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I can't think of one good thing to blog about right now. So here are a few pics of the kids :)

Biking, sewing, and biting..

Rosa and August had fun riding bikes today in our driveway. They were both in to trying new tricks. August found that he can sit backwards on his trike and push the wheels with his hands. He was very proud of his new way of bike riding.

I finished my moms apron.. it looks o.k I probably wont buy the apron kit again. I want to try one on my own now. the material is a bit thin, and it turned out a little small.. but I finished it in about 3 hours total.

Funny story, yesterday we were in the car heading towards dinner at a new Italian place. From the back seat we hear "owwe" I asked him what happened and he says " its biting me" I ask him what is biting him and he says " my 'mowf ' is biting my 'finda' " ( my mouth is biting my finger). I said in order to fix that he should just take his hand out of him mouth. He says "ohhh!" and laughs. It was pretty funny.

Alert!

There is a loose tooth in the house! No, thank goddess it isn't mine ha ha. Rosa has her first legitimate loose tooth. For the last year she has been claiming to have one. Trying to practically pry one from her mouth after each of her friends and cousins lose theirs. Now, it IS official. Good thing, since Sebastian promised her she would loose one this summer. The girl is 7 years old, going in to 2nd grade with ALL her baby teeth. With her luck she will loose them all at once..that would be a good picture!

Summer is here!

Woohoo! A super nice hot day! Finally. The kids are also officially out of school. I'm excited for them. Veda girl started her first soccer lesson today. Its a group called Kids Love Soccer. They're all about learning how to play and doing drills and games with each other. They don't really compete at this level. It is all about fun, which I like for a 4 year old. She looked so cute in her cleats and shin guards.

I'm excited for the kids to try new stuff this summer. For our family vacation in August and my girls weekend in 3 weeks.
I'm also happy to watch my garden grow int he back yard. I have a few more touches but I think I'm almost done planting for the season. Planting right now is risky too, their isn't as much rain and the plants have a harder time getting established.
In the crafts area, I'm working on a apron for my mom, and finished a nightgown for August..yes nightgown. He wanted one like his sisters, so I bought some pirate themed fabric and made a sleeveless night shirt. He LOVES it. I must say he looks quite girly. They had PJ day at his preschool and he wore it that day. Any time a mom would comment on it like say "Nice jammies" or " I like your night shirt" He would correct them " No, it's a nightGOWN!" It was hilarious.

Camp

Last week we went to Spring Camp with Rosa's school. It was fun ,but also a lot of work. The kids had outdoor classes every day. Hiking, building little rockets, art, dance, and cooking. They also had a sea lab class where they learned about the sea life in that area.
We were staying at Fort Casey. It is right on the water with old bunkers and tons of beautiful wild life.
A day didn't go by that I didn't see at least one deer, rabbits hopping in front of me, or some other animal.
The food was fantastic too. A few parent were in charge of the menu, and the food was SO GOOD. They had a vegetarian option with every meal. We had spaghetti and garlic bread one night, and curry tofu skewers and veggies another night...breakfast was just as good. Homemade pancakes, French toast and yummy scrambled eggs with tons of cheese.
Veda really had a great time. All the siblings of the kids get together and do art project and tag along to some of the classes as well. Veda was even in the talent show with Rosa. They were so cute. They sang a Hannah Montana song with one other girl.
I am happy to be home. We have been recovering from he go go go life style we were having at camp.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!! To all the wonderful dads in the world. We love you and appreciate you! Dad, Mick, and Sebastian( not my dad of course but a wonderful dad to my lovely children) :)

Dancing Queen

Today was Veda' very first recital. She was SUPER cute in it. She didn't seem too nervous at all. I think I was more nervous than her. I took a few pictures but they are OK. So I took some when we got home with her costume on that I will share.

After the recital we went to lunch with the in laws. Pretty mellow except when August decided to put his hand down my top, stretching it and exposing half my boob to Sebastian's step mom. Yeah a little embarrassing.
Tonight is fondue night with the girls. I'm so excited. I LOVE fondue. Were doing broth, cheese, and chocolate. So we will have PLENTY to eat. I'm purposely eating light today so I am hungry and ready for all that I will consume this evening.

On the mend..

Well I went to the doctor and was told I have a bronchial infection. Bummer. I'm all set up with meds and docs instructions to call her if I get worse..seems she thinks its close to turning in to pneumonia.

On a better note..
At dinner tonight, we had stir fry. Tofu, rice and veggies. So Veda goes " I need popsicle sticks with my food" I was confused. Then she said.."Like in Totoro, we need to eat our food with.." then I figured it out she meant chopsticks. How cute is she!
Short post again today. I must go to bed at a decent time.

Over it

This whole post is me complaining. I'm so over being sick. I keep thinking I will be better the next day, but I never am. Today I woke up with a slight fever too. ACK two weeks of coughing and now a fever? What really sucks is I have no energy to pick up after my kids so my house is INSANE. Very messy.Why oh why am I sick for the two weeks when Sebastian is here the least. O.K whine over.

My messy faced boy :)
Then to make matters worse, my "sweet" boy said to me (when I said no more sugary treats) "Your stupid" Of course I told him that was a very mean thing to say to someone and he goes "actually momma, you not, your really nice" hmm he still got a few minutes of alone time for that one. I'm counting down the minutes until I can put us ALL to bed.

Cousins

My kids are very close to my sister's kids. Me and my sister were pregnant at the same time with our first ( her first two) children.
At that time we shared a house. She lived upstairs with her partner and I lived downstairs in the daylight apartment with mine. I was also able to watch my nieces being born. Twins done completely naturally. It was amazing, and frightening as I was 4.5 months pregnant at the time.
Our sweet girls have really grown up together, always loved playing together too. I think it helps that me and my sister are very close. As the kids have started school and we live a bit further apart. It has been not quite as convenient to get the kids together as much as we would like. Today, we went to a BBQ at our other dads house and we all got to hang out. Monie said to me " We really need to see each other more" This from a 7 year old. It was so sweet.
The kids played in the pool and raced in the lawn. It is so neat to see them all together. On the way out to the car the kids had a plan. Monie and Veda were to trade places.. They put their shirts on their heads covering their faces and pretended to be one another. Of course they thought they tricked us.
Once we got all the right kids in the right car..all the kids got upset. They all wanted to still be together. We promised to get them together this week after school.
O.K now I must whine. I have NEVER had a cough this bad before. My ribs and back HURT from coughing so much. It is disgusting too, all the crap that is in my chest. ICK. Plus it's also super annoying .
Yesterday August got out his new skateboard . He was pushing it and everything. Of course he was wearing his HUGE helmet. It was a crack up. He did pretty good for a not quite 3 year old.

Long Weekend

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Hopefully a nice long one!

I was tagged! All about August

From the lovely Jess
Here we go:

If you have been tagged, just copy and paste the rules and the questions onto your own blog or post. Then delete answers, and insert the ones you think your child/children would choose.

1.) My name(s) is/are: August Robert

2.) My first word was: Mama

3.) My favorite food right now is: Veggie dogs

4.) My favorite song is: Still loves Rock A Bye Baby

5.) My car seat color is: blue and gray

6.) My room color is: White with airplanes zooming around

7.) I love to use this kind of shampoo: HATES washing hair!

8.) The thing that can make me the maddest is: trying to help August when he doesn't want it.

9.) My favorite person right now is: Momma!

10.) I like to read this book over and over and over: he loves them all, no one he has to read

11.) My brand of diapers is: in the midst of potty training so he is in part time diaper, and pull ups..I like huggies best at this time.

12.) The cutest thing I say is: " you so beautiful mommy"

13.) My favorite fruit is: apples

14.) When I get hurt I want: hugs and kisses

15.) I mostly ride around in a: VW Eurovan

16.) I go to bed at: 7 30 pm

17.) I wake up at: 7-9 a.m: around 7 30 or 8

18.) My naptime during the day is: Rarely naps these days

19.) My most favorite thing to do is: jumping running, and making messes

20.) My favorite show/movie is: tie..Oswald and Franklin

OK, now I tag:
Ida,Kristi,
and Allison

(Clever title here)

As I have mentioned, I have been working on revamping our back yard. I have planted a nice big partial shade garden, and taken out two overgrown bushes ( with help). I now have more space to put new plants or shrubs. I really want to put a nice potting bench like this one, and possibly a nice big wooden picnic table too.
One thing I have done is put a few pots of edibles in my back yard on the patio. I had tried to have a vegetable garden last year, only to be met with all the neighborhood cats poo in the raised bed. I tried every idea I could think of to keep them out. Who wants to eat veggies grown in a huge outdoor litter-box? Yeah me neither. So this year I put out a few pots and planted a few things in there. I have a tomato plant, pepper plants, two pots full of strawberry plants, and corn. Yes I have two pots that have each have one corn plant in it. People look at me like I'm nuts, but I read up on it and it IS possible with small corn plants. I may have to help with the pollination, but how hard is rubbing too pants together? ha ha. The COOL thing about having all this stuff in pots is that I can place them right where the sun is all day. They now will get more sun than they would if they were planted in any one place in my back yard. I will for sure take some pictures of my pots. I cant now since it is 9 30 at night.
Today's funny come from the one and only Auggie. I gave all the kids a bath tonight, then one by one instructed them to get their PJ's on. August insisted on wearing some of "Dayda's" ( Veda's) jammies. Of course I didn't care. A few minutes later I walk in to his room and he is dressed in pint long john pants and a yellow fairy shirt. He looks at his clothes and looks at me. "I'm a boy" he says to me slightly serious. "Yes Auggie" I say " Your a boy" It was really cute, like he wanted me to know that yes he was wearing girl clothes, but he was ALL boy. ha ha. So cute. He did look quite girly. As you can see!
* I took this in the dark while he was sleeping tonight*

Sweet summer

Today was HOT. I loved it. All my kids have beautiful sun kissed cheeks too. My other dad ( step dad sounds too..STEP) came over for dinner and we had a few drinks in the sunshine and ate yummy tacos. The kids were all wild with summer fever too. It was great. I took a million pictures as well.
Every once in a while I will take a photo that I cant figure out if I like in black and white best or color. I usually lean towards black and white. This time I'm not quite sure. The picture itself isn't anything totally awesome. It is just my girls interacting in our JUNGLE of a back yard. In fact I took it to have a record of how tall our grass got before Sebastian cut it ( hint hint, cut it honey).
What do you think..B&W or Color?


Oh and if you want you can check out the links to my Jpg and flickr account to see a few more I took today.

Laugh out loud.

Man my kids are funny! Here is why..
So Veda is in the bathroom about to get in to the tub with August. She is sitting on the toilet first going...poo. She calls for me to help her wipe...I have started to wean her from help in this department. As much as I hate streaked underwear, I know the only way she will get better wiping herself is to practice practice practice ha ha ha. So I tell her to do it by herself. I mean she is going in to the tub right away.
So I'm right next to the bathroom listening to August and Veda talk while I get clean sheets out of the linnen closet I hear..
Veda- " Auggie, Is there is any brown stuff left on my butt?"
August- "no"
Veda- "o.k good, I'm all done wiping"
HA HA HA o.k I started laughing so hard. So did Rosa who was helping me at the time. I know it is crass, but really they both sounded so serious it was hysterical!

After the bath August insisted on putting his PJs on himself. This is his new thing lately ,to dress himself. I'm all for it. Less work for me. Even if he goes to school with a backwards shirt on..he is VERY proud of himself. Tonight he is trying to get his second arm in his pajama top. It is the type of PJs that has pants and a button up shirt, so the shirt is unbutton and open. For some reason he cant bend his arm enough to get the second arm in the arm hole. He keeps turning right to try to get it in. In the end he is walking in circles trying to ..get closer..?? to the arm hole to get his arm in. Are you getting the visual? Think, dog chasing his tail. It was so cute. I had to figure out how to help him without him realizing I was helping him.

The third funny of the night.. going back to how I was putting sheets on my bed. August comes in and I tell him it is bedtime and if he will pick out a book in his room..
August- ( crying all of a sudden) " I love snowmen"
Me- "what?"
August- " I really love snowmen!!"
So then I get it, I just put our snowmen( yes I have snowmen sheets they were a gift) on my bed and he wants to sleep in my bed. I tell him that he needs to start in his bed and can come in mama's bed later. Which is what he does every night and is fine with us.
Next he throws his body on my now half made bed..
August- " I love blueeeeeee"
Me- " you love blue?"
August (sobbing) "I really love blue, and I don't want to talk to ANYONE". ( sob sob)
Of course then I catch on that he is now referring to the blue blanket I have just put on my bed.
I'm trying hard not to laugh at his tired crying jag...So I go downstairs and tell Sebastian the whole conversation and we giggle. I run back upstairs and August has gone to his room to look for his book, all is well again. Yippy now I have some blog material!

Sun again

Ahh that beautiful sun was out again. I'm SO happy. My yard project is coming along well. My goal is to have it all finished by the end of June. I want to have August and Sebastian's birthday out there, and I want it to look nice. It really isn't a big space. I just need to clean it up and use the all my space well.
Potty training... what can I say about that. I know it sucks. I really am trying, and I THINK August is. He just has good days and not so good days. I guess with the girls I pretty much dangled the idea of wearing some big girl undies that pretty much did the trick. Both girls were trained by 2.5 years old. I have heard boys are harder though. What I'm afraid of is it becoming a power struggle. I think the older they are the more they realize what kind of power they have. hmmm I have tired all the tricks and I know. I guess I just need to stick with it.
Yesterday he did really well. Wore undies most of the day, had two accidents..but asked for a diaper to poop in?? What is up with that. How on EARTH could that be better than a toilet? Right after he does it he asks to be changed. So I guess I just don't get it.
I'm thinking I may have a small complex because there are about 4 boys in his preschool class that are potty trained...They are all older than him, from 3 months to 6 months. The kicker is they are all about 3 inches shorter. So they look younger and some even act younger. But here is my HUGE boy in a diaper. I know it will happen .. I'm just getting really antsy about it.