Hollywoooooood

Hey, so instead of posting a super long blog about everything we did in California, I'm just gonna post the highlights then there's a slideshow of some of the pictures i took! Enjoy!!!

(in no particular order)
arrived at 1 pm Friday
PINKS hot dogs
walking around Sunset Strip
FUN
Whale watching
breakfast at Pipes Cafe
Celebrity Homes: Corteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, Ozzy/Sharon Osbourne, David Spade, Winona Rider,Lindsay Lohan, etc
Blue October concert
Hollywood Site seeing: Kodak Theatre, Walk of Fame, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Runyan Canyon,Amoeba Records, LA Ink
tried to get into Price is Right (twice)
failed at getting into Price is Right (twice)
made a new bff...Sarahs dog Bella
Farmers Market/the Grove
movie:I Love You,Man
Venice Beach/Venice boardwalk/Venice beach sunset
NCIS was filming a scene while we were at Venice Beach
Santa Monica Pier: delicious nachos and drinks at Bubba Gumps, aquired new amazing light up cups
web chatting with Heidiho
bought MxPx and Blue Octobers new CD's
jammed to both on the way to Long Beach
Tumbledown show in Long Beach
dinner at Pace (best food EVERRRRR)
leave Wednesday at 1 pm

that's all i can remember for now, i'm sure I probably forgot something...it was seriously a blast and i couldn't have asked for a better tour guide! the weather was cold when i got there but finally warmed up by about Monday.

slideshow of my favorite moments:

(i realize in some of the pictures you can't see the peoples faces...just click on "view all images" and you can see them there!)

The band we saw, Tumbledown, who i LOVE. i've seen them a live a million times and each time is more awesome than the last. I couldn't find any video of the actual show we were at...so here's a video of one of my favorite songs, Atlantic City:





Next stop...HOUSTON!

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I'm leaving for California in approximately 30 minutes and I'll be gone til Wed afternoon, so I will not be blogging during that time. I will, however, have an amazing blog about my trip upon my return...see ya then!!!!

Voting starts NOW!

Hey everyone,

A local radio station, Movin' 92.5, is having a Baby Idol contest. You don't have to actually OWN the baby,just know it...i think. Anyway, I entered my nephew and he needs as many votes as possible so I...I mean,my sister, can win all kinds of cool stuff!!
You can vote up to ten times a day so bookmark the link and vote EVERY day!!

http://babyidol.movin925.com/


His name is Connor R (duh), so click the C's, he's on page 14(it's alphabetical). There are 2 pictures, at 2 months and 4 months. I personally prefer the 4 months one.

These are the 2 pictures:

2 months:


4 months:


I just tried looking at the page and it was having trouble loading, there must be millions of people on it...so if it doesn't work for you, please come back later and try again! Thanks for your support!!

I teach the smartest kids i know

Alright, so, my preschoolers have had Fruit Loops for their afternoon snack quite a few times. They love them, just as every 3 year old would love any sugary cereal snack. The cereal is always eaten dry, and usually mixed with Goldfish, pretzels, chocolate chips, basically I think anything the kitchen has laying around. We serve it to them in a small cup, they dump the cup out, pick out all their favorite pieces to eat first, eat the rest, that's the end of it.

Anyway, so a couple of weeks ago I taught a lesson on colors. All week long we did things with Fruit Loops such as making the ever so popular Fruit Loops necklaces, which helps kids develop their small motor skills,making patterns with the Fruit Loops, organizing their personal pile of Fruit Loops by color, then counting how many of each color they had,etc. My whole class, all 20 kids, actually sat down one day and separated TWO boxes of Fruit Loops by color, so that we could use them for an art project one day. They LOVED it.

Today we got the oh so yummy Fruit Loops for our afternoon snack. I was in the process of finishing handing them out when behind me I hear one of my kids say "I have 7 Goldfish, 4 blue ones, 1 green one, and 5 red ones." I turn around to look at the girl who had said that. I see on the table that she has organized ALL the contents of her cup not only by color, but by product(they just happened to only have Fruit Loops and Goldfish this time). AND, not only was SHE doing it, but all the other kids that were sitting at the same table as her had started to do it. I turn to my co-teacher and point out what they are doing and I say "I taught them that!!!!" Never before had they done that with their snack. I was SO SO proud. Not only of them, but of myself. I felt good that I had taught them a different way to look at things...and they actually remembered! It's so funny to me that the kids are learning math, and logic, and developing their motor skills, and they have no idea! They just wanna play with food!

Just wanted to share that...have a good weekend everyone!

Oh, p.s. I will be posting a blog on Monday sometime, probably about 2 p.m. my time. PLEASE come back then to read, it's a time sensitive matter!!

Happy Daylight Savings Time Day!

Helllloooooo.

I LOVE daylight savings time. Like seriously, LOVE it. I hate being cold, I hate winter and having to wear coats all the time and having to wake up early to defrost my car. Yuck. No thanks. So,when daylight savings time rolls around, that means, #1:it's going to be daylight longer (duh), and #2 spring is (hopefully!) right around the corner!!! Except when i woke up this morning..I woke up to this:



What the heck,man?? It's MARCH!! There should be flowers blooming and sun shining and I should be able to go out in a t-shirt and flip flops (who am I kidding, I wear flip flops no matter what the weather)!

Speaking of being cold, and on a kinda gross note, these past 6 or so weeks I've noticed that whenever I go out in the cold whatever part of my body that is exposed will turn red and bumpy and itch. I looked like I had some sort of rash, it was quite gross. So I talked to a few people (cause going to a doctor would have just been TOO easy) who suggested that maybe the itchy bumps were hives, and I should start taking some Benedryl so that doesn't happen every time my body temperature drops a couple degrees. Well, it's been about 3 days and I have definitely gotten cold and have had no hives, so I guess it's working! I did a little research on Google (cause the internet is ALWAYS the best way to find facts)and apparently what I have is an actual condition called Cold Urticaria (which literally means cold hives). It's most common in people ages 18-25 (relatively close to my age, so I guess I qualify) and can last for months or 6 years. Hopefully it's the first one. At least I know it's not for the rest of my life. This whole thing is just totally bizarre to me because I've gone my whole life without being allergic to ANYthing, and now, within the past 4 or 5 years I've become allergic to chapstick and cold weather. I guess nothing I do is ever normal!

Now onto a warmer subject...I'm going on vacation(s)!!! As some of you may recall from a couple blogs back, my friend Sarah from Cali came to visit me and set her hair on fire. Well, at the end of March, I'm going to reciprocate!(except for the lighting my hair on fire part) We have TONS of fun stuff planned... including whale watching, a taping of The Price is Right(!!!!!), Hollywood sightseeing in general (Hollywood Walk of Fame, Kodak Theatre, Manns Chinese Theatre), going to the BEACH, and eating LOTS of delicious food!! I can't wait to be WARM(er, at least)!!!

At the end of April I'll be going to Houston to see my sister, bro in law and nephew for a few days. I'm really excited to spend more than a weekend there. She's lived there for almost 2 years and that's the longest I've ever been able to spend there! My sister will have cheerleading tryouts for the Houston Texans while I'm there, so while she's doing that I'm gonna help take care of the cutest,sweetest little baby in the whole entire world (that's Connor for those of you who didn't catch on). I don't mind that ONE bit!

In other news, I have officially been accepted into Bright Horizons University to start working towards my Child Development Associates Degree. Online classes officially start March 23rd. I'm nervous but excited at the same time, I hope I do well.

That's about it for now, I think. I'm sorry I haven't been blogging as much, I just haven't really thought about it I guess, but I'll try to blog more regularly so these babies aren't so dang long!!

Love you all, talk to you soon!