Pumpkin Farm Field Trip!

Lila went on her first School Field Trip to the Pumpkin Farm!!!

We had an AWESOME time!!!

We went on a spooky Hay Ride!

Look at some of the things we saw!!!

(Ooohhh! Big Bird was so scary on St. Street! Lol)

Lila LOVED all the Farm Animals!

Oh and the play area was so much Fun!!!

Don't forget the corn maze!

The class got to decorate their little pumpkins! The pumpkins were the perfect size for these little preschoolers!

TRACTOR!

What a GREAT DAY!!!

~Love~Smile~Enjoy~Happiness~

~Ra~

Lila Got Shots

My Poor Little Lady Bug went to the doctor's office and ended up needing THREE SHOTS!   

But I already knew that she was going to need them and I told her so.  

She was NOT happy!  

So I tried to think of a way that would make her not as scared to go to the doctor's....  So I bought a toy, wrapped it up, showed it to her on our way out the door, and thats all it took, she was super excited!

 

Not about the shots but because if she was a Big Girl and got her shots she would get this very cool very sparkly present!!!

Oh and did I forget to tell you it is super "Aww it's sooo CUTE!"

Because Lila's new thing and everything is "Aww it's sooo CUTE!"

 And like a Big Girl she was a trooper at the doctor's and was not screaming "NO SHOTS!" like you know we all say!  (I know grown up that cry more over shots then children!)

 We did hold her down since there were 3 shots and she did scream and cry once got poked by them and cried till we got to the car!  She did not open the present till then because she was so upset but once in the safety of her own car she was ready to unwrap!!!  And look "They are sooo CUTE"

She got a 2 pack of the Littlest Pet Shop, a yellow ducky (since she has a rubber ducky collection) and a little green frog! 

 Oh and I wanted to add on the same day (after the doctor's apt thank goodness) during one of our carpools (we do 2) I gave Lila a pen and she ended up dropping her paper and writing all over her legs!

 How can you stay mad at that face!

To be honest I use to write all over myself when I was board at school so I was not upset at all!  

Just laughed about! 

;~)

~Love~Smile~Enjoy~Happiness~

~Ra~

First Week Being Kidless!

Week 1 of no kids for the 2011-2012 school year!  Yeah!!!

I have to say after our long hot summer with kids fighting and being bored "I'm SOOOO  BORED" I thought that I would spend the first week of school relaxing, sleeping, recouping...  

since my brian, memory, patience, and temperament has all gone down hill the last few summers (this one included)....

but no it has been a really busy, barely have any time to sit kinda week!

It Starts With...

Monday!

~After dropping off all 3 kids @ school I took the dog out for a good run/walk

~Took shower since I was all sweaty

~Did laundry 

~Made myself all pretty (even took my time on it)

~Picked up Hubby @ work 

~We did the grocery store (oh how sexy!) to get what was needed for dinner that night and the next, plus picked up their fresh sushi (that is made there) for lunch 

~We sat at picnic tables and enjoyed each others company in the fresh air (This was may FAVORITE part of my week!)

~Took him back to work!

~Then started the pick of Kids process: 

*Lila @ 12:30

*Jesse @ 2:15

*Cole @ 3:45

!!!!!

Tuesday!

~Dropped off Kids:

*Jesse @ 7:20

*Cole @ 8:45

*Lila @ 9:30

~Took Lily (dog) on walk/run, came home showered, make-up...

~Took stuff to dump

~Went to one bank to close account (they have a new fee and it was not an account I was using so there was not point in keeping it)

~Went to other bank to open new account (so I can still have one w/ just my name on it)

~Did grocery store for some fruit and chips for school lunches

~Got Chinese for Lunch!  I ordered to so I could use them in the school lunches for the next day or 2!  & since they over do the food it ended up making 8 lunches, 2 days for me, 2 for Jesse, 2 for Cole, and 2 Lila!  And it only costed about $10, thats $1.25 a lunch!  GO ME!!!! (oh do I need to add that it was not the only things in their lunches, they also had a fruit and chips)

~I even had time to take the groceries home and eat them b/f

~Picked up Kids!

Wednesday!

~Dropped of Children @ school (well 2 out of 3, one got a ride w/ a friend)

~Watched a friends 3 yr. old, took her to the park before we went to

~Cleaned my in laws' house

~Picked up Lila

~Picked up Jesse

~Went to a friends to order my new Lia Sophia Starter Kit (wish me luck, I now have a JOB!!!)

~Picked up Cole

Thursday!

~Dropped off Kids!  (had lots of trouble getting up and going)

~Went to $1 Store

~Then it was off to Walmart to do the BIG grocery trip!  (he wants me to come up w/ every thing we need and buy it for the 2 till he gets paid again!  I am getting better at it but it is still a challenge!  & it take for ever @ Walmart!)

~Went home put groceries away 

~Picked up Kids

~Lila's doc apt w/ 3 shots

Friday! (Today)

*Today was a super hard one and it went a little like this:

~Took Jesse to school 

~Got Cole up (Lila was already up)

~Could not find Cole's homework and a form

~Found Jesse's note book w/ all his HW in it!  (Grrr...)

~Thought that maybe cause Jesse's and Cole's back pack look the same that maybe he put it in his brother's back pack/ at the same time Jesse calls from school asking if I can bring his note book.  I asked him about his brother's HW and he did not have his book bag right there to look but said he would while we were on our way there!

~At Jesse's school with Cole & Lila to find out that everyone in the school is getting ready for a reading test, so we wait, once it start it takes only 3 minutes....  Sorry I have to take Cole to school TOOO, and they don't want him late ether!  

~On the way to taking Cole to school Jesse calls to say his brother's HW was not in his stuff but remembers seeing it .......  near the computer  .....  

~So turning around now...  Back to home...  run in, find HW... off to school again!

~He was about 3 or 4 minute late!  (but when I picked up he said there was no one stopping to get a tardy slip, so we are SAFE!)  

What a Morning!  Right!?!  

You have days like that right1?! 

Or are we all just CRAZY here!?!

*So the rest of my morning (Crazy me kept going) went like this: 

(Oh and Lila has Fridays off so it was the both of us)

~A.C. Moore

~Michaels

~Target

~World Market

~Jo Anns 

~Kohls

~Home to do Lunch

(And I only spent less than $15)

~Picked up Jesse 

~Picked up Cole

And these are just my mornings!!!  (Or what I can still remember of them)

There also my late afternoons and evenings...  My Hubby attempting to quite smoking...  The Dark Vader  lego head and dinosaur incident...  Magic card pack search...  Hubby's joint pain...  Fighting boys...  Dinner planning...  and so on!

How was your week?  And your first week w/ out the kiddos?  And what was your favorite part of the week?

~Love~Smile~Enjoy~Happiness~

~Ra~

First Day Of School! 2011-2012

They were so excited, it has been a long hot summer with (as they say) "Nothing to do!"

Lol!

August 25, 2011

Jesse going into 7th grade

He said he had a great day but was sad his best friend is on a different team, so year they don't share any class. Oh well probably better that way, they won't get into trouble together! Lol!

Can't wait to see how he does in Spanish (I wanted him to take Typing but he picked Spanish)

Cole going into the 4th grade! He is growing up so fast! He was very happy to see some of his old friends in his new class and is quickly making new ones!!! And the friends that are not in his class he still sees on the play ground so he is super happy! He is also starting a AG class, so he too is super smart! GO COLE!

August 29, 2011

Lila is going into her 2nd (and last) year of preschool with the 4 day 4s! She was so excited till the night before, she got sad that and wanted to stay with me! Lol! But I knew that her tune would change once she got there and saw all her friends and you know what!?! IT DID!!! She had an AWESOME DAY and she got to be the line leader!

So now that the kids are all in school what am I going to do in my short 2 1/2 hours being kidless!?! Right now it has been running around a lot catching up on somethings I did not want to do with them during the summer! But the first goal is cleaning up the house (again!)!!! Then maybe getting me time!!! (would love to get my nails done, have not done that in YEARS!)

But till then....

~Love~Smile~Enjoy~Happiness~

~Ra~

The Beach

August 19-21, 2011

We Love going to the Beach even if it is just for a short weekend! We had lots of fun playing in the waves and sand and even meet a new friend that joined us (see crab in the pictures)!

One Happy Little Girl! Lila already wants to go back!

My Little Character! I love the picture up top of Cole looking terrified which was about a wave coming to get his sand creation! Lol

Jesse did a lot of boggy boarding and being that he is just months away form being a teen he is not much of a picture person but I did steal a few!

We had a lot of fun going to one of the islands off our coast for a couple of days to just get away the weekend before school started! We did the beach and the aquarium, ate out, shopped for souvenirs, and all around had a great time! We had a crab crash our beach spot, lol! Unfortunately as we pack up around him he stood his ground and did not scurry to his hole so as we were headed up the board walk we saw a seagull come down and start picking at him. So sad =( for our new little friend! So everyone had a great time! (well except the crab) Wish we could have stayed longer!

~Love~Smile~Enjoy~Happiness~

~Ra~

An Accomplishment ~ Something That Makes Me Happy!

Ok I am not doing to well on keeping up w/ blogging, mostly b/c I don't want all to be complaining about every thing... So I think I will try something new!

I want to post up Accomplishments b/c there is so much to improve on and I really need motivation so here it is, I accomplish something I can post and brag about it even if it just cleaning a room! Lol! Also I really want to add in something I am thankful for, love, or just something that makes me happy!

So here goes the first one:

Accomplishment:

So we have moved into this older town home when we were 8/9 months pregnant w/ our daughter (3rd child), the place is not the best and the appliances are old and well yuck looking when we moved in. We only planed to live here 2 years and hopeful buy a house but life happens and we are not there yet. But it has now been 4 years and the oven has seen better days. Only 2 burners work at a time, sometimes a 3rd will work, the heat element has been replaced, and 2 knobs have broken off... So when the door fell apart and the installation fell out the bottom I got really excited, called my hubby at work and asked him if it was fixable (he couldn't tell till he came home to look at it) and he called the land-lord to come over and take a look! (If it was something they could fix I really was starting to think of other ways to get a new oven!) It turns out the land-lord decided it was time for a NEW OVEN!!!! YES!!!!!

(Before)

It may not be the top of the line anything but it works, all the burners work, it CLEAN, and it brightens up the whole kitchen since it is white shiny and new!

(After)

I am so happy about getting a New Oven, it is an accomplishment I have wanting for quite some time!

Now if we could only get a new refrigerator!

Now Something that Makes Me Happy:

Today my daughter Lila (4yrs. old) started Ballet Camp!

This is her first ever a day camp and her first time doing any thing ballet! She was so excited! We went out and bought shoes and a leotard the day before and she danced around the dressing room so happy about getting suck cool things! You can't help but smile at a little girl's excitement!!!

When we got there she gravitated to a castle made out a sheet and when I came back to pick her up she was back there playing with one of their dress up dress in the castle w/ other little girls! I came a little early to pick her up and watched at the window, surprisingly she did not notice I was there till there was quite a crowd of proud parents watching their little girls play and boy did she have the biggest smile for me that said "I LOVE IT HERE" and "LOOK AT ME"! I did hear a very proud happy little girl that she is say through the window "That's My Mommy" to one of the other little girls!

AND THAT MAKE ME A HAPPY, PROUD, THANKFUL, LOVING MOM!

~LOVE~SMILE~ENJOY~HAPPINESS~

~RA~

Who said Girls don't like Trains!!!!

Lila Loves Thomas!!!

ToysRus was doing a Thomas Day

and had their trains out!!!

She colored a picture of Thomas

(she used a red crayon so he ended up looking more like James)

And she got to play and play and play

w/ Thomas the Train!!!

(of corse my little girl has to have Thomas and she knows which one he is!)

Then at the end there was a story and a question w/ a prize!!!

And since Lila was the only one to sit down and listen to the store

she won the prize, a very nice coloring and sticker book

(it was a $12.99 book free to her)

Then us girls went to Taco Bell to try out the $2 meals!!!

Lila ate my chips I got the gordita and the soda!!!

(she had already ate lunch at home before we left

so all she need was a snack)

One Happy Girl and One Great Day!!!

~Love~Smile~Enjoy~Happiness~

~Ra~