To: Mom Love, Katie

Belen's "flower garden" in the front yard.. this is her favorite spot.

Yum! Red Velvet Cupcakes!

Playing at Rossmoor Park

Fun with Mama in Palm Springs.

Born Free!!!!

What can I say?? My kids LOVE to be naked!

Carl's Jr. Play-Place

First time at the Dentist... she did such a great job!

Another naked Palm Springs pic

The look on her face says it all.....

Isn't biting into an ink-pen funny??

We went to the Santa Ana zoo to watch the sheep get sheered.

McKenzie... Is that you???

Hey McK, when did you start modeling for Bill Me Later?? Hehe.

I opened an email from them, and there you were!!

No, Thyssen, No!

So yesterday I was blow-drying my hair and Skippy was on the couch near our back door. He was half paying attention to the TV and half to what the kids were doing outside when he heard Thyssen gagging and Belen yelling, "he's barfing!!" Skippy ran outside and saw crying Thy with mud drooling down his chin. Now, little Thy Guy has been known to be a dirt eater for some time now, but it's never been this bad. Skippy ran him into the bathroom and I quickly washed his mouth out. There was so much mud in there, I couldn't believe it! I just kept scooping and scopping.. he stopped crying as I was getting all the mud out of his mouth, I think he was relieved. When all was said and done, he was fine, and hopefully he won't contract worms from this (I can't even think about how discusting that would be)... yuck. And, come to find out,- not to be too gross- but...... dirt is a great laxitive!

Here are some other little things ThyGuy has been up to...
-constantly crawling under the desk and turning off the power stip of the computer!
-unrolling the toilet paper
-throwing every toy he can into whatever receptical he can find, trashcans, empty boxes, open drawers, etc.
-pointing at things he wants and saying a stream of bable.
-biting!
-stomping his feet when he doesn't get what he wants fast enough.
-clapping at himself for no apperent reason
-climbing on and off of the fireplace
-just being a cute baby!

Clarks

I have to say, I love Clarks shoes. They are the most comfortable shoe I have ever worn. I learned about them from my grandmother, who has great taste in shoes. Yesterday, I was getting something out of the pantry and when I stepped back, I noticed that the middle -inbetween-you-toes part of my flips broke! I couldn't believe it! Clarks are supposed to be really well made. I had just gotten these flips back in August (I bought them on sale for like $30) and had only worn them about a dozen times. I decided I should go to the website and see what they say about repair and whatnot. It basically said that they don't repair, only replace. Well, I called the number today and spoke to a very nice Jersey woman and she had me go on the website and pick out a new pair! How awesome is that?? I got to pick out a new pair of 74$ flipflops for free!! And they are being shipped to my house by friday! I am so happy with this company.. it's nice to know that they stand by thier product. Oh, the bonus is that she's not making me mail back my broken pair (which they usually do), so I am going to take them to a shoe repairman and have them fixed! It's a win/win for me today! Yay!

My new FREE Clarks- cute, huh?

Updates

I updated my lay-out and in the process I deleted all my links to everyone's blogs...aarrgg! I've done my best at rebuilding my links, but if you see that you are missing from my list, let me know! I didn't leave anyone off on purpose, it's just late and my brain function is limited after 10.

Kinda Fixed

I followed Ben's advice and opened the side of my computer. I also cleaned all the little fans and now it's running at a normal temp!! Yay! I think that if I were to close the side, the temp would get too hot again so it's not all the way fixed, but it's good enough for the time being. So, I was finally able to upload pics from birthdays! Skippy's was the 3rd, Thyssen's the 11th, and mine the 14th. It's March madness birthdays here at the Andersen home. Here are pics from all the festivities.

Thyssen's First Birthday!!

All the little tots tried their hardest to break open the pinata... finally Skippy stepped in and finsihed the job. Thyssen slept through the pinata...luckily, he woke up just in time to do cake and presents. He totally knew exactly what to do with the cup-cake. He picked it up and went for it! He ate pretty much the whole thing.








The only thing I wanted for my Bday was to watch the Electrical Light Parade. We went to DCA with Trena & Aaron, and Mandy & Kids. It was a fun time, exactly what I wanted!



Thanks Aunt Trena for braving the dangerous and exhausting treck all the way to the front of the park to get the girls their popcorn!

stupid transformer computer

So, from the outside our computer looks really cool, like a transformer. Skippy built it with the help of my computer savy brothers a few years ago. It was built to be a good gaming computer, fast, with great graphics. It looks really rad, but it's not acting rad. It's been overheating, a problem we've had to rectify in the past. The awesome computer doctor guy we like is no longer in business because he got a real job, so I've been on the computer for 2 minutes at a time for the last couple of weeks. I have just enough time to view my emails before it gets too hot and I have to turn it off again. Anywho, I finally stole Skippy's lap-top away from him so that I could do some blogging and commenting. So, who knows when we'll get it fixed, this may be my last entry for a while... I'm bummed too because I have 3 birthdays to blog about. I've been feeling tempted to try and fix the computer myself... hhhmmm... I wonder if I could do it. Trena, can I borrow your Mrs. Fix It tool box??