Memorial Day 2012

Maybe I should re title this post "Don't drink the water" after the night we had after we returned from Riverside for Memorial Day.  All of my girls spent the night screaming about stomach pain.   We lucked out and did not have any vomiting of any kind but the ache seemed to be enough to cause trouble in itself.

We trekked to Maryland to celebrate the day.  There was delish food, especially the guac, fun in the sun, creepy critters galore and family to be found every which way you looked.  As always, the kids favorite part is playing in the water.  I don't blame them since they can go out as far as they want and I get to set and make the sand look pretty.  I, on the other hand, do not care for the spiders, ticks and ants that tend to fling themselves at me and suck my blood.  Nor do I care to wake up in the middle of the night and feel said creepy crawlers sucking said blood out of said head.

I do enjoy the jump start to my summer tan.  Talking to the Candland peeps makes me pine for a pool that we could camp out at for the summer but we will survive without one for yet another year.  I don't really know what they will be doing this summer other that the good old fashioned cub scout camp, booyah, get your bee bee's ready Jimbo.  I'm already planning on what street corner I wish to leave my kids at when they bickering gets to be too much, which by all accounts will be day 2 of summer break.

Christopher spent a good long time talking to Granddad, which is just his way of sucking up to get Granddad's power washer, which he did in fact get and put to immediate use.  Hence, my facebook post about power washing anonymous.  He needs a life time membership.  My flowers bit the dust after he tried to "clean them".  What's a girl to do?  On second thought, maybe I'll take away his tuna for a day.  By Joe, that's what I'll do!  That will show him not to mess with my flowers.

Eva, on the dock of the bay

 My sweet Emmy

 Throwing rocks with Daddy

 Stepping out

My girls with their Grandpa 

Anyways, another fun time was had.  Another memory made.  Booyah.

America's Next Top Model

Her what did you say look

 the I'm not so sure you are right look

 Her you made beans and rice look

 Her Oh you were kidding look

 Her that's not nice to joke about beans and rice look

 her well how bout you make me some beans and rice since now I'm thinking about it look

 Her oh man you are really not nice to joke about beans and rice look

 her pretty pretty please look

 her serious look

man this kid loves her some beans and rice, and yes, I did end up making them for her after all.  Who can resist those eyes?

Oh Really?

I say to Erin "mom doesn't feel well today"

she says "oh, did the train hit you?"

"huh?  You mean I feel like a train wreck?"

"Yes, the train wrecked you?"

"Yes, that's right dear"

"ok"

Erin says "hey what are you looking at young lady?"

Emily says "hey, she is not young and she is definitely not a lady!"

oh really?

Go bag a go go

So I found this nifty site with great ideas and they are giving away this "go bag" that looks fab so I'd thought I share this little tid bit with my peeps.  Have at it.

http://delightfulorder.blogspot.com/2012/05/organize-ladies-grab-go-tool-bag.html?showComment=1337007969634#c8913000567940057215

Hey Mom!

I can spell Little Red Riding Hood without even looking!

l-i-t-....wait let me look at it again....

r-i-d-i-n-g that's riding h-o-o-d- that's hood

Great Job Emily!!!!

This is what happens

when you turn your back on a kid who should have been in bed

while I appreciate the block castle, I wish is was done before 10pm.  That is all.

The Killer Bee's

This is David's little league team.  A good looking group of young men for sure.  David has really enjoyed playing ball this year and hopefully he will do it again next year.  It's a bit crazy for the girls to sit and watch but they do it anyways.  He's done really well so far and has always made it "on board" each time he is at bat.  His coach and a few mom's have told  me he's doing very well for his first year playing.  We're hoping to hone his skills to make him a triple threat athlete.  Go big or go home!

Now can someone tell me why I paid beacoup de money for a team pic when my handy dandy canon took this shot for free???  I blame it on my exasperation of all saturday morning activities and a brief loss of sanity.

Shoe Shopping

Look out world, Eva's working some heels at the tender age of 2.  She's a dynamo!

Catch this!

David finally got his chance to to be catcher this past weekend and I finally got a chance to watch a game without the scrubs running amok.  I must say it was fabulous.  

It's a Chick thing

We have had a few visitors this weekend.  We found a mother mallard and her babies hiding out under our bushes during a storm.  Since she was still there after the storm we went out and fed her and chatted with her.  Eva tried to kiss her but that didn't go over well since she was protecting her babies.  After many failed attempts I finally got a decent pic of her.  A few of her babies wonder off through the fence and she started freaking out so the girls and I chased after them and herded them back through the fence to her.  How she keeps up with 12 babies at one time is beyond me.  She's taking the octomom/duggar syndrome to the extreme.  She and her crew eventually walked out the gate and waddled off down the road but the girls still search for her each day.  I secretly hope she comes back, it was fun having a her and her little family hanging out for the weekend.