Sunday, August 05, 2007

I'm Cruising

For those of you that don't know, I'm walking around on my own quite a bit now. I'm a little unsteady without my walker but I've been practicing a lot. I go this way....
and that way....
Vroommmmm. Where is Carter?
There he is. Whatcha hiding?

Oh no, Mommy found us. Quick, act natural.
Yep, here we are, two loving brothers sharing a quiet moment together (secretly plotting against our older brother).

Banana

Hi. I played a trick on Mommy the other day. While she was cutting up half a banana in to "little boy" sized pieces, I decided to show her that I have lots of teeth and can feed myself. I grabbed the other half of the banana and chomped on it.
I can do this, no problem.
Wahh, mmuuffffussh iinnnnmmff ifnn whssmmmfud.
Lesson learned: If you put too much banana in your mouth at one time, it can make you gag.

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Heritage Pool

I thought my sister had the coolest community pool but I was wrong. Some of my friends live in the Heritage Trace area and they have a mini waterpark. It has 7 different pools and they even have a clubhouse. We usually get together with friends and go swimming at least three times a week. The boys have a nice tan. We went swimming today and the boys had a BLAST!!!
We showed up at the pool just as they were about to open. Which is the perfect time to go. And I was able to get a picture of Nick all by himself before the pool got crowded.Everyone likes to hang out at this particular pool which is really cold. Here is Nick, Alicia, Ashton and Carter. The weather was nice.
Where is Nick???? He told me he was going to come down the slide.
Oh, there he is. Whew!!!!!!!!
My friend Ota is holding Eric in the middle of the pool. Carter is on the far left.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Meet the Robinsons

Yesterday morning we went to see the movie "Meet the Robinsons". It is really funny!! I was at the movie theater early to purchase 21 tickets. Good thing it was movies for 50 cent all day. We had 6 Mom's and 15 kids. After the movie we went swimming.I love being a Mom to my three handsome boys! Look how light Eric's hair is compared to his big brothers. He got that from his Daddy. They are growing up so fast.

Space Derby

Last night the Cub Scouts did a Space Derby for the first time ever! It was interesting. The Scouts had so much fun. Nick did a great job making his rocket. Nick's Cub Scout friends. I think Carter is ready to be in scouts.
Nick's Cubmaster is helping him get his rocket ready.There goes his rocket. Awesome!!!!

Eric was being social to everyone including Kimberly. He wanted her pacifier but she wouldn't let him have it. My boys can be shy at times but they really are socialable around a bunch of kids.
He is sooooooo CUTE!!!!

Monday, July 23, 2007

Summer Fun

Started in July for our family. We had so much rain in June that we were stuck indoors. Thank goodness that my boys like playing video games but they did get bored after a while. I'm not much for staying at home all the time. Unless I have chores to do. Now that it is July and the weather is hot with no rain we can go out more. We've been going to the pool, spray park and indoor play places with our friends. We have a playgroup with about 7 families that get together 2-3 times a week. If we aren't outdoors we take turn going to a house for playtime/lunch. It's been fun for the kids and Mom's. The Mom's are enjoying the girl talks. Plus, we are learning to cook different dishes from one another. My turn is coming up soon. I'm going to make some Thai food. The boys have seen some good movies this summer. So far, Nicholas favorite movie is the "Transformers".

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We have a new family that moved into our ward and they speak french. Christine is on the left with the green cup and she is from France. She showed us how to make crepes for lunch. We had stuffed crepes with mushroom, onions and white creamy sauce. The crepe batter was made with fresh parsley. The dessert crepe was plain but we each got to fill it with chocolate, bananas and whatever we wanted to put on it. It was a light and delicious meal. We were at the Parson's house and they are bunny sitting for somone. If you make this picture big you can see a picture of the rabbit on the computer. He looks like Cujo.
Eric has been playing a lot with his new toys. This leapfrog music and learning table has been fun for him and Carter. You can learn to count and sing the alphabet in english or spanish. This playhut is very popular with the boys. Nick added our green tunnel to the tents. It's fun watching the boys play. Thanks for this cool gift Jason & the Michael's.

This POOL is COOL

My little sister Susan moved into her new DR Horton home this month. She invited us to her community pool Saturday and we had so much fun. Here is the kiddie pool. Neat, uh? It's like walking on a beach and into the water to about one feet. The water is really COLD. Just on the other side of the kiddie pool is the big pool for big kids. Nick is about to get into the water with his cousins. Now Carter likes to run a lot and we had to tell him to slow down and walk. This pool starts from 3 feet at one end then goes to 4 feet 6 inches to the other side. It's a nice big pool and the water is not so cold as the kiddie pool.
I'm hiding underneath the mushroom with Carter.
Nicholas likes to wear his goggles and dive into water to search for the bright rubbery sticks. Then he swims a little with his cousins.
Carter is getting better with being in the water. He actually put his face in the water and jumped into the pool to his Dad. Progress!!! I love those smiles! Eric loves being in the water and playing in the water. We took him to the big pool and he was ready to swim on his own.
His cousin Alex is always there to play with him.
We have an open invitation from my sister to let us come over and swim anytime. Thanks, Little Sis. You're the best. Love ya!
Here is Susan's new home. Isn't it beautiful? You would really like the inside. She asked me to help her pick out the tiles, granite counter top and etc. I had so much fun with her. She likes shopping at Loew's. It will soon be her favorite place to shop. She just bought a nice fridge there.

Eric's Birthday Party!!!

I was so happy and excited about Eric's cake. I made Eric's birthday invitations with a cute turtle stamp and loved how it turned out. Aaron enlarged the turtle picture. Target bakery was able to scanned and put it on his cake. The colors were soft and the cake was delicious!!! The birthday boy seems to like his cake.
Eric needed some help opening his gifts so his big brothers were happy to help.
Aaron and I gave Eric a wagon full of fun summer things to do. He was anxious to get into it.
It was nice to see all of his cousins at the party. The play well together.
We want to thank everyone for coming to the party. It was nice to have everyone on both sides of the family together for this special day. We had a awesome time with ALL OF YOU. We are grateful to have loving families.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Eric's 1 year check up

Tuesday morning Eric had his 1 year check up. He weighs 19 pounds 6 ounces and is 29 inches long. He was such a good boy when he got all six shots. Two in each thighs and one in each arm. I gave him some tylenol before we left and some later on during the day. Then we went to the spray park aftewards. He did really well. After the park he took a long nap. Dr. Kowalska examing rooms are always fun for the boys. She has lot of toys!
Here are the boys with their pediatrician Dr. Kowalska. She's the best!!!!

Spray Park

On Tuesday our playgroup got together and went to one of the community Spray Park. It is a nice way to cool off in this hot weather. I was the only Mom getting all wet with the kids. Then later on one of the Mom's joined in. It was so much fun. Elizabeth loves holding Eric.
Nick didn't even want to come to the spray park. But he ended up having a blast the 2 hours that we stayed. They had two water gun spray that Nick had fun spraying his friends with.
Water is FUN!!!!
Eric wanted to follow Carter into the water.
Here is Eric and Carter with Michelle and Elizabeth. Eric loved playing in the water. That little guy was spoiled. The two girls gave him so much attention and wanted to hold him. He looks so cute.
This is Emily she is Carter's girlfriend. She also wanted to play with Eric.
Splash!!!Apparently, during Eric's Birthday party I noticed a blur spot in some of the pictures. Aaron thought maybe it was time for a new camera. Yeah!! Anyways, after I saw the pics from the spray park I saw the blur spot again. I clean the lens and I think it's gone. Someone had their finger on the lens. The pictures are still good though.