Mary C. Thomas 1st grader extraordinaire

This past Tuesday Mary started 1st grade and her new teacher is Mrs. R*a*mos. It was super hot/humid and rainy that morning (most unusual out here that time of year... or ever really), but we all managed to walk up with only a little bit of complaining. Can you guess who did the complaining???

Sally was the most unhappy member of the Thomas family during this photo. 

I swear I brushed her hair that day.

She is bummed that Mary is getting all the attention and that she does not go to school today too.

So far Mary's class only has 20 kids.  Not too bad since last year there were 25

End of summer fun - Labor Day

We enjoyed Labor Day and saying goodbye to summer at Seaport Village on Monday

on the San Diego Harbor.  It was rather humid and then started to rain, but we had a fun time

dining, playing and hanging out with the Skains before they left for Texas the next day.

Coronado Bridge behind us

It was a rather girly day with 5 little ladies all hanging out together!! :)

Happy 4th Birthday to Miss Sally!

Yet another gymnastics party at the LJ YMCA, this time celebrating

Sally's 4th birthday on August 21st. 

Hello Kitty was the theme and I made chocolate and banana cupcakes! :)

Here she is - weighing in at her heaviest -- 30 whopping pounds!! - Happy 4th to our sweet gal Sally :)

How I made my ladybug cupcakes for Mary's 6th b-day

Trader Joes box mix = YUM!

 Everything shown here was either purchased at Michaels, "Do it with icing" in 

Clairemont, and Party City (M&M's)

 This is the red that you want to use and use it with butter cream frosting (do not use any of the stuff that comes in a tub from the grocery store).

Add just enough so that it is not too crazy red -the color will brighten up after some time. 

 You can either use an Oreo cakester (left) for the head or a blob of black 

icing from the can (right).  Licorice whip for the line on the body.

 I used the black icing to glue on my eyes

The aphids were just the black M&M's and black icing. 

The one on the bottom right corner has black licorice pieces. 

Mary's 6th birthday party - ladybug theme!

July 10th at the La Jolla YMCA concluded all of the celebrating of the 6th year of joy that little Mary has brought to us so far. Our ladybug shindig was great and the party was enjoyed by all! The day consisted mainly of LOTS of 5 and 6 year old girls!!

The birthday girl felt really shy when everyone was singing to her

Here are my ladybug cupcakes and the aphids on the lower tier :)

Above - silly bucket that I turned into a ladybug

Below - goodie bags for all the girls that contained candy and 

a ladybug necklace or bracelet and the bag is tied off with a felt flower hair accessory that I made.

Happy 4th of July 2011

On the way back home from LA we stopped along the way in La Mirada, CA (my original hometown) and I took the girls to a park that I remember going to summer camp at. We found lots of good and silly photo opportunities there.

My first house until I was about 8 years old (near Biola University)