Look how much calmer the sea looks from the above post and much better visibility.

It is now difficult to get A to hold still for a photo. L is all smiles, especially when he has a plastic card to chew on, room keys are the best.
Then there is M who is always posing. So inevitably there are more pictures of her. I will take it while I can get it.

See you later

We are off! We will be leaving life as we know it (well for a week) for the relaxing atmosphere of the Outer Banks! Have a great week!

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!

And Happy 30th to me!It is hard to believe. The kids decorated downstairs and I was welcomed with party horns. Justin made his amazing NY style cheesecake. I will post pics later, perfection! I had chili verde pork burritos, Justin's fresh salsa....mmmm. My tastebuds are very happy campers right now. I had a couple of friends stop by and many phonecalls. Thanks everyone for making me feel so special. I did a bad thing and went bathing suit shopping before the stores closed (we are leaving for vacation on Monday and nothing fits, blame it on post partum and turning 30!) Nothing like making me feel really uncomfortable in my skin. Oh well I guess chalk it up to motivation to not eat all of the remainder of my cheesecake....I will share it and eat the last piece and pack my running shoes! I will just avoid the unflattering reflections and enjoy my ignorance when I hit the beach, afterall from my view I can be whatever I want when I don't get reality staring me back in the face. (mental note: Just don't look down, you will be just fine. keep your eyes on the horizon)

It is official!

L's first tooth has manage to break through after much struggle. He was battling a cold and budding teeth. I can't get him to take a bottle so we will see how this goes for now it isn't sticking up but it won't be long. He is rolling all over the place and has found much satisfaction in his new mobility. He is trying so hard to get up on all fours...it won't be long until he is scampering all over the place. L is an entertainer too, he will smile, giggle and wave his arms at anyone to command their full attention.

Special friends

Okay it is an obsession of M's, she has to rescue the worms when it rains. This morning on our way to the car she was picking up all the worms that were in the parking lot and putting them in the grass. She requested that I be very careful and I not step on them or drive over them. (A few weeks ago she was very distraught when we pulled in and there was a worm that was run-over; she mourned the loss of her special friend for 30 minutes, big huge crocodile tears.) Today I picked her up from school and her teacher tells me about the events of the day. At Visual Spatial (Art) today the teachers brought in their lizard, they were explaining what it ate; crickets and worms. M gasped "not my special friends!" Mrs. C explained that was part of his diet and it was okay, "but not my friends!" M finally backed down and said that she thought it would be okay if he ate a few of them. Mrs. G said she was going to remember that forever. M rescued another "special friend" when we got home and was sad about all the other worms that died. What a big heart!

where have I been???

Okay we had Spring Break last week and I headed on a roadtrip with the kids to visit Marnie. I was feeling the urge to drive and keep on driving. Hey I was on I-80 and thought I could just keep going. The only thing that stopped me was that I would have had to drive back at some point.

Questions

M has been asking me funny questions recently. She asked me on our ride home from school, "why do we have red lights?" I responded with a little bit of education about traffic.....doing the typical mom thing, thinking she really wanted an answer but she was wanting to inform me that she knew what they were for...M says "no mom it is so our foot can have a break."