Tree Climbing

Fun in the front yard!

things that come out of their mouths (cont'd)

mom, "what are you doing?," jake, "watering the plants," mom "jake, our plants are fake!," jake, "what?!"

ty crying after jake did something to him, "i want a little brother!" not sure if he wants someone to beat up on or be nice to?

things that come out of their mouths (cont'd)

Jake, while in timeout in his room, opens door with Power Ranger mask on, "mama, you got the wrong kid, this is Ty" as if I put the wrong kid in timeout...so hard to keep my face straight.

Ty, "Mama can I tell you a secret" "Grapes and Pickles have water and juice in them"...what??

Jake, calling Nana (hiding in my room...he knows her speed dial), "Nana, if mom says I can't go to your house, ignore her...OK?"

My New Adventure

So, I figured I had some extra time...ha..so I started a little biz. Not sure if it will work out, but the idea of bringing money in for the family, combined with a chance to use my brain and creativity is exciting. We will see where it goes from here. I pray it isn't too much, but at the same time isn't too little :) My hours 8pm-12am of course! I am making digital creations that I email to people to use for cards, etc. Check out my site

The Next American Idol!

Monkee at Last

Well Jake finally got to bring Monkee home from school. He has been patiently and sometimes not so patiently waiting since school started. He was the second to last kid to get his name picked. We had a great weekend with Monkee and you can click below to see what we did! He had to turn it into class.

Monkee Report

My Rock Band Family

Can you say addiction? We call it Family Time. We give the kids an instrument and they sit quiet and play while Matt and I perfect our songs. My favorite "We Got the Beat" I love the drums and Matt plays the guitar. Jake is on base and Ty floats around to each of us, although we beg him to sing, since that is the one part that nobody is using...he refuses. Anyone want to come over...open invitation.

Halloween

We had a great Halloween. My dad, Teri, mom, Jim, and my brother Matt came over to carve pumpkins and walk the block with the kids. Kylie was the cutest fairy princess thanks to Nana Di.

San Diego Zoo

October is kids free at the Zoo. We go to the Wild Animal Park, but I haven't been to the Zoo since I was a kid. We had a great time! We got there late in the afternoon, so we only had a few hours, which was nice. We did the bus tour and then walked to some of the exhibits. I was shocked to find that the boys loved the snakes most of all. Matt the monkeys of course, and I enjoyed the bears. Love the picture of Matt and Kylie in front of the hippo exhibit.

Pumpkin Patch No 2

We passed on Bates this year because of the heat. Some of us visited a local stand, and let the kids play on the rides. It worked out, since many of us were still recovering from the party the night before :) Kylie slept through it. Not a very good pic of her, but I had to represent!

Annual Turner Halloween Party

What a crazy party we had this year. Not to mention we now have one more kid, the other 12 grew twice as big I swear. My house was packed. We played Rock Band, which was a huge hit, and the kids did a craft and watched Scooby Doo. The adults dressed up this year too! I love our friends!!

MOPS Pumpkin Patch

I organized the annual MOPS Pumpkin Patch this year. We had 45 kids...I was so excited. It was in Del Mar, and hotter than I could ever have imagined. Hot in October less than a mile from the ocean...only in So. Cal. Everything went smoothly thanks to Chas who helped watch the boys while we were there. Nana Cheri watched Kylie for me...not sure how I would have managed with her too. Here is a pic of Andrew, Luke, Jake, and Ty.

Things I Don't Want to Forget

So many items I want to remember in this picture. So, here it goes.

1. Ty's blue blanky - can hardly live with out it (AKA Choo-choo train, blue blanky)
2. Ty sucking his thumb, usually has his pointer finger of the same hand in his nose as well (honestly, not picking anything, just comfortable I guess)
3. Curious George - the monkey that Jake became attached to when his preschool introduced their own Monkee that each kid takes turns bringing home. Jake got tired of waiting to get it, so he must have decided Curious George was good enough for him.
4. My blue stop watch I use for running on Jake's wrist. It has been on his wrist for at least 3 weeks straight (should I wash under it?). It will beep throughout the day and night. He constantly is telling us the time...it's three-one-one mama! Update - 1/13/09 still wearing the watch
5. Bambi because Jake and Ty seem to have an agreement that they both have to have something. (ie if I ever give one a snack they ask for one for their brother, same goes with drinks, toys, etc), so Jake must have gotten Bambi for Ty, since he had George.
6. Train track - not sure why it is there??
7. Oh yeah, matching pajamas thanks to Nana Di...they have so many...wonder how long that will last.

Carlsbad Firehouse

Carlsbad had their annual Fire Open House. We had never been. It wasn't super eventful, but the boys enjoyed it. I did get trapped in the smoke house. It was a trailer that has a smoke machine. You have to crawl on the floor of it, and then climb out the back window. Not knowing the climbing out the window part, or the crawling part, I followed the boys into the "danger zone". I crawled with my diaper bag and flip-flops through the cramped trailer, trying to keep an eye on the boys, and said a prayer as I jumped out the back. Next year I get to hold the baby, Matt, and you chase the boys...see if you fit :)