buncle ray

we had a fun weekend. ray and jen came over with bodhi and stayed the night. it was bodhi's first sleepover. mason loves his uncle ray. he was having so much fun playing with him. he was running around the house singing the uncle ray song. it sounds like buncle ray. so funny. it was so nice to have them over again. we missed them. they are such cute parents. they have fully embraced all the stereotypes of new parents. this includes talking about their kids poop at the dinner table. too funny.

toys

we have been fixing up the house this week. we got these great shelves with bins to organize the kid's toys. it looks great. miles put them together and i filled them up with all the toys. man. mason has so many toys. it makes me worried for the future when dahlia will have her own toys. i took before and after photos to show the improvement. it is funny, but at first i didn't really like it. it doesn't look as fun as it did before. it is a bit too organized for fun. i can't believe i just said that. i want mason to be able to play and be creative without being too structured. i don't want a big mess though. i think this should be good.

we also bought a new fan for our kitchen. it looks so nice. i am hoping this will save us money on our air conditioning bill. miles did a great job installing it. he is mr. fix it. it is so great. our kitchen is always super hot in the summer. miles loves the fan so much he just went out this morning and bought another one for our bedroom. hmmm. perhaps we are getting carried away.

pizza time

yesterday my mom, sister, and i took the kids to the pizza place with all the games for children. it was fun. mason had a blast. he wanted to play everything. he was running around like a crazy child. it was really cute to watch mason and zena drive the big fake truck. so funny. it was all great until it was time to leave. he screamed so loud it was a scene.

he was really into the games with guns. what is it with little boys and guns? he only has squirt guns at home to play with. it is not like he has a whole collection of fire arms we let him use. i don't understand why it is so fun to play the "shoot them up" games. i guess i am just being a paranoid mom, thinking that if he plays with fake guns he will end up in a gang firing real ones. crazy, i know.

the happiest place

we had such a fun weekend. saturday i left mason with miles and went shopping with my sisters. it was so nice to shop with only one kid. dahlia was so good. i got to try on clothes! it was pure bliss. i bought five shirts for myself. i also got some bath products and a some clothes for the kids. i bought the cutest swimsuit for dahlia. i can't wait to put her in the little portable pool in our yard. jen left bodhi with ray so it was just the girls this time. so fun.

sunday christina and i took our kids to disneyland. it was dahlia's first trip there. it was so hot out. i think it got up to 95 degrees. good lord. we didn't get on too many rides. we went on monsters inc. and the caterpillar ride. we also watched the muppet 3d show to get in the air conditioning. mason screamed the whole time so my sister took him outside. dahlia didn't do much better so i threw a blanket over us and breastfed her during the show. i think they make the sound on the shows and rides way too loud. do they think we are all deaf? we let mason and zena run around in the water in bugs land. they got so soaked. it was funny. at four o'clock we decided to leave. we were all so tired and hot. thank goodness for annual passes. i never feel bad about leaving after 3 or 4 rides.

after disneyland we went to my mom and dad's house. jen and ray brought bodhi over. miles drove down to meet us and all my brothers and sisters came over. we grilled dinner. it was so fun. we had a feast. it was like a birthday party without the cake and presents. i really love that my family is so close. i love to hang out with my parents and siblings. it is so fun to have a big family.

tuesdays

i go and visit my mom and dad every tueday. my sister christina and i hang out with the kids. she has a 6 year old daughter named zena. i started going to their house on tuesdays after mason was born. it was a way to get out of the house, and hang out with my sister. i really like the 45 minute drive there and back. it is so nice and relaxing. the kids usually fall asleep and i get to have 45 minutes of peace and quiet. i don't even play the radio lately. silence is so nice.

most tuesdays my mom will cook dinner. i get to be a kid again. three of my siblings still live at home with my parents. it is so fun to be in a house full of activity and chaos. it is exactly like when i was little. i just love it.

this tuesday my dad showed mason how to put a penny in his gumball machine. mason thought that was just the best thing ever. he spent the rest of the evening asking everyone for a penny. i don't think he really understands the concept of chewing gumballs. i think he must have swallowed some. i was trying to get him to spit them out, but i am sure i missed some.

granny visits

we had a fun weekend. granny came to visit on friday and stayed the night. she will be visiting more often now that miles' grandma charlotte is living with his aunt. she used to have to take care of grandma charlotte and didn't get to visit much. we had a fabulous dinner of salmon with lentils. i also made a lemon cake for dessert. yum.

on saturday we went to a birthday party for miles' cousins son. he was turning one year old. so cute. he has just learned to walk. mason had so much fun. they have a ton of toys. he was in heaven. it is funny though, he plays by himself for the most part. he doesn't interact much with the other kids. dahlia was a big hit. everybody thought she was adorable. we were so tired when we got home. we just chilled on the sofa. so nice.

sunday we went to visit jen and ray and bodhi. this turned out to be a bit of a nightmare. mason cried the whole time. he did fall asleep for an hour or two, but then started screaming again when we woke him up. we had to leave right after dinner. ugh. i was worried that he was getting sick again, but no. he was just exhausted. he fell asleep again on the way home. i am actually glad it is monday. the weekend was a bit exhausting.

tub time

i got this really cool bathtub sling that holds the baby up in the tub. i wanted something i could put in the tub so i could bathe the kids together. it was taking too much time to bathe them individually. i love it. it works great. the kids had their first bath together today. yay. how cute.