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This is how we began our morning. Avery & Paige helped Jason wash both dogs. They were covered in slobber & dog water, but had a good time doing it. My kids second favorite restaurant is Peter Piper Pizza - were we went to eat before the movie started. Each of the kids got tokens to spend & ate lotsa yummy pizza. Movie Time Saturday - to see the latest kids movie! Can we say Kung fu Panda should be on your must see list if you have kids or even remotely like Jack Black. It was really well done and rolls along with J.Black humor around every corner. Afterwards my kids thought they were Kung fu Masters. Check out their mad skills. In front of the Cinemark by our house is this outdoor kid splash area, which really comes in handy if you live in the desert and it's 100' degrees and your kids are determined to get wet. You think they would be sufficiently tired out after that - no such luck. We headed out to the HAC ... if you live in the valley and don't know ...

Why is it so hard watching your oldest take new steps and grow up ? She's loosing teeth, taking on the responsibility of pets, homework, cleaning her room, she's being invited to birthday parties, getting good grades, and she's calling boys... what happened to my chubby little baby girl? I yell at her all the time to "stop growing" and "go back!" so I can hear her cute prattle again or rock her to sleep at night. I know why kindergarten is a love/hate relationship with parents - they have to see their babies grow and take new steps . She reads and spells to me all the time. She is so smart & so cute it breaks my heart to think that boys will be calling her (because she is a cutie) in a few years. well, she took another big step. She decided she wanted her ears pierced . I decided when she was a baby that I wanted it to be her choice & when she thought she was ready, we'd go do it. She warmed up to the idea about a week ago when she saw the...