water balloons

Who knew pelting the kids with water balloons could be so much fun....

Kids Birthday Parties

Candy, swim, more candy, swim some more, eat some candy, have a cupcake, and finish it with more candy.

Rey Mysterio

I'll be honest. I cant tell the difference between the two. Its as if Im living with Rey Mysterio.

1st time ever

First time me and my parents along with the kids all got together and went somewhere.
First time ever on the Midway ship in San Diego.
First time since Sam died that my father bonded or actually enjoyed the company of my boyfriend.
First time in San Diego with sunny skies, and no sunburns.
Sunday was cool until Steveo got overtired and had a few meltdowns, other than that, it was nice to be with family, and it was nice to see my parents happy.

Orange Country again

Its no secret that I cant stand summers here in the desert, so we left again. First we went to Huntington Beach, that is after finally finding parking. Steveo loved the ocean. He was in the water for 2 hours straight, jumping over waves, diving through them, floating on his back, until he decided he was done. Nick had enough after 5 minutes and just layed on the beach with me the rest of the time. When Tom got off work we went out to dinner, and I noticed, for as much as the boys fight, Nick still keeps an eye on Steveo when we go out. He held his hand whenever we crossed a street, and then slapped his sunburned back when we got into the car. Later that night we caught the fireworks from Disneyland from our hotel room. I didnt realize how close Garden Grove was to Buena Park. Again, they were laying next to each other during the fireworks, hitting each other when it was over. After midnight and watching 2 hours of UFC, we all fell asleep.

my little artist

So we played with puzzles, then acrylics, oil pastels, chalk, glitter, colored mandalas, you name it, we did it. He loves creating art, and we have the best conversations when we color together.

For anyone with kids

You must go to the Quail Botanical Gardens in Encinitas. It is by far, the most impressive park I have ever gone to. It doesnt matter what age your child is, even if you have a teenager that doesnt want to do anything but play video games, (Im not naming names) but even they will LOVE IT.