May, My Bday, school, and stuff.....

Wow can't believe May is almost over and the school year is coming to a close!!! Where did the year go!!! May/June are alway busy ones one birthday after another (squeeze in Mother's Day), end of school events....

Jesse is having a 5th grade dance and a picnic! He already finished his EOGs (End of Grade Tests) He made all 4s!!! (meaning As) And we are getting very excited since this is his last year of elementary school, next year MIDDLE SCHOOL!!!!!!....

Cole has a special 2nd grade day plus we just did a conference w/ his teacher today! He is doing great in math and has improved a bunch in reading but his bad spelling and penmanship (his writing is so sloppy) is holding him back in writing. We are going to work on that all summer!!! Plus Cole just did the dentist this week and got some bad news! He is not doing very well on brushing (I may have to stand over him again and make sure he brushes well!!!) and now he is going to have a tooth pulled!!! =( We are going to wait till after school has ended and after his birthday before we do it! So it will be the middle of next month!!! (Wish us luck)....

Both boys have Super Kids Day at school this Friday and I am going to volunteer all day for the fun in the sun! Lol!!! And it is going to be a HOT one!!! Then Saturday my baby sister is getting married!!! A great friend is going to make the cake for her and then we are going to make 50+ cupcakes to go with it!!! Wow I got to do that Thursday since I will be busy and than to tired on Friday!....

And we started this busy week w/ my 29th birthday (which was last Saturday)! We went out shopping and ate out at FRIDAYs!!! Yumm-E!!! I did not have to cook or clean dishes!!! (well not dinner dishes anyways, Lol!) It is funny that I only get a weekend (Friday doesn't count cause it sucked just fought w/ hubby all day and did the kid things) but my lovely husband gets a whole WEEK!!! Now is that far? I don't think so!!! Oh well what can I do. I did have a great dinner w/ the family, my kids, hubby, his parents and his sister and her son (I love my hubby's family since mine is... well... there but not!) And today I got a new dress w/ the gift card that I am suppose to only spend on ME!!! (but that is really hard to do!!!!! shhh, got Lila a new cute shirt b/c it was on sale and would go perfectly w/ her new skirt!)....

To add to are busy days this week (& last week and the next couple of weeks) our whole family has become addicted to a new game! It started w/ the kid playing on the display IPads at best buy w/ this game. Then Cole begged and begged till my great hubby put it on my IPhone so that the boys could play it! By the end of that day he had put it on my phone, his phone, and the computer in our room. And by day 2 it was on my phone, his phone, the computer in our room, the computer in the living room, and my laptop!!!! 4 out of 5 of us can't stop playing this stupid little game!!! (and the 5 person is not play it b/c she is 2 and well just can't do it, but she does watch us) What game is it you say that has gotten us so zombified?!?!?!?! Well "Plants vs. Zombies" of corse!!!! Lol!!! The kids are mad b/c they only get an hour of game time on none school days (days w/ homework we don't do video games) but Mommy and Daddy can play all day and all night if they want!!! Lol!!! I know we are mean!!!

So to recap busy week + busy next couple of weeks.... turned 29: I am finally the age that some women lie and say they are (or are turning)! Hoping to only be 29 for one year ;) !!! Next year 30 HERE I COME!!!! Lol!!!!

~Love~Smile~Enjoy~

~RA~

Strawberry Pickin

Saturday Morning we went Strawberry Pickin @ a Strawberry Farm!

Favorite picture of my Little Lady Bug!!!

Cole was not to happy about having to be there in the hot sun waiting for

his friends to show up!

Lila picked the pink bucket to go picking with!

My Little Lady Bug was so excited!!! This was her first time!!!

Lila w/ her BFF!!!

(otherwise known as her shadow)

They are toooo cute together!!!

Jesse pickin w/ his BFF!

Cole was happy once he started picking strawbarians (the large strawberries)

Cole and his BFF!

Lila, Jesse and Jesse's BFF

My Little Lady Bug and Me!

One happy group on a Saturday morning pickin Strawberries!!!!

YUMM-E!!!

~Love~Smile~Enjoy~

~RA~

Bath Time!

It was bath time for My Little Lady Bug, but she ran away saying

"catch me, catch me"!

She was streaking through the house all nudy tudy

and ended up in the bathroom anyways!

Lol!!!

I have a self catching buggie buggie!!!

~Love~Smile~Enjoy~

~RA~

Our day @ the park & Our flower garden....

Lila never lets me put her hair up so I took lots of pictures of it!!! She is so cute in pig tails!!!

~Love~Smile~Enjoy~

~Ra~

failed walk... on a bad day...

Yesterday was a hard one, woke up more tired then when I went to bed.... fought w/ Cole about the fact that he has a little bit of money and wants me to drive him to a store after school to buy something and I think he needs to wait till this weekend!!! Hubby asked me to pick up breakfast for him after I dropped off the kids @ school (this normal doesn't bother me but since I was already in a bad mood).... Then I thought I will take the breakfast change and Lila, Lily, and I could walk to Lowes to get a pack of cheep flowers to plant out front.... But Lila had other plans, she wanted to walk with her "big red car" which I knew that she would ride for a little while and I would then have to drag it the rest of the way!!! And I was right.... we fought about the fact that she brought it and she should push it home, I really could not carrie it and walk the dog and keep her safe... and pulling or pushing it means that I would have to lean over and my back already was hurting. So after 10 minutes or so of begging and yelling and giving a 2 year old ultimates, I gave up and tied the dog to her so that I did not have to lug that stupid car home! My poor puppy!!! So I never did get the flowers!!! Oh well live goes on!!!

And by the end of the day I used that little extra change for note cards for Cole's school project! Then there was the fighting about shower and bed time w/ the boys (well mostly Cole)! So I was so happy to end my day and start fresh on a new one!!!

And today has not been great but it has not been bad ether! I got up on time, put on a nice skirt, some make up to feel good about myself, did not fight w/ Cole this morning, did story time at the book store, did not get much else done but the day is what little over half over! Going to go get the boys from school and well.....

~Love~Smile~Enjoy~

Ra

My Mother's Day '10

My Mother's Day went pretty well! Hubby got up when I did instead of his usual 10'ish... The kids did a good job of cleaning their room... We did the flea market, I love walking around at the flea market... The weather was awesome!!!... Cole gave me a school made Mother's Day gift, a butterfly... Lila and I made her hand print!!

Even though My Little Lady Bug was sick (coughing, sneezing, sniffling) she had a great day, making her hand print and playing at Nana & Papa's with the boys and her cousin house!

Lila's Hand 2 yrs. old

Unfortunately My Little Lady Bug was so busy that she did not want to take her nap...

So she pooped out right as dinner was ready and missed all the drama about the oven element burning out!!! Lol!!!

Yes the heating element decided that Mother's Day was the prefect day to well die!!! Luckily the pork tenderloin decided to cook but the sweet potatoes were as hard as rocks!!! And they were in there for an hour and a half!!!!!! GRRRR..... So I microwaved the sweet potatoes and they came out terrible! Oh well there is only so much I could do.... Next year need to put a little money aside so I can go out to dinner for Mother's Day!!! But my birthday in a couple of weeks and we ARE going out to dinner then!!!!

~Love~Smile~Enjoy~

Naughty Kitty!!!

Woke up this morning to:

MEOOOWWW!! MEEEOOOWWW!!!! HISSSSS!!!!! MEEOOOOWWW!!!!!!

And this was all about 20/30 min. before the alarm was going to go off!!! So I pop up wide awake knowing my cat was in trouble (I responded like I would have to one of the kids, Lol)! I found my cat outside (she is an indoor cat!) in the back yard having a cat fight w/ a neighbor's cat!!!!! Dam her taking advantage of the open windows and great weather while we are asleep!!! She can now pop out screens!

Meet Gray our beloved cat!!! Grrrr..... Our Naughty Cat!!!!

New idea to keep the kids writing all summer....

So I have a "NEW IDEA" (light bulb over my head idea)

for the kids summer vacation which is like month away....

(really only about a month away were did the school year go?)

They are good about doing their big work book I get them every summer, they love doing the math and tolerate the rest but when it comes to getting them to write it is like pulling teeth!!!

And getting Cole to work on spell....

Since they love mommy's blog I have set them each their own little blog

under my account and my name, everything from getting on to proof reading before they hit

publish goes through ME! Any responses they may get (I have yet to get one so not to worried about it) I will see first and can delete if not appropriate.

They are very excited about this idea and if it gets them writing more which will help

with spelling and typing skill (which I don't think the school is teaching)

I think this will be great!

And I can change the topic of what they write like:

~write about your day

~write about the book you just finished

~make up a story

~write about this picture

and so on.....

So what do you think? Is this a creative way to get

them to write since writing on paper is

BORING!!!

Cole's Frog

R.I.P. Cole's Frog

Poor, poor Cole is so upset =( He had this little frog that we got as a tadpole a couple months ago... he fed him 2 days ago (and b/c he lives w/ a lot of water he feeds him crickets in another container otherwise the crickets would jump in the water and drown before the frog could eat them )... tonight Cole fond his frog in it's feeding container all dried up =( it only took 2 days.... And Cole is so upset... feels like he killed him b/c he forgot to put him away.... and well he did.... how do yo let him know it is ok.... it is not like he is not use to pets dying we have tons of fish that die all the time!!! And we have had other pets die but he feels that this one is all his fault =( And it is... but.... all I can do is tell him it happens and I love him and if he wants I will get him a new one (I know I am a sap)

10 minutes till 11pm

It is 10 minutes till 11pm and my little Lady Bug who has been running a fever all day has woken wide awake!!! So as Daddy and brothers sleep Lila and Mommy are playing with puzzles (even though Mommy would rather take her shower and start getting ready for bed)!!! Oh well crackers and juice, potty break, and puzzles!!! I guess the baby medicine has kicked in!!!

????? Jellyfish ?????

Sooo..... Again there is something new in one of tanks! In the Baby Bengali Cardinalfish nursery we have a ton of fluttering things! They look like the parachutes on dandelion seeds!!! So...... ???? Not sure what they are!!! Justin thinks that they could be Baby Jellyfish!!! What do you think????