Happy Thursday!

Normally I would say Happy Friday...but this morning I woke up to the cutest little note on Masyn's bed. For everyone that knows Masyn, you know that she is NOT a morning person. But this morning was different. When I went into her room to wake her up for school I found this note she had written on her white board laying on the end of her bed. My first few thoughts were....

1) Did she get in trouble before bed last night? She normally writes apology letters when she gets in trouble. But nooooooo, no trouble last night!

2) Is she mad? Is it a mean letter? Nooooooo, not a mean word came to sight when I quickly looked it over!

3) Oh, no....she is never going to get up because she was up writing late last night!!

After, I finally took the time to read the letter I could do nothing but smile and crawl in bed with her to wake her up and tell her thank you for the sweet letter! I got a BIG SMILE in return (this is very rare at 6:30 in the morning)! It truly made my morning. Take a peek at her little note below!

giss = guys
stof = stuff
ovry boty = everybody
speshl trets = special treats

P.S. SHE FINALLY LEARNED HOW TO RIDE A BIKE ABOUT 5 DAYS AFTER HER BROTHER! YEAHHHHH!! I CAN HARDLY KEEP THEM OFF OF THEIR BIKES NOW. I LOVE IT!

More Milestones!

So all my posts lately seem to be about Zain...but I guess along with turning 5 some more milestones just seem to accompany it! Yesterday he learned how to ride a bike all by himself...literally! He said he was ready to try his bike (which in my mind I was thinking, "it's about time"), so we went over to the park to practice. We decided to make a little picnic out of it, so as Masyn and I were setting up the blanket and lunch, Zain just hopped on his bike and attempted to pedal. He got the hang of it very quickly. After only 2 pushes from me, he was on his way to making laps around the park! I could barley get him off of his bike to eat lunch. In fact he rode his bike from the park all the way home (uphill) without falling or stopping once...amazing!! Here's a peek at our new bike rider...now if we can only get Masyn to ride her bike (she learned a while ago, but has never ridden since)!!



Harley had a little milestone of his own...he can now rollover on command!! Take a peek...

Happy 5th Zain!

Our little boy is growing up so fast...last Wednesday he turned 5! For the first year ever, we decided to alternate party years for the kids (since both of their b-day's are in March). Being that it was Zain's 5th b-day, kind of a big milestone year, and Masyn has been alive longer to celebrate more birthday's we let Zain have a huge party. He celebrated last weekend with 25 friends, a bounce house, cotton candy machine and lots of games! All the kids had a blast and we were especially thankful it didn't rain. I thought it would be cute to list my 5 Favorite things about Zain for his 5th birthday (although I could list many more)...

1. He makes us laugh...A LOT! He is constantly saying the silliest things and loves to put a smile on everyone's faces, no matter what he has to do do get it there!!

2. He is a very compassionate boy...he truly cares for everyone around him.

3. His never-ending songs about God that go a little something like this, "I love God, even though I can't see him...I know he is there, somewhere..." (sooo cute and funny)!

4. His truthfulness...even when he gets in trouble and I am not around he can't stand to not tell me.

5. His ENERGY...and boy does he have a lot of it and it is never-ending!!

WE LOVE YOU ZAIN!!

Zainy Zainers!

So I really need to start posting some of the funny things the kids say. After all, we all know how bad my memory is, and this may be my only way of remembering things when they get older! Anyway, our little Zain says silly things that make us all laugh daily. He is such a goof ball and from what I hear at school he is already the class clown and loves to make the girls laugh.....great!?! He must be following in his daddy's footsteps. So here is how my conversation with Zain went the other night...

Me: So I just wanted to let you know that Grammy is watching you on Saturday and you are both spending the night at her house.

Zain: Where are you going mommy?

Me: Mommy is going to out with a friend from out of town.

Zain: I wanna go.

Me: Sorry baby, mommy is going to dinner with only adults and it will be too late for you.

Zain: Ohhhh, I know why (some hesitation)....you're going to a bar!

Big Bear!

Last weekend we spent some time up in Big Bear with family! It was a much needed trip for us all and we couldn't get there quick enough...literally!

The night before we had planned to head up the mountain our car broke down. It had just gotten out the shop for it's 60K check-up when Nick decided to drive it down to LA for a Lakers game. Lucky guy...4th row Lakers game tickets then Big Bear for 2 days of snowboarding!! Anyway, he wasn't so lucky when the car started smoking from the engine and leaking profusely. He had to have it towed 61 miles from LA only to find out the car shop forgot to hook up the coolant hose completely!!

Finally, 4 hours late on Friday morning with some eager kids we were headed up to Big Bear. Needless to say our first stop when we got there was not the cabin...it was a much needed drink and lunch.

We spent the rest of our days inner-tubing, eating, snowboarding, relaxing and eating some more. The kids tried snowboarding for their first time as they spent the day in lessons on Sunday. The lessons were pretty trying initially, but by the end of day they were cruising down the bunny slopes. It was the cutest, funniest and proudest moment to see them fly down those bunny slopes, crash and burn and then do it all over again!!

We all had a blast and thanks mom for a great trip! Can't wait to do it again!

Happy Valentine's

Valentine's 2010 was spent...

Making homemade Valentine's for 24 kids in Masyn's class

Celebrating early with the family because Nick worked today (I placed little quotes throughout the house with cookies and we all went to dinner on Thursday)Relaxing in the Laguna Beach sun with the kids, grammy and the dogs!What more could I ask for?

Skatin'

Nick actually had the night off tonight (for everyone counting, yes, that is 2 whole nights in a row...amazing)! Anyway, we took full advantage of it. After stuffing our faces with a great BBQ dinner, we decided to work it off and take the kids rollerskating. We have never gone rollerskating as a family. Masyn has been a hand full of times with Kids Club (her after school program), Zain has never been, Nick used to be professional back in the day and I grew up roller-blading, not rollerskating (yes, I WAS that roller-blading dork)! The last time I went rollerskating was with Nick about 5-6 years ago in Colorado...he was so good that I decided to pout and trade in my skates for blades just so that I could attempt to keep up with him.

Anyway, tonight we had a blast! There was no trading in my skates (I tried, they don't do roller-blade rentals at the place we went), instead we stayed together as family. Masyn was on her butt the entire time, then she would stand up and laugh at herself and then fall to her butt again. Zain was like gum stuck to the bottom of a chair, except he was glued to the wall! When Nick wasn't holding one of the kids hands (which was very rare) he managed to show of some of his old-school tricks! I stayed back with the kids a lot and just went a long at a my own pace...which, I have to admit was not to shabby!!

Take a peek at our silly, fun-loving, full of laughter and exhausting night...