Busy Busy Bees...

Does anyone know how to get more hours in the day??? If you do please don't keep it to yourself and share with me...I'm begging you :)  We are all staying busy these days...especially Christopher.

His days pretty much has to stay on schedule or else it throws everything off.  He has homework everyday during the week so after school its snack time and a short break before we have to get right on it.  It really isn't the hardest thing (I can finish his hw in 5 minutes or less haha) but for a first grader boy who's tired and just wants to play it takes about 45 minutes :/  On Mondays and Fridays he has Tae-Kwondo at 6 so those days are even busier.  Sometimes I feel like we're constantly on the rush...from homework, dinner, shower, and then do it again and again.  The funny thing is, I kinda depend on that busy-ness to keep me going...is that bad?

One good thing that we have started doing... my friend Michelle and I have been taking turns picking up the kids after school.  This is saving my sanity big time.  School pick-up may sound like a piece a cake, after all what's so hard about picking up your kid from school right?  Its the worst part of my day.  Not because I'm not excited to see my kids but the pick up like is NO fun at all...especially when its over 100 degrees outside.  The whole process can take almost an hour....i can go on and on and write a whole blog post on after school pick up...but I won't, lucky you :)

Here's some recent photos...sorry its phone pics.

Since he still complains about his lunch being so late (12:30) I have to make sure he has a good breakfast to keep him full until snack time.

Fridays are spelling test day and so far he's doing a great job :)

Christopher finished his house and shed before his Papa :P   He built this all by himself, he must get it from his dad.  Christopher has always been a huge fan of LEGO.

Movie matinee after school.  Can you guess what the kids watched?  The kids really enjoyed this event, props to the Thelma Jones PTA for setting this up.  It was a huge success :)

To be continued...

Labor Day Feast

We had a lazy labor day weekend full of yummy food.

I thought it would be fun to start this off backwards...


So this is what my plate looked like after I devoured my food!








For the main course...Hugo grilled some NY strip steak and I made some sauteed mushrooms and some corn. YUMMO!

For appetizers...Hugo grilled dove meat.  Last week was the kick-off for dove hunting season and he brought home some birds.  Yup that's how we do it in Texas....we hunt our dinner haha j/k I have never eaten dove before and wasn't really sure if I wanted to, but since Hugo offered to cook dinner....what the heck.  I'm not sure what seasoning and marinade he used for the bird but he filled it with jalapeno and cream cheese and wrapped it with bacon.  I don't eat bacon so mine wasn't wrapped with anything, just served with the grilled stuffed jalapeno.

Everything was super delicious even Christopher finished his plate.  Hannah, on the other hand, wouldn't even try it.  She had cereal and some grapes.  Oh well, at least she got something in that tummy of hers

It was such a nice day.  After dinner we relaxed and watched the kiddos play.  And just so you know...I didn't take any pics of Christopher because he pretty much told me if I took pictures of him that he wouldn't finish his food.  Christopher doesn't like the camera so much...unlike Hannah.  As soon as Hannah sees me put the camera on my face she strikes a pose or a smile lol...I guess its a girl thing :)

In other news....Hugo's making progress on his shed.  All the walls are up and it looks like maybe just maybe he will actually get it done before winter ....he started in spring lol.  So far he has done everything himself.  He keeps saying he want to hire a helper, but he has control issues when it comes to building and construction stuff so he ends up doing everything himself :)

Just Some Recent Events

Yesterday I ended my "facebook fasting" I lasted over a month.  I didn't think I would even last a week and honestly it was a lil' difficult in the beginning to stay away mostly because i'm so nosy haha.  But then by the second week it didn't bother me at all.  I think it was good for me to stay away from a lil' and be more productive. I did miss sharing recent pics and events of the kiddos with our family.   We have no family in the DFW area so its nice keeping up with them on facebook and kinda makes it feel like you see them all the time even only in the world wide web (who says that anymore by the way?)

Anyway...I just want to share some of the recent events in case you're curious :)

Summer went by too fast for us.  Partly because we had some (still do) unnecessary drama to deal with.  It's still not over yet.  I don't mind sharing with everyone but when it's DONE!  And trust me when it's done I will be sharing with everyone I know so that hopefully I can prevent it from happening to anyone else.  So this thing pretty much took a big chunk of our summer :(  but we still managed to do some fun stuff....mostly trying to stay cool.

So here are some pics....not in chronological order :P

  look who has an orange belt now :)

  Hangin' out at the pool whenever we could   waiting patiently for the dentist

Hannah did so good at her routine dental check up

  Striking a pose in the dressing room 

  I just felt like taking a picture of these almonds :P   Went to our first baseball game. Go Rangers!!

  They lost :(

  The best part about summer....

  waking up to these crazy kids in my bed...

  and cuddling in bed before we start our day  <3

Let's Try This Again & School's Back In Session

I have neglected our family blog long enough...8 months to be exact :/  Trust me I am very disappointed in my self.  But I am determined to get it rollin' again, so instead of rambling on my excuses for neglecting this blog I'm just going to start fresh!!!

But I did post some family stuff on my photography site, under the category Slice Of Life if you feel like checkin' it out.

So here we go...Once upon a time....  :P

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Back To School



I can't believe it, my sweet baby boy (not so baby anymore) is a first grader.  We all say it and hear it everywhere, but boy does time fly when you have kids!!!  Last year, I felt more nervous than excited for his first day of school since he had never been in  daycare or preschool, but this year I am 100% excited for him.  So excited that  I was willing to take a picture without makeup on my face haha...so when you see the picture below, know that I wasn't crying or even tired :P
So far he's loving everything about first grade and being back in school, except for lunch time.  Poor baby is having a hard time adjusting to eating lunch at 12:30, when last year they had lunch at 10:30.  He complains about it every time i pick him up from school...such a typical guy thing right lol ?  He did so well in Kinder and I know he'll be great in first grade :)
Baby sister, Hannah, is doing well too.  How could she not though...she has me all to herself all day long ;)  I think her favorite part about big brother being in school is...she gets to play with all the toys the way she wants  to, without Christopher telling her "That's not how it goes!"  But she does miss him at around one o'clock or so, that's when she'll start asking "when can we pick up Christopher?"
How's mom doing?  
Well, since you asked lol ... I am doing good :)  Several people did ask me if I was ready for him to start school and the truth is "yes" but not because I'm ready to get rid of him.  I love having him at home and I am one of those mom who has attachment issues.  I'm ready because I miss having a routine...which I'm sure will change in a few months :P

p.s.
he's using the same backpack and lunch sack from last year :)  at first i was feeling a lil' guilty for not buying him all new things, but they were pretty much in new condition and I really try to teach him the value of things...to be happy and thankful with what you have.  I am one of those mom who say to their children "there are hungry kids around the world who would be happy to eat your meals" whenever they don't want to finish their dinner...I don't know if that's a sad thing or good thing that I'm like that lol.  Sometimes my hubby says I'm cheap...and my response to that is "I'm not cheap, I'm thrifty" :P