Best Day Ever

Best Day Ever

Sing! Sing! Sing! “It’s the best day ever! It’s the best day ever!”  Spongebob Squarepants. The little yellow sponge is a genius. I sang that song all weekend, even though both days were vastly different but so enjoyable. All last week Terry and I systematically cleaned the house, moving from room to room and cleaning everything from top to bottom. As I cleared clutter, scoured floors and made mirrors shine I felt more and more satisfied. It shouldn’t matter so much but a clean house is really important to me. I know that paying attention to Allie, loving her and being present for her is most important but a clean, sparkling house makes my soul happy. On Saturday we had a Game Night and Taco Bar potluck. We stuffed ourselves silly and then played a silly game based on twitter comments; it was totally strange and totally enjoyable. The coolest thing about that day was my little girl, she enjoyed every moment of the party. At 16 months she left my side and showed the other little girls her room and her toys. She ran around and around the house sharing her stuff and just enjoying the house crammed with people. When the party was over and everyone left she curled up next to me on the couch and fell asleep. She had a sweet happy smile and made little contented snoring noises. It was a very good day. Then onto day two, Sunday, the day I stayed in my jammies ALL DAY LONG. It was heavenly. I watched movies all day long, ate leftovers from the taco bar and was deliciously lazy. Both of these days were, as my little yellow friend so aptly stated, “THE BEST DAY EVER!”

She jumped right into his lap from mine! She's such a flirt.

Right Now … my house is still pretty clean. All I need to do is clean the floors and we are all set for round two of entertaining weekends.

Right now … I just love watching The Chew. Allie and I come home and before Terry gets home we goof around the living room watching our DVR. I say, “Allie, should we make that for dinner? Do we have the ingredients?” and she says, “Yeah! Blah blahdljdsdjdfsjlkfdj! HAHAHA!” Clinton Kelly makes us laugh.

Right now … Allison loves helping me out in the kitchen; cleaning, cooking and playing a loud melody on the pots and pans. When dinner is ready she is very proud to eat our creations.



She just loves this octopus! Thank you April, Mike and Riley.




Cauliflower soup, yum!



Right now … Allison loves meeting new family and making friends. She learned peek-a-boo and has continued to cover her face and yell “PEEK PEEK PEEK!”

Right now … Allison is falling in love with Disneyland just like her Mom. We were lucky enough to accompany Tim to a Cast Member exclusive preview of Mickey Mouse and the Magical Map, a new stage show starting this weekend at Disneyland. We could not take pictures because it was a preview silly! So we could not document the utter thrill and excitement on Allison’s face when the music sprang up and the dancers rushed out on stage. She bounced, yelled, laughed, pointed and danced for the entire 20 minute show. She was enchanted by everything. After the show was over she continued to bounce with excitement and then we road Alice in Wonderland, she sat all by herself on the seat and very seriously watched and listened to the amusements as we rolled past on a yellow caterpillar. Once we exited the ride she started crying and pointing back to the caterpillar, yes she wanted to continue down that rabbit hole for a little while longer. My baby is growing up and I am so excited that we will get to experience Disneyland together.

Enjoy your weekend everybody! Have “THE BEST DAY EVER!”