Noel 2007

hi there. it's been a while. what can i say? surgerys, visitors, holidays..a girl can get behind!! Here are the kids with santa. gosh spencer looks big. Holidays were splendid. Inlaws in from France and had a lovely time. All were spoiled and appreciative. That's always nice. enjoy the photo.

School pix are in!

Here are the kiddos in their Challenger finest!! I think the pix came out pretty well considering the potential for awkwardness. Enjoy...gosh, don't they grow up sooo fast?

The Happiest Place on Earth

fresh back from Disneyworld. kids had a blast. it truly is the happiest place on earth...right up until 5 o'clock when all the kids realize how exhausted they are...parents too! we did the traditional shots..here are a few. I was actually able to do some rides that involved spinning b/c i kept my motion sickness patch on the whole week. Teacups and Space Mountain!!

just some thoughts

hey there...i can't believe that tonight, we are going to be on HOUSE HUNTERS. The whole idea sounded really cool when we did it and now i am feeling a bit nauseous. My friend beth said it looked cute but i heard myself and i don't think i will be able to watch myself. UGH! Will be fun to see the kids though. they have changed alot since last year. we are off to disneyworld with my parents this week. It really is the HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH. I will post pics when we return. also..check out my friend beth's website for moms...www.pregnantcarey.com.

SHALLOW - WEEN

Ah..halloween..just love it. (note the sarcasm). Truly a holiday for the smaller humans of the planet. The kids had a blast and emma is a vampire not a spider girl....spencer is a zombie and does it well. Kids trick and treated their way through half the neighborhood and came home loaded. They went with some friends from school (james and pierce) and had a blast!

No comment on the un-costumed teenagers that always come to your door way past the appropriate time for trick or treaters....what is the cut off age? any opinions out there? I think once your age has the letters "TEEN" in it...end of game..you are cut off.

BMD

We have this thing called the "BMD". It stands for "Best Moment of the Day". Tonight it was catching Emma and Papa reading bedtime stories. This is the idealic image of a parent reading a soothing bedtime story to their child to relax them before dozing off to dreamland.

Or, in my house, for the most part...the lovely time when i am yelling at my kids to brush their teeth and wash up before getting in bed. somehow it has turned into the "I am done being a parent time...just get in bed". So it was nice to see some assemblance on normalcy tonight as Papa put the kids to bed after books. Ah...love those moments..so few and far between.

I kinda feel guilty having just typed those words but I know alot of you can sympathize.

no title

so, i thought when i created this blog that i would expound on my thoughts daily and share my magnificence with the world. however, i find that really, on a daily basis, not so much to say. I did however, get tickets to DANE COOK (comedy god..next to Steve Carell). 8 of us are going and i can't wait! He has the best website and does these DANECASTS you can listen to. it's like having a phone conversation with the man.

check it out....at my space or http://www.danecook.com/ check out some of his older video clips like him on David letterman back in 97! love him...everyday humor. life observations and he idolizes Steve Martin..what's not to like? Here are some random photos...just sharing as it comes to me. Spencer and emma on spencer's 8th birthday. he was psyched because he got a mirror ball and spot lights for when the kids do shows at our house. oh...also an epileptic fit inducing strobe light..UGH!

Halloween is just around the corner

i thought i would post a few photos from halloweens past...the kids have so much fun and this year we look forward to trick or treating in our new neighborhood with lots of kids. Here is emma's halloween cover of our friend's magazine from last year. The other is spencer and emma with their friends Brooke and Sophia. I think Brooke (dressed as a genie) looks like a younger version of Hayden Panetierre!! Anyone, anyone?

airplane travel

what is it about airplane caterers that they have to supply you with the most INEFFICIENT drinking cups known to man. they serve beverages (and even this is a struggle) in these wide mouth plastic cups no more than 3 inches high with a circumference of a mile! Didn't anyone think of the spill factor on a plane? You would think that they would serve drinks in bottles and leave it at that. And then, the drink holder is a SLIGHT indentation in the tray that has a curved edge so that the slippery cup is almost invited to slide right out onto your lap!

Whoever designed air travel accessories definitely didn't have children.

Vive La France!

Today olivier and i went santa monica to fill out the paperwork for my FRENCH PASSPORT! I am officially french and have a french birth certificate...which was ironically received at the consulate on AUGUST 9th! How weird!! Also, we dined at THE IVY in santa monica but saw no celebrities! (unless you count Kitty something or other from a design show)

oh the horror..

i just found this photo of me before my friend mimi's wedding. i had just gotten back from Playa Blanca and had the 1990 BIG HAIR! Wow...wish i had that much growth on my head now!

so...day 2

got some nice comments from some of you. so excited!! Here is a snapshot of spencer from last weekend. He and olivier went hiking in red rock canyon for 3.5 hours and hiked 6.5 miles! he was so proud. I was surprised olivier could keep up!!

Welcome to our Blog!

Can't believe I actually bit the bullet and started a blog. Well, it will give me something to do on the computer other than Webkinz or check TMZ.com. I will be posting photos when i can and leaving you thoughts for the day.

Today's recommendation: DANE COOK. If you haven't already heard of him, check him out. HILARIOUS real life humor.

Today's photos: Emma's 5th bday party at Libby Lu. Had cake at the food court after..how terribly suburban.