November Update

We started off our November adventure with of course my birthday... Dave took us on a little adventure to a city called Brea for some yummy Japanese food for lunch and some ice cream at Ferrell's which we've always wanted to try... It was a constant parade of noise and they don't care if your baby is sleeping in an obvious stroller! and since it was my actual birthday they came over to sing me a song... Lovely. Violet somehow managed to keep sleeping so those Ferrell employees didn't get in too much trouble:-)...The ice creams were good but nothing special I guess, although I really liked my ice cream nachos:-) I'm glad I can now check this place off my list of places I want to try...

 

And later I got my favorite cake from two of my favoritest people in the whole world!

Our Thanksgiving dinner was just like last year held at our house so we can play it by ear based on Violet's sleeping schedule... Last year we left the little bag inside(although the bird was delicious) so we were so careful not to repeat that mistake and also because it was 8(too early) in the morning that I was trying to get the bird ready that we cooked it upside down!!! We did not realize this until I asked Dave to carve some meat and his reply was that there is nothing to carve... Nothing!? and I looked at the flat chested nicely browned bird and realized my mistake! We quickly flipped it over and put it back in the oven to try to crisp up the skin... About 15 minutes later our dinner was ready and Violet was down for her nap so I would call that a success... -ful recovery! Only regret, we totally forgot to take the picture for some laughs in the distant future...:-)

We moved girls' reading chairs into the living room so they can really enjoy watching the Thanksgiving Parade...

On Black Friday we decided to go see Frozen in Down Town Disney AMC theater since we did most of our shopping online the day before... Well wasn't that a great decision because the movie was absolutely AMAZING!! Surprisingly Violet got into it also and did not require one of us to leave the theater... She especially had big smiles on when Olaf was on the screen so as soon as we left the theater I placed an order for one Olaf from Santa... and a few more things to try to get free shipping:-)
If you haven't done so already GO SEE FROZEN today! Well done Disney, well done:-)

As for our kids, Violet started to smile more and more and it became kind of easy to photograph those moments... 

 Violet starting to sit up... So far she has fallen off the chair once under Dave's watch... The very first time we heard her "I'm in pain" cry!

Dave tried this balloon experiment with Madison... Skewer that is coated with dish soap goes through a balloon and it won't pop!

SUCCESS!

Madison found someone making a hamburger using play-doh and wanted to replicate it... Came out pretty good I think...:-)

HAPPY NOVEMBER!

October Update

So it looks like we will be doing monthly updates of life with Madison and Violet until somehow more hours are found in the day...so here's October :-)

In October I was able to have a glimpse of what it's like to be a soccer mom... Since Madison really enjoyed Webby Dance class offered at her Montessori Pre School we signed her up for a character ballet dance classes offered by the Long Beach Parks and Rec. It was only 4 sessions for the month of October but every Thursday I was one of those Moms:-) In the class Madison got to be different princesses and do a ballet routine with other girls... She had lots of fun but we think she would really enjoy more fast paced hip hop kind of dance so let's hope I can find her something in the future...:-)

Madison was Princess Odette from the Swan Princess, Princess Cinderella, Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, and lastly a fairy... The ones I don't have pictures to share with you means I had to be outside trying to sooth Violet:-(

Here is Princess Odette

Princess Aurora

I filmed Madison being a fairy on the last day... Here is Madison posing for a picture but I was actually trying to film...:-)

For this year's Halloween we decided to go as the Gru Family. Madison was Margo the oldest girl and her costume was the easiest since we had the ballet tutu and tights, we found the pair of glasses on sale at Claire's. Dave's Mr. Gru costume was easy except I had to brainstorm how to make his long nose and decided on a molding clay. I shaped it into a nose and painted it after air drying it. Since we had 3 opportunities to dress up this year I had 3 noses laying on our work table for a few weeks which was kind of weird...:-) Violet and I were the Minions(or as Madison calls them...Corns) and took a little more effort to complete the costumes.

Here is Madison's Margo costume...

Violet's Minion costume...

 

Halloween Dress Up Opportunity#1 was at the Sea World where we got to trick or treat with our friends from Church...:-) We walked around the park going through the candy stations all day:-) We were very happy with the quality of candies they had and our very first official all day outing with Violet went really well...

The second opportunity was at the Halloween Party hosted by the Borlands:-)

 

Madison did good with her donut game... Her parents are way more competitive though!

 

 

On Halloween night we were able to take a good Gru family picture so I was really happy:-)

And of course I can't finish the post without sharing more pictures of our girls right? Here they are!

Let the pictures do the talking...:-)

We want to keep you updated on our girls but really hard to find time for blogging these days we will just let the pictures do the job for us...:-)

Still adjusting to a fragile baby... Madison is adoring her little sister but often gets in trouble for touching/kissing/bothering/loving her too much:-)

 

This picture was taken on the last day my mom was here as we attempted to go to Downtown Disney to enjoy her last day but our car battery died when we stopped on the way at a park to nurse Violet... Our friend Donna got Violet the pretty dress and Madison was so excited to be with her little Snow:-)

Here are some pictures of Madison and Violet at similar age for your comparison pleasure!

Madison's going home outfit... She looks quite small... Just under 7lb.

Violet's going home outfit... She was born almost a pound heavier and maybe that's why Violet is filling it out more but I think the outfit shrunk quite a bit from going through the laundry many times prior...

Violet, around 2 weeks old...

Yawn!!

Madison loves chick Fil A!

I don't know why but thought it would be hilarious to put on a clean undie over her head and take pictures...

Through Groupon we found this shaved ice place that is just so delicious! The chocolate lover Madison of course got the fudgeicle(chocolate sauce and chocolate ice cream with of course the shaved ice)... Dave got the Coconut something and I enjoyed my strawberry shortcake, YUM!

After so many attempt to submit the coloring pages on time we finally made our September deadline!! and Madison's owl looks quite good so we are crossing our fingers!

You know which one right? The colorful happy owl!

After particularly a difficult night with all the fussing, the sleep disturbed big sister paid back by accessorizing her baby sister:-)

It's a little early for this but she can hold her neck up quite good for sometime now so a few weeks ago we gave the bebe pod a try...

8weeks! The baby acne is almost gone and her parents are quite happy about that:-)

 

After washing our cars with Dave, he left Madison alone for a bit and we watched her give herself a wash through our office window and grabbed my phone as soon as we can to try to catch some of the funny moments...:-)