Shakespeare in the Park

On Sunday evening, we went to see "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. The kids' first play ever! The actors grabbed their attention right a way. The play was approximately an hour and forty five minutes long and the kids loved every single minute!

The weather was nice, a little on the hot side, but nice. To make it even more fun we, of course, had some snacks while watching the play. We were all so entertained by the play that we totally missed Luke eating the majority of the Gummy Bears.

On the way back to the car, they found this little hill! They rolled down the hill for about 30 minutes. I guess after they had been sitting quietly for an hour and 45 minutes, they needed some kind of physical activity.

What a way to end the weekend!

Guadalupe State Park

On Saturday, we spent our entiere day at the Guadalupe State Park. It was such a relaxing and enjoyable day!

The fun started on Saturday at 9:30 when we met a group of people at the park's amphitheater. We went down to the river to hunt for bugs.

Showing off some bugs she caught.

Carson taking a bug to the bucket.

Carson and the bug.
And...little Luke also caught something.

After lunch, we went swimming! The kids had a wonderful time. Natalia became so comfortable with the water that she now is able to float on her back with no assistance at all. She learned how to swirl in the water. She also swam and swam and swam none stop. Carson was a little fish and Luke decided that he was also going to join in. We really had a lot of work looking out for Luke. He really thinks he can swim. He would throw himself in the water and swim, but the problem was that he could not get out by himself so we really had to keep an eye on him. He also swam none stop.

After twenty minutes of swimming, this is what I saw:

Oh but, don't let this picture fool you though. They were still just long enough for me to get the camara and take this picture. They were up and ready to go swimming again in no time!

My cousin's daughter, Azalea and Natalia

By 7:45 p.m., we decided to call it a day, so we packed up and went back home to give everybody a bath and put them in bed.

"Hey Mama, I have a great idea!"

Carson really wanted this toy. The kids are normally good about not asking me to buy them toys, but this time, Carson would not let go of this thing. This picture really breaks my heart, but where would I be if every time we go to Target we buy three toys?

We made a deal though. As soon as he is finished with the 2nd section in his workbook, he gets this toy!

Natalia decided to come up with another (better) idea on how they could get me to buy them a toy. This is what she came up with:

Natalia: Mama, I know, what if I draw a chart for Carson and me and every time we do a chore we can color in the square.

Great idea, right? Hmmm...I wonder which one is Carson's and which chart is hers?

Oh, don't feel bad for little Carson.  Sometimes she let him make all three beds so that he could color in THREE squares!  (FYI, they still didn't get a toy - I still think my plan is better :0)

Just a Little Girl

I've been so inspired by Jill with Homemade by Jill. There are so many cute projects I would love to try to make, if I had all the time in the world. So, I thought I would get started by getting my own copy of Sock and Glove and give it a try.

I made this little girl last night. I know, she is not perfect by any means. I stink at sewing. I had fun making her though, which is the important thing, right?

Time to Clean Up

After I was finished giving everyone a bath, I walked in their room and found Carson's bed and Luke's bed covered with stickers! (Thanks for the little tiny stickers, Hetal! :0)) So, I said "Okay guys, it's time to clean up! I don't want to see any stickers on the beds." I was shocked at the quick reply I got from Natalia and Carson, "Oh, okay Mama!" --A few minutes later I walked into the room and this is what I found:

Oh, and I also found one of Luke's flip-flops with the back strap cut. I went to confront him. He didn't have an explanation for his actions. All I got was this big smile! I said, "well Luke, no more flip-flops for you, buddy!" He responded, "you buy me more, Mama?"

Birthday Gift!

Look at what I got for my birthday. - Thanks Hetal :0) !

                                              

Last night, I had some time to play.  And yes, this is totally cheating.  These layouts were pre-made.  I just added the pictures and I was done!  Now, how easy is that.  

McCain for President!

Conversation I had with Natalia tonight!

It went something like this:

Me: Do you remember who the president is?

Lia: Yeah!  George Bush.

Me: You know, in November we have to vote for our next president.  President Bush has been our president for 8 years and now it's turn for somebody else to be the president. There are two candidates, Obama and McCain.

Lia: Oh, I like McCain!

Me: McCain?  Why?

Lia: Because he has candy! - Get it?  Candy "Cain"!!!

So much for tax policy when candy canes are involved...