She swears that it's torture. Look at her trying to reach the outside world after 5 minutes of timeout in her bedroom! I wish someone would put me in timeout, maybe then I could actually take a nap.
I remember when I was a kid and Scholastic book fairs came to my school. I loved them so much, it was so neat to be able to pick out whatever books I wanted and look through all the other trinkets and goodies they had. Now, it's so neat to be able to share the excitement of books with Layla and let her pick out what she wants at these book fairs. Since this was the end of the school year book fair, all the books were buy one, get one free (which I didn't even realize until I went to pay for the books so it was a great surprise for me). Layla got 8 books for only $25! As soon as we got home, we cuddled on the couch and read them all. We love story time! 
This morning as soon as Layla woke up she asked me "After dinner is it ok if we go to Yogurt Island?" I have no clue where these thoughts come from but I told her that of course we could go. So after dinner that's where we headed and Layla was such a happy little girl on the way home, with her yogurt covered mouth. 
And I'm sure you're wondering, what kind of yogurt Layla likes? Today she went for a nice mix of marshmallows, chocolate chips, animal cookies, fruity pebbles, and to be healthy, apples and strawberries on top of vanilla/chocolate swirl yogurt. What a combination! 
Me on the other hand, I prefer good ole' chocolate yogurt covered with peanuts, blackberries and raspberries. Mmmmm... 
And a couple of hours later we finally were able to see Grandma again! She has been gone to Hawaii for the last week and we have missed her lots. Layla was so excited to see her and was so happy with all the goodies she brought back for her! So happy to have Grandma home! 
Between Layla's friends at school, my friends, and our family, we go to at least one birthday party a week. Layla loves going, they're always so much fun and she has a pretty big collection of party bags now. My parents joke with me every weekend, asking me "Who's birthday party are you going to this weekend?" But seriously, it's so true. This is also the reason I go to Target so often, they have the best selection of birthday presents and I can get all my shopping done in one place. Anyway, on Saturday we went to one of Layla's school friend's birthday parties. This little girl's name is Charlotte and Layla talks about her all the time which is how I knew we absolutely had to make this party. It was amazing, I am so glad we went! They had the biggest water slide/pool that I have ever seen. There were probably about 15 other kids from Layla's school there which made it even more fun for her. It was such a great time. 
And today we drove up to Yucca Valley for my cousin's daughter's 4th birthday party. My brother and his kids went with Layla and I so of course that automatically meant that Layla was going to have a good time, she loves those kids. The party was fun and it was nice to catch up with some of my family members as well. On the way home, however, we had a very weird encounter. My brother and I were talking and out of the corner of my eye, I saw a ray of light. I didn't think much of it, just figured it was a reflection when all of a sudden it crossed my windshield and hit the antenna on my car so hard that it nearly broke my antenna in half. My brother looked at me and right away asked "Did you see that?!" He had seen and described everything the exact same way as I did. I have no idea what it was but it was creepy and I definitely think it was something.
Layla's in the newspaper today, she is featured as the kid of the week! I uploaded her picture into the Desert Sun a couple days ago and she's already in there. Ed's mom actually called me this morning and told me she was in the paper, good thing too, I might have missed it. Layla is so darn cute and now everyone else can see her too! :) 
Today was my birthday and with Ed being in Germany and my mom being in Hawaii, I thought I was going to have a not so nice day. I was very wrong! Thank goodness I have some great friends who made my day so special and of course my baby girl who kept asking "Who's the birthday girl?!" Then making me raise my hand and she would clap and yell for me. I woke up to tons of text messages from people wishing me a happy birthday, Desirae sent me about 20 throughout the entire day alone (also about 20 phone calls). One of my good friends, Christine, has an amazing voice and should be on American Idol. Seriously, she is amazing and I am her #1 fan! Anyway, she called and sang me happy birthday, it was so sweet! Then my friend Jessica invited Layla and I over for birthday swimming, dinner, and cake. It's just what I needed! :) She got me this adorable dress and such a yummy cake! It was a lot of fun! So all in all, even though I was missing two very special people (who both called and emailed numerous times), I had a great birthday! Thanks to everyone for making it so special. 
As soon as we got home from San Diego I went to check on our garden (yes, I am pretty obsessed with it). There were tons of tomatoes that needed to be picked, just by looking at it you would have thought we would be picking every last tomato off the plant. Layla grabbed her basket and went to town, picking all the nice red ones. We got a ton! Good thing I love tomatoes in my salads, in the next couple of days there will be tons more ready to be picked as well. 
What a nice couple of days in San Diego we've had. I feel so lucky that Layla and I can just pick up and go on a little vacation when we want to. I had been thinking about going to San Diego for my birthday and when Desirae told me her and Logan were going to go around the same time, we decided to all go together. And I am so glad we did, we had such a great time! We got to San Diego around 2:30pm on Sunday and checked into our hotel. We stayed at the Marriott Marina and got one of the end rooms with an amazing view and windows encircling the entire room. It was gorgeous. After relaxing from the ride for a bit we decided to head on over to Coronado beach. It was pretty chilly (well for us desert rats, anyway) so we decided to just go walk along the beach in our clothes instead of putting our bathing suits on. Layla loves the beach and her and Logan had so much fun running around and collecting seashells. When we got there it was low tide and there were clams every where, covering the entire shore. It was amazing to see them all trying to dig their way back into the sand. After a couple of hours on the beach we went to another part of Coronado for a walk and food. We ended up eating at this amazing pizza place right on the beach, it was so yummy. After dinner and some walking it was time to go back to the hotel and settle in for the night. 
The next morning we woke up bright and early and got ready for Sea World (after a round of Starbucks). It was such a perfect day for Sea World and there was hardly anyone there so that was a plus. First up was the Shamu show! We decided to sit in the back of the soak zone, hoping we would get a little wet. When it was time for Shamu to splash everyone, we only got about 2 drops total on us and both Layla and Logan started crying and said they wanted to leave. They were both pretty freaked out by it, it was actually kind of funny. We walked around the park for a few hours and had a ton of fun. The kids were starting to get tired so we left and went back to the hotel for a bit to relax. Then it was Seaport Village time along with a horse carriage ride, at sunset, next to the ocean. It was amazing! And the driver kept calling the kids Princess Layla and Prince Logan and telling them that he had just took Cinderella to her castle. It was cute and such a fun evening. 
This morning I was so bummed to wake up and realize that we had to go back home. But not before one last trip to the beach! We had such a nice little getaway, it was just what we needed. 
This morning as soon as Layla woke up she asked me "After dinner is it ok if we go to Yogurt Island?" I have no clue where these thoughts come from but I told her that of course we could go. So after dinner that's where we headed and Layla was such a happy little girl on the way home, with her yogurt covered mouth. 
And I'm sure you're wondering, what kind of yogurt Layla likes? Today she went for a nice mix of marshmallows, chocolate chips, animal cookies, fruity pebbles, and to be healthy, apples and strawberries on top of vanilla/chocolate swirl yogurt. What a combination! 
Me on the other hand, I prefer good ole' chocolate yogurt covered with peanuts, blackberries and raspberries. Mmmmm... 
And a couple of hours later we finally were able to see Grandma again! She has been gone to Hawaii for the last week and we have missed her lots. Layla was so excited to see her and was so happy with all the goodies she brought back for her! So happy to have Grandma home! 
And today we drove up to Yucca Valley for my cousin's daughter's 4th birthday party. My brother and his kids went with Layla and I so of course that automatically meant that Layla was going to have a good time, she loves those kids. The party was fun and it was nice to catch up with some of my family members as well. On the way home, however, we had a very weird encounter. My brother and I were talking and out of the corner of my eye, I saw a ray of light. I didn't think much of it, just figured it was a reflection when all of a sudden it crossed my windshield and hit the antenna on my car so hard that it nearly broke my antenna in half. My brother looked at me and right away asked "Did you see that?!" He had seen and described everything the exact same way as I did. I have no idea what it was but it was creepy and I definitely think it was something. 
The next morning we woke up bright and early and got ready for Sea World (after a round of Starbucks). It was such a perfect day for Sea World and there was hardly anyone there so that was a plus. First up was the Shamu show! We decided to sit in the back of the soak zone, hoping we would get a little wet. When it was time for Shamu to splash everyone, we only got about 2 drops total on us and both Layla and Logan started crying and said they wanted to leave. They were both pretty freaked out by it, it was actually kind of funny. We walked around the park for a few hours and had a ton of fun. The kids were starting to get tired so we left and went back to the hotel for a bit to relax. Then it was Seaport Village time along with a horse carriage ride, at sunset, next to the ocean. It was amazing! And the driver kept calling the kids Princess Layla and Prince Logan and telling them that he had just took Cinderella to her castle. It was cute and such a fun evening. 
This morning I was so bummed to wake up and realize that we had to go back home. But not before one last trip to the beach! We had such a nice little getaway, it was just what we needed. 
