Wash Hands

Okay so I just made Karen's salsa with jalapenos. But I forgot to wash my hands after touching the jalapeno. So then my eye felt like something was in it. AND what did I do placed my hand that touched the jalapeno, and seeds right to my eye. I can still feel the burning. I just pray I don't have to go to urgent care.

Shoes

Okay so B Monkey LOVES his new summer sandals. Thing is I'm not sure he'll fit in them the whole summer. So if any of you are going to Target and see these shoes in a size 8 (they are in clearance now) Let me know or buy them and send them I'll pay you back. I know the pictures are blurry but you can still see what the shoe looks like. It was either be blurry or washed out. I choose Blurry. :)

Swim Lessons with B Monkey

First I have no pictures so you will just have to picture this all in your heads. Yesterday we started swim lessons for B Money. Now B Monkey loves the water between the two kids. Only yesterday you would have thought I had G Monkey with me in the water. Screaming and crying and holding on for dear life. The class is only 35 mins for two weeks M-Th. So we have 7 classes left. It was only when it's was about time to leave that B Monkey was happy to play in the water, and that is all we really do. Is play in the water. We do learn some things but the class is really just to get your child use to the water. I will try and take a picture of B Monkey ready for swim class one of these days but I can't promise to have one. I'll also let you know how the swim lessons are doing later in the week.

It's HOT

So it's going into the weekend Summer started at like 12:00 pm today. Well it's come in with a bang! It's 4:15pm here and you know what it's 101.7 in the shade!!! I think we need to consider breaking down and buying a whole house ac. The heat isn't going to cool down anytime soon so we will see what happens. So I'm not sure what the highest temp will be this weekend but maybe I'll post later and let you all know. I think the pool is in the future for the kids this weekend or at least running in the sprinklers. Hope you all stay cool and for those with AC's in their house :P .

It's only been 5 days

So I've been told I'm not posting enough. Sorry but we've been busy and it's been really hot out here. We've been setting records left and right. Not to mention that it's been HOT but it's also MUGGY. So the monkey's rooms feel like saunas. Poor little Monkeys. Like I said this week has been pretty busy. Monday we had a graduation to go to. Our friend's older brother graduated from elementary school. That was fun to see the graduation. It was the first time we'd gone to a 5th grade graduation. Congratulations N Monkey!!!! Then on Tuesday we went to our friends house for lunch. Then Wednesday we went to the zoo with some other friends which I discovered our little G Monkey is getting bored of the zoo. She gives the animals the "Clark" and says lets see more animals Mama. If you don't know what the "Clark" is you need to watch National Lampoons Vacation movies. Today we went looking for flower girl dresses and checked in with the tux shop to know when to get B Monkey fitted for his Monkey suit. We found a great dress for G Monkey. They are both excited to be in the wedding. Okay so that is it for now. As you can see we are pretty busy these days. One of these days we will need to just stay home so Mama can clean up.... I'd post a picture but don't know which to post. Don't have any from this weeks events.

Home Depot

This is G Monkey with her boat. Doesn't she look cute in her apron.

I should have posted this before talking about my birthday but I hadn't gotten the pictures uploaded yet. So now I'm posting them. My friend mentioned to me a while ago that Home Depot has projects for kids to do the 1st Saturday of each month. Well I decided to venture out with both kids, and give Daddy a morning off.

So off we went to Home Depot. I was told it gets busy so get there early, that we did. We got there early and since we were really early I went a head and filled up our little gas guzzler at our favorite gas station COSTCO. Then we went over to Home Depot and I and the two monkeys ventured out to start our project. We made boats, the kids had a great time using hammers, nails and glue. I was a bit nervous but my hands came out just fine. It was hard to pry the hammer out of Bryce's hands but we all survived. Below are the pictures. My friend hasn't send me the pictures she took so these are just from our backyard. I will post the others once I get them from my friend.

B Monkey's Boat, isn't he cute in his Home Depot apron...

Happy Birthday to Me?

Hi Everyone, we've been pretty busy the last few days. Lets see it all started on Friday when I took the kids to an indoor play area. The kids had a ball. Then on Saturday, we just hung out while Daddy and I looked into whether or not I wanted to go to Disneyland for my birthday. A friend was going with her family and had planted a little bug in our minds. We had been talking about it for a long time. So we agreed to go.

For my birthday we took our 3.5 year old G Monkey and our 23 month old B Monkey to Disneyland. I was so excited to go that I made each one a shirt that said "This is my first trip to DISNEYLAND". Again I was so excited that I didn't sleep much Saturday night. It had been almost 10 years since the last time I went to the park. So we got the kids up early (before the sun rises) so we could be there when the park opened.

Once we got there G Monkey was so excited, so was B Monkey but not nearly the same. We went to Nemo first! It was then we realized that B Monkey wasn't going to like waiting in line and G Monkey might not like the rides. But we made due. The shirts I made each Monkey, was a great thing. Both Monkey's got pins from a employee saying 1st trip to Disneyland.. I was told by my friend that we could get a It's my birthday pin too but, I opted out who really wants to know it's my birthday and especially how old I am.

The Monkey's had a great time and so did Daddy and Me. We were there until around 8:30/9:00pm. Not closing time but close enough. G Monkey was so tired she climbed into the basket of our Graco stroller so she didn't have to walk anymore. Oh yeah she walked the entire day! What a super sport.!!! Okay I know your tired of reading and want to see the pictures so here you go:

Daddy and the Monkey's waiting for NEMO

Breakfast at Disneyland. B Monkey wants his pancakes NOW!

The Monkey's look so Happy but the ride hadn't started yet.

Leaving Disneyland the Monkey's with their souvenirs...

Daddy I want a car!

Tonight after dinner Daddy decided to take the kids to Home Depot, to get some Velcro for a project he's doing. So he's helping G Monkey put on her shoes and socks. When she says I want a car! Daddy says okay when your 16 you can have a car. So G Monkey yells yeah! I'm sixteen I want my car. That is the 1st smile I got today from her. How funny is she.

AWANAS Graduation

G Monkey finished her first year in Cubbies. Some of you might be wondering what is AWANA. So here is what it is - Awana helps churches and parents worldwide raise children and youth to know, love and serve Christ! So last night was the graduation and the end of AWANA until next September. We take a break for the summer and boy to do the Leaders need it! I'm a leader in Cubbies. So I will be enjoying my three months off, but will be working with both Monkey's to get them ready for next year. :) So here are some pictures of B Monkey and her friends.
C Monkey and B Monkey checking out their stuff.

B Monkey and her AWANA Teacher.

Back Tracking

So a while ago the family went to the zoo. I was waiting to post about it until I could include a picture. So here is the picture. Now what do you see that is wrong with this picture?

Okay so notice that the 3.5 year old is in the backpack while the 22 month old is walking. Shouldn't it be the other way around? We had a great day hanging out as a family and the kids loved looking at all the animals.