We went to the beach and I took this pic on my iphone.  Maggie and Gabe (I can't imagine what their talking about). On the way to the beach they talked about getting married but Maggie said she was going to marry Daniel so he was very disappointed.  Maggie was playing princess wedding with her dolls and the Ariel and Prince Eric were getting married and their kids were the bridesmaids and groomsmen.  My mom asked her "How can they have kids already but their not married yet?" Maggie: "Oh, Nonna they just forgot".  I got a good reminder about how much she watches my every move.  We went to Sprouts and I let a lady go in front of me cause she had one thing in her hand and she told me later, "mom, that was very nice of you to do that". Then we went to Safeway about a week later and I got a shopping cart for another older lady and about 5 minutes later... "Mom, that was so nice that you got that lady a shopping cart". Oh and when I called someone an idiot in the car I got... "Mom that was not nice to call someone that bad word... that was so mean". Well idiot is way better than something I would've said BK (before kids).. I'm just getting called out left and right for good and bad things I do.  I asked her if she was going to be the hall monitor in Kindergarten and she said "What are you talking about Mooommm?"

Is this normal?

Sorry I can't figure out how to turn this picture around (which is probably best) so you'll have to twist your neck to get a good glimpse of my son with Barbies.  I asked what they were doing and he said "Naked wrestling" which is one of his favorite things to do.  I make him and his sister wear underwear now so don't report me for my creepy behavior.  Some of Seanie's talents and interests besides "wrestling" is jumping on the trampoline, playing on the ipad, jumping off couches and chairs and big boulders in Lake Tahoe.  He also likes to make people gasp and say, "Oh my gosh... your son is going to give me a heart attack". I'm so used to that comment that I just laugh.  He also likes to wear underwear a lot.  He can wear them for long stretches of time until he holds his butt and goes, "Uh oh I need a diaper Mommy". So I get him a diaper and he poops in it and then he goes back to wearing underwear.  He also sits on the toilet makes a peeing sound from his mouth and flushes the toilet.  Were getting close (I think).

We went to Santa Cruz for a beach day.

As our kids get older they can sit here and play their favorite lady bug game.  It's Vincent's favorite... and he got to be in charge of "the aphids" so he loved that. Seanie would randomly come in and run and jump on the game (maybe in a year he'll be playing too).. but maybe not :(

  
 Maggie got matching jammies for her and her baby from my Aunt Cookie. She loves them so much that I've washed them about 20 times. Soooo cute! She always finds the best gifts.

Bedtime with her new favorite book about dogs.  She loves dogs and is very interested in different breeds.  She can even recognize dogs as we drive by them.  Her three favorite dogs right now are bloodhounds, beagles and German Shepherds.  If she doesn't know the breed then we have to go up to the owner and discuss their dog.  They usually ask if she has a dog and she says "Yes, she is a mutt or mixed breed". Love it!!!!



Maggie is really into dogs right now so for her birthday she got to go to build a bear to "make" her own dog and we found an old shirt we had for Bailey (back when we loved her and took care of her) and decided to put it on her. She loved it so much she went into our room (where Sean is still sleeping). The kids know the rule that they may never go in and wake up daddy on a work day. But she was soooo excited she goes in and gets right in his face, "Daddy, daddy guess what? Bailey has a shirt on. Ha ha" Then she left.

I'm five today!

I get to write the number of kids in the class, my name and a shape on the board!

Surprisingly I was looking forward to Mag's all girl party. We did hair and nails.

We cut off the curls. Ill try and get an aftershot. He cried the whole time. His gummies were filled with hairs.

On Maggie's realy birthday we had to have her neighborhood "boyfriends" over for cake. It was a blast. Next year she decided that she wants to do a "spiderman and princess Party" so everyone could come over.  She even kept asking if boys could just come to her "nail and hair" girl party and just not get their nails done. I love how she wants to include everyone. :)

Miss me?

 

 Well so much for my goal of posting pics every week.  I've been slacking and it's been 2 months. Here are some updates.  We just got rid of the crib so in memory of our "recalled crib from 2009" (whoops) sooo long and good ridance.  Maggie had fun chewing on every edge of you and left her cute little teeth marks.  Seanie had fun peeing on you and there are many boogers left so you don't get lonely.  There were many nights of screaming and banging sippy cups, pacifiers, and Buzz Lightyear against you.  Thank you for not breaking and keeping my babies nice and cozy when they slept.  R.I.P 5/2007-5/2012

 Scroll down to the next pic and read 1st..... Ok now this is the day after and you can tell it's still a little swollen but a lot better. Poor guy! I kept him in for 2 days after that.

 So this shot is a little blurry but it all started outside with some gentle rubbing of the eyes.  Then the swelling started so I tried to give him Benadryl for the allergies.  He gags when taking medicine and spits it at me and this time was not any different... oh except that he barfed all over me!!!  So I finally get some benadryl down and sat with the poor guy until I look at his eye one more time and realize that the swelling has moved to his actual eyeball. I searched everywhere for signs of spider bite, bee sting and there was nothing.  If you can zoom closer you might be able to see the eyeball puss coming out.  I decided to rush him to E.R. and the doctors took one look and said, "yes, it's allergies". I said "What? why is his eyeball about to explode?" I guess he rubbed pollen into his eyeball which cause it to swell. It was freaky but now he takes Claritin in the morning for those high allergy days.  Oh and did I mention that Sean was gone to the middle east for 2 weeks??? Luckily I had my friend Kelly, my mom and Sean's mom (who lives in Arizona). :) Does motherhood get any easier? I doubt it! Their going to be teenagers one day..... aaaaahhhhhhhh!!

 IPad rehab!!  I think I've mentioned my sons addiction to the ipad but it's been getting worse.  If I can't find him this is usually where he's at.  He unplugged the ipad and is quietly playing games, looking at pics and videos.  He probably has a blog! The other day I was in my room for 10 minutes getting ready, cleaning up and then I looked over and there he was. Sooo scary! He might have to go back to ipad rehab. This will be his 3rd trip.

 Sean made it back the day before mother's day and even with jet-lag he still made me breakfast in bed. It's just what I wanted!  Thanks honey!

 Before Sean left on his trip he had a few days off so we went to Santa Cruz one day and Bay Area kids discovery museum another day.  Maggie made a cool fort and Seanie played the drums (of course).

Grizzly

Here is what happens when you let your 4 yr old borrow your camera. A picture of Dora and her foot.

















There has been alot of "playing house" recently. Maggie is normally the mom and the boys switch off playing the dad, baby and kid. Vincent is the dad and Gavin is the kid today. Becky and I have answered to "mom" so many times and the response is "not you". Becky also told me that she puts all the boys in bed and then does her workout while they sleep. :)









Sean got talked in to coming to Mag's preschool. I missed his talk to the class but I heard it went well with plenty of laughter from the teachers and parents. There are 5 firemen dads in this class so he said he needed to outdo them.














He also got to bring the SWAT vehicle which was cool. The boys loved it!


















Seanie and Roman got to come and they just loved hanging out inside.

I did it!!!!!

I finally figured out how to get pictures from our iphone onto the computer. It took me 3 months but I did it! Here are some random pics. For about 2 weeks my son took down these books off his sisters shelf. He even gave himself timeouts afterwards cause he knew he was in trouble.



















Family picture at a park in Dublin!


















Here are after and before (can't get everything right on this blog) shots of his 1st haircut in October. He had a racecar, Elmo on the TV, and a lollipop. He was so confused and very unhappy! The he went outside with his dad and fell, busted his lip open and Sean had to go across to Pete's coffee and get ice because the ladies at the haircut place ran around all panicked when they saw blood. They gave me a baby wipe and I politely told them that it will burn his cut. Glad they work with kids every day. :)

Sean's birthday

We've gotten used to celebrating holidays, birthdays and other events on different days. Sean had to work on his birthday this year so Maggie and I decided to make rice krispy treats for him (or as she likes to call them "rice kripskies"). Sean's favorite memory of childhood was that his mom would make him rice krispies every year for his birthday. He specifically asked if they could be chocolate this year. Happy 34th to a great husband, wonderful dad and hard worker!!!!





"To my favorite tooty. Daddy, love Maggie" translation from the card she wrote to him. :)

What's new with us? Seanie is talking up a storm and some new favorite things he says is when we are out and about in a store... he points to people and says, "Mommy who's that?" It can get a little embarassing. "Wheres the remote?" "Wheres the ipad?" "I want to eat chicken nuggets". "Where's Woody and Buzz?"

My kids were sick a couple of weeks ago. It lasted about a week each. Just fevers and bad coughs. Seanie was acting a little strange after being sick so after the 5th day I finally took him in and he had an ear infection. He got medicine and we went home. The 4th day of antibiotics we were heading up to the snow on a random trip but Seanie's ear seemed to still bug him. Sean took him in and got stronger medicine. Were on day 5 of the stronger medicine and he's still tugging on his ears. After day 10 he better be back to normal. I told Sean that he is like Superman with his special powers of fighting off antibiotics and his high pain tolerance.