11/365 7.3 Miles At The Galleria Mall

Today I made the dreaded trip to the Galleria Mall that I've been avoiding for weeks. This place is HUGE and it's amazing it doesn't have it's own zip code. This day alone I walked a mire 7.3 miles. The Disney Store was the main reason for going on this adventure and I don't think I could have chosen a better day to go. Every other time I've gone to this mall I've spent a half hour looking for parking. This day I found a spot right at the door. No real searching. It was easy to navigate today, normally I can't get my stroller in there.

Christmas this year my Dad and I both bought the same gifts for Ariana. She loves Minnie Mouse and The Disney Store is the only place I can really find gifts for her. So after holding back for a few weeks I found my self making the journey. We enjoyed walking around the store and picking out new gifts, including totally cute pink glitter Minnie shoes.

While making our trek amongst the fancy stores... Valentino, Armani, Gucci etc. We stopped to watch the skaters at the ice rink. If you ever ask Alana what she wants to be when she grows up she'll tell you "Ballerina Kitty DR. Ice Skating Pirate!" This has been locked in her head for two years I don't think that will change any time soon. Every time someone skated past her she waved with tons of enthusiasm and stated how talented they were. Got to love it.

10/365 Alana on The Up And Up

Alana seems to be feeling better today.  Her nose is not running as bad, but her face is still swollen and broken out.  I feel terrible for her. It's painful to wash or put medicine on.  It's so hard to see your child in such misery.  Today she was in SPUNKIER spirits and I can only hope this is a sign she'll be better in a few days.

9/365 Baby It's Cold Outside

What do you think of when you hear the name HOUSTON? Football? Cowboys? Heat/Humidity? Well not this week. The thought going through the minds of just about everyone in the Houston Area is thinking about "HOW FREAKING COLD IT IS"

WHAT? Cold in Houston? That's right! It is down right COLD in Texas gulf coast right now. 27 degrees to be exact. Now, I've been in Texas for 4 1/2 years and have never seen such an event like I've seen in the last two days.

We started the day off by taking Ariana out side to see her reaction to the frigid temperatures. She didn't seem to mind the cold. It was the countless layers she didn't like. She reminded me of Randy from "A Christmas Story". I couldn't have wrapped a Cuban Cigar any tighter. Poor kid.

After I took Ariana to a fun birthday party I noticed my neighbors pipes had busted. They had already taken care of it but were pretty shook up. Then I headed out to the store to pick up a few things and when I returned my other neighbor (two houses down) had a HUGE geyser shooting out the side of their house. Sadly they weren't home. So we just shut the water off for them. I'm just praying tomorrow's post is not of my covered in freezing water. Cross your fingers we're spared.

8/365 Hiding Her Face

It seams like once every other month Alana gets a terrible runny nose. When this happens she breaks out into a rash on her face that is quite scary looking. Today Alana desperately wanted to be in my picture of the day. The catch? No face shots. So with this new chair... "THINGY" (not sure what it's called) we got for free from a friend today Alana posed, hiding her face ever so discreetly. Pore baby!

7/365 Guilty!

Yes, GUILTY! Tonight I had a nice healthy dinner only to spoil it by eating a HUGE piece of chocolate moose pie for desert. Body... will you ever forgive me?

6/365 Nerdy Candy Girl

Alana is so happy school is back in session after a long break for Christmas. Today she dressed in her "NERDY BEST". Her "PRE-SCHOOL ROCKS!" shirt, plaid pants, pink glitter Converse, My Grandma's old glasses and pig tails. She topped off the ensemble with a giant lollie pop that she later dropped and shattered into a million peaces. Alana LOVES to learn...a trait I'm hoping will fallow her the rest of her life.

5/365 Dress-up time with Ariana

Ok... I know. I used the door again. I wanted to show it's potential. So before my client comes to the house I wanted to be sure I was 100% set on using it. Ariana was playing dress up so I put her in front of it and shot away. I'm very pleased with the out come. The door is much more than I had expected. The other side of the door is still white, so I'll be painting that in the future.