Art Show 2008

Madeline was in an art show this weekend and it was awesome. It was in a great gallery in Old Town Scottsdale and all of the art was professionally installed. She was allowed to show 10 pieces and I think she squeezed 11 in. She's so prolific and so amazing. Yes, I am a little biased, but I'm right. So she's in this show and gets all kinds of kudos and accolades from various attendees. She sold most of her work (it all went to charity). Afterwards she wanted mac and cheese so we went to this little restaurant that has super cheesy mac and other tasty food and had a great dinner in her honor. In the middle of dinner, she whispers in my ear, "Mom, this is the best day of my whole life.....thank you soooo much." She's so amazing. So amazing!

SNOW!!!!!

Yes we get it in AZ, just not in Phoenix. We spent the weekend in Flagstaff and the girls had a blast!

Polar Express

Since I couldn't get it together in time and for the fact that you have to make reservations for the Polar Express in December for the following year (on a weekend night), we took the polar express to last weekend to thank Santa for his generosity. Mads was mesmerized with Santa and the bell he gave her. Santa even told her to make sure that she doesn't have a hole in her pocket. Wow. She was thrilled!

Little Miss Sunshine

Madeline has her own unique sense of style. Although she wears a uniform to school, this was her creation the other morning.

New Year

We closed out 2007 with lobsters. Maria used the Hillary nutcracker I got her for Christmas (she's not a fan of Hillary and even though I don't mind her and might even support her, I can have a sense of humor and have political fun!) It looks like Mads is trying to strangle her!

All was well until 1/1/08. And then the sickness began. We had vomiting, chills, diarrhea, fever, cough, ear infection. Everyone (but lucky me) got at least a titch of it, but Lola was hit the worst. I think she lost 2 pounds in the week she was sick. Poor Lola.