Pajama Party '05

SarahBeth had a sucessful 7th birthday. If I were to go back, this was probably her first party on her birthday and not coupled with her sister. We kept it to the girls in the neighborhood (all 8 of them) and invited all to spend the night. However, being the sly moma that I am, I was pretty sure only one or two would go for the slumber part of the party. I was right-only one. Whew!

None the less, the girls came in their PJ's and had alot of fun. We made special puffy paint non-skid socks and ate chocolate cake and ice cream after 8:00 p.m.(!!) at night. A sleepy 3 year old left saying "Thanks for my first slumber party". SarahBeth called it the Best Birthday Party EVER.

Tomorrow AM, pancakes for SB, LA and the lone slumber friend and then I'm done with one birthday party of a whole 'nother year.

(LA has opted for an October party so she could get to know and invite more school friends.)

Thanks Dad

A couple years ago dad gave the girls a karoke machine. I have to admit, at times I used it more than they (a girl can clean or sing Nora Jones all afternoon!) but today...today the machine truly was the best thing going at "Pajama Party 05". A little Disney singing can make a party a party. So, for the life saver and sanity saver of a life time,

Thanks Dad!

a.k.a "Da Player"

One boy, 8 girls, you do the math!

Whaaat!?!?

I'm not doing anything!

Bubbles

Without further ado...

Kenai Woof-woof Davis

1/2 Lab(duh) 1/2 German Shepherd
100% full bloodied puppy (aahhwww)

We found her via craigs list and I cried when we left her twin brother behind

She's another baby in the house, but I know with enough patience and love, she will be another unruly member of the family in no time.

Introducing...

First Day of School

Well the first day of school came and went with very little fanfare. I guess we are getting to be seasoned pro's. SarahBeth was comforted with knowing our next door neighbor would be sitting next to her in class, and LeighAnne always takes a challenge head on...especially when socializing is involved.

I think Jamison was more upset than anyone else. The morning of the 1st day there were clips of school buses on TV and he pointed at the screen and said "YaYa go" (YaYa is the word for sister) but when we said good-bye to SB, he cried after her. (LA was too cool to be walked to her class room) However, coming home to Popa and the Disney channel all to himself soothed any sadness.

The girls are excited about their teachers and seem to have a great school. Ofcourse only in Alaska would you receive a reminder that children must wait outside the school until the first bell unless it's too cold. Too cold at Alpenglow is -10 degrees!! This includes recess!! Brrr!

Seward

Dad came to visit this last week, so we all went down to Seward. About 150 miles south of Anchorage, Seward is on the Kenai Pennisula. It has the only road access to the Harding Icefield...an icefield that covers about 300 square miles. Ofcourse, the weather wasn't so great, and the most ice we saw was a little blue glacier peaking thru the fog and low lying clouds. But we did see some sea otters, sea lions, mountian goat and a bunch of sea birds while we were on the 3 hour boat tour. The drive there is half the beauty, so coming and going made up for any short comings of the boat ride. When the girls hollered out that they were hungry, they then realized we hadn't seen a MD's since we left Anchorage.

Here's some shots of my personal favorite scenes.

A smile is just a frown UPSIDE DOWN!

Sarah Beth had to gasp clear the table and empty the dishwasher.