One Crazy Week!!!!

So this past week was pretty busy for us..... Tuesday we started off with Carly's Kindergarten play where she sung 12 songs.....it was sooooo cute they did great and of course Gavin was excited the whole time.

Gavin sitting on the floor watching the whole play...

Wednesday came along and we started our day off with a little breakfast at Denny's.  My mom and I thought we would get a bite to eat before we had to help in Carly's class for her Christmas Party.  Since Adam was off that day as well he came along.  Well of course right when we were done eating and about to leave Gavin took a header into the table we were sitting at.......he was a trooper and only cried for like 10 seconds.  Of course I was freaked out and was watching for everything eyes, bump etc...

Poor Buggy.....

Well it was time to head off to Carly's school so it was up to Adam to watch for it all.  So we went to Carly's class and made gingerbread houses, raindeer handprints, decorated cookies and tons more.  We had a lot of fun and the kids had a blast.

So after helping in the class I rushed home checked to make sure Gavin was doing ok and loaded up the car to meet Nichole and Janie at Disneyland.  This was going to be my first trip to Disneyland by myself.  When I say that I mean parking and taking Gavin, the stroller, my bag and everything else on my own on and off the tram.  I am proud to say I survived and it was a successful trip.  Gavin had sooooo much fun you wouldn't even have known he had smacked his head on the table if it wasn't for the bruise on his eye and cheek. 

On the Carousel at Disneyland

Mommy I love the Tea Cups

Move mom let me move Dumbo

On the Little Mermaid Ride..

Thursday came around so fast Adam took the day off again and decided to golf for a while which was great cause I had a ton of shopping to do.  So I headed out with Auntie TT and got a bunch of things done for Christmas.  Then the weather got a little crazy on us.......here is the play by play.....we went to a store and it was cloudy...then we came out of that store maybe 20 min later and it was sprinkling...... then we walked to the car 1 min and it was pouring.....I was putting Gavin in the carseat and it began to hail.....1 min later there was lighting and thunder that shook the car so hard......I climbed over Gavin to get in the car it was hailing so hard.....we then got in the car and started driving in the pouring rain when it then decided to hail and snow on us........this was all taking place within a total of 10 min sooooo crazy. 

Sooooooo crazy.....

So we finally got home a little late thursday and I forgot I had to make the Christmas Taffy Bouquets for the girls teachers since their last day was Friday....and of course it's been so cold my taffy was super hard and I had to keep melting it....it took FOREVER....but I was happy to do it and they turned out great and the teachers loved them.......

Here is one I forgot to take a picture of the other.....

Friday finally hit and I picked the girls up from school and took them to my house and we did a little gingerbread house decorating and we wrapped some presents.....Here are a few pictures I totally forgot to take the pictures of our final product so I text my sister to send me a few and they ate Carly's hahaha....so the finished ones below is just Britney's lol.

Britney's turned out great....

It's finally Saturday woo hoo.....so today is rounding out one crazy week.  Today we got to spend the day celebrating Madison's 3rd Birthday.  We headed off to her Yo Gabba Gabba party which was super cute and Gavin had a great time....he ate lots and lots of Candy and cupcakes and loved playing with the bubbles. 

More cupcakes mom.....

I love bubbles.....

So tomorrow is Sunday and I thought it was going to be a day filled with pj's and a whole lot of nothing.....well of course I decided to make it my Christmas cookie baking day that I do every year.   So I am off to bed so I can get some sleep before we start making dozens of cookies and brownies. 

~XOXO~







Britney and Carly are on a Mission

So today my favorite two little girls took another test for Tae Kwon Do and I am happily reporting that they have passed and are another degree higher.  I am so proud of you girls....I love watching you girls kick butt!!!!

Britney taking her test.....

Carly taking her test.....

Here are your new Green Belt and Yellow/Blk Belt Butt Kickers!!!

~HI-YA~

Going to visit Santa

So this past weekend I had a slumber party with my two youngest nieces Britney and Carly.  We stayed up late, ate bad food and had too much fun.  We ordered Taco Bell and uncle Adam went and got it for us.  Then we went to see the Christmas lights off Main street, usually they are the best to go see but this year it was horrible.  Every other house was off and then we came to the end of the 1st street and they all were off.  Oh well we got over it and headed home.  We took baths and then stayed up super super late.  The only way I got the girls to go to bed was that I promised them something fun to do the next day but I wasn't gonna tell them till the morning.

So of course they woke up and began asking what we were gonna do that day.  I hadn't even wiped the droll off my face hahaha.  So we ate some donuts and got ready and packed up the car.  We had to go pick up the other two (Ant and Belly) cause I was gonna watch them too for the day.  Once I had them all we were off to go see Santa.  Of course we were there two hours early cause on Sundays apparently Santa doesn't come till noon when the mall opened at 9.  So we walked around and did a little Christmas shopping then went back and the line was already long. So we hoped in line and the girls were the best behaved children the entire time.  I think Santa should be around all year if you ask me.

So finally we got to the front and of course the girls ran straight up to him and Gavin ran the opposite direction.  He HATED Santa........I mean HATE!!!!!!  Poor thing kept the death screams inside but those tears were flowing pretty hard.

We were able to get a pretty decent shot.  When you have 5 kids in a picture it can be pretty hard.  However. we got it done and the girls were super excited and Gavin will be tormented for a while but it was well worth it.  I would be tormented too if an old guy with a beard who dressed funny tried to touch and talk to me so I guess you can't blame the kid hahaha. 

~HO~HO~HO~

Family Christmas Photoshoot

So last wednesday we headed to Dos Logos down the street to take a few family Christmas pictures.  We were very lucky and thankful that Mandi was able to take time off her lunch break and snap a few shots for us.  I didn't pick the best time cause Gavin was starting to get a little cranky and he needed a nap and being sick on top of it all didn't help.  However we were able to get a bunch of cute ones.  Of course in fear that we were not able to capture any during the day.....Mandi came over after work that same day to snap some more.  Here is where we really got some good ones.  Thank you so much auntie TT for the Family Christmas Shoot...we finally have pictures with all three of us. 

Love my boys.....

Silly boy...

Hahaha had to throw the CPS picture in.....

Love this pic....

Trying to get mommy's orniments....

Seriously over it guys...hahaha

He tied us up for the cookie jar.....

Hahaha look I got the cookies.....

All smiles now that he is on a sugar high.....

I didn't do it.....



I have to end this blog with one of my favorite photos.  Everyone is actually looking and pretty much smiling and I have to point out that Adam's necklace is showing.  I don't see it as a problem but at the time once this picture was taken Adam noticed it was out and asked Mandi if it was in the picture and she looked at her camera and said yes.  He got so upset it was showing and wanted to redo the picture but the child was not gonna behave to take another so he had to live with it.  So he decides to tell me to make the Christmas card say......

MERRY GUIDO CHRISTMAS

LOVE THE MAGOWAN'S

~TIS THE SEASON~

Pinterest Creation

So I told my sister I would make her a few things from Pinterest and I finally made one for her after making a dew things for myself.  Here is the centerpiece I made for her.....

This was super super easy, I just took a few bottles of alcohol we had drank the night before hahaha and spray painted them white...then I let them dry.  Once they were dry I sprayed them with tacky glue and rolled them in epsom salt to get the snow effect.  Once that was done I took the filler at the top I bought at Michaels and then put some epsom salt at the bottom and some orniments...THAT'S IT!!!!!

Can't wait to see my next Pinterest Creation. 

Thanksgiving 2011

HAPPY THANKSGIVING



So this year we headed over to my sister Erin's house for thanksgiving.  Of course once again we cooked way too much food and had way too much left overs.  Oh and of course I ate too much again and again the next day with those damn leftovers.  However other than gaining a million pounds we had a wonderful thanksgiving with our family.

We of course made the normal sides but this time tried a new cream corn receipe....Yummmy is all i have to say.  We also decided to rotisserie the turkey's this year.  So on wednesday mom and I cleaned them up and started the 24 hour brine so it would be ready to go for Ryan and Erin to put them on the rotisserie.  Mom and I also nade three of the sides on wednesday so Thursday we only had the potatoes and corn to make. On top of all that food, Ryan decided to smoke salmon.....this had to be the best salmon I have ever eaten....it was amazing.

Our Turkey's in their brine

Cheese Bear....

I caught them doing something hahaha

Buggy and daddy...

Our appitizers....we should not have eaten these.....

Eating lunch at the kid's table...

They look so good.....

Our yummy salmon in the smoker....

They were playing nice so I thought I would capture the moment....

So cute.....

Car and Gavin....

They are done.....

The family at the table.....

They are crazy kids....

I am full momma.....



We had a great time with the family and Gavin had a wonderful time running around the house playing with his cousins.  After dinner we made a Thanksgiving art project with all of the kids and played a little family poker game......where Adam and I took 1st and 2nd....so not a bad thamksgiving at all.

Now it is time to finish the Christmas shopping which I am pretty much done and plan the next meal for Christmas Day.  I love the holiday season.

~Turkey Day ~

First Haircut and Chuck E Cheese, a day I thought was gonna be fun.....hahaha not so much!!

So last tuesday my sister asked me to go with her to Chuck E Cheese with the girls and a friend from Britney's class so I thought what the heck Gavin would love it there and it would be his first time.  So we packed up the car and headed over. We got inside and he was super happy and was looking around at everything.  We ate lunch then we let the kids go play...I decided to take Gav over to the little kid section where he could ride a few things cause he didn't know how to play the games with tokens.  I thought he would have so much fun cause he loves to ride the rides at Disneyland and the Fair.....ummmmm not so much this time......hahaha here are the pictures to prove it...

Seriously mom....

WTF...Get me off here mom!!!

Not only did I begin the day with my kid crying I also ended the day with him crying.  I have been putting off my kids 1st haircut cause I thought once you cut it he is not my little baby boy anymore.  However, I put my big girl panties on and I decided to get it done.  It was time for a change and to get rid of the old man combover hahaha.

So we headed to Channel's salon cause I wanted to make sure I knew the person who was gonna be cutting my baby boy's hair, so auntie TT booked the appointment at the same time she was gonna be getting her hair done so it was a little helpful to have her hold my hand to get his hair cut lol.  Oh and of course we needed it to be a photoshoot cause I don't think we have missed one thing on this kid yet hahaha. 

I thought this 1st haircut was gonna be fun and easy....ummmmm if you didn't see it with your own eyes and could only hear it you would think we were beating the child....he hated it soooooo much...here is a little timeline of pictures as the haircut process begun.....we had to stop shooting when auntie TT had to put him in a headlock to keep him still hahaha you know momma couldn't do it lol.....



Sitting like a big boy in the chair...

Hi TT this is fun......

WTH mom what is she doing???

Here is the first cut.....

Mommy I hate this....not even eating his MnM's this was a bad thing.....

I am soooo mad at you guys....

Seriously enough with the photo's I am so mad at you.....

Ok I still love you guys...

I hope next time he is a little happier when he gets his haircut......I love it now he doesn't look like an old man and I can finally style his hair again.  Love you sooooo much little buggy.  You will still be mommy's baby boy even with a big boy haircut and all.

~XOXO~