Basketball Saturday

Had to have curlers for her recital later

Working on dribbling (not his strong area)

He is a pretty great shooter

I just love this pic!

Watching iCarly

Found an iCarly buddy

Zach started basketball again. He really likes basketball but hes only 6 and not so great at it.





















He was pretty excited because he knew some of the kids on his team already. One of the boys was on his team last year and one of the girls was on his t-ball team a couple of years ago and also goes to his school.











He did a great job for his first day. He has a bit of a social problem though. He would rather be silly with his new pals then learn from his coach. He tends to forget to pay attention. We will have to work on that. And dribbling, we definitely need to work on dribbling.  

Day out

On Sunday, after a long Thanksgiving weekend, I decided my kids needed to get out of the house for a bit. So we left Brandon on the couch watching football and headed to the aquarium. We love the aquarium. We used to go about once a week. I think we had a bit of aquarium burnout though. We haven't been in a couple of months. So we decided to head over. 

Seeing if she would survive as a salmon. ~she didn't~  

Spin the salmon wheel of luck! ~he lived!~

Chelsea adores the jellyfish. Its her favorite exhibit. 

Zach favorite has always been the stingrays. 

Checking out a hermit crab at the bio-facts station. 

Always, ALWAYS need a picture in the boat!

"Its so tickly when I touch these!"

I love the tiny alligators. 

Did you know they are getting OTTERS!

We had a great time. Took about all of the same pics I take every time! I got the kids some sea life stencils that have been the basis of some pretty awesome art the last couple of days.













Did you know they are getting otters?!? I am so excited about that. I adoooooore otters! I have a story why, wanna hear it? ;)









By the way, I started a second blog, if anyone is interested. Its just the stuff my kids say that I want to have documented somewhere. You can find it HERE.

Bug on the loose? Mom will catch it!

The day that Zach came home from school and told me that his bestest bud who sits next to him in class was sick I knew what was going to happen. Zach would be next and then he would pass it on to the person closest to him. The person who's face he touches all of the time, the person who's water bottle he drinks out of whenever they aren't looking, the person who's bed he climbs in when he wakes up coughing, the person who's lap he climbs into when it gets to be too much. Guess who?

Yup, I am now sick also. Zach missed his school today, he has been trying to hard not to but today when he woke up he asked if he could stay home. Since it was the first time he has asked, ever, I said yes. So he and I have been having a sick day. Brandon and Chelsea have been out having a grand day and Zach and I have been loafing about in our pjs. Brandon even stepped in for me with SEP conferences. Minus the S. Now he and Chels are off to dinner with his parents, who are in town today.  He was good enough to bring home stuff for chicken noodle soup first. Zach and I have that cooking right now (our first go at substitute chicken, hope it works out) when it is ready we are going to eat soup in front of the TV and watch the final Lord of the Rings. When you are sick you get to do awesome stuff like eat dinner in front of the TV. See, there are perks to being the person your kids want when they are sick! 

Downtime

I haven't posted in awhile because we haven't done anything in awhile. I had one of my more massive migranes that took me out of the game for a few days. I missed out on Papas birthday dinner because of it. Thats not even true. Papa and Coco changed their plans to have dinner with us on Papas birthday. I spent the first bit of it in the bathroom being sick then took myself to the car while they finished dinner. I felt so awful about that. I still do. I hope he had a good birthday regardless of me. 

Now I am feeling better and Zach is down with a massive cold. I hate for my kidlets to get sick. He has handled it pretty well. I have kept his dosed up on meds for it. Yesterday I accidentally gave him nightime meds all day instead of day time. I don't know how it didn't knock him out cold. It did knock him down to 'regular' kid instead of super crazy hyper kid. But I don't think I will try it again. I am super hoping he feels better by morning. He HATES missing school but I might have to make him. 

So we have been having some downtime. We have watched a bunch of movies and hung out at home. We watched Thor the other day (to be ready for The Avengers!) Now we have started on The Lord of the Rings. I love this series. The kids and I watched the Fellowship while Brandon was out of town. Today we watched Two Towers. Brandon was a little lost, I don't know if he has ever seen any of them to be honest. But Two Towers is such a good movie that it really doesn't even matter if you saw the first one. We were all enthralled. Zach had just loved the series. Its really fun to watch with him. When Gandolf falls in the Fellowship, Zach is sitting with tears running down his face and Chelsea chimes in "Uh-oh spaghettio's!" Zach is really an all or nothing guy. He loves it or doesn't care. And he has loved LOTR. I've totally raised him right! When we are done with Rings we are moving on to Pirates, think he will recognize Legolas as Will Turner?

Par-tay!

I haven't gone through Chelseas birthday pics at all yet. I have never mastered the art of bouncy house photos so I figured they weren't worth much time. But since I have about 10 minutes to sit down I figured I would give them a quick run through. 

First shot of the day, Chelseas face plant. 

Beach and I bouncing

"I want to wear ALL WHITE to my party! Then
I will look like a sheep!" 

Coco and Gramma Great

Chelseas cake

Birthday girl with Ezri and Zach. 

Super cool card from Uncle Raja and Aunt Rustie

Opening gifts

Filled my car up with her awesome gifts. 

I want to thank everyone who came! It meant a lot to me and Chelsea. I was pretty upset before her party about the number of last minute cancellations I got but we managed to have a WONDERFUL time. And everyone there made her feel so special for her birthday. Thank you! 

My Halloween Princess

 Happy 4th Birthday to my favorite girly in the whole wide world! I cant believe she is 4 years old. Lets take a look back at how she was and how she will probably always be. =)

Adored by all the best guys

Close to her brother

A bit of an attitude

Knows ALL of the best pirates

Sweet

Messy 

Comfortable

SHOCKING! 

A snow angel 

Snuggly

A piggy 

Cool with Santa

A great driver. 

Loves her daddy

A phone hog

Thinks her Papa is silly! 

Eggstra fantastic

Did I mention a piggy?

A beach bum

Animal lover

Adventurous 

Always loved NACHOS! 

A drink thief 

Happy Birthday beautiful princess. I adore you and cant wait to see what all of the tomorrows pictures will bring. <3 <3 <3

I wanted to add her birthday poster for school.