Pictures and doctor's update...

Here are some pictures from Olivia's 4th birthday party. :) Here she is with her little pinata. We had one little pinata for the small kids and a HUGE one for the bigger kids.

Isabel and her BFF Juliana posing for a picture while Olivia blows the candles out on her cake.

This is the park where we had the party at. Isn't is beautiful?? Everyone thought it was an awesome park.

And here is a picture of the bounce house we rented. That is Olivia and my mother-in-law sitting by the entrance.

Anyways...

We had our follow-up appointment regarding Olivia's wheezing episode the other night. The pediatrician said that at this point, he is almost certain it is asthma. He put her on a preventative medicine (Pulimicort) and also said that we are going to have to postpone her oral surgery until her lungs clear up.

So...

Any cool plans for the weekend?? We are invited to another party at the same park where we had Olivia's. I'm kind of excited. It is for a little girl who is turning two. I hit up an AWESOME sale at the Children's Place and bought her two outfits (skirts and halter tops), matching hair pretties, and sunglasses for $25! :)

Have a nice weekend! TGIF!

Party planning committee

I can not wait until the new season of the Office starts! That is TOTALLY not the direction that this post was headed in my brain, but what can you do about it?

Also, totally not related, but one of those things I feel compelled to talk about, last night I caught a brief-but-entirely frightening glance of my mother-in-law and her beau participating in the horizontal cha-cha. My eyes, people! My eyes! At the moment I felt like gouging them out of my head! But then I realized the oh-so-horrible mental image has been forever etched into my memory. Eyes or no eyes I'm still going to remember it. Ewww...

Why the fuck would they not lock the damned doors?! Really?! What the hell?!

(sigh)

Anyways, now for the real reason for this post: Olivia's 4th birthday party is on Saturday!! I'm so excited! It looks like everything is going as planned! We're having it at a park, and I plan on serving fried chicken, Mexican-style rice, potato salad, macaroni salad, chips and dip, chips and salsa, and diced fruit. It kind of sounds like a lot of food, but if everyone that is invited shows up, there will be a lot of people.

I already have the goody bags made, and all the candy for the pinatas ready. Parties make me so happy!! I can't wait!

Math woes.

Monday was my official "First Day Of School". I was excited and a tiny bit nervous as well, but all went well! I am taking Intro. To Algebra, or MATH 921B. Unfortunately, when I took the placement test, I failed the math portion miserably and this course is a refresher class to get people prepared to take Intermediate Algebra.

Right now, things are super easy. Seriously. We are adding and subtracting. No joke, people. We did greater than or less than yesterday. Um... I totally thought I had masted that skill in 5th grade, but apparently not!

Today I also start Human Growth & Development. It is a FIVE HOUR CLASS. FIVE HOURS!!! I'm going to go crazy cooped up in a classroom for five hours! Wish me luck! I can't afford to let my attention stray, because in a class that long I bet we cover a LOT of material!

Not much else to report. Olivia's birthday party is on Saturday. Her birthday is actually today! She is a four year old now!!! WOW!

Speaking of Olivia, since I'm going to be going to school full time in the fall, we had a decision to make. Day care? Preschool/day care? All day preschool??

At first, I was totally against the all day preschool idea. I think its a bit much for some five year olds! I couldn't even fathom the idea of putting my four year old in a classroom for 8 hours a day!

But then I started reading the information packet the principal gave us. And I brought it up to Jose to see what he thought. We've talked about and talked about and talked about it, and we decided to sign her up.

Economically, its the better choice. Daycare/preschool is $110 a week. The all day preschool is $300/month. Religiously, its the ideal school setting for us, and I'm even considering switching Isabel to the school for first grade.

Anyways, time to run... 10:15, time for class! Peace!

Food dreams are taking over!

So, I forgot to mention that yesterday morning I was dreaming about going with Karina (Jose's niece, mom to the little boy that we are going to be Godparents of) to the buffet to eat some breakfast. But this was a special buffet indeed. I grabbed a waffle, and it was stuffed with a chicken fried steak and gravy!

Last night, I was dreaming about chowing down on some Kentucky Fried Chicken. It was soooo good.

WTF?! Why am I dreaming about food so much? Its definitely not because I'm depriving myself during the day! Hah! I kind of lost steam for the whole diet thing a month or so ago.

Sheesh... I must be a true fatty if food is even seeping into my dreamlife. And its not even healthy food. Stuffed waffles and fried chicken?! Give me a break!

Anyways...

TGIF! Tomorrow is Diana's niece's 2nd birthday. I'm excited to take the girls to her party. They are going to have a blast! In honor of the event, here are pictures of my girls at Maritza's party last year. They went all out and had a clown that made awesome balloon animals.

Coupons?!

Where are my God damned casino coupons!? Sheesh... I'm 4 days into the redeeming period! You'd think they'd have sent me something by now!

Anyways...

I have some birthday party blues going on right now... I can't make up my damned mind. Amazing Pizza Machine? Chuck E Cheese? Pump it Up?! (sigh) Decisions, decisions!

I've tried getting the birthday girl's opinion on the matter, and she ooohs and aaahs over every place I've showed her so far.

Amazing Pizza Machine *is* fun, AND it seems like it will work out to be the cheapest. I might just go that route.

I shall keep you updated.

Adios.