Living Desert

Samuel, Mom, and Jacob at the Living Desert. It was a fun day and the weather was perfect.

Mom and Jacob fed the giraffes while I was on "timeout" with Sammy. Sammy was bummed he missed out. Lesson learned.

The boys and I in the butterfly and humming bird expo. Truly beautiful and kind of magical.

Look at those cute little guys posing for their mommy. Peace out!!!

We had a great day at the Living Desert. Of course, we had to see the huge train display and we had a picnic too! Mom really enjoyed this outing with the boys and I.

GOOD CITIZEN AWARD

Jacob was awarded a Good Citizen Award for the month of December. So dad and I went to his award ceremony. It was so cute to see him get his award. He got a sprinkle donut and a juice box. When we sitting outside with his very pretty classmate Alexia, Jacob gave her his jacket because she was cold. My little gentleman was freezing his little but off so daddy gave up his sweatshirt for his boy. Jacob was thrilled to take a picture with his teacher Ms. McDuffie.

URGENT CARE

Yes, this is our second trip to the urgent care with Sammy for stitches. Five stitches in his tiny little thumb. He was going to help daddy put up a race car fan I got for their room. Daddy left his Swiss knife (closed) on the floor as he went to get some more tools. Sam decided to open up the Swiss knife on his own and sliced his thumb. Poor Nestor still feels like crap. Nestor was so frantic that he gave them the wrong health card and the next day I went to give them the correct one and come to find out they do not take the one the kids belong too. So we will have to pay out of our pocket for that visit. Men!!!

No more Bambi

We had to bring back Bambi. As she was growing, Nestor and I notice that she was looking more like a pit bull. We cannot take any chances so we explained this to Jacob and he was cool about it or understood that he would be able to pick out another dog at a later date. It was Sammy that once again surprised me at how upset he was about a puppy (that he seemed to not like) Bambi going back to the pound. Yes, he still brings up Gracie and Bambi. He is sensitive little guy.

Iceskating in the Desert

A iceskating rink just opened up and I decided to take Natasha and Jacob iceskating over Christmas vacation. Samuel was at school so I could focus on Jacob. Natasha was the one who needed the help. She would come at me trying to hold on and I told her, "Don't grap on to me!!"

She told me to get out of her way then. I was laughing and stayed out of her reach. I could not believe that I remember how to iceskate. I was terrified if I fell I would break something or it would take me forever to heal. No falls for me. YEAH!!! Natasha took some dosey. She's young. My little Jacob was so cute pushing that chair all over the ice. At first he could hardly stand up and after a hour he and I were racing across the ice. I had a blast with the kids. I even bought iceskates for Jacob on Ebay. Iceskating will be perfect in the summertime. I feel cooler already.

STAR OF THE WEEK

I have been anxious about Jacob getting picked for "Star of the Week" and of course he gets picked the last week before Christmas vacation. Natasha was going to be in charge of this project and we did have the poster board but time constraints did not let that happen. So I had to deligate to my very creative husband. I got to shop for the supplies and Nestor got to put it together. Of course, I did some finishing touches. I do have to say I am very impressed with our creativity. The project was fantastic!!!!! Jacob got so many compliments on his board.