long eventful day

saturday morning was binh's graduation!!
congrats nins!!

her parents are so happy! more happier than binh. haha! i was glad to have been there. since i know binh's been itchin' to finish. cheers to the beginning of binh's new life! whoot!! ;)

after her graduation, we went and got ready for a christmas party with family & friends...

i love this! haha

belle got a cash register play set! she always pretends to be a cashier at home, so she was real excited when she got the "real thing."

(when she showed it off to binh & krystal, krystal thought it was a telephone. she thought the "credit card" was a calling card. haha!)

this was the insane part....when kit (it's kate, but i like to call her kit) won the 2nd prize of the raffle!....$3k!!

she said she would share if she won, so every time they would call out a number, binh, belle, & i held hands & say stuff like, "please jesus please!!" & she did!!! so insane & happy for her! congrats kit!!! can't wait for friday. wink wink!

we're all excited for friday cause kit's taking the girls out to dinner. hahaha!

more random

"what is going on here???"

belle: my bears are having a picnic

"we eating shrimp n broccoli"

funny thing is, those aren't her bears. haha. the one on the left is leila's. don't know how we ended up wih it! and the one on the right is Mia's. yeah, the dog. it's her chew bear.

daily dose of hot chocolate. she likes hers with marshmallows.

walked into the living room & found belle laying on my exercise mat...attempting sit ups while watching frosty the snowman. HAHA!

i figure if i post a few pics at a time, i'll be able to post more. & so i don't forget about the pics. cause i always forget!! anyway, have a good weekend...

i'm only starting christmas shopping today. yikes!!

3 things

1. i FINALLY made a tree skirt.the past few Christmases my mom's been complaining about not having a tree skirt. i always say i'd make one...but i guess i was never interested cause i was never inspired to make one. i'd always say, "the bottom of the tree will get covered with presents anyway"

but then i saw a pic of a ruffled tree skirt on pinterest. & i was inspired!

didn't need to buy anything, just used an old tablecloth to make a circle and used left over muslin to make tons of ruffles & sewed it on. but let me tell you, it's not neat at all. it looks pretty from afar. but upclose, there are no hems or anything! the beauty of ruffles though, it's easy to cover anything ugly! AND, my mom's happy!

2. belle gets her own ornament every year. either she receives it as a gift, makes it, or picks it at the store. this year, we bought it. our last trip to wal mart, i told her to choose. she picked this....

it came in a pack.

when it comes to christmas, i'm more on the traditional side. i would much rather have her pick out a traditional ornament....but she chose that "diva" pack. haha.

i couldn't refuse because it's so her. it describes her at this stage.

the dress, the bag, all the pink! & i call her a diva all the time.

that's her 2011 ornament. diva!

3. last weekend belle & i went to my friend, Stephanie's son's 1st birthday....

birthday boy, Sean was grabbing the mic to sing along to Happy Birthday!

he's just like his mom, a singer :)

Steph made sesame street character cake pops! all the kids went crazy and it was gone in seconds. belle loooved it. she loves everyone on sesame street, even oscar the grouch! i don't normally eat cake pops, but after belle licked off all the icing, i got a few bites and it was GOOD!! thanks again son! (i call steph, son. because when we went to school together, we thought it was funny how people talk in slang, call each other 'son').

it's a good feeling to see great friends after so long! but i'll be seeing you more son, since we each have a kid now....play dates!! hehehe

first time

this post makes me real happy. kinda makes up for belle's major tantrum she threw last night. because i wouldn't let her have a granola bar late at night....then she forced herself to cry really loud. that's not normal of her. she picked up other kids' bad habits. i don't like it. seriously, those tantrums will never win. i just kept picturing the doctor telling me when she was still an infant, "kids will never die from crying." so she cried till she fell asleep.

ugh, ANYWAY!....happy stuff....

she ROCKED her first time at the dentist. i didn't even sit near her. i was at the back holding her jacket & backpack. i felt retarded for being worried. i had no clue what they were going to even do. but they checked, cleaned, did x-rays. for the x-rays, no one could be in the same room when they'd take the picture, so i got worried again. but, she sat there with no problem. & the best part.....no cavities. YEAH!!

they gave her tokens to get rewards from their toy machine. she got a spongebob & patrick tattoo. she said she wanted it on her cheek...

well guess what, her appointment was last thursday. it's tuesday now. and that tat is still there. its fading, but it's still there. she loves it though!

(i used my phone to take these pics. i would've loved to use my camera but it's too heavy for the dentist's office)

i still can't believe that dentist trip was so easy. wow.

december??

wow december! i didn't even blog at all for november!

believe me, you didn't miss a thing. i seriously haven't picked up my camera since the week of halloween. november just flew.

for thanksgiving, we spent it at aris'. and i didn't even shop for black friday or cyber monday. shocking! i feel somewhat incomplete. haha!

but i am excited for december...for the holidays. i know there's lots to look forward to.

belle is same ol' same ol'

her nose is currently stuffy cause she just got the flu shot.

& i'm taking her to the dentist today FOR THE FIRST TIME.

yikes. i'm nervous & a little excited.

& here are a couple of pics that i found.....

krystal & christian came over for dinner. belle was very fond of christian....didn't leave him alone the whole night! poor guy.

she was laughing so hard while her & christian were playing that she knocked out right after they left. visit again soon guys. so belle can knock out easily again! hehe

& a cute treat belle & i made inspired from pinterest!
i love it! has belle's faves...apple, marshmallows, & peanut butter! (& healthy too!)

it looks gross when you start eating it though. cause the "teeth" looks rotten cause of the peanut butter.
but it's so cute before we ate it!

she loved it of course. i had a couple myself & it tastes better than i thought.

this is so appropriate for today since i'm bringing her to the dentist. Ha!

Halloween '11!

I think this is the first time Belle was super excited about Halloween. She asked to be Tinkerbell. If it were up to me, I would've dressed her up as another animal but she asked for Tink. I said yes when I realized I could make a super easy costume. I just made a green tutu, & used ribbon to tie around her neck & waist. Easy peasy!

Ready to go trick or treating!!

We happened to be dog-sitting Ponyo that day...which is totally fine!!

If I would've known Ponyo was coming, I would've forced Belle to dress as Dorothy.

Me & Binh were imagining her trick or treating with Ponyo as Dorothy...hehe...maybe next year?!

Halloween morning we couldn't find her plastic pumpkin trick or treat bag. The other tote bags I have are too big for her....so we quickly made a trick or treat tote. A real easy one. She requested the ghost, pumpkin, & green (like Tinkerbell) sign. She's just picky like that!

(guess what?? My mom found the plastic pumpkin bag while she was cleaning out the basement.. after we went trick or treating. Ha!)

We were walking up to a porch & I didn't notice the cat at first. It scared me!

When her bag was getting too heavy, she said she was "hungry for candy" so she literally ran home.

This was our pumpkin that we picked when we went pumpkin picking. I was never into carving so we painted ours. Belle painted her little pumpkin pink....but it fell & cracked. Oh well!

That was our longest trick or treat walk. We were all pooped! Belle & Ponyo took a looong nap soon after. Halloween is really becoming a favorite holiday!