Ice Skating was our Valentine activity. I'm not gonna lie, I was really nervous before I got on the ice. The last time I'd been was around age 9 in Idaho. But Teya was beyond excited, she'd watched her favorite cartoon character go ice skating on an episode, so she was prepared! Jess certainly was a stud on the ice, he was one of the cool kids who can go really fast in the middle of the ring and stop sideways without the toe pick. To the relief of my ego, I didn't ever fall and I was able to hold my own. It was surprisingly freeing and relaxing ... I attribute this to my roller blading days as a kid. I used to pretend I was a speed racer on my blades as I zoomed down the neighborhood streets. I loved the 90's!

Unfortunately, every shot is painfully blurry. Our camera was practically dead; it complained,and whined, and gave us a hard time about taking these shots.

Holding this position for an hour with T-nug between the legs was a REALLY good work out. It's also not a very flattering pose...had I seen these pictures sooner I would have tried to change it up a little, like bringing in the butt some.


Her legs in those gray tight pants with the tiny little skates was my favorite part!

Notice the scarf Jessie? It's stylin, good choice!
Such tiny skates, so stinkin cute... I wanted to frame them or something.
And the scarf Teya's got is from the ever so stylish mammas, Naomi and Pam.
Uhhh, maybe I should explain my sweet padded high-impact gloves... we don't have any of our winter clothes with us (why would we in SoCal?), so Jess' motorcycle gloves stepped in and got the job done.

She did this all on her own. I found her just sitting there taking out her crayons one by one and organizing them by color. It was astonishing! I couldn't distract her even when I was taking the picture for proof, she was so focused and determined to get all the crayons out there in line. She is by nature a very tidy little girl: if her room gets too messy she starts throwing the toys back in their appropriate baskets, her markers must be capped when she is finished using them, she likes to throw away trash even if it's mine she takes it from me to throw it out, she loves wiping things down with wet rags (this activity can entertain her for over an hour, I've had to each her not to wipe books with wet rags). When I showed Jess the picture he was like "Well of course, she's your girl!"

We have season passes, so with the "Free on Your Birthday" promotion that Disney is having we instead got a 70 dollar credit to the Disney stores! We scored some fun toys for T-nugget.

Tinkerbell is her latest favorite. She used to be Jess' favorite too, but I think he was disappointed. I was glad because up until then Tinkerbell was my biggest competition, and now she's out!




I took this picture so I could show Teya the heart on her cheek. I LOVE how it turned out from this angle, she's all big cheek and big eyes.

Look how kissable...

Angles Love Kissing Her Too. They Surround Her.





The Light Followed Her All Day, Wherever She Went. She Soaked It All Up and It Shone From Her.