Dreaming!

My my what a handful Christopher has been these last few weeks! Very stubborn little boy he is! But he still manages to do things I cant help but aww over. I went to check in on the kids shortly after I put them to bed and Christopher was sleeping with Lexi. He asked me if he could sleep in my bed, but I told him I wasn't going to sleep yet and he had to go back to his bed. So I guess he hopped in bed with Lexi! Such a cutie (when he is asleep) :o)

Terrific Tuesday

So today started a little rough with me and my husband, but by the days end things are always looking up. Lately, financially things are a bit tight...we manage, but his work is REALLY slow right now. This hard time frustrates us and we are easily caught up into arguements.... BUT, fingers crossed we may have a buyer for one of the cars we have for sale!!! yippy!!!! So Mondays are gymnastics days! Lexi enjoys her class very much! She always has fun and is learning things like how to listen and pay attention to the directions she is instructed by her teacher. Hopefully we can continue to put her through gymnastics even in the fall. She loved having her dad watch her today in her class. When he came in she told everyone that was her dad and then she kept watching for his approval, clap, or thumbs up after she did some sort of a flip or balance beam, or whatever she did!

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Empanadas!!

Sundays are always a fun day around here because Henry usually doesn't have to work! The day started off quite nicely I should say. I got to sleep in and my husband got the kids breakfast all made today! How exciting for me!!! We then sat around doing nothing, and I got an idea!! I wanted to make empanadas. So I went off to the store to buy a tortilla maker and the flour and such to get myself started! I did not know what I was getting myself into. First I made the dough, and then had to roll them into balls, press them, and then stuff and fold! Not too bad...but frying them was taking a lot longer than expected. Good ole Henry came to the rescue and fried all my tostadas and empanadas. I was seriously in there for like 3 hours, and literally everything in our home smells fried! The kids at one point had to go outside because their eyes were burning from all the cooking!! BUT it was fun working in the kitchen with the hub and the food was EXCELLENT!!!! Now I can totally see why Spanish ladies are in the kitchen all day cooking...this stuff takes a lot of preparing! We fed everyone and their mom because we had made so much! We called everyone over to his parents to stop by to eat! It was definitely a fun day! Now the day is done, and I am so ready for bed! We got gymnastics tomorrow, and I think I need to do laundry so Lexi has something to wear there. I haven't boughten her a leotard yet because I want to make sure it is something she is going to keep doing before I spend the money (that we don't have) :o)

Over Due Blog

My my where does all the time go? I feel like I don't do a lot in one day, but the time just goes so quickly. Before I know it we have eaten dinner and the day is over.

We have had a very fun filled summer so far. My last blog I wrote was about adventure Island when my sister was here. Well she is gone now (been gone for some time) but while she was here we did several more fun things, including bowling, some trips to the "cookie mall" the beach, and way more! Now that she is gone, we are still keeping up with summer activities. I have found my self to be keeping some what of a "tan" (by no means tan, just not as pale as my normal self) this summer. I also find myself sweating and being absolutely disgusted with this hot weather, but hey this is Florida, that's why we swim and go into the ocean, to cool off!! Lexi has started Gymnastics. So far so good, she seems to like it. I never had the opportunity to do these things when I was little because my mom raised 4 kids all on her own, so I am VERY thankful that I can put Lexi into something. We are still looking to find something for Christopher, we are hoping soccer or karate. If he doesn't start something this summer, then he will do something while Lexi is in preschool this year! YAY!!! Monday-Friday 9-12 she is going to promise land preschool. Hopefully we can get this family into a better sleeping routine and we can all be in bed and up early for Lexi to be off! I cant wait to start this next chapter in her life. I am so excited to see my little girl grow up and learning all that she does (we could do without the miss prissy sassy attitude some days) but girls will be girls! Christopher seems to be calming down in some ways (I guess). He is still 3 and acts it! He loves wrestling with his dad (and of course Levi). He is for surely all boy...eh well kinda...when he isn't playing dress up with Lexi.... He seems to be having "growing" pains these days. Everyone says he has shot up and grown a little bit. Poor kid is feeling all of it. Other than him being a wild animal, and Lexi doing her girly thing. We seem to be having quite the fun summer. Birthday parties, baby showers, all sorts of fun things these days. Well here are a few pictures of the kiddos the last few days and one of my oh so sexy man :o) Shhhh don't tell him I put this up here, he'll kill me! He is not a picture person and I had to snap one of him b/c I just couldn't resist!

Adventure Island

Yay!! What a fun day! Yesterday was my brothers 33rd birthday and so we all got together for pizza and birthday pie :) By the time everything was over with in the evening it was after 10 o'clock...so the kids and I camped out in Grandmas living room. We stayed because we had to be up early to head to Tampa to go to Adventure Island!!! We got there bright and early (seriously the best time to go). When we first got there we got on all the big slides and water rides! The kids pretty much got to ride all the big rides (with an adult). There were a few that you couldn't go on with an adult and had to ride solo, so we skipped those, but they had a terrific little kids area. After a while the park began to fill so waiting in lines for rides was not happening anymore! The kids rode a few rides more than once and then off to the kids land! The kids played in there for a long while and we also went to visit the wave pool! SUPER fun stuff!!!! We ate lunch, took sunscreen breaks, ate Shamu ice cream, slushies, and cotton candy! Then we left, and the kids were out in the car in like two seconds! We went home cleaned ourselves up, and then headed out to the beach for a pot luck! What a fun day!

I love, love, love the summer!!!!! Cant wait to go back to Adventure Island (we got season passes)!

Fishing

So last night we went fishing!!! We have always been fisher people! We took Lexi before Christopher was born and then brought the double stroller right along after he was here! We always like to go late at night as well! We go all over. Kacy Key, down by mote, and our favorite spot right under the bridge at St. Armands! Last night we took Henry's little brother and sister along with us. First we made a trip and bought new poles and hooks and such, then out we went. Lexi and Christopher's poles are the dinky little kids ones, but wouldn't you know, they caught the most fish. Lexi caught 4 and Christopher caught 1. We always have a contest to see who can catch the most, and mostly I would win, for some reason I always caught most, but this time it was Lexi. I got some competition. Right when we got Christophers bait on and he threw it out he caught something within minutes. We hadn't even gotten everyones poles out yet!! Then came Lexi, again, and again, and yet again. Henry and I caught nothing and Henry's brother caught one fish and a sea urchin! I love the summer time when we get to go out and fish!! Hopefully we can get out on a boat like we did two years ago and fish!!

He's done it again!

Who did what you may be wondering.....?

Henry!!!!

He's done something fun but oh so very scary! I thought one of my kids might fall on their faces....

So we all like hammocks....

All kids like swings...

I don't know what they are called, but those things that are usually found in vans or SUVS to help hold groceries in your trunk space....Well Henry took one of those and made it a hammock...until it half way broke and then turned into a swing. He tied it up between a fence and a basketball hoop thing that was just barely nailed into a tree. It looked fun, but I couldn't watch b/c I thought for sure one was going to flip over and hurt themselves.

Fortunately no one was hurt and this occupied the kids for several hours :o)

This picture was just for fun! We may have a carpenter on our hands. His guitar wasn't working the other day and I caught him unscrewing all the screws to hold it together. He told me he was going to fix it..ha ha. He is so serious when he does these things!