the freezer.

We met Michael for lunch at Jimmy Johns and ran some errands before we came home for naptime. Charlotte slept on the couch while Julia watched a movie and had some quiet time.

We ate dinner at Larry's tonight and came home to have our "Sofia's Frozen Amulets" for dessert. Before we were done I was promising I wouldn't do anything like this until they are older! Julia did ok but Charlotte got it everywhere! I don't know why but this was much messier than a normal popsicle.  At one point I looked over at Charlotte and she was using her yogurt pop to paint the house!

 We've all had baths and are ready for bed now. I have new teacher orientation tomorrow. I'm gonna miss my girls tons!

Play Doh & Go Carts

The girls and I got out the Play Doh this afternoon for a little fun. They always have fun Play Doh.

 

Charlotte's snake

 Julia's heart 

This evening we went to AdventureLand in Dothan. Julia has been wanting to go ride the "race cars" all summer. She loved it. She kept saying "This is awesome!" and "woo hoo".

waiting on Sissy and Daddy to ride the go carts

We played some games in the arcade and then went to Red Elephant for dinner. Cole, who was in Julia's 2 year old class, was there eating with his daddy. He walked by our table on his way to the restroom and left his kids menu with us. When Julia opened it he had written her name in it. She wrote his name in it and gave it back to him when he came out of the bathroom. So cute!

A Rainy Day

This pictures pretty much sums up our day. It's been a rainy day and with the exception of a visit at Nana and Pop's we haven't done much except hang around the house. It's been a lazy, rainy day!

Belated Anniversary Getaway

The girls are definitely belong to Michael. They requested Chinese for lunch and loved every bite!

Michael and I left this afternoon to spend the weekend at Callaway Gardens for our belated anniversary trip. We got here late this evening, got some dinner and checked into our hotel. We drove around and explored a little bit and checked out the FSU circus before turning in for the night. We don't have any plans for tomorrow, just sleeping late and exploring!

The Dentist...Again

Julia and I got up this morning and headed to Dothan for her 9:00 appointment. I didn't exactly tell her where we were going, I just told her we were going to see granddads friend. She was a little apprehensive when we got there but they gave her some "juice" to ease her nerves before they took her back. The following pictures and video are a result of the "juice"!

Julia's "Minnie Mouse nose"

We attempted the fillings but Dr. Crowder and I agreed that with as jumpy and apprehensive as she was even with the "juice" and gas that we would probably be better to try it another way. She wasn't bad. She didn't yell, cry, or scream but she was however very unsure of what was going on. You could see a look of terror in her eyes when they put the thing in her mouth so she couldn't close it and I was having to hold her arms still while Dr. Crowder's assistant held the gas on her face. Dr. Crowder and I agreed that even if we fought through the two today we'd still have to go back and fill the two on the other side and we were afraid she might be terrified of the dentist forever! So, we're going to have to take her to the hospital and have her put to sleep to fill them. The good news is that they will be able to fill all of them at one time as well as do a good cleaning and take x-rays. It's not exactly the outcome I had hoped for but it is the outcome that I kinda expected.

This is certainly not the best picture of Charlotte, but you can see her face. Poor girl got it good!

A Black Eye

Mom and I had to run a few errands in Dothan this morning so we took the girls to Chuck E Cheese while we were there. As usual, they had a great time but were not too thrilled when Chuck E Cheese came out. 

You can't really tell in this picture, but this is Charlotte's favorite thing to do there (besides eat). They had a little Ferris Wheel ride at the old Chuck E Cheese that was the same thing and I remember liking it when I was little.

Tonight the girls and I were playing outside while Michael grilled pork chops for dinner.  Julia was sitting on the brick ledge of our house. Naturally, Charlotte had to try it for herself, unfortunately for her she slipped and scraped her face on the bricks. I think she'll have a nice black eye tomorrow.

Dr. Crowder's office called this evening and had an opening tomorrow morning for Julia to get her cavities filled so we're heading over there in the morning. Say a prayer that everything will go smoothly and without drama!

Pedicures!

The girls and I started our day off with lunch at Bo Jangles (Julia's choice). 

 

After lunch we headed across the street for Julia's first pedicure. I've been trying to get her to get a pedicure for about a year (something that I probably should have thought through better and not encouraged!) She has had no interest in them and said they were "scary". One time we went into the nail salon but she wouldn't get in the chair so we left. Last Friday when Michael was sick she went with me to Publix. When we drove by the nail salon in the shopping center she told me she wanted a pedicure. I told her we would go get one later if she really wanted one and she has asked for one every day since then so today we went!

She was a little hesitant at first and asked what everything was!

Relaxing!

Charlotte was not going to be left out! Julia got a full pedicure and Charlotte got her toes painted. They thought they were big stuff!

"Look! Look!"

I laughed because Julia picked the conservative coral/pink color and Charlotte picked the flashiest, brightest silver glitter they had! It looked much flashier in the bottle!

When Michael got home from work we had the car loaded and headed to the beach. I'm ready to get some time in the sun this weekend!