Mother's Day Weekend

Brad thought the seaweed was pretty interesting.

I could not resist getting this bathing suit for Lila! It just fits her little personality so perfectly.

Brad diabolically mixing up some strange concoction.

Our sweet girl Lila enjoying a few veggie straws.

Sky wanted us to bury her in the sand.

Everyone was super tired after spending almost 5 hours at the beach. Brad and Sky totally crashed in the car on the way home.

We eventually had to leave when Ken started suffering from heat stroke (just kidding!).

After Sky swam, she would roll around in the sand like this. She was totally COVERED in sand by the end of the day! Notice her front teeth missing! She lost her 2nd front tooth on Friday at school while biting into a cracker. The tooth fairy usually brings a gift and brought her some sparkly bangle bracelets.

It was a great Mother's Day weekend for me! On Friday Ken came home early from work and I went and got my hair cut. I decided to be brave and go for something new so my hair is much shorter now but I really like it. It will be cooler for the summer and it's still easy to do. I wanted it to be like the old Kate Gosselin hairdo (of John and Kate Plus Eight) and it looks like that, just curly rather than straight. Ken bought some flowers at Lowes that night and planted them in our flower beds this weekend. Sky gave me the coolest candle from school, it has her picture on it somehow.

On Saturday we went to the beach. It was Lila's first trip to the beach and Brad didn't remember the beach from when we've been in the past with him. We told him how there would be lots of sand to play in. When we drove up to the beach he got very upset because there were "all these people in the way". Apparently he thought we would have the whole beach to ourselves. We all had a great time. Brad enjoyed playing in the sand and eating from the picnic basket all day long. Sky really enjoyed swimming in the water. Lila just took it all in. Ken took Sky and Brad to the beach playground for a while and Lila slept under the tent so I got the chance to lay out. That's such a treat!

I also got a pedicure for Mother's Day so now I have bright purple toes! Thanks to Ken and the kids for making me feel so special this weekend! I'm so thankful for my awesome family!

Volcanoes

Almost everyday we drive by the local cemetery and there are big piles of dirt off to the side. Brad always comments that those are volcanoes. I don't correct him because I don't want to get into the dead people talk with a 2 year old. So, if you come to visit, we'll take you to see the local volcanoes.

Traffic Lights

The fine for running a traffic light around here is about $500! Thankfully we have never been caught running a red light (not like we do it on purpose!).
I've been talking to Brad about traffic lights and what each color means. Here's how our conversation went:
Me: The light is turning red. What do I need to do?
Brad: STOP!
Me: Now it's green. What should I do?
Brad: GO!
Me: What does the yellow light mean?
Brad: Swoop down!
Too funny!

Another traffic light related story:
When Eric and Michelle were visiting, they were following behind me on the way home from Knott's Berry Farm and the light turned yellow. Not wanting to lose them, I stopped quickly and, much to my surprise, Brad's whole car seat (with Brad in it) fell to the floor. Thankfully Brad wasn't hurt and he thought it was funny (Eric and Michelle saw the whole thing from the car behind us and got a good laugh too). Later when I investigated, I found out that Sky had unclicked his buckle. Never a dull moment!

Computer Troubles

Lately I've been having issues with my laptop. It wasn't staying charged and was dying on me frequently. So, we ordered a new $100 battery for it, installed it and the same thing kept happening. So, we returned the battery and bought a new $60 power cord, assuming that the power cord was faulty. We got the new power cord which worked well for a few days but last night I started having the same problems again. After some serious trouble shooting, we figured out that we have a faulty electrical outlet that I was occasionally plugging my laptop into! Mystery solved. Now we need to shell out some money to an electrician...

Lunch With The Principal

Thanks to those of you, family members, who supported Sky for her jog-a-thon. She was able to raise $75 for her school and that qualified her to have a special treat, lunch with the principal. Sky was so excited about that as she left for school this morning. She ended up having a great time eating pizza and having ding dongs for dessert (she had never had those before and they made quite an impression!).
I can't believe how much she has grown this year. She has really enjoyed her kindergarten class and her teacher! She still comes home and plays school with her stuffed animals almost everyday. It is such a blessing for us to have such a great school so close by! Hopefully next year will be just as fun and learning-filled as this year has been!

Train Show

Today was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and we went with our friends, the Denhams, to a local train show. The kids had a blast looking at all the model train sets that were on display. We also got to ride in a small train (it was really more like a motorized car) and the kids had the opportunity to climb on a real train engine and see all of the controls, etc.

Afterwards we picked up a pizza and everyone came back to our house for dinner. There is a very large hedge that we are planning on removing soon and the kids overheard us talking about it so they decided to help. The boys (the Denhams have 3 boys and then there's Brad too) started pulling the branches off the hedge. Sky was looking on, squeeling with glee and making "wreaths" out of the pulled out branches. The whole scene was very funny.

You Betcha!

Brad really cracks me up with his idioms and the way he says them. The other day I asked him if he could do something for me to which he replied, "You betcha!". A few hours later I asked him to pick something up and he said, "Got that!". He just talks like such a little man, except that he can't pronounce L's at all which inevitably makes his little sister "Wiwa".