My first...ahem...My daughter's first American Girl Doll...

Just recently, my sister and sister-in-law took our little baby girls out to American Girl Place. I've been dying to go there for a long time. My sister is still freaked out by Chucky so I pretty much had to force her to go with us.

We immediately went to the Bitty Twins section to see which ones our daughters would like. I picked twins that look like my daughter and her older brother. My sister and sister-in-law just gone one doll.

I'm so in love with it and my daughter has this look on her face of awe. Here's a baby her size she can actually grab and hug without someone telling her to be careful. She gets jealous when I play with her dolls.

Did I mention that the girls are all under 1 year. Well my daughter will be 1 on April 4.

We just could not help it. My daughter's godmother (sister-in-law) bought the dolls for her Birthday. I really want a doll for myself.

Afterwards, we went out for lunch and then to Starbucks. We had lots of fun just being with the girls. My husband took our son out for a guys day out. So they had their own fun. It was great to hear my son talk about the fun he had with his daddy.

I know this is an extravagance for a little girl. She does have other dolls from all sorts of price levels...mostly on the cheaper side. But I do want to give her one doll. I wanted the Cabbage Patch doll as a girl but we couldn't afford one. That's okay..I took the knock off. Nothing wrong with that but I would like to do this for my girl.

My son is down to earth too. He doesn't need the labels and I do shop for him at Target regularly for clothes...I mean he does outgrow them pretty quick to spend top notch dollars. My daughter wears my son's clothes so she gets the boys hand me downs. I do buy some girl clothes but for the most part she has worn her brother's clothes.

I will teach my kids that it isn't all about labels but if I can get them one thing I will as long as it is within my means. So for all of you out there that say I'm teaching my kids something wrong...think again. I don't think I need to feel guilty for getting my kids an item with a label. For every one label I get them, they have many more non-label items.

My kids also will learn the value of money early on so they can appreciate how it works. My children know that we don't always go out and buy stuff and my son sometimes plays with something at the store and drags it around but when it is time to go he puts it back. Sometimes we ask him if he wants it and he says no. My daughter is still to young.

Well that's my post. Kind of all over the place.

A wonderful weekend

I couldn't believe the weather on Saturday and Sunday here in NJ. It was wonderful that I just had to take the kids to the park. My son had a blast going up and down the slides. He loves slides.

We put my daughter in the swing and she started to get sleepy. She was sporting her new coat since her old one was getting small on her.

I've been busy at work so it was nice to get out on the weekend to release some of the stress.

Oh well...going to bed now.

Let the parties begin....

Well, last year was the year of baby showers. This year it's Christenings and 1st Birthday Parties. I'm still trying to figure out where we are going to throw a birthday party for my daughter. It's going to be crazy.

We found the decorations so no problems in that department. It's going to be a "Princess" Theme but not that the Disney Princess theme.

I finally took down my Christmas Tree before March 1st. Amazing isn't it.

It's been quiet for now so I'm going to cut it short for now.

Cold is still in the air...

Well it's February and it's cold out there. This weekend is supposed to be nice but the weather is supposed to get colder by Monday. January came and went and I'm still being lazy about taking the tree down. I'm determined to get it done this weekend. I need the space for all the toys my kids have.

I've also become a bit addicted to Facebook. I have been getting in touch with past and current acquaintances. It's a lot of fun.

Well, that's all for now. Not much has happened.

Getting ready for the New Year

OK.. I never did get to the Christmas Skirt. I did however manage to decorate the house and I did not go through the craziness of wrapping a crazy amount of gifts at the last minute. As soon as my husband and I bought presents I wrapped it. It was great since I didn't have to worry about it last minute.

Christmas was great. I baked a ton of cookies, cupcakes, cranberry-orange nut bread, and brownies. I love baking sweets. On Christmas Eve we go to my parents, then we come home and we leave cookies and milk out for Santa. Christmas morning was awesome. My son came to our room in the morning letting us snow that Santa brought his Geotraks Airport. He was sooooo excited and a bit confused as to how did Santa get in to leave his present. My daughter just had a face of "what's this?". (Part of my tradition is to leave their Santa present on their bed.) Afterwards, my husband set up our new HD TV. I told him he would not be able to install the whole set up until after we got back from his parents. My husband can get obsessive about stuff. Then we all got ready and headed over to my husband's parents home. We had lots of fun and the kids opened more presents. It's unbelievable on how they all fit in our car but they did.

Now, we are on vacation. I love having this break so we can be back in full force next year.

Well, I'm off for now.

Have a great NEW YEAR!!!!

It's almost Christmas

I love this time of the year even though it's crazy! I've done most of decorating although I didn't get a chance to do my tree skirt project I was hoping. I'm having fun wrapping my gifts. I'm all caught up. Hopefully I won't be runnng around at the end trying to wrap them. My mom is an expert at these things.

We spent Saturday getting our Family/Christmas portraits done. It's nearly impossible to get my 3 year old and my 8 month old to smile and look at the camera at the same time. Ah...my little babies are growing up so fast. But we finally have our pictures.

On Sunday, we went over to my sister's place for a gathering. We had so much fun taking pictures of the little girls (my brother's family was there). We watched the recorded match between De La Hoya and Paquiao. Wow what a surprise for me. Anyway, it was fun to see all of us getting along and having fun. My aunt and cousin even dropped by.

Now, it's Monday and once again I'm trying to catch up on work and trying to get it done before vacation. Yes, VACATION! Can't wait to spend the time just watching the kids play with their toys.

Well got to run....Need to get my son from school. Wow time flew.

Wrapping Paper

Well, I'm now starting to wrap my presents. I really don't like wrapping presents of items where there isn't a clear edge. Some toys have that and I have to create an edge. I just want to put it into gift bag but I know the kids like to peel the paper off. So I go through the agony.

I'm still trying to find the right plushy doll for my daughter. She really likes the one in her crib. I can't seem to find the one for her. I found some dresses for her but again I'm always rethinking what I want her to wear. I thought I was bad with my son but a girl is worst.

Oh well, need to get dinner ready. The hubby has been fasting for a blood test and I need to have dinner ready. I know he's not going to bother changing to his pjs.