Life with the Hinds'

Today is Peyton's 4th Birthday! Happy Birthday Peyton!!! She informed me today (as she did the other day at her birthday lunch) that we could call her Birthday Girl, Not Peyton. So I have been. I let her have a cupcake for breakfast. I know, horrible, but oh well. They don't ever eat things like that, so one time won't hurt, right? Right! I took the girls to the Children's Museum this morning. We played and played, then ate a picnic lunch, then played some more! Their favorite thing, as always, is the grocery store. They love to shop!! And always have their carts overflowing. There were a lot of people there today, so it was pretty loud. I have a headache now. Thank goodness for my darvoset. Please kick in soon! Showing off her Green tongue after her fruit roll up... Telling us the news...they are actually on TV...Kalee is watching herself talk. And their favorite...Shopping!! Lori...Please notice that Peyton is buying you new Swiss Miss! We went to Target after the mu...

We had a birthday lunch for Peyton at Nan and Pop's house Sunday afternoon. She was very excited about it! She wanted a Princess party this year. I took her to Sams to get a birthday cake...Yes, I know, I suck. I bought her cake, didn't make it. There is no excuse! it took her 20 minutes to pick one out. She ended up getting Princess cupcakes, the thing that caught her eye when we first walked up. But she had to eliminate all options before choosing! She had already picked out which one she was going to eat first before we left the store...Snow White in case you're wondering! Yesterday morning she woke up and ran into our room to get me up. "Today is my birthday party!!! i have to pick out my outfit from my wardrobe!!" So she went into her room to her dress up "wardrobe" and picked out her Snow White dress. She put it on, had her Snow White high heels, even had a red ribbon tied in her hair. She informed us that she looked "Spectacular!!" Hilar...

Today was a nothing day. We did nothing. We didn't leave the house, even though I should have gone to the bank, bought stamps, gone grocery shopping, dropped off laundry at the dry cleaners...Oh well, I didn't feel like it, so I didn't! I did pick up the house and sweep (that's right, with the awesome vacuum...I still use it at least once a week!) I made supper...some Mexican stuff that Kate taught me how to make. Kalee had 3 helpings, Kate. She really liked it! I made a picture appointment for the girls for tomorrow. It will be for Kalee's 2 year picture and Peyton's 4 year picture. HOPEFULLY it will go fine. But with their track record this summer of being around strangers, it might not. Keep your fingers crossed! They have cute little plaid shorts and tank tops to wear. Not matching colors, I hate when people do that to their kids (I have done it once, but only once...in a moment of weakness...I was clearly not on top of my game that day when I dr...

I went canoeing with Stacey and some of her friends (a fun group!) this past weekend. We had a good time. The weather was beautiful for camping. Not so much for canoeing. It was a little chilly on the water, and yes, we did dump over once and had to make an emergency bail out once. I didn't see any snakes, so I consider it a very successful trip! Peyton had an eye appointment Monday. It was a 4 month check of her glasses. The doctor said she was doing very well. She said that hopefully in time, she won't have to wear glasses at all. I was surprised by this. I was under the impression that she couldn't see anything! Apparently that is not true. If I understand it correctly, she has good vision, she just has to work 5 times harder than a regular person to see. So her eyes cross because she is trying so hard. So over time, her eyes will strengthen with her glasses and her farsightedness will correct itself. Maybe by the time she is a teenager, she won't have to wear them...

So Tara just texted me to tell me that Playhouse Disney Live is coming to the Convention Center in November! What? That's currently Kalee's most favorite thing ever!! "Watch Mousy" is her favorite line these days! So I jumped on the internet and bought us 4 tickets!! I'm so excited!! It's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Little Einsteins, Tigger and Pooh, and Handy Manny! They are going to LOVE THIS!!! Thanks Tara Jo!!!! Here's a link if you want to go too! http://disney.go.com/disneylive/playhouse/

It's finally finished...I am moved back in to my bathroom! It only took about 6 months...the story of my life! Here are a few pics of my new light and shade. Yay! (OK, I know, they aren't the best pictures, but it's hard to get a good pic in a small space like my bathroom!!) Now if I can just get Matt to get my curtain rod put up in the dining room! I'll feel like I have accomplished something. I continue to paint the downstairs trim and doors. Takes forever. I am on coat #3. Probably will take 4. Peyton is cracking me up today. We went to the chiropractor and when we came home, she decided she needed to fox me also. So she signed me in at her desk, took me back to "room #4" and had me lay down. She then worked on me a good 15 minutes. She was being hilarious. She kept talking to me and telling me stories in her sincere voice. She was telling me about the wedding she just went to and how there was a party and how her daughter was there. I was there too, didn...

So these people moved in to a house two doors down from us about a year ago, maybe longer, I don't really remember. Ever since they moved in there, I have been creeped out by this guy. (I think I've told Megan this before) He is a starer. If he is outside when you are, he just stands and stares at you. The girls and I play outside a lot and really, we play in the front in the driveway often. So he just creeped me out. I am not completely paranoid, because 3 of the neighbor ladies that I talk to have also commented on the weirdness that is this guy. Well, I think it's safe to say that he makes me nervous, especially with my two daughters and even more especially due to the fact that Matt is gone for 24, sometimes 48 hours at a time, and the people around here know he is gone. I finally made Matt look the guy up on the sexual predator's listing online. He is not on it, so that made me feel better. However, we found out last week that he has been in jail for ro...