It's Spring!

The other night we went and got the kids a snow cone after dinner. Pippa got one called Catwoman and Monks wanted Dragon's Blood. We then went home and since it was so nice outside, we played in the front. We drew with chalk, tossed around a football, bounced a tennis ball and Monks practiced batting on his tee. The kids had so much fun outside. I did have a little scare when Monks tripped on the concrete and began screaming. He got up and blood was just coming out of his mouth and he scraped his elbow and knee pretty bad. I tried looking in his mouth but it was all red so I just touched his teeth. I was so scared he hit them. He just cut his lip when he tripped. Mouths bleed so bad and scare the crap out of you. In minutes he was fine and wanted to play, but he had a fat lip. We had so much fun playing all together. My babies love being outside and I am grateful for that. 

Loving her snow cone!

After Pippa was in bed, Monks and I made popcorn and shared a Kit Kat and watched The Lorax. The kids had started watching it at Tio and Tia's Tuesday night, but only saw about 20 minutes and then we had to leave. He wanted to finish it and since he did not have school the next day, we had a movie date. 

Easter Egg Hunt

This morning Aikman had his Easter egg hunt at school. I brought him with me to work since I was going to his school with him. We got there and put his stuff away and he went potty and then we headed to the chapel! They sang songs and danced and did the motions. Okay, nothing is cuter than little kids singing about Jesus and how much they love him. I really tried not to cry a few times. Yes, I am like that. Aikman was precious. He sat with his class and I sat about three pews back with another mom. He would occasionally turn around and smile right at me. I was on cloud nine. The pastor of the church said a few words and then they had a little puppet show. They were talking about how at Easter, eggs and candy are fun, but the real reason we celebrate is because He rose from the dead for us and our sins. They talked about the stone being rolled away and made it kid friendly and easy to understand. The kids loved it so much and I so enjoyed watching Aikman’s face light up as they spoke and the puppets talked. It was then time to line up and go outside to start the hunt! I am not just saying this because he is mine, but Aikman was so good just standing in line. I watched from the back as all his class got up to go and Mrs. Kirksey handed out baskets. He stood there, holding his by his side, just watching her. The other kids were moving around and swinging their baskets and playing. They weren’t bad by any means, but I was a super proud momma at that moment. The classes walked out and lined up along the field and they told them to wait until they said go. There were a couple hundred eggs scattered in the grass. She said go and the kids took off, except Aikman. He was too cute there. He bent down and picked up one near him and turned to me all excited and said “look momma, I got one! It’s green! Green like the Hulk, oh I love it!” I said well put it in your basket and go get more. He just walked and grabbed the next one he came to. He would stop and talk about its color and name something that color and wonder what was in it. Hilarious right? We finally got mid field and there were a few around him he would grab but he was as casual as could be and so pleased with what he had. He did the same thing at a church egg hunt last year. Devin had to pick some up for him so he could get some. Lol. At the end, a lot of the kids had full baskets and he had about 7. He was so excited. One kid was crying to the teacher he didn’t get very many and she said they would divide them up so everyone got the same amount. Monks was as happy as could be. They took some pics of the kids and I took a few. I had so much fun out there. I kissed him goodbye and he got in line to go in. I was so happy when I left. My son was so adorable and I am so grateful he is mine. I am one lucky momma. Putting him in this school was one of the best decisions we have ever made. 

See him in the blue shirt? 

Puppets

You can barely see the top of his head above the pew. He is a few down from his teacher. 

Walking out! His little red jacket. :) 

Waiting to go!

His class! 

Random Pics

I had to share these random pics from the last few weeks. 

Monks has been on a game kick. He has several games in a cabinet in our dining room and he loves going to get one. We played Candy Land about 15 times this day. Lol. This was him and I playing it after Pippa was in bed. He is really good at it too! 

Pup!

Eating gummy sharks one day when they picked me up from work. 

Happy Birthday Tio

Monday was Tio’s 33 birthday! We all celebrated together Tuesday evening with dinner and cake and presents and fun. Poor Jenny cooked for about 3 hours straight! He requested flautas (one of the things my mom made he loves). We also had salsa, sour cream and guacamole for dipping. We had queso, beans, cilantro lime rice and chips. It was all so good! In the words of Aikman, it was so mad good. The cake she made was a new recipe and it was an Italian crème cake with the best icing ever. Think cheesecake and Italian crème cake. Wow. Aikman told Jenny it was the best cake he had ever had. It was so nice being together one last time. I know, I know, we aren’t dying, Tio and Tia and Adrian are just moving. Away. Far away. We can’t just get together whenever we want. Anyway, that is a different post. I will focus on the happy. Pete and Phil were both off which worked out great. They also brought their friend Kiefer who we have known since they were all in sixth grade. Crazy how long ago that seems. Monks has been around him before but was his BFF last night. He wanted to sit by him, share with him, play with him and joke with him. Anyway, we ate, laughed and cried. Well, Adrian shed tears when he hit his head on the floor inside a tent. He had a huge knot, poor guy. Tio opened his presents and got a CD, gift cards, cash, a beard comb and beard wax, jellybeans and hot sauce. We had ordered this bottle online called the hottest sauce in the universe. They make it with ghost chilies and the reviews I read said people have gone to the ER after ingesting too much at once. Could be fake, but I was scared. Tio tried one drop on a chip and said yeah, it was hot and it creeped up on you as time passed. He blew his nose at one point and said his nose burned. Phil was the only other one to try it and he said it was hot too. That was one small drop. Eek! Scary! Pippa ate so much! She had thirds on her little plate. I looked over once and she was eating her queso with her spoon. Wow. Lol. Sweet baby girl. The kids then started watching Lorax. We had to leave at 8 so I could do baths and Devin had to get ready for work. Thanks for a great evening everyone! Especially Jenny for all her hard work and Mike for being born! 

The boys brought him those balloons. Super cute huh? 

Adorable!

Cake time!

Sorry for the weird glare.  

Pips chillin with Kiefer. Adrian hopped up there too after a few minutes. 

Weekend Update

Saturday we had a garage sale! Rain was not in the forecast, but at 2:30 I woke to thunder and Devin and I immediately ran outside to bring in our tables. It stormed for about four and a half hours. We got a late start putting stuff out and I advertised for it to start at 8:00. At 7:30 we were just getting our tables out. It was wet and cold. People of course were already coming around and luckily there was no more rain. We stopped our sale at 3 and were very pleased with the outcome. We made a little over $300 and Mike and Jenny made $70. We got rid of over a fourth of our stuff and the leftovers I packed back up for a later garage sale and posted a few things on Craigslist. I am so pleased with it all. It was a little sad seeing all the things Aikman and Pippa used be sold but I am glad I let go of a lot of it. Aikman was so funny when someone would walk up and start picking things up, he would say “momma, that lady is taking all of Pippa’s stuff! Now she not have any clothes!” or he would say, with the saddest look on his face “but those were my toys!” I told him he was bad for business lol I didn’t want someone feeling bad and changing their mind. Sweet boy. We were pooped afterward and Jenny was sweet enough to offer to make us dinner so we all went to their house to eat. She made spaghetti and we let the kids play. We left about 8 and went to get a snow cone. I had birthday cake with cream, Devin had a sugar free pina colada, Aikman had the Hulk and Pips had Barbie. It was then home for bed. We were all ready for it.

Devin's display. Lol. Cowboys hats and posters. 

Getting all set up. 

Devin taking signs to put out, Monks carrying a box we wrote on. 

Mid sale, we had condensed! Got rid of two tables and all my big stuff on ground was gone!

Snowcone!

Sunday we woke up to the kids laughing hysterically and hearing Apollo running around in the hall. The kids were both up and playing with him in Pippa’s room. Crazy things. We let Apollo out and hung out together. Our house was so messy from the day before so we spent about an hour cleaning everything up. My kids are such good helpers! Pete and Phil showed up around 10 and we all decided we wanted to make a big breakfast. Devin and Pete went to the store and then we all started cooking. We had eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, biscuits, gravy and juice. So yummy! It was nice eating all together. The boys then left, I got ready and we went to Sams and then to HEB. We got home late, around 2:30 and ate lunch. Pippa was really tired and so was Devin so they laid down and Monks and I laid on the couch watching Lion King. I dozed off but I don’t think he did. He did rest though so that is good. Pippa and Devin woke around 6 and we weren’t that hungry so just made a smoothie. I did feed Pippa something small though. It was then time for baths and the kids played with some Easter eggs I had laying around and then I put Pippa to bed at 8:30. Monks and I filled his eggs for his class’s hunt on Wednesday. We had Kit-Kats, stretchy bunnies and gummy bunnies and chicks. We had to tape our eggs shut ha ha. Can’t wait for next weekend! 

a ladybug he found. 

sitting with daddy

with me

So cute!

A 20 Month Old Pippa!

My Pippa is 20 months old today! Wow, she is about to be 2. Crazy, crazy. Oh man, where to start. She is starting to learn new words. She asked the other day “where Dada go?” I know Aikman was already talking at her age but I refuse to stress over stuff and think she is behind and compare her to everyone else. Each kid is so different and I know she is doing great! She is really well behaved and listens so well. She has her moments, don’t get me wrong but she will walk right by you and not run off and if you tell her not to touch something, she won’t. She goes directly to time out when told and then comes and apologizes and kisses you. She has started trying to throw fits where she lays on the ground with her face down but that always ends in a spanking and time out so she is doing it less and less. She is very affectionate and loves to sit in your lap and cuddle, especially if you are on the floor. I know I am biased but she is absolutely adorable and knows it. She uses it to her advantage with her daddy. The other day in Target this lady stopped me and asked how old she was and said she was absolutely gorgeous. She even called her mom over to see her and she said the same thing. I was so proud at that moment. Not that I need someone to tell me my kid is beautiful, but it was sweet to hear. She LOVES stuffed animals and plays with all of them. She still loves her kitchen and the play food and pushing her shopping cart around. I think for her next birthday we will start getting her baby dolls and all the accessories. She also has this new love for Legos. She walks in Aikman’s room and takes his tub off the shelf and will play with them. We want to get her this bucket from Target with girly colors so they can each have their own and we will know which are his or hers. She is hit or miss with things like painting and things that get your hands dirty. Sometimes she is all for it, sometimes she wants her hands to stay clean. She loves playing outside though and loves burying her feet in the sand at the park we frequent. She loves her necklaces and hair bows. She loves eating. She could eat fruit and vegetables all day. The only thing I have found she isn’t huge on is chicken. She always kind of picks at it. Macaroni and spaghetti are still some of her favorites. We are trying to work with her on not having a sippy cup and using a big girl cup. She is a pro at using her utensils and loves eating cereal with her spoon. She always tries to copy you if you do something and is so cute when she blows kisses and tries to wink. Dancing is one of her favorite things in the world. She likes to have a book with her at night in her crib and no longer requires her cup to sleep. She loves washing her hands and is so good about rubbing her hands together repeatedly and then rinsing them. The last two days she has pointed to the toilet and to herself if you are using it and acts like she wants to sit up there. Devin took her diaper off and set her up there and she did pee and then she hopped down. Maybe she will be ready soon! Call me lazy but I am not ready to start that with her. I remember the stress of starting Aikman when he wasn’t quite ready so we will give it a few more months before we are full blown with her. She is cuter and funnier with each day that passes. I love my Pippa Lous.  

My Little Flower

Moon Sand

I spent about two hours yesterday afternoon printing out fun activities for the kids. I found them through Pinterest and through random blogs I have come across over the last year. Summer will be coming up and I want them to have stuff daily to do, not only with Mrs. Morgan, but with us at home. They are all fun but teach fine motor skills and keep the kids learning. I got home from work yesterday and we decided to do one since I had all the stuff at home. We made moon sand! Apparently they sell it in stores but it can be pricy. This batch we made was with 8 cups of flour to 1 cup of baby oil. You mix it all together and it is crumbly yet you can mold it into stuff and pack it down and make it smooth. We put some in a tub for Pippa and gave her some small cups and utensils to play in it with. She lasted about three minutes with it and wanted her blocks and books back. My monkey, now he loved it! He loved the feel and played with cups and utensils and then put some cars in it and would pack it down so they could drive on it and then mess it up so they could be buried. The texture was so weird, soft like powder/flour and then could be firm. He played about an hour with it and then we had to clean up for lunch and he was so upset. Devin made tilapia and steamed green beans though (one of Aikman’s favorites) so he was okay once he saw his plate. We saved it in a Ziploc bag and he can play with it whenever! I highly recommend you try it with your children! 

Mixing....

Enjoying!

Over it....lol

Our Fun Wednesday

Wednesday was Silly Sock day at Aikman’s school. We went to Target the night before to find him some but for boys they had nothing silly or crazy colorful. We decided he could just wear some of mine. I have so many holiday, animal and fuzzy ones. He picked out one with turtles on it and a Halloween one. They weren’t crazy big either. He was so excited and looked so cute in them.

Phil happened to be off that afternoon and so he came over and we had planned on all going to eat Catfish Corner. Sadly Devin got called into work early so it was just Phil, me and the kids. We had invited Mike and Jenny but Mike had a meeting before church. Jenny wanted it though so her and Adrian met us up there. We all ate and it was delish as usual. Phil treated us all to dinner. I know, he is great. We left and he needed to go to Target for some stuff so the kids and I went with him and just walked around. He bought Monks a new Hot Wheel and as we were heading back home, it was 7:40. I asked Monks if he wanted to go walking, since it was so nice out and then Phil suggested Putt Putt. I asked Monks if he wanted to go play (we hadn’t been with Phil yet!) and he said, so excited, “right now?!?!” We went to a different one in town and had so much fun! We were the only ones there and they had lights in the trees and music playing and the cutest painted benches everywhere. It was about 8:45 when we left there and headed home. Since Monks didn’t have school the next day, I let him stay up watching TV with Phil. Phil laid on the couch and Monks sat on his stomach. I got Pips in bed and then just sat down. About 9:45, Phil got ready to leave and Monks got so upset. We asked him what was wrong and he said “but I LOVE Phil!” Sweet boy. 

Silly socks!

                                                

Miss Morgan sent me this. Time for a hair cut! 

Our onion rings!

Fish and shrimp!

My pics were so off in color from the flash and the lights there. 

This was right before we went to eat.