A perfect day at the beach...

Today we met some friends at the beach for our first "Wednesday Beach Day". I have to admit that I was not excited about it for a few reasons: 1) Getting in a bathing suit! 2) Having 2 kids wondering in two different directions in the water, and 3) figuring out how I was going to get Trevor to the bathroom if he had to poop.

Well I was completely worried for nothing (except number 1). The kids did great and had a blast. They just stayed right along the shallow part so I didn't have to worry about either of them drowning and were perfectly fine with that. Trevor had a great time playing with Luca and Rocco and TT had a great time eating the day away. Can't wait till next week!!

Cruisin in 2008

Me, Kelly and Jeana taking a break from all of the "people watching" at Papas and Beer.

Don and Kelly waiting to get back on the boat.

This years cruise was definitely not a disappointment even though we had a much smaller group. The weather was great, Papas and Beer was fantastic, and the cruise casino was as dumb as ever!!! I have some great photos from Papas but I'm a little too embarrassed to actually post them. The kids stayed with my parents and had a great time minus Trevor getting lost at the aquarium. TT has been punishing me ever since I got home.......saying "hold you" 50 times a day, whining at the drop of a hat and giving me the sweetest "don't leave me ever again" smile!

I can't wait until next years cruise!!!

Bedtime Nigtmares

I'm sitting here writing this post with BOTH of my children still awake at 9:37pm. TT is screaming her head off in her bed and Trevor refuses to go to bed with her screaming. I'm not really sure how I have created this problem, but I have. They used to be the best sleepers and now my almost 2 year old is waking up once every night. Trevor sleeps good once he is in there but it is the whole process of getting him to bed. I thought about recording TT and putting it on here just so you could all COMPLETELY understand what I am listening too. I know you are thinking "just take Trevor in there and put him to bed and let her cry it out". She is literally screaming her ever living head off and he starts crying when he hears her and wants to go console her. My stress level is through the roof right now and I am really at a loss for what to do. I guess they will fall asleep eventually and then be nightmares tomorrow! Fun fun!!!

Bunco

Jeana and I at Bunco, look at that view!!!

I have no idea why these pictures got formatted like this, I'm sure I pushed some button that I wasn't supposed to. Last night was Bunco night and we played at Kelly's friends moms house in Newport Beach. It was so beautiful, her balcony was right on the water. I suggested donating our bunco money and skipping the bunco part so we could just enjoy the view. The picture of Trevor is at the wading pool. I forgot towels so he put his sisters cover up on to dry himself off. Finally the top left corner is a picture of Don and TT sleeping together this morning. She had a rough night last night so after about an hour of tossing and turning and sweating I brought her into bed with us. It worked out perfectly, she slept in until 8:45!!! Don't they look so comfy???

Looking forward to a fun summer.....

Day one of summer started off with a bang this morning. TT literally walked around and screamed for about an hour, I caught some of it on tape so that you could all enjoy it as well. I'm not really sure why she was crying, I think it has something to do with her wanting me to hold her while I was trying to make lunches. We took the kids to the park to play in the wading pool and they had a blast. I really am looking forward to spending the summer with the kids and I'm open for any invitations/ideas to keep them busy. Both of my kids like to keep busy and when we just sit home all day it brings out the worst in their behavior, which is why she is laying on the floor screaming.

Don's surgery went well, he is a trooper. Not one complaint at all and he is back at work less than 48 hours later. He laid around most of the afternoon on Wednesday but he was out and about yesterday.

Tonight I'm going to go play bunco and we actually have nothing planned for tomorrow. I'm sure we will find something to do. Sunday we have a graduation party in the afternoon.

I'm sooooo happy that it is summer, no work for 2 1/2 months!!!!!!

Catalina

Yesterday was the Senior trip to Catalina and I got to go as a chaperon. It was so beautiful and so relaxing, much better than spending the day at work!!! The day was much longer than a normal work day but I was able to sit on the beach all day and visit with my friends that I hardly ever get to see anymore. The kids were still a little under the weather so juggling them around all day was interesting, but they had a great day too. They came to Mayfair for a couple of hours and were the hit of the PE department.
Tomorrow is a big day for us......the last day of work for me and V day for Don (vasectomy, that is). I'm a tiny bit sad, but we both know that we are done having kids. Poor guy worked all night last night, has to go to court today for a few hours, goes to work tonight, gets off at 6:30 am tomorrow and has his appointment at 11:30. He has to work Friday night so we are hoping for a speedy recovery!!

GREAT Night!!!

Today was Ruby's birthday party. You all know how my kids LOVE spending time at the Mitzner/Feolo house, probably second to Papa and Mimi's house. They were soooo excited to spend the day with Ruby and one of the most gigantic bounce houses that I have ever seen. They both had good mornings and took GREAT naps (at the same time) and were ready to go at 3:15 (we even made it on time!!!). Taylor's croup was getting the best of her and she literally could not stop coughing. She coughed sooo much that she puked all over me. My wonderful parents who were also going to the party took her home because of her coughing. SO, there I was at a party by myself with just Trevor (easy, right?) About 30 minutes later he was saying that his tummy hurt but I just brushed it off because he always gets sad when his sister isn't feeling good. I really thought it was some gas pains. He would be fine, running and jumping for long periods of time and then would come over to say he hurt. After about 2 hours Trevor decided that he too needed to throw up on his mommy. NICE, two kids in one night!!! We left the party and of course they have both been fine all night.
Mommy is exhausted and Daddy just started his work week and will not be off until Wednesday! Good times, good times!!!!