A Day of Freebies

OOoohhHH, how to spend a Saturday? We've been to the swimming pool twice this week and thought about going again this morning. THEN, it dawned on me, our kids love the sprinkler and our new downtown has a huge sprinkler area at Circus Square Park. The best part is that it's FREE. As Matt prepared our delicious lunch of sandwiches, chicken fries, Doritos, Pringles and CapriSuns, I got swim suits on and greased the kids down with sunblock. Once packed, out the door, and in our MEGA-FUN minivan jammin' to Veggies Tales, LO AND BEHOLD, we spotted something amazing. Yet, another, FREE, attraction. The Grave Digger Monster Truck was parked at Advanced Auto Parts. After cutting a few people off and peeling into the turning lane by Krystal's, we (in our swimsuits, oh yeah) got to see the truck up close. It was very cool, and the attendents were giving everyone FREE 8x10 posters and pens with The Grave Digger on them.

Circus Square was loads of wet fun. The kids had a wonderful time splashing around in the fountain. We'll certainly be back soon!



The kids are resting after this busy day. We're heading to Pap and Nana's tonight for a Fish Fry which means FREE food! We hit the FREE jackpot today (aside from an expensive trip to Sam's on the way home that involved diapers and Pull-Ups)!!!

Cookoo for Cocoa Puffs

Breakfast has a whole new meaning when wearing a safari hat! What a clown!

Matt and I have a morning routine. He gets up around 6:00, makes coffee and runs. I get up around 7:00, drink coffee and walk. The kids are usually up around 7:00-7:30 and the CHAOS begins. This morning was no different. It was early and I was fixing breakfast half awake. Miles and Isaac had Lucky Charms, and Karson had Cocoa Pebbles. I managed to spill half of Isaac's cereal on the way to the table, and Miles managed to spill half his cereal all by himself =). Our lives are anything but dull.

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Welcome to our morning:

E and E = 4

My nephew Evan and niece Elizabeth turn FOUR today. It's unbelievable how quickly children grow up. These tots were the tiniest little babies when they were born. My how they've grown...

We celebrated their birthday at Beech Bend Park last Saturday. What a fun day we had enjoying the party room, rides, shows and waterpark. Shannon and I got to ride the Kentucky Rumbler and lived to tell the story.

A few of the party guests. Isn't that baby Samuel just a doll!

Checking out the LOOT. Evan was in full Spiderman attire the whole day. Spiderman must have some kind of cooling system in his costume.

Two cool cakes for two cool kids.

An attempt to get a photo of all the party attendants.

Riding on the Jumpin' Jumbos with Madison.

Waiting for the train. Madison and Isaac got quite chumy =).

Beech Bend has shows. Seriously, the show we watched could've easily been in any of the major theme parks. The talent was EXCELLENT!

More rides, slides and slide burns. Happy 4th E and E!!!

Making the Most of It

I can hardly believe that summer is almost over. I've been helping Debbie get her classroom ready at Alvaton, watched as Plano poured concrete for the basketball courts, thumbed through Sunday circulars looking for deals on backpacks and school supplies, talked to Ms. Teresa about the upcoming school year, and TRYING our best to fill our days with fun before the new school year begins. A couple of us went to Romanza Johnson park last night and played in the creek. Here are some photos of our crew:

Doing Time in the Clink

Our children receive their share of spankings, but most of their hard time is spent in time-out which is located on the wall directly behind our front door. Isaac has gotten quite cozy with this spot--I guess he's finally venturing into the terrible 2's at 3 1/2. In fact, he voluntarily puts himself in time-out when he knows it's deserved. One day he hit Karson and told me, "Mom, I said sorry. I'm going to time-out." Here lately, Miles has become curious about time-out and puts his face against the wall and fake cries. Of course, this occurrence only happens when Isaac is in there, but it's the cutest thing. I'll try to get a video of it. I imagine baby Miles will take the record for most time-outs. He has a temper and LOVES to hit, bite, scream, pull hair, throw toys, you name it. I need to read the book "Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours" again.