Catch Up Part 2

My blogger was being lame so I had to save it the way it was. Its probably better that way so its not quite a novel this way!!

July has passed quickly. After Gavin's birthday we had two more parties that week. One for our neighbor girl and then another one the next Saturday for Gavin and two little neighbors. It was fun! We had pinatas and cupcakes and all kinds of fun. It was rainy at first but decided to become blazing hot at the end. I preferred the cloudy!! The kids didn't care because they had good food, a playground and other kids to play with!!

The next weekend was Andy's birthday along with a million other things.  It was all fun though. We did some errands and then took the kids swimming. Jakob had another party to go to at the Legacy Center so we took our family to celebrate Andy's at the same thing. It was a BLAST.  Ashley was swimming every, Jakob was doing rock wall climbing before swimming, Andy was just playing and Gavin only wanted to slide.  He cried if we did anything else. And Ethan? I couldn't get the kid out of the water!! He didn't care if he went under, he just wanted to keep playing. There is a part in the pool that is only 5 inches deep and I had to stay there with him so he could crawl around without getting TOO much water in his face. He LOVED it!!

We went from that to our neighbors(same neighbors as we did for Gavin's) and had a party for their two little boys.  Andy didn't care if it was for someone else - he just got to play!! We had yummy food, good friends and warm weather. Nothing better!!  We got home late because we stopped by Smiths Marketplace to get groceries and some presents for Andy.  Andy did groceries with Dad and Ethan while I took the others to pick out gifts. 

The next day we had a party for Andy and a family friend.  We had burgers, hot dogs, salad. and chips. YUMMY!!!!  I even made a black forest cake and a Superman cake for the party.  

I wish I had pictures but I have to get them off my phone - once I find them. :)  Right now I think its about bedtime!!!

Playing Catch Up

I am SO far behind.  I'm not really going to try and fit everything in but I'll at least get the big stuff.  We missed a few birthdays in there I'm sure...

We went to Stadium of Fire for the 4th of July. We all had lots of fun. We got to go to Olive Garden before and stuffed ourselves.  We walked right in, were seated, ordered and served withn 1/2 hour!! It was crazy. The food was EXCELLENT.  I was so full I still can't believe I managed to finish a cheesecake slice... but hey, it was cheesecake! 

We got to the stadium really early and found great parking. We played some of the games and got a bunch of free stuff. It was fun.  I even got to see the Jonas Brothers from 20 feet away.  I heard loud shrieking from all the girls in the stadium coming closer so I peeked between two mobile homes under the stage and there they were!! Jealous?! just kidding. Really, I went for my kids...

The kids had a blast.  Ashley got into the concert and sang t

o every song. She had fun standing on Daddy's lap and dancing the whole time.  Jakob and Andy had fun but refused to dance or sing.  Gavin sang along to some of the songs but held on tight for the fireworks.  And Ethan slept through the whole thing. Until the fireworks which he LOVED.  He kept pointing and giggling.  Jakob decided that maybe it was okay if we go again next year... we'll see.

The next day was Gavin's birthday and he was proud to turn 3!! He got bubbles from "the girls"(i.e. the nursery leaders) after church and he didn't want to open his presents from us because he loved his bubbles so much!!   We went to a neighbors house and had excellent food and then Gavin got to blow out his candles on his mickey mouse cake.

Revenge of The Bumblebee

The other day we were putting together puzzles.  One of them was Hello Kitty, the other was Transformers. Bumblebee to be exact.  So of course I start singing I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee.   The kids are giggling and we have a great finale.  

So the next night we were playing outside and the kids were swimming.  When we finished dumping the water out I asked Jakob to stack the buckets and head in the house.  Next thing I know, he's SCREAMING hysterically and running around slapping his neck. After finally getting him to stop running around, I found the sting on his neck. It was a pretty good size.  I sent him in with Steve who put meat tenderizer on it.  I walked over to the garage.  There, staggering around was a very large BUMBLEBEE!!!  My poor little boy. So I lightly swatted it to kill it but not smush it. At least we know now that Jakob's not allergic to bee stings!!