Hunter's got some skills

Hunter has been doing a little Basketball camp this week and last week. All the teachers really like him because he's serious and actually knows what he's talking about. I'm not by any means trying to be one of those parents that thinks their child is a sports prodigy, but considering his age, he does have some athleticism. So this video was from today. He is Green #4.

His "coach" told me that yesterday he was calling "offensive charge" on some of the boys and thought it was funny that he would even know the term. He also told me that Hunter is the only one in his age group that can correctly do a layup. So the only thing we need for him now is to GROW TALL!!! Yeah.....ok! Hunter also plays referee and calls all the traveling and fouls. It's really quite funny because the other boys are quite oblivious to the fact that they are running HOLDING a ball. Hunter just needs to work on his double dribbles. He doesn't bounce the ball with two hands, but he will stop and then dribble again. So it's been a fun two weeks. He's had a great time! Oh and since it's basketball camp, he can't wear "real clothes" as he puts it. He can only wear his basketball shorts and his basketball shirts and shoes.

Kira's Baby Shower

My friend Kira is having a baby at the end of August or beginning of September. So I had a baby shower for her here at my house. I was really excited to do this Baby Shower because I wanted it to be "FABULOUS." So I decided to go with a damask and hot pink theme! It was way fun!!!! So here are some pics. But first off I just want to tell Kira thanks for being my friend! You always make me laugh and smile! I appreciate EVERYTHING you have done for me and for my kids! WE LOVE YOU!!!!

oh and also a quick thank you to Edna for her "non-help" (inside joke) and for Linsey's help and input too!!!

Riley Roo

Riley went to her friend Naomi's birthday party a couple of weekends ago. She had a great time, of course because she got the same present the birthday girl did! (Note to self: do not take your 4 year old with you to buy a present as she will also want it!) Anyways back to my story...it was a swimming party, but I wasn't going to let Riley go swimming for many reasons. So we were going to go to the first part of the party and then leave when they went swimming. Well we were a little late and by the time we got there all of the impatient family and friends had gotten in the pool!!!! So luckily my daughter is shy and didn't want to go swimming, but she did just want to step in the pool. She didn't want to get her shorts wet, so she took them off. But then realized that her underwear were still getting a little wet.....so this was her solution....hope you can tell from the picture:

Did I mention she likes Drumsticks?

I know that in a previous post I've mentioned that Taylor likes drumsticks. She loves herself some ice cream. So tonight we let her have one, and next thing I know this is what she looks like!!!! She was quickly put in the bath and bathed.....real good!

The pictures isn't so good because she wanted to grab my phone, but you get the idea...

Here's another thing she likes to do...I wonder who she gets it from?!!?!

Little Einsteins

Today we were sitting around and Paul was wearing one of his shirts from Barcelona. Riley asked Paul where he had gotten his shirt. And he answered "on my mission." Riley then says "oh, like Little Einsteins?" We laughed!!!

What's wrong with this picture?

I'll tell you what's wrong with it. It's almost empty. And you know why it's almost empty? I'll tell you why. Because I eat them like sunflower seeds. I put a few in my mouth. Get all the sugar chewy sweetness, spit it out, and then put a few more. My kids have had a few as well but not nearly as many as I have...not even close.

And you know who I learned this very classy habit from.....MY MOM!!!!! She always has a bucket of gumballs at her house and my kids know that when they go to Nana's house she'll give them gumballs. So I told her that I'd buy her a bucket because my kids are always taking from her. And she laughs and proceeds to tell me that SHE eats them all. That's right. She sits down WITH the bucket when she watches some TV, puts one at a time in her mouth until it loses it's flavor, then adds another one. She says she'll have like 50 in her mouth at one time. Then when she can't chew it anymore, she throws it away and starts over!!!!!

Ok but here's how sad this really is! I opened that bucket on June 15. That's right people. 10 days. Now in my defense (yeah whatever) I took a sandwich baggy FULL of gumballs to Disneyland and my sisters also ate some with me....but yeah 10 days. CRAZY!!!!

Just FYI - I finished the bucket today at 10:00pm. Just five hours later after I posted this.

Swimming Lessons

Hunter and Riley are in their second week of swimming lessons and they love it!!! Riley actually goes underwater and will swim out to her teacher now!!! At first she'd say "I don't want to go underwater" and then she'd reluctantly do it (even though I know she loves to go underwater.) Now she's doing her Tigger Bounces and everything! She even went down and picked up a ring - not on the steps!!! She just needed to be reminded how much she loves to be in the pool after a whole year of not going swimming. Now every five minutes she asks if it is time for swimming lessons. Also very fun!

Hunter is doing really good too. He can actually do a freestyle stroke, which I can't, and he breathes out to the side when he does it, another thing I can't do. It isn't perfect of course, but still really good. And he swims on his back really good too. In fact yesterday they were doing the frog kick on their backs, and he was going super fast. Mary (their teacher) went to grab his foot before he hit the pool, and missed because he was going too fast and he bonked his head on the pool. He's got a little knot on the top of his head, but got right back in and kept swimming!


Another thing, is my kiddos are so cute to each other. Riley will look over at Hunter and tell him "great job!" Hunter will wait for Riley to have her turn and he'll tell her "you're doing great Riley! that was awesome" and things like that. (they have swimming lessons at the same time but with different teachers in the same pool) And yesterday when Hunter hit his head, Riley immediately got out of the pool to check on her brother! And told him "it's okay Hunter, it's okay" Again I'm not trying to say that they are ALWAYS like this, but it is nice to see them act like that every once in while.


So in the midst of all of this...how much is it to get a pool put in at our house?!!?!? Maybe next year.....or in 15.

Hunter!

Hunter lost a tooth! It's his third. He lost it last Thursday June 19. His tooth had been loose for a while, but he was chewing gum and it came out!! And for your information Gabby, the tooth fairy was not in Barcelona!

This was on my floor!!!

Ok I know this is gross...but this is what I swept up on my kitchen floor today. Now I haven't swept since Tuesday...not that it makes it any better. But really, I could feed a starving family with what I find on my floor on a weekly basis. I always joke as I put my dustpan full of crap in the trash that I am making my donation to some third world country. Does anyone else's floor get that dirty? Now in my defense......I have a one year old...and you KNOW they don't keep their food on their high chair tray. AND Secondly....Ryan and Reagan were over on Wednesday morning and if anyone has seen Reagan eat...you know that a lot of it ends up on the floor/table/chair/legs/shirt. So I know I could eliminate the amount of crap on my floor if I just swept after every meal...but I HATE TO SWEEP! I'm a mopper. When Edna and I shared a room growing up, it was the only room with tile in it...she swept, I mopped. Even the kitchen, she swept, I mopped. So as inventory....there is a chicken nugget, a plastic fork, a post it, a water bottle cap, a wrapper to something I'm not sure what, french fries, toast crusts, cheetos, ritz crackers, pepperoni, gum wrapper, and endless crumbs of all kinds, oh and some dirt too! So now that I've grossed everyone out....I'm gonna go sweep again!

Happy Birthday!

Ok so late posts but Paul and I both had our birthdays this last week! I turned "29 and holding" as Paul put it. And Paul turned 32!!! Holy COW! I know we're still "young" (isn't it amazing how our idea of 'young' changes as we get older) but it was a little sad for me because next year I will turn 30 AND celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary! It just goes by too quickly! This is my dumb "myspace" picture from our little trip. Paul thinks I'm dumb, as you can tell by the look on his face. Whatever!

So anyways! Happy late Birthday to Edna too!! Oh and to Stephenie!