Thursday, November 27, 2008

Tree Climbing



Fun in the front yard!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

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?

Sunday, November 23, 2008

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?"

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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!