In the meantime... Enjoy this picture of my cuties. They sure do love each other!! And when I see them like this I go running for the camera. It's just so sweet.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Blog Help?
Is there anyone out there that can tell me WHY all of my pictures don't enlarge when I click on them? Some of them do, but I want all of them to.
In the meantime... Enjoy this picture of my cuties. They sure do love each other!! And when I see them like this I go running for the camera. It's just so sweet.
In the meantime... Enjoy this picture of my cuties. They sure do love each other!! And when I see them like this I go running for the camera. It's just so sweet.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tis the Season
I love this time of year! :)
I love the lights. I love bundling up in blankets at night. I love the music, the nostalgia when a Classic Christmas movie comes on, the constant stream of Amazon boxes arriving at my doorstep, the smell of pine in the house, the snow falling outside...oh wait. ;) I love drinking Egg Nog and Gingerbread Lattes from Starbucks. And this year seems especially exciting with new family traditions taking shape and the growing anticipation and excitement in my kids' eyes whenever they see Santa. Jaedon is a happy energetic 4 yr old, and Camryn is almost 2, with her animated personality and rewarding gasps and squeals. It's so fun! I think Christmas morning is going to be a blast. We sense that the kids are going to feed on each other's excitement. lol!
I was wondering something the other day... are traditions usually planned out, or do they just take shape naturally among families? I love traditions and want to make sure that my kids grow up with memorable ones!! So far we have a tradition of going to the same little pinery place each year and picking our 7' tree. I make sure to get a family photo of all of us there looking all Christmas-y. :) I also like to get the kids pjs and ornaments that reflect one of their biggest interests from the year and have them open them on Christmas Eve. Hopefully I will start being more consistent with that. :) For Christmas day we usually have family over to our house and make a big home cooked meal. We usually do an adult gift exchange (or rather a gift exchange amongst the adults... That could be taken the wrong way) where you steal from each other. I love that game but we are scratching it this year and just focusing on the kids because times are tougher. Another thing that we are doing this year, that I'm really excited about is staying in a hotel right across the street from Disneyland on New Year's Eve and going to the parks the next day!! Can't wait! Maybe that will become a tradition... we'll see. As the kids get bigger, I'd like to add a Christmas play to the list of holiday events. :) But something I remember as a kid that I LOVED (and it was really simple) was our Christmas movie night picnics. :) My mom would lay a blanket out on the floor in front of the TV and fireplace and bring us vanilla ice cream balls rolled in graham crackers. We'd eat them while watching all the best Christmas movies!! Like Rudolph and Frosty the Snowman. I think I'm going to have to continue that one!! :D I'd love to hear everyone's traditions... please feel free to comment and fill me in!
The other day, I took the kids to Lakeside to visit aunt Sandy and the girls. There is a man in her area who decks his house out every year, complete with a golf cart sleigh trailing behind a herd of wooden reindeer!! Yes... he transformed a golf cart into a sleigh and made an attachment on the front that houses 5 reindeer!! And he dresses up as Santa and gives people rides in it!! Sandy told me about it last year but this year was our first time! It was such a neat thing to do! I can't believe I didn't get a picture of it!!! I got video but not picture! :( Camryn was SO excited!! She was staring up at the man in the red suit, yelling "Hi Santa Clausss!" "Hi Santa Clauss!!" (emphasis on the s as if it rhymed with gloss) When it was our turn to get on she couldn't take her eyes off him, still saying "Santa Clausss! Santa Clausss!" At the end of the ride, "Santa" steps out of the sleigh and starts coughing a bit and the teeny little voice snuggled by my side says "Bless you Santa". Ohmigoodness!! She was just too much!! Jaedon was snuggled up in the front with his aunt and cousin, just quietly taking it all in. :)
Anyway... here are some pictures:
At the pinery:
Our traditional family photo :)
Watching a Christmas Tigger and Pooh movie together on the couch :)
This one was taken at the house with the sleigh :) ...Poor Gwen looks a little like rudolph with her red nose. She took a fall the day before :(
I love the lights. I love bundling up in blankets at night. I love the music, the nostalgia when a Classic Christmas movie comes on, the constant stream of Amazon boxes arriving at my doorstep, the smell of pine in the house, the snow falling outside...oh wait. ;) I love drinking Egg Nog and Gingerbread Lattes from Starbucks. And this year seems especially exciting with new family traditions taking shape and the growing anticipation and excitement in my kids' eyes whenever they see Santa. Jaedon is a happy energetic 4 yr old, and Camryn is almost 2, with her animated personality and rewarding gasps and squeals. It's so fun! I think Christmas morning is going to be a blast. We sense that the kids are going to feed on each other's excitement. lol!
I was wondering something the other day... are traditions usually planned out, or do they just take shape naturally among families? I love traditions and want to make sure that my kids grow up with memorable ones!! So far we have a tradition of going to the same little pinery place each year and picking our 7' tree. I make sure to get a family photo of all of us there looking all Christmas-y. :) I also like to get the kids pjs and ornaments that reflect one of their biggest interests from the year and have them open them on Christmas Eve. Hopefully I will start being more consistent with that. :) For Christmas day we usually have family over to our house and make a big home cooked meal. We usually do an adult gift exchange (or rather a gift exchange amongst the adults... That could be taken the wrong way) where you steal from each other. I love that game but we are scratching it this year and just focusing on the kids because times are tougher. Another thing that we are doing this year, that I'm really excited about is staying in a hotel right across the street from Disneyland on New Year's Eve and going to the parks the next day!! Can't wait! Maybe that will become a tradition... we'll see. As the kids get bigger, I'd like to add a Christmas play to the list of holiday events. :) But something I remember as a kid that I LOVED (and it was really simple) was our Christmas movie night picnics. :) My mom would lay a blanket out on the floor in front of the TV and fireplace and bring us vanilla ice cream balls rolled in graham crackers. We'd eat them while watching all the best Christmas movies!! Like Rudolph and Frosty the Snowman. I think I'm going to have to continue that one!! :D I'd love to hear everyone's traditions... please feel free to comment and fill me in!
The other day, I took the kids to Lakeside to visit aunt Sandy and the girls. There is a man in her area who decks his house out every year, complete with a golf cart sleigh trailing behind a herd of wooden reindeer!! Yes... he transformed a golf cart into a sleigh and made an attachment on the front that houses 5 reindeer!! And he dresses up as Santa and gives people rides in it!! Sandy told me about it last year but this year was our first time! It was such a neat thing to do! I can't believe I didn't get a picture of it!!! I got video but not picture! :( Camryn was SO excited!! She was staring up at the man in the red suit, yelling "Hi Santa Clausss!" "Hi Santa Clauss!!" (emphasis on the s as if it rhymed with gloss) When it was our turn to get on she couldn't take her eyes off him, still saying "Santa Clausss! Santa Clausss!" At the end of the ride, "Santa" steps out of the sleigh and starts coughing a bit and the teeny little voice snuggled by my side says "Bless you Santa". Ohmigoodness!! She was just too much!! Jaedon was snuggled up in the front with his aunt and cousin, just quietly taking it all in. :)
Anyway... here are some pictures:
At the pinery:
Our traditional family photo :)
Watching a Christmas Tigger and Pooh movie together on the couch :)
This one was taken at the house with the sleigh :) ...Poor Gwen looks a little like rudolph with her red nose. She took a fall the day before :(
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Catchin' Up
Okay... so I've lagged a bit on the updates... sorry :D
...I'll start this post while Camryn and Jaedon are napping (good grief they went down with a fight today!!!). I'll probably finish it later tonight.
...make that about 3 days in the making. LOL
Jaedon had his 4 year check up. Poor guy had to get shots. I HATE HATE HATE having to take them to get shots! I didn't tell him cause I didn't want him to work himself up. He did great with the first one, but apparently the second one "really hurt". He really cried. :( He was sitting on my lap sideways, with his right arm against me. The shot in his left arm didn't hurt him much, but the one in his right arm did. I'm thinking it must've been more difficult for the nurse to get to, so maybe she was at an awkward angle, which caused it to hurt more. Dunno. But anyway. He grew 3 inches within the last year and he's in the 70th percentile range for height.
Camryn is still going to Little Gym, although we are sad to hear they are shutting down. Their business is down 45% and they are not making any profit, so not only are they shutting down... they are closing before the semester ends. They have to give out refunds for those that paid the total upfront. Just another sign of the times. :(
Mat and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary on October 28th. Mom offered her "babysitting services" and we went to see Max Payne and ate sushi afterwards. :) It was nice. :) We barely get out, just the two of us.
Halloween was a blast. I took the kids to so many events the week before Halloween. Mat was teasing me. We went to 2 pumpkin patches, 3 school parties, and 2 rounds of trick-or-treating (one with Jaedon's school at the local college dorms, and one at Michael and Sandy's)! It was very eventful! Jaedon was Darth Vader without the mask. LOL! Like my friend Carrie said... "he's too cute to be a dark lord!" LOL!! Maybe next year he'll finally wear a mask. Camryn was Dorothy and she was adorable. She loved her sparkly shoes and she really got into the trick or treating. She'd say "trikatweet" in her sweet squeaky voice and blew me away at one point when she yelled out "HAPPY HAWOWEEN!" People were oooing and awwing over her everywhere. hehehe. Kori was Hanna Montana and Gwen was Dora. They were both very cute! Poor little Dora's hair got increasingly mangled throughout the night, as well as crooked. LOL! When me, Camryn, and Gwen had enough, we split from Sandy, Kori, and Jaedon and they went to a "haunted house". Apparently, Jaedon did really well! I'm so proud of my brave boy! ;) When everyone was back at the house, they dumped out their goodies and Kori took it upon herself to go through Jaedon's candy and pull out all the pieces with nuts! What a sweetie! Then the kids and I spent the night at their house, eating popcorn and watching Tinkerbell. :) It was fun.
...I'll start this post while Camryn and Jaedon are napping (good grief they went down with a fight today!!!). I'll probably finish it later tonight.
...make that about 3 days in the making. LOL
Jaedon had his 4 year check up. Poor guy had to get shots. I HATE HATE HATE having to take them to get shots! I didn't tell him cause I didn't want him to work himself up. He did great with the first one, but apparently the second one "really hurt". He really cried. :( He was sitting on my lap sideways, with his right arm against me. The shot in his left arm didn't hurt him much, but the one in his right arm did. I'm thinking it must've been more difficult for the nurse to get to, so maybe she was at an awkward angle, which caused it to hurt more. Dunno. But anyway. He grew 3 inches within the last year and he's in the 70th percentile range for height.
Camryn is still going to Little Gym, although we are sad to hear they are shutting down. Their business is down 45% and they are not making any profit, so not only are they shutting down... they are closing before the semester ends. They have to give out refunds for those that paid the total upfront. Just another sign of the times. :(
Mat and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary on October 28th. Mom offered her "babysitting services" and we went to see Max Payne and ate sushi afterwards. :) It was nice. :) We barely get out, just the two of us.
Halloween was a blast. I took the kids to so many events the week before Halloween. Mat was teasing me. We went to 2 pumpkin patches, 3 school parties, and 2 rounds of trick-or-treating (one with Jaedon's school at the local college dorms, and one at Michael and Sandy's)! It was very eventful! Jaedon was Darth Vader without the mask. LOL! Like my friend Carrie said... "he's too cute to be a dark lord!" LOL!! Maybe next year he'll finally wear a mask. Camryn was Dorothy and she was adorable. She loved her sparkly shoes and she really got into the trick or treating. She'd say "trikatweet" in her sweet squeaky voice and blew me away at one point when she yelled out "HAPPY HAWOWEEN!" People were oooing and awwing over her everywhere. hehehe. Kori was Hanna Montana and Gwen was Dora. They were both very cute! Poor little Dora's hair got increasingly mangled throughout the night, as well as crooked. LOL! When me, Camryn, and Gwen had enough, we split from Sandy, Kori, and Jaedon and they went to a "haunted house". Apparently, Jaedon did really well! I'm so proud of my brave boy! ;) When everyone was back at the house, they dumped out their goodies and Kori took it upon herself to go through Jaedon's candy and pull out all the pieces with nuts! What a sweetie! Then the kids and I spent the night at their house, eating popcorn and watching Tinkerbell. :) It was fun.
A few days later, I celebrated my 36th birthday by going to the grocery store and watching the election on TV. lol We let Jaedon stay up late, while history unfolded in front of our eyes. I felt really emotional as the first African American president elect spoke. A whole new world was opening up for our kids. I told Jaedon that he could be anything he wanted to be when he grew up... even the President of the United States. Why anyone would want to be President is besides the point... lol But he was genuinely excited. I'm pretty sure he was thinking more along the lines of being Iron Man or something. LOL!! But with a little coaxing he ran down to daddy's office and said "DADDY!! I can be the President!" LOL I thought Mat would get a kick out of that, and he did... and replied "yes you can".
The next evening, we all celebrated Grandpa's 87th birthday with a chicken dinner at Knott's Berry Farm! Another great time with family as usual! :) And, boy, does Grandpa just adore his great grandkids! :)
On the 6th, Camryn got her first haircut! ...Just a trim. :)
On Saturday we met up with Jaedon's friend, Megan, and her family at Thomas Day Out! The kids had a blast!
I called Heather on the way to see Thomas, because there were a bunch of fires in LA county. Specifically Sylmar, where they live. She said they had just checked into a hotel. The fire came within about a block of their house and there was ash and smoke everywhere. She said, "I just hope I don't go into labor. That's the first time I've said that in a while!"
...Well come to find out, she woke up in their hotel room in pain at 3am and headed to the hospital. Since she wasn't dilating, they almost sent her back "home". She was in a panic thinking about leaving the hospital in such pain. The doctors reconsidered and it's a good thing they did, because she went from no dilation to "I need to push" in about 15 minutes!! How that happens, I have no idea. I think her water broke and little Riley just bolted for the exit!! Holy cow!! She said she had no time for an epidural and she screamed bloody murder. She said she's never heard herself scream like that... she sounded like an animal! Crazy!!
So anyway... little Riley Robert Lapacka was born November 15th, at 6am, weighing 8lbs. 1oz. :) Jaedon and Camryn have a new cousin (or is that "second cousin"?)... with another one due in a couple weeks!
Okay... I think that pretty much gets everyone up to date! ;)
...Until next time!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Just Breathe
breathe in, breathe out...
We had a bit of a scare tonight. Jaedon started choking. He and Camryn were watching TV and snacking on goldfish crackers while I was cooking dinner. I heard a quick cough from Jaedon... like a fourth of a cough, if that makes sense... I asked him if he was okay and he didn't answer, but he was still looking at the TV so I couldn't tell if he was tuning me out, or not able to speak. I approached him and asked him again "JAEDON! Are you okay?" His eyes stayed focused on the TV and he still didn't answer me. There was no fear in his eyes so I still wasn't quite sure if he was really choking, but I grabbed his arms anyway and pulled them up in the air. I think it was then that I was convinced that he was definitely choking, because I finally pulled his attention away from the TV and he still wasn't speaking. I pulled him out of the chair, bent him over my knee (one hand pressing against his diaphragm) and hit his back about 3 times before he started vomiting. Mat called out from his office, "Is everything okay out there?" I responded "COME OUT HERE!" I continued to hit his back and bend him over my knee because he still had not taken a breath and he was struggling to PUSH the vomit out. Finally after about 3 or so heaves, he finally squeaked out "I can talk now". But continued to vomit and cough. :( When he finished, we sat him on the couch and Mat went to the store to get him some 7-UP and crackers, thinking he might be sick. But he was fine shortly afterward. I went online and searched for "vomit after choking" and found a medical article that said vomiting can occur after someone receives the Heimlich Manouver. A person should be checked out afterwards if this happens, incase small particles of food were inhaled in the lungs. I called the nurse line and she recommended that we take him to the ER and have him X-Rayed, just as a precaution. So we did. 2 1/2 hours later, x-rays showed he looks good... but he should have a follow up with the pediatrician in a couple of days.
Yikes!!
I had always worried about this day, I worried I would be in a panic and do the wrong things. Surprisingly enough, I felt nervous, but not panicked. Maybe because there was no fear in his face (I always thought that THAT would be my cue!). So I still wasn't sure if he was really choking. And by the time I did realize it, he had started to vomit.
A couple months back, my first instinct would have been to look into his mouth and see if I could get it out. I knew that this was wrong, but it was my instinct to do it... so I was a little afraid if I had to experience the real thing, I might do just that! Well, about 2 months ago, one of Jaedon's classmates choked during class and I asked the teacher, "What did you do??" She said she bent him over and hit him on the back. That stuck! I told myself that that would be my first instinct from now on, I erased the other option from my head. Thank goodness!!
I think I'm almost more freaked out by the whole ordeal now, than I was DURING it!
....BIG sigh....
Scary stuff.
Breathe in, breathe out...
We had a bit of a scare tonight. Jaedon started choking. He and Camryn were watching TV and snacking on goldfish crackers while I was cooking dinner. I heard a quick cough from Jaedon... like a fourth of a cough, if that makes sense... I asked him if he was okay and he didn't answer, but he was still looking at the TV so I couldn't tell if he was tuning me out, or not able to speak. I approached him and asked him again "JAEDON! Are you okay?" His eyes stayed focused on the TV and he still didn't answer me. There was no fear in his eyes so I still wasn't quite sure if he was really choking, but I grabbed his arms anyway and pulled them up in the air. I think it was then that I was convinced that he was definitely choking, because I finally pulled his attention away from the TV and he still wasn't speaking. I pulled him out of the chair, bent him over my knee (one hand pressing against his diaphragm) and hit his back about 3 times before he started vomiting. Mat called out from his office, "Is everything okay out there?" I responded "COME OUT HERE!" I continued to hit his back and bend him over my knee because he still had not taken a breath and he was struggling to PUSH the vomit out. Finally after about 3 or so heaves, he finally squeaked out "I can talk now". But continued to vomit and cough. :( When he finished, we sat him on the couch and Mat went to the store to get him some 7-UP and crackers, thinking he might be sick. But he was fine shortly afterward. I went online and searched for "vomit after choking" and found a medical article that said vomiting can occur after someone receives the Heimlich Manouver. A person should be checked out afterwards if this happens, incase small particles of food were inhaled in the lungs. I called the nurse line and she recommended that we take him to the ER and have him X-Rayed, just as a precaution. So we did. 2 1/2 hours later, x-rays showed he looks good... but he should have a follow up with the pediatrician in a couple of days.
Yikes!!
I had always worried about this day, I worried I would be in a panic and do the wrong things. Surprisingly enough, I felt nervous, but not panicked. Maybe because there was no fear in his face (I always thought that THAT would be my cue!). So I still wasn't sure if he was really choking. And by the time I did realize it, he had started to vomit.
A couple months back, my first instinct would have been to look into his mouth and see if I could get it out. I knew that this was wrong, but it was my instinct to do it... so I was a little afraid if I had to experience the real thing, I might do just that! Well, about 2 months ago, one of Jaedon's classmates choked during class and I asked the teacher, "What did you do??" She said she bent him over and hit him on the back. That stuck! I told myself that that would be my first instinct from now on, I erased the other option from my head. Thank goodness!!
I think I'm almost more freaked out by the whole ordeal now, than I was DURING it!
....BIG sigh....
Scary stuff.
Breathe in, breathe out...
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Switching Hearts
Just wanted to post a quick one.
I was giving Jaedon a hug the other day... let me back up... We do this thing where we tease each other every once in a while... one of us will try to get a kiss and the other plays hard to get. So basically we tackle each other and "steal it". We'll say something like "Fine!! I'm just gonna TAKE the love then!!" (yeah, I know... sounds kinda cheesy in writing, but try to get past that...lol) So anyway... I was giving him a hug the other day and he goes "You were taking my love and I was taking your love". Then he pauses and says "so does that mean we switched hearts?"
OMG I love him so much!
...Speaking of stealing the love... Check out my little man getting "robbed" at his birthday party.
I think this HAS to be my favorite picture from that day. :D
I was giving Jaedon a hug the other day... let me back up... We do this thing where we tease each other every once in a while... one of us will try to get a kiss and the other plays hard to get. So basically we tackle each other and "steal it". We'll say something like "Fine!! I'm just gonna TAKE the love then!!" (yeah, I know... sounds kinda cheesy in writing, but try to get past that...lol) So anyway... I was giving him a hug the other day and he goes "You were taking my love and I was taking your love". Then he pauses and says "so does that mean we switched hearts?"
OMG I love him so much!
...Speaking of stealing the love... Check out my little man getting "robbed" at his birthday party.
I think this HAS to be my favorite picture from that day. :D
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Family
*sigh* ahhhhhh... I just love our family. :)
We went out to Morton's tonight to celebrate Mat's 40th birthday. We talked, we laughed, Cam cried, we ate, Cam cried some more, we drank, we spilled. Well...Michael spilled. LOL!! And of course he blamed it on me to the waiter. hahaha I would've expected nothing less. ;) We had so much fun just being together. We had our own private room so the kids were able to get down and stretch their legs... okay so they ran around like wild monkeys, but that's what the private rooms are for right?? ;) I mean this restaurant has no high chairs, no changing table in the restroom, and no cups with lids. They are basically saying "uh... this is a fancy restaurant...leave your kids (or monkeys) at home". LOL ...OR "here's this room we have for you"... ;)
It was great.
It was great.
And of course we got some good pictures :)
Oh! I finally got my hair cut and highlighted today. Yeay! :D It's very subtle... I may have to go more drastic next time. See? :) ...Gnight!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Ramblings Before Bed
Hello! :)
...phew! August is over! That month is always crazy!! Let's see... there's my sister's birthday, my parents' anniversary, Mat's birthday, and Jaedon's birthday... oh and my mother and father in law's big 50th anniversary bash! With the extra event this month, the birthday celebrations are spilling over into this month. We celebrated Jaedon's at Playwerx on Sunday and next we will be going to a fancy dinner to celebrate Mat's 40th! The fun never ends ;)
Mat and I were just talking about watching Jaedon's fun outgoing personality with his friends. It's so neat to see. He's friendly but not smothering. He's not too obnoxious... he just has this "isn't life GREAT?" kind of persona about him that is just magnetic! Mat is like that. And we think that Camryn may be following the same footsteps. :) She is a little more guarded with new people than Jaedon was/is... but she has her own little sense of humor developing! She likes to tease. Someone told me today that when they look at her they see commercials. :) Like that little girl in the juice commercial that is so excited about her grape juice. :) What a great compliment!
We took Jaedon to the bike shop today and I think she was more excited to be in there than HE was!! LOL!! She was going from bike to bike gasping and squeaking "ooooooo!!! oooooooo!!!! Look mommy!!! Look!!!" ...I really need to get it on video, because it's classic Camryn. :)
So... anyway, Jaedon got to pick out a new "big boy" bike. We bought one at Toys R Us when we got back from northern California, but the brake didn't work, and the tire was completely flat the day after I filled it! So I returned it and we went to a real bike shop to get him a REAL bike. It's great! It's a little lower to the ground than the other one which gives him (and me... hehehe) a lot more confidence. Look at him... doesn't he look big?? (He's on the original defective one... but you get the idea ;) I'll post another picture later.)
...phew! August is over! That month is always crazy!! Let's see... there's my sister's birthday, my parents' anniversary, Mat's birthday, and Jaedon's birthday... oh and my mother and father in law's big 50th anniversary bash! With the extra event this month, the birthday celebrations are spilling over into this month. We celebrated Jaedon's at Playwerx on Sunday and next we will be going to a fancy dinner to celebrate Mat's 40th! The fun never ends ;)
Mat and I were just talking about watching Jaedon's fun outgoing personality with his friends. It's so neat to see. He's friendly but not smothering. He's not too obnoxious... he just has this "isn't life GREAT?" kind of persona about him that is just magnetic! Mat is like that. And we think that Camryn may be following the same footsteps. :) She is a little more guarded with new people than Jaedon was/is... but she has her own little sense of humor developing! She likes to tease. Someone told me today that when they look at her they see commercials. :) Like that little girl in the juice commercial that is so excited about her grape juice. :) What a great compliment!
We took Jaedon to the bike shop today and I think she was more excited to be in there than HE was!! LOL!! She was going from bike to bike gasping and squeaking "ooooooo!!! oooooooo!!!! Look mommy!!! Look!!!" ...I really need to get it on video, because it's classic Camryn. :)
So... anyway, Jaedon got to pick out a new "big boy" bike. We bought one at Toys R Us when we got back from northern California, but the brake didn't work, and the tire was completely flat the day after I filled it! So I returned it and we went to a real bike shop to get him a REAL bike. It's great! It's a little lower to the ground than the other one which gives him (and me... hehehe) a lot more confidence. Look at him... doesn't he look big?? (He's on the original defective one... but you get the idea ;) I'll post another picture later.)
As far as his birthday party... he had SUCH a great time!!! From the moment we got there, he found his buddy, Megan, and they ran off into the play structure. :) So many of his friends were there! It was great!! He got some really neat gifts too! Some Lego sets, a remote control truck, some hot wheels, an I SPY game and book, a Spiderman car, a transformer, Mario Cart for the Wii, more tracks for his new Thomas set, a Wall E outfit complete with matching shoes, AND a Wall E remote control robot... that he absolutely ADORES!!! He has been taking his Wall E with him everywhere and has even slept with him the last couple of nights!
We've also been playing a lot of Mario Cart the last couple of days :) ... he actually didn't want to go pick out his new bike today because he wanted to play Mario Cart!! LOL
So thank you everybody for making his day so much fun!! :D ... I better get to bed and ramble more later... gnight!!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Birthday Boy
he's at right now. I wish he would stay this age longer. :( ...Then
again, he IS only about 1 inch away from the bigger kid rides at the
amusement parks. :) That will be fun! So there are definitely things
I'm looking forward to as he grows. We got him a Wall E game for the
PSP before we headed out on our weekend road trip. Look at his
sleepy, happy self playing it in the hotel room the morning of his
birthday. :)
We had a great time visiting family up in the bay area. I'll write
more about that later. I'm blogging from my iPhone on the drive back
and I don't have access to the photos.
Anyway... Happy birthday, Jaedon!! We love you so much and couldn't
have asked for a better son!!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Little Gym Monkey
Today was Camryn's second Little Gym class. After clinging to me in her first class I was wondering how long it would take her to warm up. The answer... one class! LOL She did great today!! She ran around the mat, and let the teacher help her with skills. She also participated in the parachute play... holding one of the handles on a big round parachute while we lifted it up and down and shook it side to side. But her favorite activity of the day was dangling from the parallel bars! It was amazing to see how strong she was! She could lift her little legs waaay up and hold them in that position for a couple seconds! ...Look at my little monkey! Her hands barely go half way around the bar!
Tomorrow I'm taking the kids to Legoland. We have annual passes. I am meeting an old friend there with her kids! I'm really excited... and a little nervous! lol! We were friends in 5th-8th grade!! So geez... let's see... it's been about 22 years I think. How weird. I have been reconnecting with a crazy amount of old friends these days, thanks to facebook! That site is booming!! It's so fun! Anyway... I need to get some things done before I go to bed, so cya later!
Tomorrow I'm taking the kids to Legoland. We have annual passes. I am meeting an old friend there with her kids! I'm really excited... and a little nervous! lol! We were friends in 5th-8th grade!! So geez... let's see... it's been about 22 years I think. How weird. I have been reconnecting with a crazy amount of old friends these days, thanks to facebook! That site is booming!! It's so fun! Anyway... I need to get some things done before I go to bed, so cya later!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Sea World Drama
On Friday I used a couple of free passes (thank you, Heather) and took the kids to Sea World, where we met up with some friends. We had a great time. We let the kids play in the Sesame Street area the whole day, taking one break for lunch... where we encountered a bit of drama. ;D
...After we finished our lunch, my friend Sara needed to feed her son, so we let Jaedon and Ashlee play with the birds close by. There was a woman sitting alone a couple tables away. Sara watched as a seagull pearched on a rock behind her and eyed a burger on her table. The bird hopped down, swipped the burger off the table, and pretty much swallowed it whole. The woman did NOTHING. Not a thing! She didn't even flinch!! She didn't even WATCH the bird gulp the burger down... she just kept her nose burried in her map of Sea World. So Sara and I were havin' a chuckle over this bird stealing her food and we figured either she was finished with it and didn't care, or she didn't see it. Meanwhile the kids are having a great time chasing random pigeons around. So then the woman's boyfriend comes back (I assume it was her boyfriend because...let's face it, it's more likely that a dating couple would go to Sea World together than a married couple who does't have any kids...LOL). The guy throws his arms up as if to say "Where the bleep is my food???" Meanwhile me and Sara are giggling a bit... come on it's funny!!! Then the guy procedes to stare down our kids. He looked like he was going to grab them by the ears and give them a lecture! Then he stares ME down! I just laughed and mouthed "our kids didn't take your food!" Then the couple get up and the guy is cussin' about his ruined lunch and we could tell that he was trying to decide whether or not to confront us. So Sara yells out "OUR KIDS DIDN'T TAKE YOUR FOOD!" and he says "Yeah, but they are chasing the birds and that's what caused the bird to take my food!!" We were like... "WHAT??? That bird was waiting to steal that burger! Our kids didn't have ANYTHING to do with it!!! There are signs everywhere that say watch out for the birds!" Then he says "$12.50 burger...GONE!" And Sara goes "go say something!! They'll probably give you a new one!" And as he's starting to walk off he's yelling "No, forget it! Whatever! You ruined my lunch! Have a nice day!"
We were blown away! We didn't even get a chance to say..."WHAT ABOUT YOUR GIRLFRIEND??? IS SHE NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR JUST SITTING THERE AND DOING NOTHING?" Gimme a break!
Man... you should've seen that bird hork down that burger. We were laughing at the lump in it's throat afterwards. Hilarious.
...but seriously, what a jerk.
...After we finished our lunch, my friend Sara needed to feed her son, so we let Jaedon and Ashlee play with the birds close by. There was a woman sitting alone a couple tables away. Sara watched as a seagull pearched on a rock behind her and eyed a burger on her table. The bird hopped down, swipped the burger off the table, and pretty much swallowed it whole. The woman did NOTHING. Not a thing! She didn't even flinch!! She didn't even WATCH the bird gulp the burger down... she just kept her nose burried in her map of Sea World. So Sara and I were havin' a chuckle over this bird stealing her food and we figured either she was finished with it and didn't care, or she didn't see it. Meanwhile the kids are having a great time chasing random pigeons around. So then the woman's boyfriend comes back (I assume it was her boyfriend because...let's face it, it's more likely that a dating couple would go to Sea World together than a married couple who does't have any kids...LOL). The guy throws his arms up as if to say "Where the bleep is my food???" Meanwhile me and Sara are giggling a bit... come on it's funny!!! Then the guy procedes to stare down our kids. He looked like he was going to grab them by the ears and give them a lecture! Then he stares ME down! I just laughed and mouthed "our kids didn't take your food!" Then the couple get up and the guy is cussin' about his ruined lunch and we could tell that he was trying to decide whether or not to confront us. So Sara yells out "OUR KIDS DIDN'T TAKE YOUR FOOD!" and he says "Yeah, but they are chasing the birds and that's what caused the bird to take my food!!" We were like... "WHAT??? That bird was waiting to steal that burger! Our kids didn't have ANYTHING to do with it!!! There are signs everywhere that say watch out for the birds!" Then he says "$12.50 burger...GONE!" And Sara goes "go say something!! They'll probably give you a new one!" And as he's starting to walk off he's yelling "No, forget it! Whatever! You ruined my lunch! Have a nice day!"
We were blown away! We didn't even get a chance to say..."WHAT ABOUT YOUR GIRLFRIEND??? IS SHE NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR JUST SITTING THERE AND DOING NOTHING?" Gimme a break!
Man... you should've seen that bird hork down that burger. We were laughing at the lump in it's throat afterwards. Hilarious.
...but seriously, what a jerk.
Yeay!! I have a blogspot!
Hello people!! I have a blogspot, I have a blogspot! Yeay!! :D I've been wanting to do this, but have talked myself out of it because I use facebook, myspace, and Geni. I recently started a little family website, but I didn't like the way their journal section worked because I couldn't post pictures within my text. So here I am... We'll see how it goes. ;)
I have kept a diary since the 11th grade, but with 2 small kids... I don't write as much as I'd like. I figure blogging is a little faster. ;) AND I can add pictures which is cool. :)
Enjoy :)
I have kept a diary since the 11th grade, but with 2 small kids... I don't write as much as I'd like. I figure blogging is a little faster. ;) AND I can add pictures which is cool. :)
Enjoy :)
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