I finally got a preschool picture done of Gwyneth. I wanted a traditional picture. I'm getting prints today for Pop-Pop's wall and plan to get more printed this week for my mom and all the rest of the family.
This morning I got up before anyone else and went to Curves, then came home and popped the home-made cinnamon rolls I had prepared yesterday in the oven. Gwyneth and David both woke up shortly after I returned from the gym. Gwyneth enjoyed her Saturday morning cartoons, and I've been surfing photography sites! It's a dreary, rainy day...so I guess we'll spend most of our time today indoors. Maybe watch a movie together.
Hope you all are having a good weekend!
photos taken by Gwyneth yesterday...
(we took the point & shoot camera back...I am really picky now with photographs and we couldn't seem to get very decent images with it...so Gwyneth took these with my 20D.)
Gwyneth gladly obliged mommy this morning! I wanted to practice sharp focus, and experiment with color in Photoshop. I know everyone probably believes this child lives in a perpetual state of bed head, but I swear I do her hair everyday! I just happen to snap most of the photos in the morning before her bath! Ha! 
GO STEELERS! They are going to the SuperBowl!!! My Dad is pretty happy right now! I watched the game with David and his Dad this weekend.
Mommy will always find my "hidden" pieces of quesadilla, if my hiding spot is under the table...
Today Gwyneth and I sat down to eat lunch together. She enthusiastically said "I will finish all my quesadilla today!" We proceeded to have a pleasant lunch and she did in fact finish all of her quesadilla...or so I thought...
Afterward as I was wiping the table I noticed a pile of quesadilla pieces under the table! I was fuming at first, then regained my composure and brought her back to the dining room.
After a little questioning Gwyneth admitted that she had hid the quesadilla pieces so she wouldn't have to eat it all.
So...her computer time was taken away for the day. She was pretty upset...not sure if it was remorse for being sneaky, or because she couldn't play on the computer. :o)
(is it mean of me to take a picture of her cleaning her mess? ha! I am laughing about it now, and hope she will one day too! )
David surprised me this afternoon with these beautiful flowers. It's been a while since he's done something like that. Such a sweetie!
I finally joined Curves! My mom and sister Rachel have been members since October and have raved about it since! My mom has lost a lot of weight and has been able to keep it off! She is much healthier now, and looks great! I had been wanting to get on some sort of fitness routine for months. I kept failing at working it into my schedule and being committed to it! So I joined! Now I'm paying to work out somewhere, so now I feel like I have to go. But I love it! It's such a different approach to fitness, and it's women only! I'm glad I am doing something for my health!
Her hair is getting so long. Yesterday I put her hair up in pigtails. It always looks long in pigtails, but when she took the rubber bands out this morning it looked even longer down. I had to snap a few photos to show you all. Please disregard the bed head. We had a jammie day today, no appointments or errands to run...so why not?
Well we finally did it! Gwyneth's great grandpa Spradling's old iron bed is at the antique shop, getting fixed up good as new! Gwyneth should have a brand new big girl bed by her birthday! This is something we've been wanting to do for 2 years now! I think Mom R. would be so happy to know that we value something of her father's and are getting it fixed up to keep in the family!
Two weeks ago after gymnastics Gwyneth asked me: "Mommy when will I be done with gymnastics?" I said "Sweetie, what do you mean 'Done with gymnastics?'" She said "I mean, when will I be done with gymnastics and be able to do something else, like ballet?" I proceeded to tell her that we had just paid for the next 9 weeks and that she would have to finish those out if she wanted to switch to ballet. She was pretty sad about that, and after a long conversation on our drive home I convinced her that we would learn ballet at home for the time being. I had heard about this program called "Bella Dancerella." So yesterday we went looking for it at Target. They were out, but had an Angelina Bellerina version that was $10 cheaper. We opted for that one and found out that evening that it is really cute! It came complete with a leotard, tutu, slippers, tiara, and short instructional DVD with a real ballerina and Angelina! Too cute! And it was a workout! whew!
The show last night ran 4 hours long! I was prepared for 2 or 3. Gwyneth and I
tuckered out the last hour and a half! It was entertaining at points, but overall
I think they made the show way too long, especially for a 4 year old! My favorite
part though was the very end, the freestyle part. Gwyneth and I watched this
from a lounge area on the tv screen. All the trucks got a few minutes to show
off. And many including the Grave Digger messed up their bodies. 
I enjoyed before the show the most I guess. Olive Garden...mmm...mmm... I
had their Mix Grill (new, excellent!) and tons of salad!
It's our "family camera." 
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Here's Isaiah! He is such a bundle of energy! Love this boy! I love the way he calls me Auntie Ki- Ki. (Jacob used to call me Ki-Ki when he was a toddler and couldn't pronounce my full name, all the kids including my older nephews call me that now.) Isaiah loves trucks and cars, but espesially LOVES big yellow school buses! He's obsessed with them! Onne of his favorite things to do is look at bus pictures on the internet. Here is a picture of one of the times Uncle David and him were looking online together.
