No more on LOST. :(

So Stef and G always have a LOST party for the premiers and finales. Well....this was the BIG FINALE! Totally bitter sweet. We all came dressed as our favorite character. Stef and G always have food and drinks to go along with the LOST theme. Then G has a quiz before it starts and even gives out prizes. This time we had a drawing board, if you will, to put down how we thought it was all going to end up. Pretty hilarious! We then watched the show and Stef and I were the cry babies. Good times!!!

G drew this up the night before I think. He is brilliant!G and I as Kate and Sawyer. I wouldnt say Kate was my fav, but easiest costume for me to come up with. G...well....he just creeped everyone out as Sawyer. LOL!!!
These two are hilarious!!! Totally had Edward Cullin(in dark blue shirt) at our LOST party! It aint a party without some vampires right...

Soccer=Awesome!

ES's first soccer season has ended. Man did she love it! I have my soccer player! Yay! She asked if she could play it forever. Love it! This being her first season playing, we werent sure what to expect, but she ended up being quite the little player. Has some serious speed with that ball! After the last game they all got trophies. She was so excited and happy. She literally carried it around for days. Snuck it to church the next day. Took it to school. Slept with it! Adorable! I wasnt a huge fan of her coach. Liked him as a person, but as a coach, not so much. So, guess who her coach is next season? ME!! Ahhh! How did that happen?! I am so nervous, but excited. I asked ES if she thought it would be cool/fun if I was her coach. She said yes and no. Gotta love honesty. Start coaching in September. Yikes...

Tough love...

Okay so, almost every evening at our house, we go through the same thing at dinner time. Whats for dinner? I tell them, and they say oh I dont want that, or I dont like that or do I have to eat it? Almost every night! Really?!! Well, this one evening, and as much as I hate to admit it, they caught me in a really bad mood. They asked and I told them, they gave the normal reply and I was done. I threw my hands up and told them(not so nicely), I was done making dinner for them. Done hearing them complain and not appreciate what they have. Told them they were going to make dinner from now on. They didnt believe me. So the next night about an hour or so before time to make dinner, I said to them whats for dinner? They looked at my with confused faces. I said I told you I wasnt mkaing dinner anymore. Told them they had better get together and decide what they were making. A few minutes later, they came to me and said they wanted to get Wendys or pizza. E said she would pay for it. I said nope. Sorry. Thats a copout. Too easy. Have to make something here. They came up with waffles. A little while into the waffle making, I said I dont want waffles. I dont like them(I really do). They all looked at me like..what? Anyhoo...they dished out what I say to them and I dished what they say to me. In the end, I asked if it felt good having someone do that to them after all that work. They didnt think so. Lesson learned I think. Think I will have them make dinner more often. It was nice. :)

Team work.I think ES was being difficult...
Had to be okay with a mess. Hard for me. I was screaming in my head....
This was de Janeiros contribution....posing. She always manages to get out of things. Shes so her Aunt Stef. ;) Have to give a holla to E. She did most of the work!
Even though they complain, I love my kids! They are grrrrreat!!!

Our little girl is growin up....

Our oldest baby girl turned 12! Yep...12! You always hear people say to enjoy it because it will go by so fast. Well I concur....it has. It did! Cant believe it! For her bday E wanted to have all her little girlfriends over and go to a movie, then have a sleepover. She has a really good group of friends. So glad! Poor AT, no matter what, he is always girl trapped. The movie she anted to see was Percy Jackson and the Olympians and the Lightning Thief(think thats the name). Shes read all the books and had to see the movie. She was frustrated with the movie. Said it didnt follow the book very much. It was hilarious to listen to her and her friends critique the movie on the way home. Havent read the books, but I liked the movie.
Then went home and ate lots of food, and let them do thier thing. E doesnt like cake(cant blame her) or pie(shes crazy), so I wracked my brain to figure out something to make, and my genius friend suggested getting creme puffs and pile them up and serve that. Was a huge hit!

Finally told them to go to sleep at about 3am. I was in my bad awake the whole time. (they were loud) and finally put the smack down at 3. I joked with them and said first one alsleep gets the pld bra in the freezer. They thought I would for sure be me. Hahaha! Gotta get up pretty early in the morning to get me..

Siesta time!

Was going through pics on the camera and found these. Think E must have snuck these pics of me and de Janeiro snoozing. This doesnt happen very often. Must have been tired. Love de Janeiros choice of covers. Towels are just as good as blankets....Loved the smooshed face. :)

Up, up and away in my beautiful balloon...

So our kids Elementary does a read-a-thon every year. The kids read and get people to pledge money for how many hours they read for a week. For example, we pledge 50 cents for every hour our kids read. Doesnt seem like a lot, but when you have 3 kids doing it, it adds up. E's 6th grade class ending up being the top fundraising class and for their reward they all got to go for a ride in a hot air balloon. Only the top 6th grade and 5th grade class got rides. Its was pretty cool. They loved it! At the end, their Principle got in and threw out candy to the kids below. E with her friends..
All aboard...

E's teacher just loves her. At parent teacher confs, she cant say enough good things about her. She wants to keep her. E has always been such a great student!

A conversation over lunch....

de Janeiro and I went out for a girls lunch today and she loves to talk and talk, so here is one of our conversations....
de Janeiro: Mama, I cant wait to be a mama!

Me: (Smile) Really? You cant cant wait to be a mom?

de Janeiro: YES!

Me: Thats great! Why?
Wait for it....

de Janeiro: So I can boss people around!
aaaand there it is.

I knew something like that was coming! Ha! I so love my Lil Brazil! She just says it like it is! She kinda looks like a 1950's mama in this pic. Well....minus the pirate cape thing....;)