Little Miss Avery

I have had a couple people ask why there were no pics of Avery on my blog. Good question....here is one and there will be plenty more.

Pain Vs. Vanity

Sheldon got a phone call at work a couple of days after Taylor's 8th birthday. "Hi Dad, You know how I am 8 now and you said that I was old enough to make some of my own choices?" Sheldon said "yes" and then took a big gulp. "You know how I got some of my own birthday money?" Another gulp from Sheldon. "Can I get my ears pierced?" He sighed a bit of relief and told her that he would talk to her about it later that night. When he talked to her about it, he said she could get her ears pierced as long as she only got one hole like the Prophet has asked us to do. Taylor looked really upset and said "One hole! That will look dumb!" Sheldon's eyes bugged out of his head "What?!?". Taylor thought he meant she could only get one of her ears pierced.

I took Taylor to Wal Mart(never thought I would approve of getting her ears pierced here!), but a couple of different friends said they did a better job than Claire's boutique. It didn't take me long to realize that Taylor wanted her ears pierced so she can wear some big funky dangly earrings. Some of the hoops she was picking out were bigger than her head. She got so mad when I showed her the ear piercing stud selection. None of them were fabulous enough for her. :) We settled on some faux diamond studs after bantering back and forth for a bit. (I also told her the big dangly earrings would stretch her earlobes out and make them sag....mother of the year here)

I honestly thought that Taylor would chicken out when she saw the piercing gun. This is my child who the doctor had to have 3 nurses hold her down when she got her Kindergarten booster shots. She screamed so loud the doctor came back in the room and told us that she was scaring all of the other kids in the waiting room and she needed to settle down. She is so obstinate if she thinks there is some kind of pain involved in anything. However, I guess her vanity won over her fear of pain. She did get mad at the lady piercing her ears and wouldn't look at her when she was done. She was also mad at me that I had told her that it didn't hurt too much. However, when she looked in the mirror and saw her shimmering earrings, she got over it quickly. Now she sports pony tails almost every day in hopes that someone will notice her earrings. :)

Happy 8th Birthday, Taylor!

Taylor turned 8 this week. I am too young to have an 8 yr old! :) She has been planning her 8th birthday party since the day after her 7th birthday party last year. Even though I had to exercise some motherly love and bring her plans down a notch(Disneyland, ice skating, slumber parties, etc.), we still partied pretty hard. Her big party was at GO FOR IT USA, a gymnastics studio. I took her to get her requested pedicure on her actual birthday. Her birthday was celebrated all week. In fact, I think she is in denial that it's over. Here are some pics of the fun.



14 girls reloading their energy with pizza and sugar...

The foam pit...the hit of the party!

Taylor and Alaina

Cannon Ball!!



The girls had the whole gymnasium to themselves which was so awesome because....

Mom got to join in on the fun............



and Aunt Susie and Uncle Niels got to play.



But we had a hard time getting Aunt Susie to come home with us. :)



To finish off the perfect party, Taylor got to steamroll all of her guests. Whatever happened to the good old spanking machines where the birthday girl got it instead of her guests?

After a hard day of friends, cake and presents, Taylor needed a pedicure. She was so excited to have her first real pedicure, but had to hold the sides of the chair because her feet were so ticklish. She told me that she couldn't understand all of the women at the salon because they were speaking Spanish. We were in an Asian salon. :)

Taylor and Syd finish up the birthday week with their "big cliff dive. "

Dear Tooth Fairy....

I was making Taylor's bed the other morning and under her pillow I found a picture of a fairy that she had colored and cut out. On the bottom of the picture she has written "Letter on Back". I flipped it over and it read, "Dear Tooth Fairy, Can I borrow your wand? At first, I panicked and thought she had lost a tooth and didn't tell me, but that couldn't be the case because she already has all of her permanent teeth. So, I just laughed and put it in with her other amusing pics that she has drawn for me. NEXT, I went in to make Syd's bed and low and behold there is a letter under her pillow..."Dear Tooth Fairy, Can I borrow your wand? Love, Sydney"
I called Sheldon to have a good laugh with him and he asked an important question, "What do you suppose they want to do with her wand?" :) Please note the new addition to my daughter's stick figures. Her stick figures now have bosoms. :) Sheldon is so outnumbered

Syd's Graduation

Syd is FINALLY going to kindergarten! Even though she has been so anxious to go to the "big school" with Taylor, she loved her preschool teacher this year. She started Sydney reading and has been amazing. Sydney's solo part in her graduation was memorizing Little Boy Blue and spelling her name in sign language for the parents. I thought she would chicken out, but she made her mama proud.

Larry King Live

Let's be honest..this blog template is horrible. It reminds me of the board on Larry King Live. I'm only missing a pic of me with suspenders. Please help me with some websites with prettier blog templates.

Aunt Susie and Uncle Skittles house

For our family vacation, my kids did not choose Disneyland or the beach. They wanted to go visit Aunt Susie and Uncle Skittles.(Sydney could not say Niels when she first met him and decided that it sounded like her favorite candy Skittles) Here are some pics from our wild adventures.

Yesterday while having her 5yr. old check-up, Dr. Lepore asked Sydney where she got her
beautiful blue eyes. Her response......"Jesus." He chuckled a little bit and then asked her
who else had blue eyes sitting in the room that could have given them to her. She corrected him and said, "Moms don't give us blue eyes, JESUS does!!" Needless to say, he moved on to a different question. It's good to know that she pays attention at church!

Taylor's Pajama-Rama

On Friday I envited eleven people over. Me and my friends watched Ella Enchanted. We made our own pizzas with cookies. When we watched the movie we ate popcorn. Then we played a while. It was wild. --Taylor

The Masterpiece

Sheldon and Jen sitting in a tree...

Yesterday morning Sheldon surprised me with breakfast in bed. He had taken the girls on a date night last week to the Creative Pottery shop to paint ceramics and he made me this one of a kind mug for my hot chocolate. Accompanying my beautiful mug was something almost as beautiful......a heart shaped Krispy Kreme donut. My man knows what I like! :)

Welcome, I have no idea what I am doing!

I have looked at several "fancy" blogs and felt some pressure to "bring it " when joining this whole blog revolution.....and then I realized that my friends and family all know that "fancy" and "creative" have never been used in the same sentence as my name. I am starting this blog mainly to let my 7 yr. old daughter, Taylor, share her thoughts and perspective on our daily happenings in the Orme household (yes, I might regret this). We'll see how this goes....if anything, it might inspire me to take more pictures of my girls!