Elijah has discovered FOOD! He's been eating baby food for about a month and a half, but
lately he only likes REAL food- he loves Cheerios, Fruit Puffs Biter biscuits
( which make SUCH a mess, as you can see)
and anything else he can get his chubby hands on!

Lovin Colorado Weather...

On Saturday, we headed out to the Denver Zoo to enjoy the almost 60 degree weather and to wear our children out so they would nap and we could nap too:)

Elijah loved the Rainforest and was intrigued by the ceiling and sounds
(poor Mark looks SO tired in this picture:)

Mom and Elijah after lunch

Shedding the coats

The kids favorite part of the kids day!
FYI- they didn't take naps!!!! ARRGGG!!!
Oh, and tomorrow( the 20th) is going to be 70 degrees!!!!

The Picture Says it All

This picture cracks me up because it SO typical of my twins.
Arianna tends to want frilly, pink, princessy things
and Sophia has become infatuated with Spiderman!
Don't get me wrong, Sophia is not a tom-boy at all, she just likes to be different than anyone else in her family. She loves to be "the only one" . She LOVES to be the only one to sleep over grandmas, or aunties, or to go shopping with mom, or out with dad.
We try to do things with the twins by themselves
- one on one-
so they know they are special and unique.
So, for now, I let Sophia be different and she loves that!
And I love her for her uniqueness!

ELMO PARTY!!!!

Ella has never had a really big birthday party, so this year we threw her one! It was Elmo!

I made the cake- it turned out okay:)

Ella had around 10 of her little friends there.

We played pin the nose on Elmo and a shape hunt game

Ella seemed to really enjoy being the center of attention and also being the only one to open presents despite her sisters constant attempts to "help" her:)

I LOVE DEALS...

So, I am hooked on finding good deals:) Its like an addiction! When clothes shopping, I will not spend more than $5 for an item of clothing! This week at Gymboree Outlet, I got 6 pairs of patent leather Mary Jane's (red, brown and pink) for $15- Unbelievable!! I got 5 shirts for $8 and 2 pairs of jeans for $10- that was before my discount of 20% for working there!!! I got a few other items (16 total) for $40 after it was said and done- thats an average of $3 an item for shoes, jeans and shirts! I love finding good deals!

Then, I daily check this GREAT website that one of my friends told me about- moneysavingmom.com. I find SO many ways to get free things (food and household items) or items at a REALLY cheap price using coupons and rebates. This week, I have been getting FREE Chai Lattes at Starbucks (inside Safeway) because they made me aware of a coupon in a flyer that I never really look at. So, I was able to get a BUNCH of flyers and have been frequenting all the Safeways in the area getting FREE drinks! Its great!

I just LOVE good deals so if you know of any- pass them along!

Sophia and Arianna usually go in to school with dad in the morning and they go in through the church entrance. Well, there is this older man named Mr. Davis who sits behind the welcome desk and he always talks to the twins and gives them a piece of candy (at 8 in the morning!) Well, the other day we picked Mark up around 4 and they wanted to go inside and say hi to Mr. Davis( prob just to get a piece of candy!) I told them hey could run ahead. Well, they came running back and Sophia said, "There's someone else pretending to be Mr. Davis at the desk." I went inside and an older lady was sitting their instead. Too funny!

Ella's Special Birthday

My little Ella turned 2 on Tuesday. She woke up to special birthday pancakes complete with a candle and a beautiful rendition of "Happy Birthday" from all of us...
Then she opened a few presents- the ones from the twins and a stroller from mom and dad as well as 2 packs of panties!! She wanted to wear the underwear right away and has been doing a GREAT job potty training for almost a week now! I am SO impresses! Very few accidents!

She is such a big girl!!

We took everyone out to eat for dinner at Fazolis (99 cent kids meals on Tues) and after had Birthday Sundaes at home, where we sang "happy birthday" again!

She then had to open her last 2 presents- what a full and fun day!

I had to throw this pic of Elijah in because he is SUCH a cutie!!