:( :( :(

Bianca, the little girl to the left of Riley in the pink shirt, is Riley's preschool BFF. She is the sweetest little girl and it is truly a blessing to know her.... I love to listen to Riley recap all the things her and Bianca talked about and played at school for the day. I was heartbroken to learn Friday morning, that the night before Bianca was reaching to turn on the TV and it fell off of the dresser and smashed her to the ground. I believe it was a large TV (not a flat screen). Her mom heard a crash and ran in the room and found her covered in blood, nearly unrecognizable. The lifeless 4 year old was air lifted to Loma Linda were she remains in a coma. Bianca is hooked to breathing machines and it has been determined that if she survives she will not be brain dead; however, she will be deaf and possibly blind.

My heart aches for her family, I cant even fathom what they are going through. I'm going to get to work on sewing a special blanket for her and Kiddie Korner Preschool is going to start a donation jar on Monday. Other than that I feel so helpless... :(

Got hula?

My Grand parents head stone was finally installed... sheesh it only took a month and a half. OK well maybe I was a little impatient but for some reason it bothered me that there wasn't a marker at their grave site for so long. It looks so strange, because every week since 02 there was always just one name.... sadly now there is two.

On a happier note I had a girls night in... My Friend Laura came by for some wine and hula hooping. Well alota wine and yaaaaaa hula hooping. I was like 10 the last time I hula-ed. So there we are enjoying food and drink and Laura busts out her latest fitness class idea.... hula hooping. Laura is a personal trainer, her energy level and motivation makes me wanna throw up.... but I respect her because she was at one time over weight, but she found the inspiration to become physically fit.
I admit it was fun. These hula hoops aren't the walmart cheap-o with the little bead rollin around inside, OH no this was a heavier "professional" version.. if there is such a thing. It was comfortable and super easy. We had some Michael turned up loud, laughing until our sides hurt, I could so do that for an hour. I was tempted to wake Riley, she would have loved it.

So there you have it I'll be hula hoopin in the living room until classes come to the Chino Hills area real soon.

Tom's Farms Fun

This little girl and I spent the day at Tom's Farm....... 101 outside and she wants to shop for pumpkins. The farm has a cool little fun zone, petting zoo, pony rides, train rides and what else PUMPKINS... During the train ride they stage a mock robbery with an old west shoot out.... It was interesting ridding around with a train full of screaming scared kids. A little warning about the gun shots would have been nice; I'm just saying......

We had lunch @ Senor Tom's
OHHH the petting zoo, I don't think you understand my love for miniature farm animals... Riley didn't know goats were available in this size.... and she wants one. Daddy says no goat.. How about one of these little pigs? Pink or Black??? oh the decisions!
And you cant visit the farm without stopping at The Candy Shoppe.... They have the best salt water taffy.

Other than the heat no complaints, we had a fun day for less than $100. So go check it out!

Flashback Friday

Halloween 2008 (L-R) Camron, Mason, Tyler and Riley

Riley post trick-or-treating. Eatin candy & watching TV with Daddy. Bath and jammies, time for bed...NOT!

Girls weekend

While Daddy is away, his girls will play, and spend his money!
This little girl & I got mani's and pedi's together as we normally do; however, this outing was different... Riley informed me that she thinks I'm an awesome mommy, and because of me she wants to be a mommy and a Veterinarian... Then she told me the names of my future grand children. Boy= Harold..... Girl= Eyelash.... I'm so excited.. lol

Sunday we went to a memorial gathering for my BFF's aunt Gail, who passed away a few weeks ago. Lynn read a really soothing passage from the bible and we all released a purple balloon in Gail's honor. It was touching. I would have more pictures but my memory card was at home in the computer and my camera only holds 5 pics without it.. sooo booo hooo. As you can see, my one shot at a pic and Riley was more focused on the cake not the camera, she didn't want to miss out on that butter cream frosting.

Have a delightful week!

Yeh October!

I cant believe it's October already! October is my favorite month, I love the weather, the colors and HALLOWEEN. Check out Riley in her "Harvest shirt" she goes to a religious preschool so its not Halloween its "Harvest" SUX! No bats, ghosts, witches, spiders or pumpkins with faces..oops bet I get a note for this shirt. Any who no mention of skull and cross bones... weird.

I got a new Tortoise, her name is Tootsie. She was in the middle of the road on the way home from the lake... slight shell damage SO who knows what happened to the poor thing. We tried to put her off to either side of the road but she kept heading for the road again. Which just proves shes retarded and that is the only qualification required to be a pet in my home.

Big Mama (Tank 10 yr old) Daddy (Lumpy 10 yr old) both are African leopard tortoise and then there is lil Tootsie (my guess 2 yr old) A CA Desert Tortoise... I am in the process of getting her registered and yes, I am aware of the $5000 fine for removing her from the desert; however, here are exceptions to that law. Sorry for the crappy picture but for tortoise they move surprisingly fast.

We went mini golfing for my niece's 12Th birthday, again sorry for the crappy pictures. I felt like a pack mule: Riley's drink, my big purse, camera, my club and ball.... you cant expect me to get one good shot. I think I should stick with landscape photography... at least it stays in place.

Showing her Dad a few tricks.........

Almost ready to ride a real bike. I cant wait... seriously I cant wait to get a shot of that!

Vroommmmmm..... Vroom