If You're Happy And You Know It!

The talented Little Lion is a computer geek like his father.  LL loves playing on the computer!  So for our trip to Hawaii we bought Sesame Street First Steps to help entertain him on the 15 hour flight.  One of the games is Do I What I Do Songs.  The songs are Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Where is Thumbkin?, and If You're Happy and You Know It.  LL enjoys watching them all.  Well he actually does what the characters are doing!  It is so cute!  Last night before bed, we were playing and singing.  Here is the talented Little Lion.  Notice he points to his face too for "you're face will surely show it".  Soooooooooooo cute!!!

Blast Off!!!

Tonight was the last night shuttle launch.  So Mr. E, Little Lion, and I decided to head over to Cocoa Beach to watch Endeavor blast off.  Mr. E has been going to shuttle launches since he was a little boy and has fond memories.  I never experienced one until meeting Mr. E and we usually go a couple times a year.  So of course Mr. E wants Little Lion to have the same great memories ;)  

This was our 2nd night launch.  These are the best to see since you get to see it go from pitch black into daylight for a few seconds.  It's amazing every time!   It's also fun because we park on the side of the road with LOTS of other people and everyone gets out of their cars and sits on the roof or walks to the water to get the best view.  We usually don't go to Shuttle launches even though they are 30 mins away because of traffic and timing, and we can see them from our back yard well.  However, tonight was perfect!  There was a full moon and the temperature was 80 degrees.  Plus it's always more fun to feel the blast and be around all the spectators.  I decided to take a video with Mr E's phone.  It only records 30 seconds hence the 2 videos ;)  It really doesn't do it justice!  Gotta love living in Florida :)  

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!

Can you believe it's already the holiday season???  Seriously time flies by way too too fast!  Being a planner by nature, I've already finished half of my Christmas shopping list and pretty much know what I'm getting everyone else.  Today my SIL (sister-in-law) and I decided to take the kids to get pictures taken together at JCPenney for the Grandparents.  SIL has 2 kids, a boy J and a girl M.  The three of them are 10 months apart, so basically 1, 2, and 3 years old.  

Things that I learned about going to get professional pictures.

**Take lots of things to entertain all parties involved....toys, suckers, bubbles for the kids and a small flask for the mommies ;)  

**You have to sit through all of the *enhanced* pictures that the clerk tries to sell you...just smile and say I want the Free 8x10 and the cheapo $3.99 a sheet pictures.

**Kids when they are 1 and don't walk yet, sit nice.  Kids that are 3, listen to directions well and sit nice.  Kids that are 2, have a mind of their own and don't want to sit EVER;o)  Guess which one is mine?????

**The best shot is ALWAYS the first one.  45 minutes later, we decided that was it and the first one is the best one.

**Clear the rest of the day because baby and Mommy need a nap...BAD!!!!

Happy Holidays early.....16 days to Thanksgiving.....45 days to Christmas.....52 days to 2009....55 days until LL is 2!   

AWing LIttle Lion

My son is a GENIUS!!!  At least to me anyway ;)  A few days ago, I got Little Lion up and put him on the floor to change his diaper.  I usually give him something to do so he stays still.  I handed him a hooked on phonics electronic number game.  It looks like a calculator and yes it's odd that it's numbers, but hooked on phonics ;)  

Anyway, so I'm not really paying attention to what game his playing.  He got this toy from Grandma on our trip to Hawaii, so he's learning to pick different games and press the buttons.  All of a sudden I hear Marvelous, Great Job, Super!  I think to myself "Wow he is having great luck!"  I continue to listen.  It's find the number game.  "Find the number 7."  LL presses 7.  "Excellent!"  "Find the number 10."  LL presses 10.  "Marvelous!" "Find the number 2."  LL presses 2!  HOLY MOLY!!!!!  He knew all of the numbers!!!!!!!!!!  I've never sat down with him and actually went through the numbers.  We do point them out to him, but never pressured him.  And the crazy part is that HE BARELY TALKS, but knows his numbers????!!!  I feel so proud that he is being a little sponge.  Does this mean he's going to be an engineer??????  

PS...It's not a fluke ;)  He still knows them a few days later :)  

Vote!!

Did you go out and vote today?  I did! And we only had to wait 5 minutes.  That is one of the perks of staying home!!

 I like election day!  The excitement of seeing the outcomes thrills me every time!  I'm anxious to see who our new President will be!  I can't wait to watch the ticker tonight!  

If you haven't vote, do it NOW!!!!!!

Dinosaur Pull-Apart Cake

Since I'm infamously *known* for my cakes :)  I thought I'd blog about my creation this evening.  Tomorrow is Mr. E's coworker's birthday.  I had bought a while back a pull-apart dinosaur cupcake pan for 75% off ;)  I thought I'd use it for Little Lion's 2nd birthday.  Tonight was the perfect time to try it out.  Plus boys don't care what their cake looks like as long as it tastes good. Using the 50% off Halloween cake mix minus the orange and brown confetti, I made the cake in this pan.

I took out the pieces.  As you can see it stuck to the pan even though I floured it.  I put the pieces together.  So when you serve the guests they just need to pull a section...no knives :)

I fixed the part that was stuck in the pan by glueing it back together.  The glue is frosting ;)  

Next I used black frosting liner to outline the arms and feet.  He also needed eyes and a mouth.  

Then I intended to use the ziplock bag trick to frost it.  That is when you put the frosting in a baggie and cut the tip.  However, the frosting I bought was too creamy for it to work well.  So I just good ole frosted it.  

Finally for the finishing touch, we added Skittles to the dinosaur's body.  Sorry it's sideways...you get the point ;)

He needed to get a gift too.  We went to my favorite store....Target :)  And I have to brag on our deals!  We bought him a wine refrigerator for $50!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It was $200!  Score!!!

Ahoy Stinky!!!

I promise this is my last Halloween post;o)  Little Lion had a great day yesterday!  We went to SeaWorld in the morning to trick or treat and look at the animals.  In the evening we decided to go trick or treating in the neighborhood.  In order to do that, Little Lion needed to put his costume on.  You've already seen the Skunk costume, but he was NOT wearing it again.  If he sees the costume, he started screaming and running.  So we decided to be sneaky.   Mr. E was throwing LL in the air and I caught him in the bodysuit ;)  Whoo who!  However, he was NOT putting the hat on.  So we had to improvise.  I took his baseball hat which he loves to wear and put a skull and crossbones over the front design and LL wore his Pirates of the Caribbean Crocs.  That is how he became the Pirate Skunk ;)  A mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do ;) 

I hope your Halloween was spooky!  I can't wait until next year!