Double take on the "Double"

On one or two occasions, I have heard my girls say..."Lets do a double." I always assumed it was some fun sister game they had...I guess I was kind of right!! So...a few weeks ago Jason and I were getting the girls ready for bed, when we heard them say..."Lets do a double." Jason decided to follow them and find out just what a double was. While he was investigating, I tried to come up with some ideas of my own...just what can MY girls do that can be doubled. A double front flip perhaps...or maybe a double round off back handspring. Maybe, it is something to do with ice-cream. A few moments later, Jason returned, wearing a look that totally sent my ideas crashing to the floor. "Do you know what a double is" he asked?? I responded "No...what is it??".............Well my friends...apparently what Jason found was my 2 beautiful, adorable, perfect little sweet cheeks sharing the toilet seat while peeing in unison. That's right...apparently that is a "DOUBLE" in our house!!!

p.s. unfortunately we were unable to capture that treasured moment on film....so this entry is all the documentation we will have of that "makes a mother proud" moment!!

p.s.s. I guess when you gotta go...you gotta go.

p.s.s.s. Guess all those lessons in sharing are really paying off.

Playing Hooky with the High School Musical Hotties!!!

If I were the Mom I wish I were...this post would have been me and the girls...midnight showing (ok...probably not) but at least opening day...1st showing!! I however am apparently not the Mom I wish I were!! I do try...believe me...I do try....but on this particular occasion, opening day coincided with my babysitting day. So my poor, picked on, never get to do anything fun kids had to wait a WHOLE 6 days to see this movie after it opened!! If you are thinking to yourself...what a horrible, wretch of mom. Those poor kids deserve sooooo much better!! You are right!!! However...let me try to redeem myself here!!! It may have been a whole 6 days after it opened, but...(wait for it....) I pulled them out of school, (they only had to attend 2 hours), I let them bring a friend, I took them to a grown up eatery of their choosing, we took picutres, and we saw the movie on the biggest screen in Arizona!!! (If you still feel sorry for my poor picked on kidlets...I WANT YOU FOR MY MOM!!!) So...needless to say we had a "FABULOUS" time!!!
HERE IS THE PROOF!!!
Anna, Mallory and Sydney with Ryan and Sharpay (notice Chad and Taylor in the background) Sharpay has NOTHING on my GIRLS!!!

The girls in front of the poster!!!

Silly faces in the theatre!!!

They were such well-behaved little ladies!!

Anna Hearts High School Musical...and I Heart Her!!!!

My three little posers!!!

Three Bestest of Friends!!! These 3 girls play sooooo well together!!! I LOVE IT!!!

Waiting at the restaurant of choice....what was it....(the tension is building...)

Why...California Pizza Kitchen of course....it is one of Anna's favorites!!!

We had such a great time!!! I am so glad I have little girls...so I can claim I am ONLY SEEING MOVIES LIKE THIS FOR THEM!!! ( I totally am of course ;) !!!!)

Trick-or-Treat

Halloween has come and gone again. We have said goodbye until next year to all our goblin friends!! The decorations are down. The costumes are washed and put away. The candy is showing up on my body in places it shouldn't be!! Oh...but the memories we made, the pictures we took, the candy we ate!! (come on...admit it...I know I am not the only one...I HOPE!!) So sit back...relax...and enjoy our visit back to Vance family Halloween...2008!!! My 3 treats!!!

Anna was so funny this year. She said to me, "Mom...now that I am 6 years old...I need to something SCARY for Halloween!!! Check her out...she is SCARY!!! (I love how this girl ALWAYS poses for the camera!!!)

Mallory was also her "special" self this year!! She could not pick a costume to save her life!! (Thank you Natalie for supplying the SNOW PRINCESS...it was a hit!!) Mallory refused to let me do anything this year....NO CROWN...NO JEWELERY...NO CURLS...NO MAKEUP!!! Just Mallory...a-la-mode!!!!

OH MY GOSH!!! I LOVE THIS BOY!!! Couldn't you just cook him...serve him with a side of butter and EAT HIM UP!!! Tater is definately the YUMMIEST Lobster I have ever seen!!!

He got an early start with the candy!!

Where does Tate begin and the cotton candy end??!!??

It is going...going...going...

IT IS GONE!!!! Bellyache anyone!!!

Cutest little lobster boy!!!

Anna and her bestest little buddy Sydney!!!

Ok...our neighborhood has the best street ever for Halloween!! It is truly a trick or treaters PARADISE!!! We are talking snow cones...cotton candy...popcorn...home made rootbeer...full size candy bars and games!!! It is soooo fun!! They block off the street and the kids have a BLAST!!! Here is Mallory with her snow cone!!!

Anna with her "Witches Brew"!!

So many flavors...so little time!!

So I decided this year to make a Halloween themed dinner before we went trick or treating!! It turned out so fun....I smell a TRADITION!!! We had "Mummy dogs" and "Baked Eyeball Casserole"!! It was really fun and soooooo YUMMY too!!!

The Baked Eyeball Casserole!!!

Looks like they are staring right at you...huh??!!

Tate had a little fun before we left with the witches hair!!!

SO DID DADDY!!!

Breckyn....Mallory....and Anna!!!

We had such a fun surprise when Brett and Courtney stopped by with their ghostly gang!! YEAH!!! WE LOVE FAMILY!!! Breckyn is one COOL CAT!!!

Jack is ready to go "hunting" for a good time!!! (I'm a cheeser...I know)

Hank is going FISHING for FUN!!!

Tatum is Tu-Tu cute!!!!

We had a creepy, freaky, ghoulish good time this Halloween and we look forward to an even better one next year!!!!

Pumpkin Carving 2008

WE ARE ALIVE!!!! I know...I know...You are all wondering where the heck I have been? (Some of you are probably going through some MAJOR Vance family withdrawls.) Well...have no fear...I (we) have returned!!! I have some major catch uo to play too. So now...you all get MAJOR Vance family overload!! Let us begin...
Below is our annual pumpkin carving family night. We had a great time. We invited our neighbors (the Stoddards) over for some Pizza and Pumpkin carving fun. (How can it not be fun when we are involved.) I gotta tell ya...I was slightly impressed with the growth my kidlets experienced from last years pumpkin carving to this years!! It totally cracks me up to see the faces they come up with. Now...bear in mind when you look at these MASTERPIECES...that we cut out exactly what they draw!!! (when I say we...I mean Jason ofcourse...I am a busy girl)
(Note...to all you "expert" bloggers ...I am not trendy enough yet to have mastered the art of slideshows...so sorry about all the pictures. Also note that for one of the first times they are not in the correct order either...OH WELL...I am tired and lazy today and I am not going to fix it!!) ENJOY!!!
Pumpkins on "All Hallows Eve"" (thats Halloween)

1st = Anna 2nd = Jason 3rd = Mallory

Jason...he totally cheated using stickers...but we wont tell!!!

Our cutie patootie neighbor Cohen!! We LOVE this boy!!!

The girls giving Daddy a hand!!

The "creators" and their "creations"

I LOVE MY GIRLS!!!

I absolutely LOVE Mallory's pumpkin...look how little everything is!! Isn't she the cutest!!!

Anna was so funny this year!! She wanted everything scary...because she is 6 now!!!

Mallory's pumpkin at night

Anna's pumpkin all a-glow!!!

Mallory's before the official lighting

And one more of Anna's haunting Jack-o-lantern

oops...and one more Mally...look at how tiny!!!