Holy Crow, time flies!! Lily is 4 August 1. That's tomorrow for anyone reading tonight and today for anyone reading tomorrow!! It has been a very emotional year for our little Lily. She has become quite the "drama queen" that needs lots of time to think and cry and wipe her tears on her comforter. She really is a terrific little person that I am so much in awe over. She is so smart and mature. She has the best sense of humor and the most infectious laugh ever. Everyone comments on her beautiful long hair, but what catches my eye every time is her precious face. She is to tiny and delicate, yet so fierce!
Phineas and Isabella. They are Boxer puppies. So cute! We had to get a boy and a girl. Phineas is a little bummed though do to an injured leg. He is getting to the vet tomorrow for a look see. So far the kids are ok. It will be an adjustment for sure though. Liam kicks and swats every time they come near him and then cries if they don't go away. Mike makes a funny face every time Isabella jumps and then freezes saying "down, down, down". We told him that in this case it is ok to push. Lily is the boss of everyone now though. Super cute, but did tell us we shouldn't have gotten the broken one and that "the girl needs to be exchanged for one that doesn't jump". We have them for a week to foster before they can be in the rescue, "Change of Heart". They are located in Teresa's on Erringer. Our friends are the new owners and take awesome care of each paw friend. So we will see how our week goes.
Sorry it is a little belated. Darren and Liam both celebrated a birthday on Tuesday the 5th. Liam is a whopping 1 and Darren, according to Lily, is now a whopping 21!! Milestone birthdays for both of them I guess. We had a party for Liam on Saturday with family and a couple of friends that was really nice in spite of the heat. Then on the day of, Darren and I went to dinner at Howie's (great food, everyone go, but don't forget to visit Restaurants.com first to get your cheap gift card) and then to the movies to see Green Lantern (yes we are a little behind on our movies). Great days for both of them!!
Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th and a happy birthday to friends with birthdays today as well. Simi's fireworks were pretty awesome this year. The kids had a great time, so much in fact, that they were asking to go home before the finale and during the finale were asking if it was done yet. They really did enjoy it though. Lily even asked at the end if they would do more... really kid. They were all out cold before we left the parking lot of the church building. Great day!!
So, our family gets sick a lot. We have 2 people with really weak immune systems that catch everything. Just as the boogers go away then we all got the 24 hour flu. Now, last night we got pizza from this pizza place in the Carl's Jr. parking lot and my brother and I have been throwing up since. It could just seem to be a case of food poisoning, but also rare that we both got sick around the same time. It has been 24 hours now and I am feeling much better, I even had a tootsie roll.
Stephanie (my sis) and I go to the movies often. We always go late at night on the weekend after the kids are in bed. It is my time to get away and I love movies, so it is always an enjoyable experience. Now, I know what I am about to reveal, but lets face it I am not perfect... we saw "Bad Teacher", yes an "R" rated movie. Most of the time I do not bring my wallet in. I only bring the essentials; tickets, Regal card (gotta get those free movie tickets) and a couple of dollars for some cocoa. Like I said "R" rated. As we were purchasing our tickets the guy asked if we both had our id's in case we got carded on our way into the movie. I said "no" and stephanie said "yes". Then he looked at me funny and Stephanie said, "it's ok, I am 25 so I can vouch for your ticket" The guy said, "oh that's good".How old do I look. I was 17, 10 years ago and could buy my own ticket then!! How old do I look now! Some think of it as a compliment, and most of the time I do, but in this case I laughed. I come late at night, leaving my husband and 3 kids at home to have a relaxing time away, I better not be told I, at 27 can't see the movie. I text Darren when I got inside and he said "Wow"I started thinking over all of the times I have been told how young I look or gotten funny looks for being out with even one of my kids. As the years go on it happens less, but still more often than most people I am sure.When I am 40 I will appreciate the younger look more I am sure. And I do have to look at the bright side, I am not a 27 year old who looks like they are 40.
Ok sorry about not being able to read our blog. I forget that I have to change the font when I am done writing.So summer has begun... and with that so has the exhaustion, sleep deprivation, aching back, sore feet and really a great beginning to our summer. We went to the zoo, the movies 2 times and have began making our art/craft projects. It has been busy. I like it that way though, and so do the kids. We are getting into a rhythm and it feels good. I just need to figure out how to get the kids to bed before 9 and to sleep till after 7 and I will be having the best summer. Mike starts summer school next week and so things will go back to "normal" for 4 weeks, but then we can get back to the best summer ever. His teacher this summer is the wife to his first summer school teacher. I am looking forward to meeting her.I need to find a different summer program for lily. Maybe karate or cheer or ice skating... I don't know though. She says she is shy at dance every time I ask or suggest it, so I guess that is out. And gymnastics seems like she is not as interested in anymore.I was thinking about scouting out some bakery's to try a different one each week as a special treat and a fun adventure. (anyone have any bakery's in mind, give me a heads up)Have a great summer everyone.
