Frozen

As a special treat, Matt's parents took us and Matt's brother Adam's family to watch the new Disney movie Frozen. Elizabeth was so excited to be able to watch the movie with everyone, especially her grandma and cousins, Kena and Kate. 

The movie was really cute and had a couple of amazing songs as part of the soundtrack. I love how the storyline focused on the importance of family and on self-acceptance. In the movie, Elsa's journey is to embrace her unique abilities and accept herself for who she is. I love the way in which this lesson was introduced and taught. During the movie, the two sisters are tested and the storyline explores how far family will go to protect one another. I love how it focuses on the love between sibblings. I hope my two little munchkins were touched by this lesson and will feel the importance of sticking together and loving each other no matter what!

Speaking of Elizabeth and Zachary, I asked them each about their favorite part or person in the movie and Zachary immediately exclaimed, "the snowman!". I already had a feeling that he would say that because each time Olav the snowman came on the screen, Zachary could not stop giggling.

Elizabeth absolutely loved the sisters, Anna and Elsa. However, Elsa is her favorite because she can build castles with ice and because she has a beautiful voice.

I am so glad that we were able to enjoy this movie together as a family. It is always fun to get together and create fun memories. Thanks Karla and Kelly for treating us to a wonderful afternoon at the movies!

Chocolate Muffin

Who knew that a chocolate muffin could cause so much trouble!

For breakfast this morning, I was eating a yummy chocolate muffin from Costco. During breakfast I received a phone call from my mom and ended up going upstairs for a minute to talk. While in the middle of our conversation, Zachary came upstairs and had a distraught look on his face. I asked him if he was okay and he said, "No. I have a really bad owie!" I asked him where his owie was and what had happened. He immediately snuggled up to me and said, "a chocolate muffin hit me in the face!" I asked him to repeat himself because surely he did not just say that a chocolate muffin hit him in the face...but no, he repeated the exact same thing again "a chocolate muffin hit me in the face!"

After discussing with Zachary that he would not be in trouble but that I needed to know if he ate the muffin...he finally confessed. As I rushed around getting him the needed medicines and ointments, I asked "Zachary, why did you eat the muffin?"; He looked up at me with puppy dog eyes and said, "because I like chocolate."

Break....My....Heart.

Within minutes, Zachary was covered in welts and was violently scratching all over his body. His little voice went hoarse and he started vomiting. Luckily, that was the worst of it and the misery has since passed. I am so grateful that my little man is doing better.

I am not gonna lie...food allergies suck!