Lipstick

Yesterday I was getting ready for the day (I wasn't putting on makeup) and Hero said "I want to put on lipstick." I said "No I don't know where it is right now." My makeup was still packed from our trip. Hero said "I want to be beautiful!" I said "You look beautiful." She said "No I don't. I need lipstick!" And she starts crying!! I said "You don't need lipstick to look beautiful. You already look beautiful." She tipped her head down and put her hand on her forehead and was crying and said "I do need lipstick." I said "No you are beautiful with out lipstick." I definitely did not let her put on lipstick. She is only 3 1/2 what is her deal. I let her play with my make-up but it is not like I wear that much makeup or put a big emphasise om makeup. She did stop crying and hasn't asked for it since. What a silly girl.

Karate and Ballet

On July 6 Chanse went to his first karate class. Chanse just sat in the corner then I gradually got him to the mat. Then near the end of class they had the kids punch and hit balloons, finally Chanse wanted to participate but he had to have the gold balloon. At the end of class he said he loved it and he really wanted to do it again. So then the next class came and he fully participated and he loves his karate outfit I made him. (He class it his karate alphabet. Because he says he can't say outfit. Go figure??!!!)




Then on July 7 Hero stared her ballet/tap class and she just loved it. She had so much fun!

4th of July

On the 4th of July we really wanted to go to a parade but the night before Ben and I got woken up at least 4 times by 2 different kids. So we did not make it to a parade. We had a pancake breakfast. Then we thought it would be fun to go to the Festival in Boulder City. We went and had snowcones ( whats the 4th without snowcones?) and the kids played for a little while and then we went home. All the kids feel asleep so we went for a drive and we saw Lake Las Vegas which I have never seen before. It was so pretty there. Chanse woke up and saw the lake. He really liked it. If I remember correctly all the kids woke up and saw the lake. They loved it. We then went home and we had a BBQ. And then of course some ice cram. Yummy. When it was dark we went and sat on our balcony and saw all the fireworks going off all over the Las Vegas Valley. We can see the whole valley from our balcony. We were hoping to be able to see a firework show from a nearby casino from our balcony but we had to go to the front yard. Chanse loved the fireworks. Sterling was so scared of the fireworks that I think I still have bruises from her squeezing and pinching me. Hero was not a big fan either. But Chanse and I sat in the front yard and watched the firework show. It was so great that we didn't have to go anywhere to see fireworks. We had a pretty fun 4th. The kids were upset about no parade. Hopefully next year we will get some sleep then we can be up and ready for a parade.