Fun at the Park

Paul had to work today so I decided to take the kids to the park for a few hours. They had lots of fun and are now taking a nice long nap! It's hard to get a good picture of Jordan because he NEVER stops moving

On the other hand, Skylar loves to pose for pictures

Maci loves to swing

Sisters....Jordan was a few swings down and actually got some poor lady to push him. I kept telling her she didn't need to, but he continued asking her. He has absolutely no fear of strangers. We need to work on that...

Here is Jordan doing his favorite thing in the world, the only thing that will actually get him to stop moving for a minute....eating!!

Last year Jordan was afraid to even walk across a fake bridge at the park. Look at him now!

Jordan is yelling through that red thing, "Hey lady, look at me!" He gets random strangers to talk to him. They think he's cute. I think it's embarrasing :)

After about an hour, the water at the park turned on and the fun really began. Jordan jumped right into the middle of it.

Skylar was a little more hesitant...

But not for long

Freezing, but refusing to leave

Jordan was soaked from head to toe

Bowling and Primping

Skylar has a big dance show on the 4th and we had to get her all done up for pictures. They have to wear a fake curly polytail over a bun of their own hair, specific tights and shoes, make-up, and a $75 dress (not the one in these pictures). They have rehearsal the night before, dress rehearsal the morning of, and the recietal that night....And she's only 3! What have we gotten ourselves into? She will probably just stand on the stage and bite her finger, but she will look cute doing it!!
We took the kids bowling for the first time yesterday. They had a good time, but we had to help them roll the ball hard enough. I think the guy that worked there was getting mad at us for making him repeatedly retrieve our half way down the lane ball!
Poor Maci never gets to play the big kid games :(

"YAY!!

What The Kids Want to Say

The kids wanted to get to say something on the blog so I am going to let them each tell me what to type. We'll see how this goes.

Skylar: Umm...Happy Birthday. Umm...and cake and and and dance is....I love you like this. I want to say like this. Happy Mother's Day. I did a good job at my show. Now I want to get a birthday cake. Umm....Birthday to Seth. I'm going to do a lot of shows at the feater. I hit Jordan because I'm possed to do dat. Umm I hit him before.

Jordan: I got a bagel. Oh! You're a girl. Do dance class? I ate snacks at Grandma's. Umm some corn. No chocolate. I ate some chocolate. I got a big candy. I ate the chocolate candy. I play toys. There's a bagel in Skylar's room. I spin the pan. I spin the bagel. Weeee! Like a roller coaster! What was that? That's the neighbor playin drums together. Look at my bagel. It's shiny. The sun's out.

Mother's Day

Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day. I was thinking about the irony of this day. We are supposed to be celebrated for being mothers when in fact being a mother is the greatest gift life has to offer. I feel honored and blessed to be a mother to my children. They bring joy to every day of my life. I don't remember what life was like without them. So today I feel fortunate to have my three little miracles and I celebrate their lives, which completed my own....

This is my cousin's wife Katy, holding my precious baby girl Maci and Miles had lots of fun together today

Cheese!!

"Weeee"

Maci and Miles on the big kid chairs....Notice Jordan in the background doing something he knows he's not supposed to be doing :)

My grandma is one of the most self-sacrificing, loving women I know. She is the glue that holds our family together

My mom showed me what it means to be a Mother. She gave and continues to give all she has to us and she never complains. She loves us unconditionally. My life would not be the same without her....She is not just my mom, she's my best friend.

Happy Easter

What a fun day we had. However, the kids are still all exhausted from the Disneyland trip and we definitely had our share of meltdowns!
We took the kids to sit on the Easter Bunny last week, but Skylar got scared and Maci started crying so it ended up being a family photo.
Matching outfits for the Easter church service. I loved Jordan's little tie.

Coloring eggs last night.

Maci got a new toy for Easter.

The big kids got a karaoke machine....something I am already beginning to regret! LOL

Going through their eggs after the big hunt.

My baby girl :)

She is standing now and even scooting herself around things.

This is my cousin's son Miles. He is only 5 weeks older than Maci. Forgive him for the Giants shirt and hat. I'm sure if he could dress himself he would choose to wear Dodgers.

Hunting for eggs at the family party.

Disneyland/Sea World Trip

We got back last night from a 5 day trip to Disneyland and Sea World. We had so much fun, but we are soooo exhausted. This is the longest trip we have taken as a family of 5 and two toddlers and a baby can be challenging. It was well worth it to see the smiles on their little faces :)

On the way home, we stopped in Valencia to see the Easter Bunny and decided to pierce Maci's ears. So sad, but that's the price of beauty right? This is the before picture. She looks like she doesn't know if she should be laughing or crying. During....
After. :( she got over it quickly and looks absolutely adorable.

Skye looks so old in this picture. They are growing up way too fast.

Jordan is obsessed with the teacups. I mean seriously obsessed. He constantly talks about wanting to ride the orange teacups and tells everyone he sees that he is going to go on them. He walked around Disneyland telling strangers, "I'm going on the teacups!"

The first night we left Maci on the floor while we dressed the kids for bed and walked in to find this.....lol

She's such a happy baby

Skye got this fake phone and walked around with it up to her ear. When I would say something to her she would tell me, "Be quiet. I'm on the phone." Wonder where she heard that before. haha. Sad to say, we lost her phone somewhere in the park...Shhhhh. She doesn't know yet.

Just chillin'

Jordan makes friends everywhere. He's not at all afraid to talk to complete strangers. Everyone laughs and thinks he's hilarious. He talked with Peter Pan for about 5 minutes about the train. It was supposed to be just a picute with Peter Pan, but he was being so funny that the character just stayed and talked to him while the rest of the line watched and laughed.

Awe....my babies in front of Mickey's fireplace.

So excited!!

Sea World

This is a starfish ride that Jordan called "the new teacups".

So silly

Skye made us stop while she did an arebesque (probably spelled that wrong). She loves dance and practices her moves all the time.

Skye loved touching the starfish. Jordan was too afraid.

Still a happy girl.

Jordan got a big hug from Elmo.

Maci started crawling backward about a month ago. She would scoot herself back all the way across the room until she was wedged under dressers, chairs, or whatever she ran into. A couple weeks ago she finally started going forward!