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We saw Justin Bieber at the store: he's really quiet.

2012-02-22T10:37:00.000-08:00

Me and Ellie, who wanted to hold and touch everything, everywhere....and walk and walk and walk and walk.....

My little "Pop of Color" in the store....

Be prepared when your baby leans to walk- it will take you much longer to go places, because they want to walk all over the place. Usually in a zig zag pattern, or just walk in circles. But we were prepared- so we just patiently walked all around with our "mini-mover"!

Blaker was mesmerized by all the "talking" and "light up" toy demos boxes- brilliant idea toy companies!

My, two "pop" of colorfulness brightening up the aisles....Alani loves to walk around with the baby.

Then we saw Justin Bieber in the store. He was a little more quiet than I thought he'd be. We said hi to the Beebs, checked out and headed for home.

from me and the Beebs, have an awesome, colorful day, kandee

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How to Wake Up Happy (with messy hair)

2012-02-21T02:44:00.002-08:00

Too cute
Two pictures
Two tooth smile

Morning hair makes us laugh...
Princess jammies make us cozy
And since glo-worm went flying into the toilet on accident, the other day...."glo sea-horse" has now stepped into the "glow" spotlight.

Oh, how my heart jumps for joy at the sight of all my little ones with messy hair, in the morning...
Elyse, is all smiles, the second her eyes are open...
Blakey, is my smiley, love bug, asking, "what did you dream about?"....
Alani, is my slow-waker-upper....that just prefers to silently cuddle....
And Jordan...is not much of a morning person...(but not sure too many teenage boys are)....
And I'm smiling the second my eyes are open...because I know I get to see all these little eyes, waiting for me to look at them with loving eyes, shower them in loving words, wrap them in loving arms...
just filling them up with love, confidence and joy...

as a mom, I love knowing that even though the world may be cruel and unkind sometimes...that our home is always a place of safety, love, kindness and encouragement...
kids need to know that there is one place they know they will always be love and encouraged and safe...
and that is at home.....with lots of morning messy hair, that we love!!

messy hair and yummy breakfast, your kandee

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Me and Baby Video: What's in your Target Bags Lady!

2012-02-20T09:15:00.000-08:00

Sometimes me and baby make videos together- the tutorials would be hard to do, holding her, so that's when my mom comes over to help! ha ha ha

She loves her baby and says "bay-beeeee", all the time!

And, most of the time she just wants to just get really close to the video camera and grab it! ha ha ha As you will see in this video!

awww, we really love baby dolls!

And since everyone always asks me to do a "haul" (I still don't like that name, but everyone still calls them that...), for what I bought at the grocery store, like Whole Foods or what I buy when I go to Target or Walmart...here's the first one I went to, Target (AKA Tar-jay)...I will do a Whole Foods and Walmart haul too, for everyone that asked!

So get cozy...and come see what I have inside my Target bags!

Finally, I upload a new video to my "The Kandee Johnson Show" channel on Youtube- my random vlog and mommy/baby video channel!

So, let's go see what I got, from baby to beauty stuff! (I know, the trash bags are not exciting!):

my favorite part is when she tries to grab the camera and get right in front of the lens...ha ha ha

huge hugs from me and baby, Kandee

PS. Yes, I know- my imovie is still going nutso and adding clips back in that I removed when I export it- like the "double" intro...ugh....me and imovie are gonna have a talk!

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How To Party Like Your 15

2012-02-19T00:22:00.000-08:00

Me and Jordan, my birthday boy...who is so much taller than me it's scary.

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He said for his birthday he wanted to have a bunch of friends over, to spend the night....so as I type this, Jordan's room is full of his friends.

5 pizzas were ordered to feed them.

Lots of milk glasses were filled to wash down their birthday cake.

And they all went to movies, while I finished baking and icing the cake.

I thought it would be funny to buy big fake gold chains for all Jordan's friends for his birthday....and lo and behold, as I walked into Target the other day, near the dollar area in the front, they had these "gold dollar bling" necklaces in the St. Patty's day stuff!

I finally remembered my "world's best chocolate cake recipe"! And I found my "world's best chocolate icing recipe too!".....and yes, I filmed me making it so a "how to" video will be on it's way soon!!!

BEST COMPLIMENT OF THE NIGHT: After the boys started eating the cake one said:

"THIS CAKE IS THE BOMB!"

and another one said:

"MAN, THIS IS BETTER THAN THE CAKES MY MOM MAKES!"

and another one said:

"THIS IS WAY BETTER THAN THOSE CAKES IN A BOX!"

Jordan said the only way they'd all wear the "gold bling" necklaces I got them, to the movies, was if he could pick out what I would wear, and it would all be all clothes from his closet. ha ha ha ha He should know by now, that I would probably say "ok, I would"!

Jordan may be 15 now, but he's not too cool to still hold his baby sister. He picked her up and took her to go meet all his friends when they came over...he's such a good big brother.
And Blakey was in heaven to get to hang out with the guys in Jordan's room! He even ate 3 slices of pizza with the boys at the table. He was so excited to get to sit with them.

And when Blakey gave Jordan his present, which was a box full of some of his matchbox cars- Jordan was so sweet and told him they were "so cool!" and his favorite cars. And Alani remembered that Jordan had said how he liked the game Clue, so she picked that out to give him. And Jordan and one of his other friends said, she made it a party by giving him that! She was so excited!

Jordan said this was his favorite birthday...
but maybe it's because he can't remember the year I made him a big cake that looked like a monster truck arena, and had monster truck everything! ha ha ha Well he was about 3....so.....I'm excited he said this was his favorite!

going to get another slice of chocolate cake, your kandee

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Swinging, Walking, Walmart & Almost Party Time

2012-02-18T10:45:00.000-08:00

Yesterday after I finished typing my blogs in Starbucks, while my mom played with the kids...
We took baby for her first time in a swing....
as you can see, the look on her face is: not impressed
and about 2.5 seconds later, she was back in my arms
after lunch of sandwiched and soup...more walking...we picked Alani up from school
and headed to hunt for Jordan's birthday presents...his birthday is tomorrow!

this was baby nearly "running" with Nana (AKA my mom) and Blakey! Gotta love my blurry iphone pics!

And this is Sir Jordanicus (AKA Jordan)'s favorite cake- which I cannot find my recipe for anywhere...OR the recipe for my famous chocolate icing! I though I had blogged about my recipes for this cake and icing- but I can't find it anywhere! I can't find where I wrote down my recipe on paper, anywhere either! I have to make this in about an hour too. And I made the recipe up, so I can't search for this recipe anywhere! ha ha ha

So I have to get ready because, my house is going to get a bit crazier with the arrival of 6 teenage boys who will be spending the night. I had to go buy extra food last night- they eat a lot of food!

And last but not least, I am so excited-

Especially since the 2 stores I go to the most are Walmart and Target!

Walmart asked ME, if I'd like to be their guest "baby picker" and pick some of my favorite baby products AND pick out some things that I think are the best deals, cute stuff, and a few different things I think are cute from all different price ranges for the Baby Days!
They don't carry my favorite big carseats, Britax- any they are kinda pricey (but worth it), so there are some "budget friendly picks" too!
And if you go to walmart.com today, look who's there!
A lil' picture of me- I almost had a heart attack! And I love that I have no make-up on in the picture they used! ha ha ha

No, I'm not a Walmart ambassador or spokesperson (even though I feel like I could be the Walmart and Target spokesperson, because I shop there and talk about them so much! ha ha ha But it's because I really do shop there ALL the time!)

No one pays me to shop there, no one pays me to say I like them- I just really do!

The people at walmart are so nice, and they told me that by being the "guest baby picker", they'd feature me on their website- I just didn't know when, or what picture they'd use...but it turns out- it's up there today...and I did not send them that picture of me right after baby was born, with no make-up on! ha ha ha

Surprise!

you can see it here...

www.walmart.com

(Everyone asked me to do a "what you buy at the grocery store or Target or Walmart video so-I just finished doing my "what we bought at Target video- still need to upoload it- maybe I'll do one of all our Walmart goodies too!)

Now I'm off to go hunt for that cake recipe and finish wrapping Jordan's presents!

And hopefully not have to run to the store, because I think I am missing ingredients from my missing cake recipe!

off and running for my baking apron, your kandee

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Poop-versations

2012-02-17T12:32:00.000-08:00

This is my "faster-than-a-speeding-shutter-on-a-camera" Blakey....
While Alani and Jordan are away at school for the day...it's just baby and my Blakey...and I love all the conversations we have all day long....
He melts my heart with almost every sentence that comes out of his mouth....
My favorite yesterday, was when he asked me to come talk to him while he "pooped"...
to which I said, ofcourse...
I change diapers filled with poop what's a little talking in the bathroom while someone poops!? ha ha
(this is only cute when they are little, by the way! ha ha ha)

So as I sat in the bathroom, and said "well, what should we talk about?"...Blakey started to ask what my favorite toy was, when I was a baby:
to which I replied, my little squeaky rabbit toy.
Then I asked him, "what's your.....favorite color?!?"....
to which he replied:
"OH! That's a good question!?! It's turquoise!"
ME: "ME TOO BLAKEY! We both love Turquoise!"

Our conversation continued until he was done doing his business...and we both learned some "new favorites" that each of us have....

One day when he is grown up, I will miss little moments like this...even if they do take place while "sitting on his little throne".

Cherish every moment. Every smile. Every conversation. Try to never say, "I'm too busy"....because we should never be too busy for what a little heart wants to share with us!

huge hugs and extra smiles today...

and yes, I have new video to upload for the THE KANDEE JOHNSON SHOW CHANNEL on Youtube...but since I am typing this from Starbucks...while my mom is playing with the Blakey and the baby...I can't sit here while it uploads for 2 hours...

hoping they fix the downed internet near my house ASAP!...

peace out Starbucks, kandee

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Baby Goes Native: Mini Moccasins

2012-02-16T09:29:00.000-08:00

We heart these with a capitol "H"!

We know designers have been so inspired by "native" anything, the last few seasons-

and their "native" inspiration is timeless- these would have looked cute in the 50's to the 70's to a modern little baby in Soho or a "farm baby", ready to cruise around the ranch house!

WHERE WE GOT THEM:

At Whole Foods, in their baby aisle. But you can see even more and order them at:

www.bobuxusa.com

They are the most delicious chocolate brown...and have worn them with everything from red and white stripes to a pink floral outfit!

REASONS WE LOVE:

*They go on super easy and fast.

*They don't come off like most every pair of shoes or boots she has.

*They don't leave marks on her ankles or feet.

*They invented the ankle elastic system for these kinds of slip-on baby shoes!

*They are adorable!

*All my babies have learned to walk better in these kinds of shoes.

*They are accepted by the American Podiatric Medical Association.

*They are hand made in New Zealand, by moms in their homes. Bobux gives them sewing machines, so they can stay at home with their kids while earning a living! (I love that!)

*They don't use dangerous dyes either!

I just wish they made them in my size!

comfy shoes and mini mocs, your Kandee and Mocc-a-cupcake

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Fashion Week Baby Toting

2012-02-15T00:03:00.000-08:00

As we all know...I am not at NY Fashion Week, this week- due to me not feeling so great.
But last September, these were some pictures of me and my favorite little bundle of love to carry around, lil' Elyse.

and what I loved seeing this year...was Posh and David Beckham, carrying their little baby, Harper Seven everywhere. I love when you see celebrity moms and dads who actually carry their babies with them everywhere. Seeing them going out to eat and actually taking their babies with them instead of leaving them at home with a team of nannies.

I respect the parents that you can see, love being parents and love being with their babies, celebrities or not.

Every moment is made better when you get to have your little one in your arms...they are only little for such a short time and the only place they want to be is in your arms. I want to treasure every moment...because before you know it they will be big and you won't be able to hold them, or they won't want you to....anymore.

huge hugs, your kandee

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My Little Love

2012-02-14T10:01:00.000-08:00

Nothing says Valentine's Day like wearing hearts...and sitting next to a giant heart pillow.....
on a hot pink couch!
We had to take a picture.

(outfit: courtesy of my sister- I have no idea where she bought this adorable outfit, but it's from Mud Pie.)

Then we like to just kick our "heart leg".

And it makes us laugh.

Little Tiny (AKA Elyse), doesn't need a valentine, roses, or even chocolates to make her happy on Valentine's Day!

hugs and heart legs from me and cupcake, your kandee

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"Hat-a-boo" and the best breakfast I've ever had...

2012-02-12T23:56:00.000-08:00

This is how we have fun in restaurants......we play peek a boo with my hat or "hat-a-boo" is a better name for it.....(ha ha ha it looks like my nails match her dress...see we do match some times!)

if you missed my post from yesterday....

her entire outfit is from Tar-jay-jay (AKA Target)...polka dot pink cardigan, floral summer dress, grey striped leggings.....

And I'm wearing a white men's hanes t-shirt, my leopard print scarf from Forever 21, and some black pants from American Apparel.

Me and my mom were laughing so hard...

Best Breakfast: It was like French Toast Bread Pudding with real maple syrup....so good, I wish I could have it for breakfast everyday....Oh the Brazilian Butt Lift workouts I'm gonna have to do to burn this off. It was worth every bite!

My hats off (pun totally intended) to the chef of this amazing breakfast.....

yummy breakfast and "hat-a-boo" laughter all day, your kandee

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Sleeping like a baby....

2012-02-12T10:31:00.000-08:00

sometimes I just want to sit and take in all the beauty and preciousness of my sleeping lil one...
I know she will be getting so big and I just really want to stare at her and enjoy every moment of being able to look at her precious little baby face, so peacefully sleeping. It's like looking at a sunset, that makes you not want to take your eyes off of it, because you know it will be changing every second!

I will write more about our day...but right now I'm so tired and I want to be sleeping like a baby too!

PS. Her whole outfit is from Target...polka dot cardigan sweater, her little dress, striped leggings, even her socks....but her shoes are from Stride Rite.

off to look more sleepy like this....your kandee (typed last night and was too tired to remember to hit "publish") ha ha ha

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Urban Outfitters & Crepes

2012-02-11T00:02:00.000-08:00

Some babies love wearing hats, headbands or bows....but not my lil' lady! She did like wearing this hat for about 3 seconds...which is the exact time it took to take these 2 pictures...kudos to my mom pn her speedy-iphone-ography, picture taking skills!

It turns out, Urban Outfitters has fun hats....and fun, neon rubberband balls! ha ha ha ha

And post-hat-trying-on, we had to go get a butter and sugar crepe.....mmmmmmmmmm Look at her little hand going to grab the crepe...she is also fond of sticking her hand in drinking glasses...which she also did to my water glass at dinner! ha ha ha
That's what I call a good night.......

hats off to you and hugs for your heart, kandee

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This is how we don't match...

2012-02-10T00:09:00.000-08:00

Looking at this picture made me wish me had "mommy and me", matching outfits....
ha ha ha ha
We don't match at all....her in sailor stripes and be in neon and checkers! ha ha ha

Today we put together our new stroller...it took a while because I spent more time taking apart what I thought I put together wrong
I'm gonna test out the stroller first and if I still like it as much as I think I do today, I'll tell you guys about it..and tell you about the other strollers I've tried or used (with all the babies I've had) that I loved and others that were a total waste of money! ha ha ha

I've meant to do more posts about "baby reviews" for some of my fav baby items and essentials, but let me know what you guys would like me to review or what you'd like to know more of what my "baby favorites" are.
huge huge huge hugs, kandee

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We love presents that look like cakes....

2012-02-09T00:24:00.000-08:00

My sister is the queen of wrapping presents...
And today we got Elyse's birthday presents from my sister...we like getting that after birthdays...it makes it feel like the party keeps going and she's pregnant, so she has a good reason to take her time!

She always wraps the kids presents so cute....Alani's cupcake presents she wrapped were so amazing I didn't want to open them!
She got her the cutest little Mud Pie outfit with knit tights, that have a different print on each leg- sooooo cute-dorable! And inside the cake present- she got her the cutest Fisher-Price iphone case toy!

Please, I just have to show you the cake present she made Alani....
remember this cuteness?

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huge hugs and giant presents wrapped like baked treats, your kandee

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Look Who's Walking!

2012-02-08T01:40:00.000-08:00

Cupcake, who's real name is Elyse like "elle-eece"...had been taking a few steps here and there the last few days...and yesterday and today she's taken up to 12 or 15 steps!

To which we all cheer and clap in excitement- to which she claps too!

I haven't managed to capture any of the random walking yet...but this is what she looks like when she's about to let go of whatever she's holding onto and take off!
Plus we walk around alot, me more bent over holding onto both of her hands...and her semi-leaning forward walking really fast!

Her either about to get up, or just stepping down from all the walking....you can see Blakey in blurry-action next to her...

I am up way too late...and spent wayyyy to long trying to transfer video files from my computer onto my external hard drive so that my computer doesn't blow up! ha ha ha

Now I'm tired....I just ate a midnight bowl or 2 actually of some french onion soup...and now I'm going to try to sleep, well right after I type my other blog...ha ha ha
sweet dreams or happy days, depending on where in the world you are when you read this! ha ha ha
huge to you wherever you are and whatever time it is, your kandee

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Why Everyone Should have their own "Hulk" Outfit

2012-02-07T00:13:00.000-08:00

Sometimes the Hulk comes out at our house....
Behind that "I'm-sure-you-bleach-your-teeth-smile" and the bulging, green muscles....is my favorite 4 year old in the world, Blaker, giving me his most, "I will always be-tect you" pose.

Today I wore zero make-up products again. (still not feeling back to normal)
My scarf from Forever 21.
A straw fedora hat- it was a non-exciting hair day.
A white men's v-neck t-shirt from Hanes.
One hoop earring and one black star earring- matching is so predictable.
A pair of black cotton harem pants- don't judge me, they're comfortable.

Alani made my day...when she came out with her little independent and creative self, and put these sock on and her leopard print shoes. She writes notes to people just like I did when I was little and she makes the most creative things and paints....and I just adore her precious little spirit. I would never think of telling her to go change her socks so they match. Hey, there is even a store called Little Miss Matched where you buy mismatched socks!

A wise person once told me: "Never tell a child to change what they put on themselves, unless they will be cold or it is dangerous, because that is what we lose as adults, the ability to not care what people will think or how they will judge us"...

I will always treasure the year Jordan picked out his outfit for his school pictures, he was in first grade and he didn't like the outfit I thought would look nice...and I will forever cherish his school picture that I know represented what he liked at that time.

"don't let the world or yourself, stifle the creativity of another person, the freedom to be unique not something we should rob others of"

I love seeing a little super hero walking with his mom in the store, or a little girl in a princess dress sitting in a shopping cart...or the precious outfit put that you know the mom had nothing to do with, putting together....

it's individuality at work....

huge hugs and hoping your sense of confidence and individuality is renewed too, your kandee

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Somedays I Don't Wear Make-Up...

2012-02-06T00:07:00.000-08:00

Some days I don't wear make-up. Some days I just like to put a good coating of moisturizer on and that's it.
I didn't watch the Superbowl, but earlier I did go to Whole Foods at what seemed like the busiest time to go, right before the Superbowl was going to start. And I did feel better because the guy that was ringing me up said, "I didn't even know who was in the Superbowl til' yesterday!"...ha ha ha
I still don't feel to well, and tonight, my other ear started hurting and I can't really hear out of that one now! ha ha ha Good thing I still have my collection of yucky feeling ear drops.

I made us a yummy spinach pizza. Jordan and Blakey enjoyed some, as Blakey called it, "spicy" ginger ale. We played a lot, we played while we vacuumed, we even managed to play while I did the dishes. And then after dinner we had a snack- Alani's favorite, English Muffins with butter and strawberry jelly. Alani even came out of my closet with my leopard robe on...which she is still wearing while she is fast asleep with her baby belle doll. (as you might have seen from yesterday's post!)...

me and my ringing ears shall be off now...huge hugs the size of the biggest football player you've ever seen, your kandee

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3 Way To Have A Happier Morning:

2012-02-05T09:08:00.000-08:00

and you must remember that these"3 ways to have a happier morning", are according to the baby, affectionately known as, Cupcake.

#1. If you wear cupcake jammies, it will make you instantly happier.
(I think her cupcake jammies are from Burlington Coat Factory, which oddly enough sells many other things besides coats, they're by Carter's I think)

2. If you play with your big sisters Princess Baby Belle doll (who has been around with us for a while, and is looking a little "loved", if you know what I mean- she has some pen on her, she doens't make her "giggling" sounds anymore), this will make you smile like the smile at the top!

And then you will stare at your brother like this, while he admires your hair, and says we need to take a picture of her "ponytail" (AKA the little piece of hair sticking out to the side!) ha ha ha ha

#3. Laugh at your crazy morning hair or your brother who came running in the room laughing and smiling!! ha ha ha ha

And that is a peek at Sunday morning at our house....

cupcake jammies and morning hair amazements, your kandee

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Kandee Cooking: Oh My Meatballs

2012-02-04T00:24:00.000-08:00

The Time: last night
The Scene: my kitchen
The Setting: dinner time
The music: the brazilian station on Pandora
(I like to listen to fun and exotic music while I cook, so it feels like I'm on vacation! ha ha ha)
What was I cookin':
I made my meatballs with pasta and my homemade pesto sauce....

I love the red tongs and the green pasta sauce......

And here was the finished product.

Jordan was surprised at how good the meatballs came out...so here is my recipe if you want to wow your family, friends, or a special someone:

Kandee's Oh My Meatball Recipe

(none if this is too exact, I just throw it all in, so I'm trying to figure out what the measurements would be!)

1lb. ground (grass fed, is how I roll) beef

1/2 cup ketchup (I use OrganicVille Ketchup that's sweetend with Agave- so good!)

1/4 cup stone ground mustard (the kind with the little brown mustard seeds)

1/2 an onion chopped up like confetti

1/2 parmesan cheese

3/4 cup panko bread crumbs

2 eggs

as much pepper as you like

a few teaspoons of salt (or as much as you think will be tasty)

Olive oil to drizzle on baking dish.

Warm oven to 450 degrees.

In a bowl put all your ingredients. Mix together all the ingredients with your hands, squishing it with your hands until everything is all mixed together and evenly distributed. Then take a glass baking dish, and drizzle with Olive Oil.

Form into ball shapes, a little larger than a golf ball and place onto baking dish.

Bake for 20 minutes.

I always like to cut one in half to make sure they have fully cooked through.

And you will enjoy meatballs that are almost as enjoyable as dessert!

happy dinners and lots of brazilian music (and yes, as soon as I am feeling non-sick, I will be back to my Brazilian Butt Lift workouts again too)...

chef kandee (ha ha ha)

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The Moving Company

2012-02-03T00:04:00.000-08:00

I have a little lady who has started in the business of moving furniture...well, only chairs to be exact, but she moves them none the less. You see, I put these little felt pads underneath the legs of all our chairs, so they don't scratch up the hardwood and make that awful "dragging chair" sound. Well, that makes the chairs glide across the floor, with the greatest of ease, and has provided to be a better "baby walker" device than all other "walker push-toys" she has.

She even pushed Blake in his little "man chair" too! We all laughed so hard! She's getting a good work out- she pushed Alani and Blakey's little kitchen table and chair around, all the big dining chairs went for an adventure around the kitchen...our chairs have never had so much fun!

huge hugs and musical chairs....kandee and her miniature moving lady

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Sick Days, Soup and Stache Mugs

2012-02-02T00:14:00.000-08:00

some people call them sick days...I like to call them, "cuddle and love you better days"....

and I filled my mustache mug up numerous times with hot water and Yogi's Nursing Tea (I'm still nursing, so it's the only tea I drink- no weirdy herbs that might not be good for baby)

I've been battling a cold and my ear problem and today the score was:

Kandee - 0

Virus - 100

The doctor said this "is going around"....I don't like when things are "going around"...because with Jordan and Alani in school....it means they always get to bring home whatever is "going around"....then it gets a go at our house.

I want to get a door mat that says: If you're a virus, you're NOT welcome.

I poured yummy bowls full of Butternut Squash Soup for me and all my lil "patients"....

Alani got the minty green bowl....and as you can see her "soup dipping" bread looks like it's running away from the bowl....

"and baby bear's bowl was just right....." ...even my littlest "bear" loved the Butternut Squash soup...

I love being able to fill my babies up with love and bowl fulls of warm soup, refill water glasses,

wrap them in cozy blankies, and hugging, loving, and making them as comfy as I can.

And my little bear (Elyse) and my big bear (Jordan) seem to be doing better than everyone else. We had more soup for dinner...soup just sounds yummy when you're sick. I hope every else who might not be feeling well, reading this, starts to feel much better!

Bowls of yummy soup and some extra get-well hugs, your kandee

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Candy Apple Shampoo & Cake Batter Conditioner

2012-02-01T00:09:00.000-08:00

to know me, is to know I love all things that smell like baked treats or pastries....
Enter our bathtime favorites...

These are my favorite bath goodies for the kids and baby:
BODY WASH:
Baby Oh Baby Body Wash (I've been using this for years for the kids, and I love how it smells- I wish they made a perfume that smells like this) I get it at Whole Foods. You can use it as Shampoo too. It's all natural, no dyes, colors, petroleum, or mineral oil.

SHAMPOO:
(it's the green apple colored one!)
Candy Apple Shampoo from Glop & Glam - not only does this smell incredible, but it's all natural and organic. No sulfates, alcohol, or parabens and it's gentle enough to use on babies. It's naturally tear-free and you get lots of bang for your buck because you only need a pea size amount.

CONDITIONER:
Cake Batter Conditioner from Glop & Glam - This smells so good you wanna eat it! And Alani's hair is so easy to comb out now, and it's softer and tangles less. No build up like from other kids or baby conditioners. It might seem like it's more dollars than you'd normally spend, but you use way less, so it ends up actually saving you money and it works way better than cheaper ones that you need to use more of. And it smells sooooooo good!

and here's is a blurry picture I tried to take of a freshly bathed and jammied baby....but she moved way too fast! You can see how nicely brushed her hair is though! ha ha ha

yummy smelling bath goodies, from our bathroom to yours, kandee

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Cotton Candy Sheets & Pink Bedtime

2012-01-31T01:23:00.000-08:00

Fresh from bathtime...
in our Pink Striped jammies (Under the Nile Organic Striped jammies) that we got at Whole Foods...super soft cotton and cuddly- like every bedtime thing should be.

One of our (and by "our" I mean, her) favorite things to play with is any remote control...

I was putting clean sheets on my bed, after putting clean clothes on my clean baby...we had a clean theme going on.
One of my favorite "personal likes" is the smell of clean sheets- fresh and yummy smelling...and that is right when it hit me, that I wished they made COTTON CANDY scented fabric softener... I would love to go to bed dreaming I was sleeping on a big cotton candy puff. Wouldn't you!?

My baby smelled like Cake Batter...I'll blog later about her yummy shampoo....can you tell I love everything that truly smells like it was made in Candyland. My house is a virtual "sweet scented" haven of yumminess everywhere you look! ha ha ha

Pink Cotton Candy dreams when ever your head floats gently on your pillow...and may someone, somewhere see this and make a cotton candy scented fabric softener...ha ha ha

pinkyness and hugs, your kandee

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"I see the moon, and the moon sees me. God bless the moon and God bless me."...nothing helps you sleep when you're litte (or big), as being tucked in bed with love and a kiss!

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How Do You Spend Your Sunday? (this is what we do

2012-01-30T10:13:00.000-08:00

First we went to church.
Then we went to lunch- which is where we took these pictures.

We are amazed at something on our fingers....

and make this serious face....
We ate lots of Butternut Squash.

Then we went to our favorite antique store and re-sale clothing store, where I almost wanted to buy this, just to see what it looked like on! And, yes it's pants, if you wondered the same thing as me, to which my mom replied, yes.....seems she had some of those outfits in the 80's!

I did buy some neon pink jelly bracelets and a sequins shirt that you may see in a video soon. I didn't try it on, so not sure if it fits super bad, but it since it was just a few dollars and the sales girls said it was hers and she just sold it to the store and she was about my size- I figured I was good.

We then went to our usual Sunday place to get groceries, Whole Foods- where I stock up on Kale, for my smoothies for the week and a bunch of soups because it sounded good, and some basil so I can make my favorite homemade pesto sauce!

And that was our Sunday....what did you do?

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The Secret Powers Of Babies

2012-01-29T09:45:00.000-08:00

Babies are cute. People usually like puppies, kittens, babies. Anything little and cute, people, usually love!

Now here is the secret power of babies~

Babies can make anyone smile (almost).
Babies can make people that otherwise wouldn't speak to you, not only say hi, but say it in a baby voice!

My example:
we were walking down the street, and some very chic girls wearing big sunglasses were walking a dog- they were not looking friendly at all- until they saw the baby- then they started smiling, waving, and saying hi in baby voices!
another time we were eating at a place with lots of "uber" cool looking people and rockstar kind of guys- all too buys to even look at anyone else- until they saw the baby- they start waving, making silly sounds and so on.
even on the plane, we had a very grumpy airline attendant, who was not very nice, until he saw the baby, then he was way nicer to us.
And last but not least, when we were at the Golen Globe weekend events, the celebrity people are usually not that friendly most times, but everyone would wave at her, talk to her, and as usual talk in a high pitched, "baby friendly" voice!

The conclusion- the world will open up their loving, caring gentle, and maybe even innocent side, when they see the loving, innocent, and happy smile of a baby.

I wish we all would still be kind and smile at each other like we were all babies...after, all...we all were babies at one point- and we still all need to be loved and smiled at too!

Just imagine everyone is a baby and maybe it will be easier to smile and say hi! Because on the inside they still want to be loved, no matter how old they've gotten!

big baby hugs and smiles, your kandee

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Friday Night At The Urgent Care: FUN

2012-01-28T09:49:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, my ear started hurting...
I tried a few remedy tricks and nothing was helping...
Then the pain started getting really, extra, bad.
Then I couldn't really hear out of my ear.
Then it kept getting worse...
and even though I do not like going to hospitals...
I said, I think I've gotta go to the Urgent Care...
so off we went....
And since we have to fly today I was worried about my eardrum exploding in the altitude pressure!

-and we waited in this room-

After all the looking, the doctor saw some blood in my middle ear, he said it looked like ear damage, but I have no clue how that would happen- I didn't stick anything in my ear!

I still can't hear out of my hear.

There is a really annoying echo in my ear.

I have ear drops- which I totally can't stand things in my ear, it feels like water is in my ear- yuck!

But, it doesn't feel like a knife is stabbing the side of my head anymore- I'll take a weird echo over stabbing pain any day! ha ha ha

And we made friends in the waiting room, and were all laughing...and after all, laughing is the best medicine!

If you don't make someone laugh, at least smile at them to make them smile!

"Smile and the whole world might smile with you!"

huge hugs from me and my echoey ear , kandee

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Beach Baby & A Surfers

2012-01-27T09:32:00.000-08:00

It's so fun to feel the sand under your feet....or in your hands!
This was Elyse making a "sand castle"...well, actually she just liked grabbing handfuls then looking at it in her hands...

the best part is she didn't even try to eat it...she just admired it, then put her little handful back on the beach. Her outfit is a Hello Kitty onesie from Old Navy...and her polka dot leggings are from a Disney outfit, that I can't remember where we got it, maybe Ross or Marshall's...but the top has a big scratchy bow, so we never wear it. We no likey, the scratchy clothes.

And this was a cool sequence of pictures...I didn't even notice until I uploaded them, that I got this surfer dude, walking out of the water. He even stopped to wave and say hi to the baby..he couldn't believe she wasn't trying to eat the sand either! He said, "whoa, I've never seen a baby just playing like that and not putting handfuls of sand in their mouth!"

PS. Redonkulously nice weather in Southern California...it feels like summer in January. People in bikinis on the beach, but I'll still wear my clothes.
Today, made me really missed living near at the beach.

And we had a thorough sand removal and hand washing after we spent our few minutes on the beach!

handfuls of sand and may the thought of the smell of suntan lotion make your day feel more relaxing, ahh let's imagine we are all on the beach at one big party- fun-tastic! ...your kandee

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lil' happy faces...

2012-01-26T00:51:00.000-08:00

I just love this little face and it just melts my heart....
and I just wanted to share this cutesy pie picture, so that maybe it will bring a smile to your day too!

"smiles and joy are what this world is lacking, and what the world needs so much"....

(this face just makes me laugh!)

Whether you're at school, work, shopping, traveling, or anywhere...shine some smiles where ever you go and watch how it brightens your day and the days of everyone you smiles at...

huge hugs and smiles, your kandee

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Pretty In Punk

2012-01-25T10:07:00.000-08:00

we're (and by we I mean, she)...1, we're fun and wer're not quite ready to run...but we can crawl like nobody's business and we take a step every once in a while...

I heart this outfit...it's like the 80's and rock n' roll, skater punk style from years ago...and ofcourse it's from the Mini Harajuku stuff from Target...I La-La-Love everything from that line...I love Gwen Stefani, so ofcourse I'd love her kids clothes!

all we're missing is the little "punk" motorcycle jacket! ha ha ha
huge love and 1 year old hugs, kandee

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Cupcake's 1st Birthday Party

2012-01-24T00:02:00.000-08:00

Get ready for our "CUPCAKE's Cupcake 1st Birthday Party"! The funny part is we didn't even have cupcakes to eat...we ordered an ice cream cake!

Cupcake hats from Target....and I just put some cupcake sticker on them to add some festive-ness!

Ice cream cone bubbles....we love bubbles. We love bubbles that look like ice cream cones even more.

I am kinda in love with the "old timey-ness" of these "candy" striped paper straws! I ordered them from: www.sweetsandtreatsboutique.com, they come in every color and polka dots!

Look at how stinkin cute these paper straws are! The lime green are my favorite! I can think of so many fun craft projects to use these babies!

I put the straws in my antique trophy cup, and random glasses and mugs. I sprinkled the bubble ice creams cones everywhere too! And I brought out my glass candy jars filled with tulle, to look like cotton candy filled jars. I used my cake stands to add some fun varying heights. (*I still need to edit my "how to make cakestands" video too)

Cupcake straws....need I say anything else. Well, except that I got them at Target too!

You can see how the whole "party table" looked! How cute is the little cupcake and polka dot fabric flag banner- and if you guessed I got them at Target again, you'd be right!

At moments like this, I am reminded just how that buttery yellow, was the happiest color I could have spray painted my chairs!

Can you see our giant cupcake pinata peeking out from the background?

and yes, we had to get the cupcake plates too!

ice cream cones, cupcakes, and pink-a-dots...oh my!

And Alani helped pick out the cake for little Elyse...she also requested to have the cake decoration, blocks and balloons too!

I woke up extra early on Sunday to decorate....and even though some of our little family wasn't feeling well, and birthday girl teething were giving her some "not-so-happy-ness"...which made us shrink our plans from , "big invite everyone"....to "just a little family party"...we had a great time.

Grampa, AKA my dad, helping her test out her new "push toy"....

In her party dress. (It's another Mini Harajuku dress from, where else, but Target! ha ha ha...)

And my precious little 1 year old...oh that sounds so big now!

huge hugs, party hats and fun straws.... your kandee and her 1 year old!

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Happy Birthday Cupcake!

2012-01-23T10:08:00.000-08:00

We have our "Cupcake 1st Birthday" outfit on....
and it is officially Elyse's (AKA Cupcake) first birthday today!

I can't believe this picture was taken exactly a year ago today! I know, everyone say it: but this year has gone by the fastest of them all, it feels!

And here was me, just a few hours after she was born.....

Oh what a blessing of joy, happiness and love she has been, every single minute of this 1st year she's been here....

Pictures of 1st Birthday Party-ness (and maybe even a video, will be up soon!)...all I can say is it going to be quite "cupcake-tastic"!

Off to celebrate the day!!! huge 1st birthday hugs....kandee

PS, if anyone wanted to know where her little 1st birthday outfit came from, it's by MUDPIE- the cupcake outfit! All their stuff is so adorable!!!

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Cold Days, Hot Chocolate and Gift Shopping!

2012-01-22T01:33:00.000-08:00

Nothing says warm and cozy, like mugs of hot chocolate inside, when it's cold outside!

Blakey's smaller mug on the right got a little "splattery", when Alani tried putting the whipped cream in, her self....it kinda sprayed hot chocolate everywhere! ha ha ha
And you can see out "valentine's day" heart decorations in the windows- in the background....
I still think my house looks so "plain", after I took down my Christmas decorations.

mugs of hot chocolate with extra whipped cream, your kandee

PS...we're so excited lil' Cupcake will be, officially, 1 year old tomorrow!!! We went to Babies R Us today and the kids, each picked out a present to give to the baby- they even both picked out the gift bag and cards themselves! So adorable!

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Were Getting Ready For Party Time!!!

2012-01-21T02:34:00.000-08:00

It's almost time to celebrate little Elyse's (AKA Cupcake) first birthday!!!
We went to Baskin-Robbins to order her ice cream cake today this afternoon...
and we had to get scoops of ice cream while we were there too....
and in Blake and Alani's case....we had to order a second round because they both picked Rainbow Sherbet, but realized after a few licks/bites later...it was "too tart"....
so we had a second round of ice cream selection.

Good thing we didn't pick Rainbow Sherbet for the ice cream cake!

It's countdown to first birthday time! We're so excited!!!

I cannot believe it's been a year....I'll probably keep saying that for the next year too!

hugs and getting ready for party time.....your kandee and her almost-one-year-old, Ellie Bellie

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Ever Feel Like You Have A Monkey On Your Back?

2012-01-20T00:01:00.000-08:00

I laughed so hard when I saw this! Alani put the baby's monkey (that has velcro hands) on her back!
The baby loved it and thought it was so funny. She just kept crawling around Alani's room like nothing was velcro-ed around her! ha ha ha

this is the kind of fun we have in the mornings...
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MY Knight in Shining Armor and Super Hero....

2012-01-19T00:43:00.000-08:00

This is the only Knight in Shining armor I'll ever need....
And I like that not only does he have his armor on...but underneath, he has a super hero costume. Knight in Shining Armor + Super Hero = You don't need anything else!

and for the NYC part of the trip- Princess Alani said we were all invited to a trip to NYC on the train! The train was our hot pink couch, well the whole room really, well the whole room was our "private train car". We dined on mini plastic sandwiches and plastic cookies. It was delicious and we had so much fun on our "trip". It's always fun to travel to places without leaving your living room.

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Baby & Me: Before and After

2012-01-18T12:40:00.000-08:00

BEFORE: This is our "mommy and me" before and after....
This was me looking all "glammed" up...she likes my fun colored lipstick!

AFTER: no make-up, or fancy "day time shirts"...but with the addition of my toothbrush in the shot!
And yes after her carful examination of the bristles of my toothbrush, she approved for me to brush my teeth with it! ha ha ha

I not only love hot pink couches, I love hot pink toothbrushes too!

I am typing this looking like the "after" picture with no make-up and actually my hair looks much worse today, ha ha ha....
hoping you have a great hair and life day, huge hugs, your kandee

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Ahoy There Cuteness!

2012-01-17T09:41:00.000-08:00

This is one of those outfits where I want to buy it in every size, so she won't grow out of it! ha ha ha
And you probably don't even need to guess where I got it...it is from (Gwen Stefani's) Mini Harajuku line at Target.

So cute...all day long people were saying, "what a cute lil sailor", "awww look at her sailor outfit".
A couple things that never go out of style....leopard print and nautical designs. You saw anchors and animal print in the 50's and it's still cool today!

Anchors away, your kandee

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Because Everyone Needs A Little Leopard

2012-01-16T12:50:00.000-08:00

I thought this picture was hilarious....my lil' Crawling Cinderella that lost her shoe...
well, not a glass slipper but a little leopard shoe! She didn't really lose her shoe....but in her high speed crawling she left it in her trail.....

(Little leopard shoe from Baby Bella Maya)

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Kids and Celebrities...

2012-01-15T11:23:00.000-08:00

This was me yesterday...no make-up or hair done....heading to the HBO Luxury Lounge where the fabulously decorated L'Oreal Beauty Suite was waiting to do my hair and make-up...but walking ain there with no make-up and my hair all crazy felt a little funny! ha ha ha ha Especially when there were celebrities all around....

Many stars came with their kids, or their were kids from tv shows, like Modern Family and so many others but I don't watch too much tv, so I didn't recognize them.

Tina Fey came in with her daughter to get mani/pedi's..and someone had taken a picture of her and her daughter getting pedicures or something, and a person came to delete that picture from the photographers camera, ASAP.

Andie MacDowel came with her beautiful daughter. They are both having Johnny Lavoy, the L'Oreal hair expert and celebrity hairstylist doing their hair today.

It was so cute to see the celebs with their kids, just like normal parents with their kids, tkaing pictures of them in the fun gold chairs....Anne Heche taking pictures of her little one like any other proud mama! It was so cute!

And for some reason...having a baby is like having a puppy, people talk and wave to the baby, and even baby talk to the baby. They don't do that when it's just you, or even with bigger kids, there's something about babies that speaks to people's hearts.

My favorite was David Tutera, who is a famous celebrity wedding and event designer, who has the show My Fair Wedding on the WE, which I love. He does amazing weddings for people who have been through so much, or don't have any money to do a wedding- and he creates the most AMAZING wedding! Well, he is just as sweet as on the show...he waved at baby and said some cute and nice things to her! I love him even more now! ha ha ha

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These is how we do Saturday mornings....

2012-01-14T10:12:00.000-08:00

This is how happy we are on Saturday mornings!
Fresh diaper, fresh legings, fresh shirt....a little, fuzzy morning hair, and we're ready to take on the weekend!
(as in, what seems like most of her outfits (ha ha), these are Target "treasures", again!)...
when I was younger I would've been off to grab a sprinkled donut that dad would always buy us in Saturday mornings, then head for some serious Saturday morning cartoon watching!

All I can say is, Gummi Bears, Snorks and Pee Wee's playhouse baby!

Happy Saturday smiles...
and I can't wait to see how they do my hair and make-up today (I never have anyone do it for me!)....
I feel so fancy....hee hee

huge smiles and even bigger hugs for your day no matter what you have to do....cartoons, yardwork or laundry.... your kandee

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Babies in Suitcases

2012-01-13T00:16:00.000-08:00

...and we're outta here! Complete with zebra print suitcases!
I love these panda-bum pants!
And I'll give you 2 guesses what store, that I go to, a lot, that I got this outfit from?

1. no not walmart

2. if you guessed Target, (ding! ding! ding!) - you guessed right!

Yes, these are from, the Gwen Stefani Mini Harajuku Collection at Target. I love everything in that collection. I want to buy things in larger sizes, just so when she outgrows it, we'll have it in a bigger sizesto fit her! ha ha ha

Yep, I'm packing up little tiny suitcases and mine which is a little bigger...ha ha ha

More from our adventures on the way.....

suitcases full of smiles, your kandee

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Sleeping like a baby....

2012-01-12T01:31:00.000-08:00

one of the most peaceful sights in the world....
a sleeping baby.....
rosy cheeks...
cute little hand...
tiny little nose...
And the most amazing feeling in the world...
holding a baby and knowing that its your baby's favorite place to be...
and it's my favorite place for her to be too.
There is nothing like the loving arms of a mama.
And there is nothing like holding your child, knowing they are safe from the harms of the world, safe from feeling alone, safely resting in the most comfortable place in the world1.

I took this picture of my lil' cupcake, sleeping in my arms while I sat with Alani and Blake watching Alani's Strawberry Shortcake Glamberry Ball video...
Blakey was trying to brush her hair with his hand, but he started "brushing" her hair a little less relaxing and a little more, "oh, let's just let baby sleep, because that might wake her up".

I hope that when you go to sleep tonight, that you sleep like a baby....and your dreams are filled with peace and comfort like that of being safe in mama's arms....
huge mama hugs, kandee

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Cupcake Pinatas & Love Mats

2012-01-11T00:07:00.000-08:00

This is an awesome vision from my laundry room.....
some Valentine's Heart Mats I got at Target from their bargain section, you know when you first walk in the store and are tempted by all the fun things for only $1!

And Elyse's first birthday countdown has begun......hence the Cupcake Pinata, we also got at Target! Now I will only be using the Pinata as a decoration...since I was little at a bday party and my neighbor got whacked in the head with a bat by the blindfolded "pinata batter"....I'm not a fan of pinatas hanging and a blindfolded kid swinging where other kids want to run! ha ha ha ha

And this is a VERY, VERY old pair of pants that I got at Urban Outfitters like 67 years ago, ok more like 10 years ago, but that's a long time to still wear these babies...the bad thing is they just tie around your waist- no belt, no zipper, no elastic.
So today when I was at the place to get the oil in my car changed (The kids had fun playing with the water machine, we had about 7 cups of water while we waited. Jordan refused to let me take his picture. And then the car was done.) and I went to get up, I was holding the baby in one arm and my phone and wallet in the other, and I realized my pants were sliding down....
I thought: this is not good!

I did some quick maneuvering and re-tied my pants with one hand...I know trick-ay!

And for the first, or maybe the 3rd time, I thought: "maybe I need to retire these pants!"

And since Blakey said that baths and showers make his tummy feel better (he's doing better this afternoon and night)...I've gotten really good at giving him a bath with my left hand while holding baby in my right arm! ha ha ha

empty cupcake pinatas because it's safer, your kandee

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I can't believe this was almost a year ago...

2012-01-09T01:21:00.001-08:00

It does not seem possible that this picture was taken almost 1 year ago...
That lil Elyse (AKA Cupcake), will be 1 year old in just a couple weeks!
I feel like I was just filming this "day before baby was born video"....

This year has gone by too fast and this is right when I wish I could slow time down...

now she's so big!

I have already begun the hunt for 1st Birthday Party Ideas and Things....
I even have the most adorable 1st Birthday Party Catalog...
It's from 1st Wishes.....
and you can bet your candles I'll be sharing with you guys all the cool ideas I find....
but you have to see this:

It's a GIANT (4 foot tall) Inflatable Cupcake! It even comes with an interchangeable sign that says "Happy 1st Birthday"!
How fun is that!?!

And....I even filmed a NEW video for my "mommy channel" (thekandeejohnsonshow) on youtube last night, but seeing as it's 1:15am....I don't think I can stay up to import, edit, export...it tonight! I should have it up tomorrow...yay!

Happiest of Mondays....birthday fun...ahead!!!
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One of those days and a Weekend To-Do List

2012-01-07T00:49:00.000-08:00

somedays..and everyone gets them...
when someone asks, "how was your day?"
and you just want to say, "oh, it's been one of those days"...

But the one thing, or actually 4 things, that I know will always make me smile and bring laughter and joy to my heart...are named, Jordan, Alani, Blake, and Elyse...

Blakey came out in a couple different costumes which always makes me smile...
And Elyse thought his costumes, especially the mask, were hilarious....

One of my favorite parts of today, was when I was filming a video- the baby was taking a nap, and Blakey wanted to come sit with me while I filmed, well he sat in the baby's Nap Nanny, and fell asleep as soon as I turned to tell him, mama was going to start, he was fast asleep, in like 1 minute! He slept the whole time while I filmed..ha ha ha ha

And when Alani kept coming out of my closet with a new outfit on singing a song she made up that when: "(something, something...I can't remember what she said) FASHION GIRL".

And yes, as you can see my Christmas tree is still up- and as much as I want to leave all my decoration up, ALL year....we started taking them down tonight. Goodnight moon, goodnight tree, good night garlands everywhere....

What I hope to do this weekend - we'll see.
*Pack away all the Christmas decorations- red and green plastic tubs are already waiting in my living room.
*Finish editing a tutorial.
*Get excited about decorating for Valentine's Day!
*Laundry....lots of laundry.
*Maybe take the kids to see Alvin and the Chipmunks movie.
*Try to work out...my mom is letting me borrow her Brazilian Butt Lift dvd- we'll see what happens- I have only been able to do 5-10 minute workout sessions which mostly consist of squats while I hold the baby, calf raises while I hold the baby, crunches while the baby sits on my stomach, and push-up next to the baby, because it makes her laugh.
*Oh, and go grocery shopping.
*I have way more things to do ofcourse, but that's just a few things I'm aiming for!

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Blueberry Cheeseflake (like Cheesecake but not)

2012-01-06T10:08:00.000-08:00

Ok, this may very well be the best thing I have tasted all week!
This is my mom's creation...which she let me name, so ehem, may I introduce you to the...
drum roll please....

Blueberry Cheeseflake

(it's got hints of cheesecakey-ness, but the delicate flakey crunch that send your tastebuds into "oh my what-ness!"...is amazing! This is a pastry gone wild!)

So it's time to bring back....(at least for this blog post anyway) KANDEE'S FOOD NETWORK!

Here's the recipe...but I must warn you...it is redonk-a-donkulously good. Now that you've been warned here's how to cook up some delish-a-danger:

WHAT YOU NEED:

1 package of Pre-made Phyllo (or Filo dough, you say Filo, I say Phyllo...ha ha) dough sheets (Phyllo dough is a paper thin dough that is great for pastries)

1 package or 8 oz. of Cream Cheese

1 stick of butter (you won't use the whole thing)

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1/2 Cup Sugar (add more to taste)

1 Apple Peeled and diced extra fine (*this is optional- I usually can't stand apples in anything, but you can't even taste them and they give it extra crunch!)

NOW WHAT TO DO:

Take your Phyllo dough and some kitchen scissors and cut them the sheets into squares or rectangles about 3-4 inches long and 3-4 inches wide. Really you can make them any size you want! You'll want them to be around 12 Phyllo dough layers.

Melt 1/2 a stick of butter and brush it onto the top of the Phyllo dough. You can also lift each "square" apart, and brush some on top of the layers, every 4 or so sheets of Phyllo dough in each "square" stack, for extra buttery-ness.

Sprinkle some sugar on top of each square so it get browned and crunchy on top when you bake it.

Bake the Phyllo dough squares at 350 degrees (fahrenheit) for 14-18 minutes, as soon as you see the edges starting to get golden brown- take them out.

While the Phyllo Squares are baking, mix up your cream cheese and 1/2 cup of sugar, and vanilla extract. You can add another 1/4 cup of sugar if you want it to be sweeter. Let sit until the squares are done baking. The cream cheese will warm up, just as it sits at room temperature and melt the sugar so it had a smoother texture. Stir very quickly right before you put it on, stir it really fast for 10-15 seconds, to make it really smooth and creamy.

Take your Phyllo dough squares, and plop on the cream cheese mixture (at least 3-4 spoonfuls) on top of the Phyllo squares. Sprinkle the finely diced apples. (We used Honey Crisp apples)

I promise you, I can't stand apples cooked or in almost anything, but when you sprinkled the finely chopped apples on top it was delicious, so it's up to you to apple, or not to apple!

Then decorate with fresh blueberries (or any berries you like)...and get ready for a yum-tastic dessert!

It really is pretty fast to make, and worth every second!

Hope you enjoy....

from my sweet tooth and kitchen, to yours...kandee

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Stop! In the name if gifts!

2012-01-05T02:21:00.000-08:00

This is, one of the worst presents I've ever been given..on Christmas or any time.
This "Hamburger Hat", was given to me by my sister.
And believe it or not, I didn't even ask or this!

Now, to those who said, "any hats are mistakes"....I beg to differ. Hats are great....maybe just hamburger hats are mistakes!
I don't even know where my sister finds this stuff! Hamburger Hat...that's so funny!

Ok....it's my usual blogging in the middle of the night time....it's 2:18am and I just fell asleep sitting up after a long pause from the last paragraph I typed...ha ha ha ha

Off to go get in my hot dog pajamas...just kidding...I only have the hamburger hat.

ketchup and mayo, your burger head, kandee

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Outfit Of The Day - Errand Style

2012-01-04T02:22:00.000-08:00

some people write blogs about their outfit-of-the-days, while they are out on vacations or trips to exotic locations.......
My exotic location: Target
My wild outfit: I heart LONDON hoodie sweathshirt, leopard baggy pants (I think I got them at some cheapo store on Melrose) and my essential winter/comfy boot-that-feels-like-a-slipper UGGS.

Funny that we are in Target...and I think baby's entire outfit is from Target, too.

Reason why we went to Target: I was hoping they still had some of their red and green Christmas storage boxes...which they did not. Which meant we had to go to Wal-mart....
which is where we saw this:

look carefully and you'll see a pigeon on top of the bird food bag! Inside Walmart! I was thinking, how is the bird going to get back outside- birds aren't supposed to be inside stores. I hope he makes it back outside ok!

I found my storage things...headed home, and now I'm trying to type words that make sense after trying to edit a video and it's 2:20am, and I apologize if there's typos or sentences that don't maek sense. ha ha ha ha

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My sister made her phone case like this...

2012-01-03T01:01:00.000-08:00

I love my sister.

I also love the phone case she made.....

I also loved the jeweled phone I made for my phone, that I have lost.

Don't ask me how, it was huge and had even "huger" jewels all over it!

But I do love the swirly pink things and the rhinestones....

I believe she got the swirly things at Michael's Crafts (it's one of our favorite stores).....

and here is my sister on New Year's Day, who I miss so much....when we went out to lunch to this place in the mountains, that is small (only has 5 tables)...it was freezing outside bu they had yummy stew and bread and hot chocolate with cinnamon sprinkled on top, and one of the best berry cobblers...

she and her phone and phone case are now back home, far away from me...and I miss her, but thus picture of her and her phone case make me smile....

Maybe I'll go work on editing the video of the "Sisters" video we made while she was here....

I love you all.....

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Party like it's 1999...oh wait...I mean 2012

2012-01-02T00:02:00.000-08:00

How to have a wild and crazy New Years....

Me and my sister made a trip to the grocery store, while my mom watched our lil' ones...

My sis (ABOVE), who is preggy looking for goodies at the grocery store...she had to buy snacks and goodies for her trip home (which she did today and I miss her already).

BUT....

we also got some goodies for our BIG NEW YEARS PARTY- there really wasn't a big party but we did have big time fun!

This is my hand holding a bottle of the "bubbly"!
Since neither one of us drink, we thought we'd sip some of the sparkling...Martinelli's Sparkling Pricky Pear Lemonade, that is...there's no alcohol in it all- That's how we roll.

Then...nothing say fun like baking a something yummy.....
So yes, we we're both exhausted, so we did not make anything form scratch, we bought a "funfetti" cake mix and this pink vanilla funfetti icing! And whipped it up when we got home!
We also got a key lime pie- my sister had never tried Key Lime Pie, and I couldn't believe it...we had to buy it.

I made my sister model this "happy new year" tiara while we waited to check out.

Once home....we watched a few different versions of the "ball drop" in Times Square in NYC, while we played "Catch Phrase"...the most fun game ever! You have to describe the word or phrase to your team mate without using any of the words.
Me and my sister were on a team, and sometimes she barely had to say a word and I'd know what she was talking about! We won alot! ha ha ha ha And I was crying laughing so hard as she tried to describe "JAGUAR" to me....she kept saying, "A fancy car that old people drive that's named like a wild animal", and I kept saying " A Cougar"...ha ha ha ha ha ha Tears were running down my face I was laughing so hard at the faces and gestures she was making.

We ate lots of cake, pie, caramel popcorn, and all kinds of other sweet things...we laughed, then my mom looked out the window and we saw fireworks...it was so fun!

It was so fun to be cozy at home, with the fireplace, yummy treats, all my family...and laughing so hard I could hardly breathe...watching my mom and brother-in-law try to describe things to each other...just thinking about it make me laugh!

Huge laughs, tons of hugs.....and sending you so much love to start the new year.....
your kandee

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Last Day of 2011

2012-01-01T00:22:00.000-08:00

Yay! It's officially 2012...
Here is what we looked like on the last day of the 2011...(look at the "bear" in the tree behind me...ha ha ha...it was a fake bear)

...and this was my pregnant, sister when we went shopping for our "festive" goodies we bought for our "Cozy and FUNFETTI New Years At Home"!

Earlier today I filmed 2 videos for you guys too.....one is my traditional "New Years of Hope" video and the other is my "SISTERS TAG" video I filmed with my sister....that is so funny, I can't wait to show you guys!

I'm so tired....but I will blog our the fun-new years-ness tomorrow on my kandeeland blog....

HAP-HAP Happy New Years....I love you all and send you each 2,012 hugs...can you feel them all! I lovey you....your kandee

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Do you know what you were doing a year ago? I do...

2011-12-31T01:05:00.000-08:00

last year at this time (well, I'm blogging this at 11:25 pm on the December 30th, so technically this is what I was doing a year ago, on this day...but by the time I post this it will be the 31st...so you get the idea....) A year ago, give or take a few hours, this is what I was doing....

1. I was big and pregnant and ready to have a baby pretty soon.

2. I had just gotten something exciting in the mail, which I open up with you in the video below.

3. I love seeing lil Blaker crawl by in the background in his lil jammies.

4. I can't believe that it was almost 1 year ago that I had cupcake.

Hooray...now let's travel in time...and see what I posted one year ago...!

Hooray last day of 2011!!!

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Happy...how old are you?

2011-12-30T01:30:00.000-08:00

In this picture: Elyse, Me and My Great Grammy

We celebrated my Great Grammy's birthday.....and me and my sister were trying to make grammy feel younger...As you can see by the cake below...and the matching "91" candle that my sister bought, we were turning back time, because as it turns out...Grammy asked, "how old am I?", and me and my sister thought she was 91. BUT, then came my mom with her exact dates, and it turns out, Grammy was turning 92!

Look at the cake...the person at the grocery store bakery, who wrote on the cake, looked like they were gonna help Grama feel even younger! The "91", they wrote, looks more like a "41" to me!

Ellie Bellie Boo Bear, inspecting Grammy's chair.

We ate pizza and more cake for dinner. A mean game of monopoly went down with my sister, brother-in-law, my mom, and Jordan (I was on, "watch all the babies patrol", and didn't play)....Jordan won and I cheered for my monopoly champ.

Finished putting clean sheets on my bed....one of my favorite things....and now I'm in my furry robe typing this....
huge hugs...and may someone always tell you you're a year younger on your birthday, to at least make you feel better.... your kandee

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Kandee On The Ranch

2011-12-29T10:51:00.000-08:00

I lost an earring, got rabbit poop in my boot (I have no idea how it got in there), and had such a fun time when we went to our friend Leslie's ranch yesterday. My sister used to work there and help her train horses.

Get your virtual boots on, tighten up your cowboy buckle and come on out to the ranch with us:

My brave brother-in-law, letting Alani drive them around.

Look at the sky.....so beautiful.

Blakey, who put on his Woody (from Toy Story) hat and shirt. He told me in the car, he wanted a brown horse that he'd name, Black. He also said we have to talk like a "cowbo-ay"...and say things like "okeh-doke" and "yep". And kept asking, "when are we gonna get to the wanch?"....

Our favorite was feeding the horses....

Alani wore her pink cowboy boots...

Blakey put his motorcycle glove on, "so the horses won't bite" his hand.

Alani and "little cowboy Woody"...

Blake was not a fan of the "horse poop" smell and thought it was wise to just cover his nose! ha ha

He's still covering his nose here....ha ha ha

The sky was so beautiful....the clouds were like sculptures in the sky. The smell of fresh, crisp, clean air....even the smell of the dirt and sweet, smell of the hay was like perfume to me.

as we drove away down the dirt road....

past the adorable cluster of little old fashioned mailboxes....and looked at the huge sky, the big tin barn that stores all the hay, and big pastures...made me day dream of owning a big ranch. Baking cinnamon rolls, feeding my "dream" horses, sitting on my porch watching the sunset...

and just like when I was little, I would look at "horse supply" catalogs for hours...dreaming of having a big ranch.....

horse poop in your boots...and love in your heart....

from Cowboy Kandee or should that be Cowgirl Kandee

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Extreme Gingerbread House Make-Over

2011-12-28T11:21:00.000-08:00

We started out with plain on gingerbread houses (which took my sister forever to make the dough, cut out the house shapes, "glue" together, cut out white foam core board for the bases and attach.... I helped cut out house shapes and saw cardboard).

I do not take "before" photos of the gingerbread houses, but I promise you these "afters" are extremely different.

Our bowls full of candy and treats!

My little niece at work on her house!

Blakey adding some dazzle to his gingerbread house.

Alani, (and her new, extreme make-over haircut which we all LA-LA-Love) putting a ridge of gumballs on her rooftop. (And yes, that is my preggy sister in the background wielding a bag of royal icing)

Blakey added some cool licorice ropes to his house.

I am in love with Alani's snowflake trees and trim on her house!

Blakey accidentally knocked over a bowl full of "Christmas Nerds"....which went "bouncing" all over the floor! We all started laughing because these houses turned out to be one of the biggest "messy" projects ever! Me and my sister spent the night vacuuming, sweeping, more vacuuming and sweeping. But it was worth it...how much "messy" fun the kids had!

Alani's finished "gingerbread house make-over"....

Blakey's house with his "100" gummy bears in the back. He said 100 people (AKA gummy bears) live in his house.

Alani's backyard and her little candy and candy cane sleigh she made.

And the best one of all, due to sheer size......my 2 and half year old niece, Sydney's miniature gingerbread house...can you see it? ha ha ha ha! Her yard got the majority of decorations!

Huge hugs and tiny gingerbread houses.... love and sweets from my house to yours, kandee

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Day After Christmas Haircuts

2011-12-27T09:45:00.001-08:00

Me and baby taking a self-portrait at Snip-Its... (the best place to get kids haircuts...my niece was getting her first haircut)

Alani decided she wanted to cut her hair and get a bob....after making sure a ton of times that, that's what she wanted to do...this was the first cut of her cute little girl bob!

My lil' niece sitting on my sisters lap, getting her very first haor cut. She got a cute little bob-ish, kinda 1920's vamp cut....that is adorable!

Alani's hair passed the super cute test - it even looked cute after she woke up! Cute Morning hair is a sure sign of a cute hair cut!

huge hugs and cute little bob hair cuts...well on everyone except for me...ha ha ha
your kandee

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Christmas Morning, Mishaps and Cookies

2011-12-26T11:19:00.000-08:00

Christmas morning...and my all my sister's beautifully wrapped presents....were so pretty I didn't want to open them! Blakey ready for present opening action

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my santa, reindeer and fun present had all been opened....

One problem, was when I was wrapping them to make the "present wrapping video", I forgot to write the names of who a few of them went to...so I made some bad guesses and a couple got opened that were not for that person! ha ha ha

Great Grampa helping baby talk on her new pretend phone...

me and baby

my mom with her pretty zebra present....
She made us a yummy taco lunch for Christmas and coincidentally, as she was serving the taco stuff....Feliz Navidad came on the Holly Jolly Pandora Station! ha ha ha Alani said that's her favorite Christmas song!

cookies me and my sister made in the afternoon....we took several dance breaks to christmas songs while we baked....we tried to get others to join in, but we had no takers....

At Gramma's house later....Alani in her Santa Dress...and Blakey in his fancy shirt, he refused to wear the plaid bowtie that came with it (it was cute, it was from the Mini Harajuku line from my fav Target)...he said it made him look like a "girl". Alani had us sing Christmas songs, she handed out little hearts with saying like, "love", "joy", and other things we think of at Christmas. And Blakey gave out tickets to see who would win little bags of candies...to celebrate that God gave us his greatest gift, his son.

Santa Baby in her new slippers from Gramma.

After dinner... everyone was very tired from a long day of fun.....It was a great "Baby's First Christmas"....and Christmas Day.....It was imperfect, not exactly as we had planned everything...but that's how life is...perfectly imperfect...ha ha ha ha
huge, and Christmas cookies, your kandee

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Look Who's 11 Months Old...

2011-12-24T09:54:00.000-08:00

I can't believe 11 months have gone by already and Baby Ellie is going to be a year old in a month!
Morning 11 month old smiles....

She loves to wave at people or at the Christmas tree...ha ha ha

and this is how our "morning" messy hair looks......
little waves and big hugs from me and little Ellie...... your kandee

and Happy Almost Christmas!!!!

Last Minute Shopping

2011-12-23T09:20:00.000-08:00

Yes...do to my glue-gun mistake I had to go back to Target last night to buy another pair of hot pink fuzzy slippers-
I made a special craft out of them to show you guys - but we had a craft-mishap- which I will fix, because you guys will love how they come out!

So, as we waited in line at Target...we were taking pictures with my phone to keep us busy while the lady in fron of us bought a lot of things and sleds- maybe she's going somewhere snowy because there's no snow here.

WHAT WE BOUGHT AT TARGET:
~hot pink fuzzy slippers
~a movie for Jordan for Christmas, which is hidden under the Hershey's kisses
~Hershey's Kisses - at my sister's request, because she want us to bake peanut butter cookies and put them on top
~Peppermint Hershey's Kisses - were not on the shopping list, but they looked yummy and said, "take me home with you"...so I did.
~A Mrs. Meyers Candle in Spice Cake scent - it smells so delectably delicious- I want to bite it.
~A pink ruffley headband for Alani and a sparkle star headband for me - even though they normally hurt my head after a while.

And right before we bundled up to listen to Christmas music and head to Target for the 245,497 time.
I took this picture and thought....
What if baby Ellie Bellie (real name Elyse), had been twins! ha ha ha

She was just getting real close to herself in the mirror....

See, now you can see she's not a twin. Ha ha ha

YAY! It's almost Christmas.....
Best Compliment: My brother-in-law said, "It looks like you had your house professionally decorated for Christmas".
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ALMOST CHRISTMAS EXCITEMENT and HUGS....your kandee

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A wild night at my house...

2011-12-22T03:12:00.000-08:00

After bath time...Blakey had fun combing his hair like a little, proper, business man...
and everyone was snuggly in their jammies...Blakey and baby had so much fun playing together. He is so sweet...he talks to her so cute and nice..."come on baby, yets (let's) play with your house"....

We hunted for Alani's perfect jammies...First her hello kitty gown-like pajamas, then her footie pajamas...
Then Jordan came and played a youtube video for me- "Tip Toe Through The Tulips" by Tiny Tim for me...he thinks it's hilarious. And he put a Santa hat on my head, told me he loved me then went to his room (AKA Man Cave)...and told me that the thing I worked on for my new video is upside down...

After I finally got little lady (AKA Elyse, AKA the baby) to sleep...I edited my new video, and it's now 3:08am and I am typing this blog because the repair man is coming in the morning and I don't know how I'll write a blog while dealing with the repair man here.

I ate chocolate chips today...watched cooking shows that made me hungry...
...hugged each one of my babies and my heart just shoots fireworks of love....
burned my finger with my hot glue gun making a project (you'll see soon)...
and did my hair and make-up for a video and didn't even go anywhere (that always seems weird-got all dressed up with no where to go)....
and now I hope I can fall asleep...

love and bags of chocolate chips (oh those Guittard chocolate chips are danger in a bag)...
your kandee

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Cups of Cozy and Love...

2011-12-21T01:41:00.000-08:00

our little gingerbread men cups are ready and waiting with their candy canes...they may not be full of hot chocolate (yet), but they are ready and waiting full of love...

As a mama, and as all mama's...we make a house a home...

with love and care we wash little clothes...put clean, yummy smelling sheets on beds, scrub bath tubs so they are sparkling clean for bath time.

The reason I was so excited to decorate for Christmas...was to make our house feel like a wonderland for Christmas..for my little ones (well and my big Jordan)...

I want all my little family to know that once they are inside our house...they are in our little wonderland of a home. Where I make sure they are showered in love, patience, hugs, and cuddles.

Mistakes are ok, we learn from them. Their little hearts mean more to me than making sure they're rooms and everything is perfect all the time- it isn't a sign of child being there if there isn't a mess somewhere sometime.

If something gets broken, it's ok....it means more that their heart is one piece.

If someone wants all my attention - it's a joy because some day they won't.

If someone only wants to be in my arms - I rejoice, because some day I wont' be able to hold them.

If someone is being naughty- it is the greatest opportunity, not to get mad because they're not acting how we want, but a chance to teach them and explain how we should act and tell them the kind of way we should talk to each other.

Sometimes, we should learn that saying, "Let's say this instead" OR "Let's play with this instead", OR "Let's not do that"...is far better than saying a million "NO's" all day long.

And sometimes the greatest thing that your little person can hear, is you telling someone else how great they are....

Don't just live life and let each day pass by....make life a treasure...make your house, room , apartment......a home. A home is any place you fill with love, care and a little cozy all around.

Mugs full of hot chocolate and love...and smiling faces....
your kandee

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Cute As A Cupcake

2011-12-20T11:39:00.000-08:00

3 Things:

I love Cupcakes.

*If you don't believe me- you can watch and/or eat my "famous" cupcake recipe here. CLICK HERE, BUT BE WARNED THESE ARE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE and I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO MAKE A BATCH A DAY, FOR MULTIPLE DAYS IN A ROW!

When I was pregnant, Elyse got nicknamed, Cupcake.

I had to buy this Cupcake costume from Old Navy.

And I had to show you the cupcake outfit from behind.
(If anyone is curious, her little striped leggings are from Target, more affectionately called by Target lovers, as Tar-jay.)

What's cuter than a baby in a cupcake suit? A baby in a cupcake suit holding a basket full of cupcakes?!?! I don't know...

hoping to bring you a smile...one blog at a time...
huge hugs, little cupcakes...and one dangerously delicious cupcake recipe... your kandee

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Oh Christmas Shopping and Fun Strangers

2011-12-19T10:41:00.000-08:00

This is the face I make when I'm very seriously, (look at the serious-ness on my face! I mean business!ha ha ha) trying to read, what the hay bales, this stocking stuffer toy is supposed to be (and as you can see, baby loved it)....
It turned out to be some weird bug. Not a fan of creepy bug toys. It stayed at Target where it belonged.

Christmas Shopping Day Breakdown:

1. Way too many people everywhere.

2. Way to many people in line for EVERYTHING...Santa, to buy candies, to buy something at Starbucks, to buy a bottle of water....

3. Realized the trickery of the Babies R Us 20% off coupon that said, 20% one baby item....BUT, you have to read the microscopic print on the back that said, on EVERYTHING EXCEPT BABY TOYS! Found that out at the checkout stand....you tricksters at Babies R Us.

4. When it's Christmas time, and there's only 2 of something that you want to buy, don't say, "I'll come back and get it"...when you come back like I did, it will be gone, sold out, and no more shipments coming in, EVARRRR AGAIN!

5. After an entire day of running all over town...not being able to find most everything I was looking for...I had 15 minutes to do all my grocery shopping for all the family that will be coming for Christmas. I WAS RUNNING with my shopping cart through the store. Running...like I was on some game grocery shopping game show.

6. It's funny when the girl bagging my groceries asked: "Do you know a blogger named Kandee Johnson? You look like her..." hee hee hee To which I replied: "YES! I'm her!"...and she told me she actually heard my voice and recognized it first...ahh yess, my mysterious 5 year old, little kid sounding voice...how can anyone miss it?

BUT....my hands down best part of the day was.....
when I was standing in line to buy my grama (her favorite Christmas present), a box of chocolate from See's Candies...and the woman in front of me, a stylish, very thin lady, that looks like she'd never eat the candies from there, asked me: Do you want a chocolate?
Me: "sure..." and as a I reach for the candy...
she says: "You have to just take a bite and out of it, then put the rest back...it's a joke gift I've giving someone"...
I asked her: "are you serious?"....
she said yes....
and everyone in line behind me joined in...it was the best shopping moment I've ever had with strangers!

mugs of hot chocolate, your Kandee

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Four Score and 3 Years ago....

2011-12-18T01:22:00.000-08:00

okay...minus the 4 score...but this was what was happening on my blog exactly 3 years ago to the day:
as I clack out the words on my keyboard right now...my belly is dealing with all the hot chocolate

I drank....and the large amounts of whipped cream, that probably initiated Carpel Tunnel in my wrists from all the mixing it up. Need I remind you, I no longer posess an electric mixer.

However,

my super mama is getting me one for Christmas.

I just might miss my, full-body shaking, that goes along with the hand-mixing workout.

Man, I tell you, this little lad in the picture.....melts me faster than an ice cube on the sun.

He smiles, squints his eyes, and tilts his head into his shrugged shoulders

and I'm all his.

Off I go to drink some H20 to help dilute the large quantities of hot chocolate churning in my stomach.

nice night recap: hot chocolate, christmas music...sing Wham!'s Last Christmas with J-man

ahhh.....

funny how, even exactly 3 years ago....I am still witting with a stomach, very unhappy with me for all the hot chocolate I drank tonight!

"last Christmas I gave you my heart..."...gotta love Wham!......
hugsicles.... kandee

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Best Christmas Card Ever...

2011-12-17T10:14:00.000-08:00

(and I just throw up peace signs...cuz' the only gang I'm in, is the "nice gang")

Christmas cards can get kind of boring. And I always like to have fun...
so a few years ago I made what is now my favorite Christmas card to date.
No cards with glittery trees or a group shot of us lined up in front of a fire place with matching red sweaters...no sir.

We went back to our roots...ha ha ha ha...sure Gwen Stefani and Lady Gaga, even Selena Gomez have done videos with the Chola "latina gangster girl look"....
but unlike all of them, (well, except for Selena) I'm actually part Mexican an my grandma was born in East LA- were the Chola look began. Orale, I'm not even joking homie.

Now, ofcourse this was long before cupcake...so it's just me, Lil' Alani, Blake and Jordan...

HOW TO MAKE A CHOLA/CHOLO CHRISTMAS CARD:
*Have everyone put in a white tank top or t-shirt, or button up flannel or plaid shirt (buttoned to the top)
*draw on tear drop tattoos with liquid eyeliner
*we drew "Orale, it's Christmas" on Jordan's arms
*colored in a mustache and goatee on Blaker
* I did my Chola make-up from THIS VIDEO
*We were going to alternate red and green bandanas, but all I had was red, so we were "Santa Gangsters" ha ha ha ha
*Use any assortment of gold necklaces, preferably with a cross on it
*And the most important part- DO NOT SMILE! A sure sign you are not a chola/cholo is if you let anyone see your smile. ha ha ha ha
*the rest of the details I did in Photoshop, the chain link fence, the gangsta font, and the bows I added in

This is so funny...the last time we were at my dad's house...he still had this up! My grandma thought this was hilarious too! My whole family is pretty fun...and we all love fun or funny things. My grandma was the queen funny things...I'm so glad I come from a long line of people who try to make the world more fun and less serious and depressing! ha ha ha

Huge hugs or abrazos (hugs in Spanish) and even bigger hoop earrings, feliz navidad and Merry Christmas for all the non-spanish speaking, ha ha ha ha
your homegirl Kandee

Santa Hugs and Scaredy-Dats...

2011-12-16T12:23:00.000-08:00

HOW TO SURVIVE WAITING IN LINE TO SEE SANTA:
*Be prepared to wait, unless you live in a town with 10 people.
*Make sure everyone's gone to the bathroom before you enter the line.
*Remember not to get mad at the family that has 15 kids in front of you, and each one want their own picture with Santa.
*Get yummy snacks to eat while you wait...don't go with drinks, or you will have to jump out of line for a potty break, for sure.
*Have fun with your kids, play games of looking for fun decorations, talk about all the things they'd love for Christmas.
*Do not lose your cool and start yelling at your kids because you're sick of waiting in line with a bunch of kids and a free gift of poopy diaper smell, and forever scar your kids because you got mad going to see Santa. Like half of the parents I saw in line- they ruined all their kids excitement by getting mad and yelling at them....Santa should've given them a ball of coal, not a complimentary candy cane- nice way to ruin a fun time with your kids...mean dad and mom in front of us.
*Maybe let your kids take turns playing a fun app on your phone, while you hold the other one...since, most likely if they are too big to hold, they probably don't want to go sit in Santa's lap anymore.
*Remember- if you think waiting in line to see Santa is boring, try being 3 or 4, and you have even less patience.
*Make as many things in life fun, waiting in line to see Santa...waiting in line at the DMV, or like me at the Dollar Store the other day, where the lady in front of me bought about 100 christmas cards that each needed to be scanned individually and the check-out girl had to take each one out of the envelope! ha ha ha If I had gotten mad and frustrated ti just makes everything worse...instead I just laughed and said, "wow that's a lot of cards you have! What a deal- 3 cards for a dollar!"...

That was Santa (at the mall), 2 years ago....

And that was Blakey when we was 2.

He is my sweetheart.

He's scared of dogs and lions.

And he thought is was hilarious to tell Jordan this at the dinner table the other night: "I am a scare-dy dat (cat), I'm scared of snakes (nakes), lions, everything!"...we all about fell off our chairs laughing.

Blakey loved this Santa and loved giving Santa hugs...

so much so, that he ran back after our group picture to get one more Santa hug.

This was the nicest, sweetest, most caring Santa...he gave Blakey another hug and told him how wonderful he was.

I also got a better picture from one of "Santa's elves" that took a picture with my iphone, than the $20 picture we bought.

That sweet Santa had no idea how much love and compliments he filled each one of those kids with. Some of those kids probably never heard a "your wonderful", before. It had nothing to do with him asking the kids what they wanted, but everything to do with how he told them how pretty, brave, handsome, or wonderful they were. Toys will break, but the gift of telling someone how loved and special they are will last forever.

I may not be Santa....but I can tell you, that you are wonderful, I love you, and I'm so glad you are here...you have a bright and shining future....it's waiting for you and you're the only one that it's waiting for...

The holidays may make you feel a little stressed out and maybe impatient...but remember the reason for this holiday...it's to celebrate being given the greatest gift.

Huge love....and a huge thank you, to that man at the mall who was a true example of ol' Saint Nicholas...there to give love and make some little hearts happy....

it was worth the 45 minute wait with the lingering stench of a poopy diaper in line....

your kandee

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you guys are gonna love it- I hope!

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Yesterdays are piling up too fast...

2011-12-15T02:16:00.000-08:00

Today's blog comes with instructions:
Click play on the song below...and listen as you read the rest of this blog that I am typing as tears roll down my face...
(I first heard of Mindy Gledhill, on one of the blogs that first inspired me to blog..it wasn't about make-up or beauty, but about how beautiful a mama blog can be and a story that will inspire you...nieniedialogues.blogspot.com)

above is a picture of my Jordan when he was small...

he's now nearly 15...

my hair was short...

and tears are falling from my eyes, almost as fast as it feels that years have gone by since this picture...

he melted my heart from the moment I first knew he was growing in my belly...
when I said, "you're the apple of my eye"...and he replied, "you're the carrot of me"...
i wish, I could just go back and hold him again in my arms....
he's way taller than me now and sounds like a man...
and it feel like just a little bit ago...I would cuddle up with him and we'd both fall fast asleep...
He was a gift from God...after only being married for a few months we weren't planning on a baby....but God always has better plans than we do...
Jordan has been one of the greatest blessings in my life...
Even on the hardest days of being a mom, the heartache and stress that a teenage son can bring...
are worth every bit...
I treasure every moment...every moment of feeling overwhelmed, exhausted...and when he came down to get a drink in the middle of the night and he saw I was still up editing...
and said, "I don't know how you can stay up and work this late mom...."
and I said, "I have to, because I'm your mama...and sometimes the only times moms can work is late into the night when their babies are sleeping"...

No matter how tired, frustrated, overwhelmed, over-worked you feel...
know that those little hands won't always be little and fit in your hand...
they won't look up to you and think that you are the one who can make everything better-
now Jordan is too tall and just looks down at me...and I'm not the only one he wants to be around...
anymore.

If your little ones are still small...treasure every moment of being their hero, their favorite person to show tricks to, read to, dance for, and make happy....
They live to make you smile...they thrive off you telling them how amazing, great, beautiful, talented and strong they are...
An "I love you", wraps them in the love they need to make it in this world.
An "it's ok, we can clean that up" after a mess or accident, gives them the confidence to know a mistake isn't the end of the world...
And realizing a gentle, patient, kind mama that teaches and loves...
is always better than a threatening, harsh disciplinarian that breaks the very spirit of their kids...

You can never get time back...
I can never get that little baby back...you will never get each day that slips away back...
Take the hands of your little one, shower them in love, shower them in praise, walk along side them down the paths of their dreams...
play, make believe, imagine, dance, sing...hug and cuddle, have fun at the grocery store...let them weigh the fruit, don't be in a hurry...
if you hurry up all the time....
you'll hurry into the future and miss out on all these precious moments that you'll never get back...

let the laundry pile up and dance one more dance with your baby in your arms...
you'll always have laundry...but not that baby to hold in your arms...
you were a planned blessing too...huge hugs... kandee
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My Candy Cane White Hot Chocolate Recipe

2011-12-14T00:55:00.000-08:00

Nothing says, cup full of love and cozy like chilly cold outside, and little hands kept warm from holding a yummy cup of Candy Cane White Hot Chocolate. I love making little special drinks like this for my little, well, and big ones. We can get snuggly with our tasty teacups full of love and sweetness.
And this drink is yumtastic!
~Or should I call it, Kandee Kane White Hot Chocolate?!?

You can even see out little tree lights shining through the window and my beloved, mustache mug was in the dishwasher, so I had to use the "T" mug that I bought for my sister when she came to visit. Yes, she can re-claim it when she comes for Christmas, or I can change my name to Tandee.

Here's little Mr. Snowman, standing guard of the Candy Cane White Hot Chocolate...it's that yummy.
I love making yummy treats for my kids. I want to make them feel like our home is cozy, filled with love, and the smell of mama making them yummy things. We can snuggle together with out mugs full of yumminess and make special memories of happiness and mugs of cheer White Hot Chocolate! Safe from the harsh winter chill, the bitterness of the world...I am creating a happy home of love, a safe little bubble of goodness and delight...that is our home...you are welcome to be a part...please share this recipe and snuggly-sitting-in-front-of-the-fire-watching-white-Christmas-yummy-recipe.
(please feel free to share this and spread the yum!)

Here's my recipe so maybe you can add this to your holiday tradition-treats or just anytime you want to beat the winter chill with something delicious!

CANDY CANE WHITE HOT CHOCOLATE

WHAT YOU NEED:

1 1/4 Cup White Chocolate Chips ( I like the Guittard or Ghirardelli kind)

1 quart or 4 cups Half and Half *half and half is a mixture of half cream and milk that's sold in the dairy section- you could just use 2 more cups of milk and and 2 cups of cream or heavy whipping cream to substitute)

3/4 Heavy Whipping Cream

1/4 Milk

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1 Tablespoon Peppermint Extract (I toned the pepperminty-ness down for you guys, but I like to put 2 Tablespoons)

Candy Canes for stir-stick garnish

DIRECTIONS (aka NOW WHAT?)

In a medium saucepan, mix white chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream over medium heat. Keep stirring until all the chips are melted.

Then, add in the half and half, milk and vanilla and peppermint extract.

Keep on a'stirrin' til it all mixed, melted and warm!

I like to use a gigantic bowl-like wooden spoon I have to fill up the mugs and teacups. And it makes me feel like the mom from Little House On The Prarie with her big pots cooking over the fire and big wooden spoons.

Then you can top with whipped cream (I still need to share my recipe for my Tasty Homemade Whipped Cream, it's so good I used to whip it up every night!)...

and put a candy cane in each cup....it makes it looks so fun!

Jordan took one sip and said: THIS IS AMAZING! This is quite possible the best drink I've ever had!
Pretty good to get your 14 year old son to tell his friends on Xbox how good the White Hot Chocolate his mom just made is! I smile as I walked all the way down the stairs!

From my kitchen to yours....sweeter than "kandee" mugs of merriness, love, and smiles...your kandee

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This is what I looked like many years ago....

2011-12-13T04:03:00.000-08:00

this was little kandee...
and no...i was not naked in this picture...

Sometimes don't you wish you could be little again...just for a day, maybe.
In this picture, on this day...I was outside playing in the summer time...I think I was about 2.

My mom said I used to like to sing into my fake microphone a lot. My sister was a baby. And I went everywhere my mom did.

My mom was amazing to me. She was my world of comfort and calm. I knew I was always safe with her. She would never hurt me, yell at me, scare me or tease me. She was always loving, kind, gentle, and teaching us, never yelling at us...just always gently showing us the way in life.

As I've seen some mom's in stores or other places...it breaks my heart to see them yell or even cuss at their little precious ones, that are just looking for love and for someone to teach them the way in life. There was a mom that was cussing at her little girl in Michael's craft store the other day when I was there...the little girl was trying to get something off the shelf and one of the boxes fell on the ground- the mom began cussing and yelling at her so much I literally got sick to my stomach and walked over there. (something I don't normally do, but it was on my heart to comfort that poor little girl and let her know it's ok)...and I said to the little girl..."it's ok, we all have accidents sometimes"...I looked at the mom and said, "I have 4 kids, and they have accidents like this all the time, it's just part of being a mom and having kids"...I smiled and walked down the aisle.

I am so thankful that my kids know that I love them, they know I talk kindly to them, that I won't ever cuss at them, or tease them...that I will always protect their little hearts and emotions, I'll always encourage them, they can always trust what I say because I don't tease them or kid with them. They know they can believe me and they know I will always be understanding and show them God's love...that is forgiving, encouraging, never harsh or cruel, and unconditional.

I am so thankful I had my mom to show me how to be a good, kind, loving mama, that nurtures not just little hearts, but their little dreams, confidence...and always filling them with positivity and love.

If your mama isn't with you anymore or the relationship with your mom isn't very good...please feel the love I'm sending you from my mama heart...
you are beautiful, you are so loved, I know you have dreams...and I believe they are there for a reason...and don't let anyone tell you you are anything less than amazing and so worthy of love...
I'm praying for your heart and all your dreams....
love from this mama to you.... everything will be ok and big hug wrapped in love to stay with you all day!

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Small things that make me happy...

2011-12-12T11:41:00.000-08:00

Small things like new plates, being first at a stop light, and the smell of wet cement make me happy.

My mom was helping me put my dishes away..and said, "I think you might wanna buy a new set of dishes"...not one of my plates really matched.

All my plates were pretty random: some were "hand-me-downs" from my mom, a few I found at Ross or Marshall's, and even an incomplete set of cool vintage looking dishes I got at a thrift store years and years ago. But they weren't mix matched in a cool Anthropolgie kind of way, they were mixed matched in a "are you modern, Asian inspired, shabby chic, 60's vintage, country kitchen, or animal print", kind of "style-confused" way.

THE HUNT FOR NEW DISHES:
The place of choice to hunt: Marshall's
(if you don't know what Marshall's is- it's one of my favorite stores where you can find cool stuff from fancy department stores or designers for super cheap!)

And my mom found these on the clearance aisle! I love them, kind of girly, kind of "quirkly fleur de lis", yet with a modern and graphic twist! (how's that for a description)

AND, THE BEST PART OF ALL....

as you can see they were $2 a plate!!!

That is almost as awesome as Dollar Store prices.

We used them at our Saturday dinner my mom made, Baked Rigatoni with Mozzarella, Bacon, Crispy Sage and Parmesan Breadcrumb Topping - yumtastic!

Alani said she loved eating off of our new fancy plates. And I must say, it was like make-up for our food...it just made it look a little extra special!

huge love and and happy new plates, your kandee

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Cute In Front and Cute In Back

2011-12-11T01:35:00.001-08:00

oh my littlest of all my babies, being held by my biggest of all my babies...
Can I just tell you how cute and cuddly this little suit is....
this is one of the Gwen Stefani designs she did for her Mini Harajuku line at Target. It's is...a panda!
And the back.......

says, STAY CUTE...but it's crinkled up in this picture and looks like "STAY DUTE". It's funn because that's how Blakey used to say CUTE...."that's so dute". Her little MiniStar boots are from
Tar-jetta as well.

It melts my lil' mama heart, to see how much all my precious lil' (and big) children love each other, how caring they are, how much they all love the baby. And to see Jordan reach his arms out to hold his tiniest sister...
I love my babies so much...there's nothing I love more than to have them all in the same room- to hear all their laughter and voices talking to each other....my heart is huge with love!

i hope my love spills onto you and your day today too, your kandee

I've wasted way too much time on this today....

2011-12-10T11:08:00.001-08:00

My friend from Australia, Simone...
posted about this on facebook today, to tell me about this site where you can personalize videos from Santa. Normally I think these things are kinda silly...but this one is so stinkin' fun, we;ve been making silly videos all morning!

Ol St. Nick really says their names...or tries to anyway....his version of Alani was pretty funny! We made a funny one for Jordan...we all cried laughing so hard at all the things we picked out to personalize his video....he laughed so hard when we watched it!

Well, we've now spent all morning making funny videos...the kids think it's hilarious to make people on the "naughty list".

I made the best one for my sister's hubby....
ha ha ha ha....I can't wait til he watches it!

You can pick things he "needs to work on"....like farting in bed or picking his nose! ha ha ha ha

I am so glad I have a fun family that loves to laugh and will appreciate how funny this is! ha ha ha

We made nice videos too...but our favorite are the funny ones.

CLICK HERE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ONE TOO!

(just make sure you click "NO" on the part where it asks if you want email updates...who wants extra emails...)

OTHER THINGS I'VE DONE ALL MORNING, besides making this videos while baby and kids laughed as I tried to type while they all sat on my lap:

*had to go super clean the toilet after Blakey had an "aiming" mishap.

*had to change 3 poopy diapers, thanks to "teething-diarrhea"- all the excess saliva makes more excess diaper changes- ha ha

* had to stop the kids from trying to bring the bounce house in the living room...we have way too much Christmas stuff out to fit it in here.

hope you have a fun saturday! huge hugs and fun, kandee

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Hello Kitty Hello Christmas

2011-12-09T09:50:00.001-08:00

It wouldn't be my house if you didn't find hello kitty-ness almost everywhere you look. As I type this, I can see Alani's Hello Kitty backpack, some hello kitty stickers on things, hello kitty stuffed animals and just this morning Blakey was asking Alani where his, "hello ditty" was....he adopted a little "punk" looking hello kitty from her.

These are our "holiday kitty" goodies- the ornaments are special ornaments that were gifts from precious people, to me- Wintery Princess Hello Kitty is above in my pink tree (I have no idea where my mom got the little pink Christmas tree that she gave us, but I love it! It looks like cotton candy!) Below is the "hot pink and fishnet kitty" in one of our mini table top trees (another fun find at Target).

And of course I bought Hello Kitty wrapping paper at Target, too! I will probably just wrap Alani and the baby's presents.....I'm not sure who else in my family would appreciate it! ha ha ha Definitely not Jordan!

So if you are a Hello Kitty, or as Blakey says, "Hello Ditty" fan....I hope you like our Hello Kitty Holiday decorations...

they need to make "hello kitty snowmen"....wouldn't that be cute? Like a regular snowman, with a cute hello kitty head on top! Maybe I should make one! ha ha ha

hello ditty love.... your kandee

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We got teeth comin' and goin'...

2011-12-08T09:30:00.001-08:00

Our house is a virtual "tooth house" right now.....
last night Alani's wiggly little bottom tooth came out after she brushed her teeth. Baby Ellie Bellie Boo Bear (not her real name ofcourse, it's really Elyse) has all her lil' painful first teeth just coming in. We've got teeth falling out, growing in, wiggly, we got it all!

This is Alani's Tooth Fairy Box - she knows I'm the "tooth fairy", but it's still fun. My sister painted this cute tooth fairy box for her, she's so crafty, and glued on the jewels.

If you look closely, you can see her little tooth inside the "tooth fairy box"! She hit the jackpot with this tooth- the only money I had was a $5 bill. I could hear her yelling with excitement when she found it! That's the best part.

"all i want for Christmas is ~~my two front teeth~~ baby's 2 front lower teeth"...ha ha ha

Teeth, they hurt comin in- and sometimes you get money when they come out....or you get dentures. ha ha ha

Thankful I am typing you this with all my teeth.... your kandee toothenmeister meister-meester

....running on love, because I've got sick babies, teething babies, not much sleep because of what I just mentioned and now I'm sick too...good thing love can fuel us on!

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A picture of me from high school and 10 things...

2011-12-07T02:21:00.001-08:00

Christmas Time a very long time ago.....I think I'm about 14 or so in this picture.

And here are 7 random things:
1. My hair was almost redonkulously long.

2. When I was a freshman...a senior nicknamed me, Winnie. As in Winnie Cooper, from the show, The Wonder Years, because he said I looked like her.

3. I loved and wore those same flannel pajama shorts for years.

4. I never burned that "marble" candle I'm holding in the picture. It was too pretty to burn.

5. I used to wash my hair with Pantene ProV...if I were to smell that shampoo it would probably give me flashbacks.

6. That is my sister's arm in the picture.

7. One year we strung popcorn with a needle and thread. I thought it was so fun, even though I ended up poking my fingers "un-countable" times.

8. I wish I could go back and tell myself what I know now...to not be shy, that it's ok, if the "cool" kids don't like you and make fun of you, and that the real "cool" kids were the ones that weren't "cool".

9. I used to eat the same thing everyday...a pretzel and yogurt or maybe if I was feeling crazy, a slice of greasy Dominoes pizza- because they would sell it from a little cart in our cafeteria. It was pretty gross.

10. I still feel exactly the same as I did then.....I'm have bigger numbers in my age, I wear a much bigger size pair of jeans now, and I'm not as shy as I used to be.

typing in front of my christmas tree...I still love decorating just as much as I did back then...
huge love, from an older and wiser-than-in-that-picture, kandee

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Christmas Decorating Must-Have Gadget & My Mess

2011-12-06T01:42:00.001-08:00

this is what "pinky", my hot pink couch looks like...
full of Christmas decorating messiness, and there is more mess not shown in this picture....

The MUST HAVE GADGET, I'm kinda in love with- I got it at Target, it's a wireless outlet remote! Whatever you plug into that power outlet, you can turn on and off with the remote! How cool is that?
No more crawling under the tree branches to get poked in the back by real or fake pine needles to yank the Christmas lights out. I think it's made by Westinghouse, and you get 3 outlet pluggy things. Yes, I just googled it, and it's called the Westinghouse 3-piece wireless indoor remote system with remote. I couldn't find a link to show you these...I got mine at Target for much cheaper than all these websites show too...

BUT...here's what I wish would happen:

1. That the lights would "hang themselves".

2. That someone else would come and take all the decorations down AND take apart my fake trees when New Year's rolls around.

3. That you could leave decorations up for longer than a month...with how much work it is, I think you should be able to leave them up til Valentine's day.

4. That I could make my house look like either a gingerbread house or a Candy Cane Wonderland- with giant candy canes.

And I still haven't even finished decorating...I still don't have my lights for outside. I want to make it look extra twinkly for the kids. My favorite, was seeing Alani and Blakey had hung the stockings up themselves, and Blake had on a mini-tree skirt around his neck, like a little elf, and said it was a "cape"!

i heart twinkly lights..... lots of twinkly lights, kandee

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The Fastest Sugar Cookies Ever!

2011-12-04T23:14:00.001-08:00

What is cozier than walking into the kitchen and smelling cookies baking in the oven?
And at my house, we love cookies, we love all baked goods really. And I love to bake. But since I've got my arms full of babies, and kids, I don't have as much time as I'd like to bake from scratch...
so I got some yummy-cookie-baking-assistance...
My Fast Sugar Cookie Secret:

I LOVE THESE- Vanilla Sugar Cookies from Immaculate Baking Company - they are not only certified organic, but they are certified DELICIOUS!

The Christmas Sugar Cookie ones, or at least the ones I bought at my grocery store (I got them at Whole Foods and Raley's), come with sugar sprinkles. We put the sprinkles in a little bowl, then Blakey dips them in the sugar and we place on the cookie sheet. Super fun to "sprinkle-ize" them!
And then they come out like this:

SUPER EASY! SUPER FAST! SUPER DELICIOUS! And when you have about 2 minutes to prep cookies for baking- these are perfect. The busy moms cookie OR anyone that wants instant-cookie-deliciousness.

Now you know my "we-need-cookies-now" baking secret! ha ha ha ha

Sugar cookies and sprinkles, kandee

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Too Too, Tutu Cute!

2011-12-02T09:48:00.001-08:00

As you probably know...I love tutus!

We have tons o' tutus in our house...

my closet, Alani's closet, baby's closet....

This adorable Tutu, is from Little Diva Tutus!

They even make the little "tutu tops" with matching flower that you can clip on a headband too.

...and leg warmers! We (like how I saw "we", but it's just baby) have a polka dot onesie from Old Navy on, and the leg warmers are form one of our Mini Harajuku outfits from Target. (the awesome Gwen Stefani baby and kids collection, that's at Target right now)...

making our funny face....

ha ha ha ha....

it makes me laugh just looking at this picture!

You gotta see these tutus, they are too cute:

www.littledivatutus.com

If anyone wants one, here's a little code I saw to save 10% on a tutu order, - enter code: LTDOFFER

We don't wear the tutu's all day ofcourse, just long enough to take a picture and she did like crawling away real fast in her tutu too!

Tiny Tutus.... kandee and cupcake (aka Elyse)

Baby's First Tooth & Pink Throw Up Buckets

2011-12-01T11:33:00.001-08:00

These pictures were taken this morning:
Yes, please enjoy my make-up-less face. I invited my freckles to show up, too!
This has been poor lil' Ellie's face more often than her smiles the last few days from teething. We FROWN in teething pain!

My precious happy baby, has been feeling not so fun, with her teeth trying to pop out of the gums the last little while.

BUT WE HAVE THE FIRST LITTLE THAT HAS JUST BEGUN TO POKE OUT OF HER GUMS! It looks like a mini hole in her gums, but that means the tooth is really on it's way out!!! And right before that is: sore, red, swollen, gums- not fun!

Teething symptoms we don't like:

diarrhea- caused by the excessive drooling

fever- sometimes not always, but fevers are never fun

sometimes even coughing or runny nose from all the excessive saliva too-

all the way around teething is one of my least favorite times for poor lil ones..I just wish I could go through it for them, so they aren't in any pain.

Her favorite teething relief: chewing on damp washcloths

*side note..every baby gets teeth at different times, some of my babies started early, some late...but whenever they get them, they all hurt the same.

And poor Alani came home from school, throwing up. Poor baby has been resting in bed with her big pink bowl in case she needs to throw up.

This mama is a little sleepless. Last night I was up trying to work because I couldn't get much done in the day. Alani threw up and or woke up all night long. Baby was up with her teething. And Blakey woke up too! ha ha ha I am not even sure how or when I slept...but I do know that a mama can run on love. Because even though I got maybe 1-2 hours of sleep...
I am filled with love to take care of my precious lil Alani, put cool towels on her forehead, and help with sips of ginger ale and kids tummy tea. While chasing after the toothy-crawler, Elyse. And to clean up the ginger ale spill that Blakey had, as he escaped the kitchen with his little ginger ale. We never buy soda, so knowing there's ginger ale in the house for Alani's tummy is quite exciting! ha ha

typing this on the edge of my bed that Alani is snuggled up in, while baby crawls around my legs, and Blakey is counting along Team Umi Zumi on tv...I'm surprised I don't type what they're saying on the show as I blog...ha ha ha "just scrub-a-dub-eight times..."ha ha ha
...hugs from your kandee

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Best Toys, Gadgets, & Gift For That Baby in Your Life

2011-11-30T12:55:00.001-08:00

Since it will be baby's first Christmas, we thought it would be fun to show you our favorite and must-have baby toys, baby gadgets, and ideas for gifts for anyone who's pregnant or has a baby!

So here's a new video from my "baby channel" on Youtube...with me and baby!

These are our tried and tested baby favorites that you may love too. And all the toys are under $20 too!

Here's the video, but I'll also put the links below here for each thing too and a little extra comment of why we like it.

*in case anyone wants to know where I got these, at :www.walmart.com

The reason I'm making sure you know I got it online is- we went to the Walmart store after we got the little laptop to get one for my neice, and found out that it's not at all the stores, but it is online. Don't want you to have an upset lil' niece like I did! ha ha ha

OUR BEST & FAVORITE BABY TOYS:
(and their under $20 yay!)

1. Baby Einstein Caterpillar Fun Bundle (rattle, teether, ball, and baby "ipod")-
this is a super deal for 4 toys, and the little ipod that plays classic music is our favorite

2. V-tech Pink Baby Learning Laptop
she loves my laptop, so this is great- she can bang on all the keys on hers and it won't break!
(They have this same one at Toys R Us for like $20, but it's at Walmart for $13!)

3. Bright Starts- Drop & Giggle Giraffe
My 4 and 6 year old, Blake and Alani, love this toy too! ha ha ha

4. V-tech Touch & Learn Musical Bee
*THIS IS MY FAVORITE!!!! She really like riding in the car (which is weird, all my other kids loved the car), but every she has this in the car with her, we put it on the "night time" mode, and she falls right asleep. And on daytime mode, this makes diaper change time so much easier, she holds the bee and I can change her diaper without her trying to crawl away. I think I'm going to buy another one, just in case something happens to this one! ha ha ha

5. Vtech Move & Crawl Electronic Activity Ball
This is so fun. It really wobbles all around.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE BABY MUST-HAVES IS:

THE BUMBO SEAT
-every one of my friends, and me- love these!
I had a lavender one for Alani, gave it away. A blue one for Blakey, and now we got a new Turquoise one for Elyse. Bumbo calls it Aqua, I love turquoise, so you say tomato, I say turquoise! ha ha ha
This is a must have for every mama!

BABY MONITOR MUST HAVE:
SUMMER INFANT- BabyTouch Digital Color Video Monitor
I bought this when I was pregnant, and I bought the old "sound only" monitor, because I didn't know if it was worth the extra money. I returned that sound only one, as soon as I used this. It's AMAZING! Not only can you see if they are moving around, have kicked a blanket off, or you can see if they wake up and are not making noise, but are sitting up or moving around.
I LOVE THIS MONITOR! And have told all my friends that this is a MUST have for your baby registries or a baby essential- it's worth every penny. No interference. No hearing you neighbors phone calls because the old monitors pick it up. So many times with the old monitor, when Alani and Blake were babies, they would be asleep- the monitor would start screeching from interference or you'd hear someone's phone call get picked up on the monitor and WAKE THEM UP! This has NEVER happened once with monitor in all the 10 months she's been alive and we've used it!

And I love how she stared at the camera and just smiles in this video! ha ha ha She just melts my heart!
Hope she makes you smile too! Let me know if you like seeing these kind of video too!
Big hugs from me and little hugs from baby, kandee

Surf's Up in the Bathroom Dude

2011-11-29T00:48:00.001-08:00

Blaker catching some gnarly waves in the bathroom sink...he even brought his little chair...er, I mean "surf board" into the bathroom. He washed his hands and made an ocean in the sink.

And this is surfer dude.

AKA The Huck Doll- he has velcro on the bottom of his feet, that "velcro" to the velcro on his surfboard.

Who said bathrooms aren't fun....we have Surfin Safari's goin' on in ours!

Alani had her turn playing in the sink too, but instead of a Surf Session, hers was more like a Princess Swimming Party...everyone from Cinderella to Sleeping Beauty went for a "sink swim"...

We have the cleanest little plastic doll people and surfer dudes around....

some people want beach front property...I've got a "seaside sink"...ha ha ha ha

i love my lil surfer dude and dudette.

sinks up dude! your kandee

It's Cyber Monday Baby!

2011-11-28T01:16:00.001-08:00

Get ready for the biggest cyber shopping sales of the year- CYBER MONDAY!
All from the safety of your cozy couch.
*no crowds (no crazy ladies with pepper spray spraying other shoppers so they won't get her x-boxes)
*no trying to find parking
*you don't even need to get dressed or brush your hair....because it's time for CYBER MONDAY!

Shop online til you drop offline!

I've got the scoop on some of the hottest Cyber Monday deals on all things, toys, games, video games, shoes and clothes for babies, kids, and even video games for the teens!

Get to clickin and savin'.

AMAZON'S CYBER MONDAY DEALS WEEK is going to last all week long. Check out their crazy deals on TOYS, GAMES & BABY THINGS and redonkulous discounts on Cyber Monday VIDEO GAMES!

PediPed is offering Buy One - Get One 50% any pairs of shoes!

OLD NAVY - Cyber event is Sunday and Monday plus take an additional 30% off your order with coupon code: HUGECYBER

NAARTJIE- One of my favorite clothing companies for babies and kids will be having a MONDAY only 50% off sale!!! Their clothes are sooooooo cute!!!

FISHER-PRICE- will be celebrating Cyber Monday deals for 6 days- 20% off your entire purchase with FREE shipping on orders over $75.

WAL-MART is offering up some dealios for Cyber Monday too!

Even my favorite cleaning products, MRS. MEYERS, will be having FREE SHIPPING all day!!! Load up on all the yummy holiday scents!!!

Oh man, I forgot:
AlbeeBaby- has pretty much every carseat of booster you'll ever want. They have my favorite, Britax for up to 30% off today- The Britax Boulevard 70 and Britax Advocate, in the Zebra print...is what I'm eye-ballin!

Pretty much everywhere is going to have crazy cyber monday deals, but here were just some of my favs!

Feel free to share this, post this, pass the saving-news along!

Happy Cyber Monday....yay for shopping without needing to buckle everyone in carseats, trying to find parking, getting everyone out of the carseats!

love and yay for shopping from your couch drinking hot chocolate.... your kandee

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Saturdays at my house....

2011-11-27T02:05:00.001-08:00

We make smoothies for breakfast....
then I baked mac n' cheese with bread crumbs for lunch...with clementine oranges (they look like baby oranges, so they kids love them)...
the kids are so precious...Alani found the mask I used in the Flo costume video and she out with it on, and Blaker found my "hill billy" hat- that has long hair attached to it. They both made me laugh so hard...

I'm not quite sure who or how this picture got taken of the baby and was on my phone...
I do know, that I don't understand why boys are so messy when it comes to peeing in the toilet. I know that I don't really like cleaning up pee. And I cleaned some "escape pee", that a little man left for me.

I did not leave the house today. But I did make some videos...
I am very tired it's 2:12 am....
Good Nighty Night night or good morning morn morn....
huge hugs, love and a bathroom that now smells like Mrs. Meyers Basil Scented Bathroom Cleaner...
your sleepy friend Kandee

PS. I am praying for all of you that might need some extra prayer for a hard week. I love ya!

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Look Who's 10 months old!

2011-11-26T08:26:00.001-08:00

Officially she passed the 10 month mark 3 days ago...and it now an official 10 month old!
She has been bringing smiles and joy for 10 months now, and it feels like she was just a little tiny baby wrapped like a burrito and I would just hold her all day!

See she had her flower on her headband for about .2 seconds...then shortly after the top picture, she removed that too! ha ha ha

PS Her outfit is another cutie we got from Gwen Stefani's Mini Harjuku line at Target! We LOVE, love, lOve...the whole line!

We busted out our Christmas decorations last night....so today I'm gonna try to decorate with the kids, and try to film some fun "holiday" videos at nap time- I hope! ha ha ha
hot chocolate and twinkly lights, your kandee

Outfits of the Day & Cray Cray

2011-11-25T09:35:00.001-08:00

This is how we dress for Thanksgiving....
*Read this as if you are a correspondent/host on E!...
Alani is all decked out in her Christmas dress from Gwen Stefani's Mini Harajuku line at Target. (yeah, I know it's not Christmas, but why just wear a dress on Christmas when it's so cute!)..She also has on her plaid Mini Harajuku jacket. Black legging from Target...and her fav, Flex Elizabeth PediPed patent leather and suede boots with the satin bow laces,

Blaker, who holds still for about .001 seconds, is wearing his new Mini Harajuku shirt (I told you we went crazy when we saw this line!), Denizen jeans (they are the "cool guy jeans" line for boys at Target), studded belt we bought at the Melrose Trading Post, "tent of $5 belts and sunglasses", and the turquoise VANS he picked out.

Blakey took these blurry "outfit" of the day of baby...the other ones are so blurry you can't tell what she is. ha ha ha

As you can't tell in the picture, she is wearing a pink and white striped romper suit, with a hood from Old Navy, other other favorite place for little clothes. And the holiday mary jane socks, from Trumpette's line at Target.

This is what Jordan and my grampa wore....ha ha ha ha. Look how tall Jordan is...I think he grows by the minute. I think he just measured at 6 feet tall and growing.

My favorite....we spent Thanksgiving at my gramma's. No matter how old you are, you feel like a little kid at gramma's. All the troubles of the world melt away, and I just felt safe, cozy, and like the world is ok. And we had 3 different pies and desserts!

Then we went to the movies, I wanted to see the Muppets, but the kids wanted to see Arthur Christmas. So we saw Arthur Christmas, which was really cute, and pretty funny- the brother with the Christmas Tree goatee and the crazy grampa Santa was my favorite.
*THEN...as we drove home, I wondered if people would be camping out for the crazy Black Friday sales that go on here in the US, where things are like 99% off! ha ha ha

There were hundred of people camping outside of Best Buy...you'd think they were giving out $500 in cash with every $200 tv! ha ha

And as I posted on facebook...it doesn't pay to save $200, but have a $400 bill from your broken arm you got fighting people off at the sales. Did you hear of that lady that was spraying other shoppers with pepper spray at Wal-Mart, so they wouldn't beat her to the sales stuff!? CRAY CRAY!!!

They should call it GREEN friday...because all the green they make! ha ha ha

friday-ly yours, kandee

PS. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE DRESSING DILEMMA I HAD YESTERDAY....ha ha ha

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Thanksgiving pasts....

2011-11-24T09:02:00.001-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

(this was my sister, Tiffany and year at Thanksgiving- the funny thing is, I was pregnant last Thanksgiving and she is pregnant this Thanksgiving! ha ha...she made me a shirt last year that said "FAT TURKEY"...ha ha ha...)

I am so thankful for so many things like my family...because I know what it's like to not have the ones you love with you.

I am thankful for food...because I know what it's like to not have any.

I am thankful for a home...because I know what it's like to not have one.

I am thankful for a car...because I remember when I didn't have one, and I would've been excited as if you had given me a Merecedez, if you gave me an old Pinto with 4 different wheel and it was painted pea green and hot pink polka dots- I would've been sooooo excited!

I am so thankful for God's blessing in my life, I am excited I get to be a part of your day and hopefully bring some happiness to your day.
I am thankful for my parents... and I am thankful for babies. The greatest blessings in my life are: Jordan, Alani, Blake and Elyse...

I am thankful for God giving me hope even when I don't think it's possible....

WORST THANKSGIVING: I remember, when I first got married when I was young and had moved far away, my husband and his friend both bought plane tickets to fly home, but didn't buy me one. I spent Thanksgiving with no food, except a jar of peanut butter, all alone, just sad and crying. So I am extra thankful for every Thanksgiving that's not like that one! ha ha ha ha

BEST THANKSGIVING: When to my sister's, hubby's family's home in San Diego. Their home has a beautiful view of the ocean. The table was beautifully set. I love their light, over the table- I love all Danish furniture and lighting. The food was delicious and we opened little party poppers placed at the table with little jokes, trinkets, and paper crowns inside!

Huge hugs and I wanted to share a special message of hope and My Story...when I didn't have food and many other things were going wrong... It was hard to talk about some things and I can't get into too many details but I wanted to share that my past has had some pain, but I hope it encourages and inspires someone that may be going through some hard times too...and why I was ALWAYS be so thankful...

Click here to see me cooking my FAVORITE THANKSGIVING RECIPE and you get to meet my dad!

Thankfully yours, kandee

How to dress the whole family in Turkey Costumes

2011-11-23T00:42:00.000-08:00

This is the cutest lil' turkey I've ever seen!

I could just "gobble gobble" him up!

1. THE TURKEY BABY

You can get a little turkey baby suit like this from: Lil Characters

So, another Thanksgiving is about to roll around...and you wan to add some extra pizazz to make this turkey day a little more memorable-

well nothing says UNFORGETTABLE like dressing in costumes to make things FESTIVE!!!

2. THE TURKEY KID
You can outfit your lil' gobbler in this suit from: www.totallycostumes.com

3. THE TURKEY DAD (or mom)
Because everyone should wear a turkey suit to the dinner table.
Get your turkey legs into one of these suits and I GUARANTEE that no one will forget this Thanksgiving EVER!
You can order this gobble-gobble good costume HERE.

4. The Turkey Dog
I'm not sure about this turkey dog suit. It look like a "banana-corn"- a mix between a unicorn and a banana...what turkey has a banana growing between it's eyes! ha ha ha
The tail feathers look nice though.
If you want your dog to look like a "banana-corn-key"...
you can get one of these by Puppe Love

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

And stay tuned for our famous Thanksgiving song!

gObbLe gObBle.... kandee

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Super Feel Good, Look Good Smoothie

2011-11-22T11:07:00.001-08:00

I blend up this smoothie almost every morning...
It's so jam-packed with nutrients...you'll look slimmer, feel better, and your skin is going to look great too!
It's got kale, which is one of the most nutritionally dense foods with, beta carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, lutein, zeaxanthin, and reasonably rich in calcium.

When I drink this baby, I am not craving sweet, I feel full (normally my appetite it a little ridiculous)..and the benefits...
it's makes my skin look great, it's let me shed some pounds instead of eating a cinammon roll! ha ha

I try to drink at least one smoothie a day here's just one of my favorite recipes:

SUPER FEEL GOOD, LOOK GOOD SMOOTHIE:

8-10 ounces Coconut Milk (So Delicious Organic Coconut Milk)

1/2 or whole banana

2 giant leaves of kale (or basically a handful rinsed and torn in half)

about a 1/4 cup of blueberries

1 pack of Sambazon frozen Acai

2 Tablespoons ground flax seeds (Spectrum Organic Ground Flax Seeds)

*flax seeds are an excellent source of Omega 3 fatty acids, and a great non-fish alternative

Flax seeds have tons of fiber, reduce inflammation in the body, lower cholesterol, can help reduce cancer, help with everything from migraines to hot flashes, click here to learn more in fancy talk.

Put it all in a blender, my personal fav is my VitaMix blender, it is one of the best investments I've ever made...I use it sometimes 4 times a day, smoothies, sauces, more smoothies, desserts...you can even make soup in it, and it comes out hot!

Start it on variable 1, then move it up to the highest and I blend for about 45 seconds. Or if you have a regular blender, just blend til it's smooth....

and enjoy!

Watch, you'll eat less junk food, your energy is going to be amazing, your going to look better, feel better, and probably drop some unwanted fat, that those donuts and fried food have donated to you! ha ha ha

cheers to smoothies and feeling good, your kandee

We heart Harajuku (and Gwen Stefani & Target)

2011-11-21T09:57:00.001-08:00

(Blakey's Harajuki slip-ons)

We went to Target the other day and I had no idea that Gwen Stefani was collabing with Target to do a kids and babies collection of the cutest clothes!

(Baby, riding cozy in her Buggy Bag at Target...it turns any shopping cart into a cozy lazy-boy like chair! ha ha As you can see, the kids always make a first stop at the dollar section at Target...they might as well just place the toys as soon as you walk in- it stops us everytime!)
*I love Gwen Stefani- I've loved her style since I was in high school.
*I love Target- and the fact that the do cool, lines like this with other stylish peeps or brands. I never even saw the Missoni collection, except for a few weird clearance things like a scratchy baby sweater dress and some rainboots on clearance.
*I wish all this was in bigger sizes than just baby and kids!

Take a peek and the Mini Harajuku stuff- and I read how it was a mix of all the styles that Gwen has loved and rocked over her whole career...and not to sound like a broken record, but I loved everything!

Look at these little Harajuku Mini Slip-ons!

These onesie said it needed a home, and we took it with, us wore it yesterday, and got compliments everywhere we went! Can you see the little knee high socks in the background? So cutey.

The little plaid, punk pants were so cute I bought a pair for Alani, Blake AND the baby! They can look like very different sized triplettes!

Blakey in his Harajuku shoes, H & M pants (they have the cheapest kids clothes- like $3.95 for a shirt!) and a new sweater we got at Target...it's just there Target brand.

When I picked Alani up from school, she told me again, how much she loved her new outfit. I got her the plaid punk pants, with the little pleated flap on the back (my favorite part, I wish they made these in my size. Her striped shirt with the bows and tuxedo ruffles on the front, and the mini motorcycle jacket is so cute. Style of Gwen Stefani, prices of Target....awesome combo!

You can dress like a rockstar on a non-rockstar bank account!

Mini clothes and shopping carts... your kandee

PS. I have no idea how long this line will be at Target...all I can say is there's NO DOUBT, you better WIND IT UP and make a SWEET ESCAPE to Target before all that's left is SPIDERWEBS....ha ha ha

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Sunday Pictures

2011-11-20T00:00:00.000-08:00

It's Sunday...so here's our Funday picture.
Sometimes we look fancy.

We have a big flower in our hair.

We make this face sometimes...

we hope it makes you smile too!
big smiles and flowers in your hair....
kandee and "cupcake" baby....

Recipe for a Wild Friday Night

2011-11-19T00:06:00.000-08:00

Yes...We were some girls gone wild tonight....
Get out your cookbook note cards because we're about to cook up a wild Friday night.
One thing that is essential before reading any further...note that my sister is visiting...which means I am excited, because just like in our childhood years, she is sleeping in the room next to mine...hooray.

Here is the recipe to cook up a wild friday night

(in no particular order, actually none of these are in order, at all)

And no one checked anyone's id at the door

What you need:

1. 2 Sisters

(with real babies of their own, not plastic babies like when we first were next door neighbors and much shorter and less digits in our ages)

2. A good round of baby baths

(complete with getting peed on right before inserting a bathee into their bathtub)

3. The horrible FLASH-powered self-portrait I thought would be fun to jazz things up a bit and show you how glamorous I am on Friday nights...yeah that's right, I gave my make-up the night off. See the above pictures to review said photograph. That's what I call "phancy photography".

4. Blue Berry Cobbler

One wonderful mother who baked us a blue berry cobbler, set the timer and bid us farewell. We both really wished we had some ice cream to make it a la mode.

****awww man ,I already messed up the order, she said good bye then we started the baths....I'm too exhausted to go re-type it.

5. Me singing this song in my "manliest" voice...."The Surrey With The Fringe On Top"

(because it's funny, and we were just joke singing it yesterday- then we went to an antique store, my sister buys this old kids book...we open it up when we get home, and guess what song is inside on the first page?" Surrey Song!)

6. Pajama Party Time

We all had our jammies on at around 8:30pm....I know....wild party animals.

7. Say Good Night To the Party Man

We all marched up to say goodnight to Jordan, who did not appreciate my "Surrey Song", I sang for him, and promptly asked us to leave his room saying we were embarrassing to his friends that would hear us on his headset in the background.

8. Seconds and Thirds

Yes, I had not only seconds, but third helpings of the blueberry cobbler....I couldn't help myself, it's Friday!

9. Disturbing the Peace

I had to ask Jordan who was up until moments ago, laughing very loudly and talking really loudly...a little too much to my "you're going to wake up the baby"-level loud....he promptly replied with, "I'm being too loud, huh?"....

10. Diapers are Fun

As my niece, who is 2, came with me to "help" change the baby's diaper (she handed me a wipe)...said..."she has a lotta poop! That is uh-sgusting!"

It's almost midnight and I've had my jammies on for hours....

Wild and Crazy Friday night...... diapers, baths, fesh baked dessert, laughing with my sister, and putting out pajams on really early.... your kandee

Great Advice from the Grandpa that's not mine...

2011-11-18T02:08:00.001-08:00

the secret to not aging is that is that there is no secret....
I was searching for a video I did...and saw the little thumbnail for the , "THE BABY IS HERE" video...
and as I watch it and even as I type this...tears want to sprout from my heart and water the keyboard I'm typing on....
she was so tiny. so new. you can almost feel her heart taking in this new world around her. i just want to reach through the computer and hold her.

9 months later...she has grown and changed so, so, so much.....
A little grampa was sitting next to us at lunch, and was telling us stories of his grandkids, and telling us to enjoy each moment, because they aren't little very long, and he warned us: "it goes by too fast"....

IT GOES BY TOO FAST.

tears are seriously making it a bit hard to see what I'm typing right now....

each moment has gone by too fast...

who cares if your house is perfectly clean-

if your to-do list got done-

if your kids made a mess or broke something or lost something-

or if you had enough time after dinner to make sure every last dish was put away...

at then end of your life, when you see the value of every second you let slip away...

like the cute little Grampa we saw- you could feel it in his words and his face....

his urgency to ENJOY every second...because it's gone and you're older, babies turned to toddlers, kids and teenagers before you thought there was enough time to hold them in your arms.

like my little Jordan here....who know stands 6 feet tall...I miss that little face...I miss the moments when all he wanted was for me to be in his room....and now he asks me to leave his room, even when I just walk in to tell him dinner is ready. ha ha ha ha

Enjoy every moment, no matter how tiring it might be...it will be gone before we know it...and we will be old, telling someone young with a baby...to enjoy every moment because "it goes by before you know it".....

I just want to jump back in time in this video...

and remember, no matter how frustrating today might seem...please enjoy every second, frustrating or not...it will be gone before you know it...and if you didn't enjoy it, good, bad, messy house, or not...
that fact that your alive is something awfully special...
huge hugs and enjoying every moment today... your kandee

Big Apple Baby

2011-11-17T01:43:00.001-08:00

From the moment I first went to New York City....I knew no other city in the world would come close to matching that special something that NYC has....
it's something indescribable..something you have to feel...
Cities are unique like people, they have a feel, a look, a "personality" all their own....and NYC has a "fingerprint" unlike any other.

I loved carrying baby around NYC....so many things to see, faces to look at....and Times Square was quite mesmerizing to her...well, and to tons of tourists there too! ha ha

I wish I could spend the day walking in NYC with my babies....instead I'm far too far to the left coast. Far more too far away...but when I saw this picture, for a moment I caught a glimpse in my heart of the excitement, creativity, and business of NYC...that was not just exciting to me, to little eyes taking the excitement in too...
typing from a location in the boonies with little onesies that say "I heart NYC"....your kandee

Are you ready to smell like the holidays?

2011-11-16T11:10:00.001-08:00

As you know....I have long been scent-obsessed with every single product from Mrs. Meyer's...
they are all natural and I love everything about them!
my regular favorite scent is the Basil- I have it in everything from room fresheners to countertop cleaner to handsoap!

BUT NOW......they are dazzle noses everywhere with their limited edition HOLIDAY Scents......

are you ready these are my favorites...and now it will be a race to see who orders up the rest of holiday supply! ha ha ha

These are what I'm buying so you'll know exactly what my house will smell like (ha ha ha):

MY TOP HOLIDAY SCENT PICKS:

#1. every single GINGERBREAD scented product they make....will be mine! ha ha ha

#2. Spice Cake (this and Gingerbread are my fav-ey favs!) It smells like a sweet, yummy, vanilla hinted spice!

#3. Orange Clove smells so spicy and delicious, it makes cleaning your counter like a treat for you senses.

#4. Cranberry smells holiday fruity.

#5. Iowa Pine is the last holiday option, but I'm not really a fan of pine scent...ha ha ha But I think it's already sold out for the season anyway.

Happy holiday scents...here's to houses, countertops, and freshly washed hands that all smell like a yummy escape from a snowy wonderland, with fresh baked treats and homemade whipped cream waiting in bowls....oh yummm!... from a cake-scented home, kandee

A note to the real Mrs. Meyer, a homemaker and mother of 9.

Dear Mrs. Meyer,
I am in love with everything you make, keep up the great scents. My home smells delicious thanks to your company and it's naturally, sparkling clean thanks to your awesome company! Thanks for being a mom of 9, and for saying that a mom's goal is not to have a perfect house- but one that looks like it's lived in- complete with toy messes and laundry piles!
love and a yummy smelling house, with clean laundry piles, kandee

Yes, we love 10 foot tall shoes and 2 story cakes!

2011-11-15T01:29:00.001-08:00

Giant things ahoy!

Not only did we find an ant as big as me, a super huge hot pink boot, but many other fun things like camels and pink elephants when we headed to the golf course...

the MINIATURE GOLF COURSE THAT is....

this is my dad...and me with some unruly bangs and a sleeping baby...

the pro golfers in the background are: my mom, Blakey and Alani

my parents are divorced, but I love that they can still do things together with us and we can have fun!

Now this is what I'm talking about......a 2 story cake!
Alani checking out just exactly what this cake-trick-door does when you hit the ball through it....
needless to say I didn't hit my ball through the "trick door"- mine just bing-bonged around racking me up a nice high score....FYI: in golf, the high score loses- the lower the score wins...ha ha ha

Me, baby, and our Sleepy Wrap...she was just hiding her face...she was not sleeping in her sleepy wrap! My shots kinda went down hill when she fell alseep and I was just hitting the ball without really seeing, and with one hand. ha ha ha

Yeah...hot pink boot!

Blakey checking out the liner of the boot.

Blakey scoping out the shot and the tricky Camel hole...Blakey hit it in the hole in 2 tries!

My mom and Elyse, before we hit the course, much more awake then when we finished!

Alani even won a free game of golf when we returned our golf balls! And Grampa (my dad), got the kids handfuls of quarters to play arcade games...me and Blakey like the boat racing game and Jordan sent a few air hockey sticks flying! ha ha ha

We're ready to go on the pro mini golfing tour....ha ha ha
only if I can take my pink golf ball and rubber club...ha ha ha
giant pink elephants and colored golf balls... your kandee

Funny Baby Videos: Hello Kitty & Giggles

2011-11-14T10:13:00.001-08:00

I love sharing funny baby pictures with you guys...

BUT...

what's better than funny baby photos? Funny baby videos!!!

Nothing to do with what I'm talking about but: can I tell you how much I love her hair in the picture above! hee hee

So without further delay may I present the my little cupcake, in full baby action- baby laughing, baby giggling and the best part....big baby smiling with just gums- no teeth- my favorite!

Please go to Youtube and comment below the video and let me know if you'd like to see more "funny baby videos" from us!

On your marks, get set, baby giggles:

Hello Kitty jammies and giggles...
your kandee and her little sidekick Cuppycake Giggle-lady