The Clog Log

Ydnic spent 3 months straight sewing over 100 costumes.  All this she did whilst watching my kids full time as I slaved away earning $ for our yard.  It was wretched.  Oh, but what a TERRIFIC year of clogging.  We have such a fun team this year and just wrapped up our season with a performance in Disneyland on Saturday.  It really is so much work and so much fun.  Oh how I despise costume sewing season though.  More to come on our fabulous Disney adventure later.

 This is most of our team this year.

 So you should check out the

CLOG BLOG

if you haven't already.

I can't wait to finally have some time

to update it a bit.

So...

So...I'm really busy and work a million hours a week and it is super not fun.  This year is super not fun. BUT-

                there is a but-

as of the moment, we are half way there.  I've been feeling so overwhelmed with way too much responsibility and no relief (& wretched post baby V health issues) .  In fact, last night Q and I opted out of dinner with friends because we haven't had one day with nothing scheduled since June.  JUNE.  Also, I'm extra sure we haven't been out, just the two of us, since June either.

To whom much is given, much is required. 

We are all sick as well.  Since Thanksgiving.  I haven't slept more than 3 hours consecutively since Turkey day and we are going on one hour of sleep for the last three days total.

My students told me I was saying delirious things in school today.

They were quite enjoying my Darth Vador impressions with my classroom microphone.

Life is good.

How about a little catch up shall we?

I have at least 50 thank you cards that should be written.  Will I always drop this many balls? 

I also have one very obstinate little  girl.

She is intense.  And so difficult.  And have I mentioned she does NOT sleep.  Like at all.  Like ever.  But she is all mine and I only have to share her a little bit.  I get to keep her forever and beg Q to build her a playhouse.  She is pretty awesome.  Downright defiant, but awesome.

So... my first semester of clogging is a success.  I have several new and returning students, all of which are fabulous.  We performed way early this year at the Spooky Town Fair.  Sorry no photos of Dickens.  I'll have to track some down.  This dance stuff has been stealing some major time this year.  I can't wait until I can just focus on this and not have so many other balls in the air...

(you know- those ones I keep dropping).

We have this awesome park nearby.  The last time we were there, we took Lailee.

Out of nowhere, a HUGE rain storm   burst from the sky.  We were stranded for a bit.

Silly Annie.  Favorites:  Boots (and nothing else); sitting on the bar; chocolate.  She will do anything for chocolate.

Love these two!  I am such a "lucky mommy" as Annie says.

Violet:

• Chubby!
• Loves watching Annie and me
• A fan of Baby Einstein
• Super cuddly
• Hugs dolls

Annie:

• Loves "two girls"
• "Annie too"
• Will not wear socks
• Drew all over the couch (10 foot stretch) with pen
• A big fan of "s'ment"

The Big D.L.

Annie's First Trip to Disney Land

It is only fitting that her first ride be the Jungle Cruise.
She loved it.

The weekend school got out, we took the cloggers to Disneyland to perform. I don't have pictures of the performance yet but you might be interested to know that backstage Disneyland uses a picture of us performing from about 5 years ago to advertise Disney Magic Music Days. It marked the beginning of our summer and, though I love our little cloggers, when I said goodbye to the last girl at Toon Town after our show, I breathed a huge sigh of relief. Not only did I NOT lose a clogger this time, I made it: One whole entire year of having a first baby and going to work 11 days later plus the stress of buying and renovating a house (almost done - it's taking forever)... well anyway, it was a complicated year. I'm happy to say hello to summer.

Annie loved the Haunted Mansion, even the lights out screaming part. She is quite a unique baby. We had bets going about how she would be in Bug's Life. I won: she squealed with delight and laughed the whole way through.
My baby is no wimp!

Quinn will be delighted to know there is also a Pooh Corner somewhere in the world.


Basically Annie loves big crowds of people and any chance to eat. Good thing she likes busy because D.L. was swamped with busy. We were surprised the place was so packed so early in the season.


I stand by my claim: Everything EVERYTHING is more fun with Annie. Especially Disneyland.

G & G Stirland have a stone. They love Disneyland so much in fact, that once they rented a big greyhound bus and took our entire extended family! For some reason, I kept thinking of and missing my grandpa on this trip. Death is so permanent and depressing and final. Ug.

Annie went crazy for the parade. We watched it 3 times.

Thank heaven for Meg. What am I going to do when my #1 babysitter goes to BYU?

So Annie did cry once- isn't this silly? She LOATHED Cinderella.
Give her scary rides like Pinocchio and Snow White (really, those rides are freaky- kind of like watching the Smurfs after you've grown up and had a good dose of Laura Mulvey in your system to deconstruct it), but my little girl HATES Cinderella.

G.Po. is amazingly spry.
We had some terrific moments together.

I can't get enough of these cute little feet-
and somehow seeing them sleeping in the UppaBaby Vista makes them better.
Hey, if I have to be materialistic about something in this life, at least I've picked a worthy target.

TRADITION:
We canoe every trip. Did it with Grandpa just before he died. Sniff Sniff.

Another round of S.W. and a churro please.

You should have seen me fold up the Uppa Baby Vista on the fly with 10 gallons of stuff shoved in it. I should have been filmed and observed so my posterity could admire it. But I did it! I fit it on the train for 2 stops.

Nothing like making up for a creepy hotel crib (Annie-no-can-do) with a quacking duck tub!

(Yes those are matching shirts. I just love matching.)

...And thus began the summer of only being home for 1 weekend so far. Going out of town again tomorrow and still nary a chance of getting close to caught up on the blog... or the house. Seriously, can we finally move in already? I feel like I'm on HGTV only someone hit the slow motion button, took away all the little helpers, and threw in a sick baby to heighten ratings with an added element of drama.