Beach Time!

OK, for those of you who know me well, know that I have never been a big fan of the beach. I've been a handful of times in the last 10 years. Well, I'm a changed woman now! I've had soooo much fun at our last 2 outings at the beach. I'm not sure if it's because my kids are at such a great age and I enjoy seeing how happy they are when they get to just frolic at the beach for hours. Or, if I've finally become a native San Diegan who appreciates the beach?!? Regardless, Will and I decided it's cheap entertainment that we would like to do once a week during the summer! We are going to become beach bums!

Today we went to La Jolla shores and waded with at least 100 leopard sharks! It was SOOOO awesome! They just swam between our legs and brushed up against us. It was AMAZING. We saw sting rays and fish too. I was in awe! Why haven't I appreciated this beautiful place before?

I caved

For the last 2 Christmases, Mackenzie has asked Santa (and us) for a Power Wheel ride on vehicle. We always explained that it was too expensive and we could not afford one of these.

Last Friday we had a fun play date with Emily and she had a quad Power Wheel. Both kids got to ride it for a little while before the battery died and had a blast! So . . . I started looking on Craig's List and found this beauty for such a steal that I couldn't resist!


Now I have one major problem . . .Will is asking for one too. He'd like a real one! (Better start writin' to Santa!) Boys and their toys!

Slumber Party

Casey and Gavin came to spend the night at our house. My kids were SOOOO excited. The kids are all at such great ages and play so well together. The boys do their thing, the girls do their thing and then they all play together too.

We started the evening with dinner, then off outside to make a delicious dessert of "mud pie". Those kids can play in mud forever and have such a great time.

Then the kids took bubble baths and settled in for a movie and popcorn. The girls watched intently while the boys watched bits pieces between motorcycle racing, wrestling, and sword fighting.
Then off to bed . . . .well sort of. I let the kiddos stay up till 9:40 and then sent them off to bed. The girls were in their sweet dreams by 10pm without a hitch. Now the boys . . . .well, that's a whole other story. 10:30 - chattering away, 11:00 still chattering away, 11:30 STILL chattering away! Finally at 11:40 one of the boys probably couldn't take it anymore and fell asleep - thank goodness! Now one would think they would sleep in - NOT!!! Girls up at 7am, and the boys at 7:30 raring to go. Oh well, my kids had a great time and love it when those kids come spend the night.

Happy Birthday Mackenzie!

This morning we had fun at Bears, Buddies, and Toys. I took Mackenzie to have a "Glamour Girlz" make over. She got her hair done in an up-do with a crown, her nails painted, sparkly eyeshadow, sparkly lip gloss, and made some tooty-fruity lotion. She was so happy and loved every minute.While waiting for sister to get glammed up, Dylan loved the pirate ship, pirate and knight in the store. He has requested to take home the 60 ft pirate boat for Christmas! Sure!!!!


Then we for dinner we went to Corvette's Diner. Love the new location in Point Loma. Much better than the one in Hillcrest. Both kids loved the atmosphere and couldn't believe throwing straws and napkins were permitted. Dylan loved all the music and danced quite a bit until someone came to dance with him. But mostly he loved these colorful cows out front!

Happy Birthday sweet girl! We love you tons and hope your day was as special as you are! XXXOOO

We Did It!!!

Drum roll please . . . . . .

Dylan is potty trained! For those of you who didn't know, he has been dragging his feet about becoming a "big boy". Since his third birthday, we have been looking and purchasing big boy underwear. He loved to buy them and look at them as long as they were in his dresser drawer and not on him. I tried razzle-dazzling him about how wonderful it would be and the toy I would buy him and his response was "No thank you. I don't want to be a big boy. I don't want a toy. I like my diaper." In fact of late, he would comment on wanting to be a baby again. The conversation went something like this:

Dylan: When will I be a baby again?
Mommy: Never honey, you will only get bigger and bigger.
Dylan: Never, ever? Aaaww.
Mommy: I know it's sad isn't it? Mommy wished I could stop you from growing up too!
Dylan: Me too!!!

I don't know if this is because we changed his crib to a toddler bed, threw out the sippy cups, and now trying to force the underwear!

I knew he was ready because he had all the signs of being ready, but I think he just dug in his heels. So, Monday morning I put the underwear on and that was that. Two accidents the first day and nothing more since then.

Hooray Dylan! Mommy's proud of you! And don't worry, you'll always be my little baby boy!