Under the Sea

Thank goodness for the Jewish holidays, Keaton gets a few extra days off of school, so we headed out with some friends and went to the Long Beach Aquarium.

Xander couldn't get enough of the fish and had his face plastered to the window.

Through out the aquarium there were scuba divers, so Keaton would casually go up to an employee and tell them that his Daddy scuba dives and therefore he felt he was good enough to jump in with the scuba divers. Negotiating skills didn't work too well this time. But he has no fear thinking if he ask, he gets.

Don't fall in...that is the trick, atleast with Xander it is, or should I say Don't jump in. They give a statistic that an adult falls in every month and a child every 6 months. Well, it was almost Xander. He just thought he could swim with the sting rays. I have never been fond of the idea of a leash for your child, but sometimes I wish I kept one handy in my purse.

Shark attack... that is what Keaton worries about when Chris goes scuba diving, so in his prayers he says, "Please keep Daddy safe from the sharks" I wonder where he gets that fear from?

Moose Tracks

I married a wonderful husband who helps me in so many ways and as of lately it has been to keep my sanity. He is my Edward if you have read The Twilight Series and is a great Father. No more mushy stuff, but I am very blessed to have him in my life!!!

For his bday I actually made a cake, but since we aren't cake eaters, it was a german chocolate cake, one of the few cakes Chris actually likes. It was a winner in our house because we scarfed it down in a few days, every crumb.

Since Xander has practice from his bday he saw Chris presents and knew just what to do, no waiting to sing the bday song, he was all over Chris presents unwrapping them.

Chris got an ipod for his bday, now I have had mine for almost a year now and still don't know much about it, so being a little selfish I almost didn't want to get Chris one because I knew he would know more about it and shouldn't I already know it all by now. Noooo! I am so prideful!

He is already on top of it, but we have come in to some glitches, that is because he has only had it for about a week. So I think it is time I need some help from my niece Mercedez to help her Auntie who doesn't have the patience or knowledge to sit down and learn things about the ipod.

I need your help Mercedez and Chris might need a little.He is the smart one, or atleast has more patience with the tekky stuff.

Keatons 1st Day of Preschool

Keatons 1st day of preschool and of course there were no tears, just one very excited boy. Some friends from church are in his same class so he already knew some people, but Keaton is one who makes friends fast.

Now me being an overprepared Mom already had a backpack from last year that he had when he was 3 (i know what child at 3 needs a backpack) when I did preschool with other parents at their home. Now all I needed was a lunchbox, so of course I got him one. Well, we live in LA and they like to give everything FREE, so turns out he won't be bringing lunch to school, they provide snacks and they aren't to bring backpacks, the school made folders and they are to bring those everyday.

So much for being prepared, next time I will wait. I guess I was anxious and excited. I hope my boys don't get that from me.

Keaton rides his bike to school everyday and loves it.One day we did errands in the morning so I dropped him off after we were done and after school I picked him up and he had a sad face because we didn't ride our bikes.

So keaton rides his bike and I ride mine with Xander in the bike trailer. It works out nice.

Keaton on the 1st day of school with Grace and Kate who are also in his Sunbeams class at church.

Keaton and Xander were running up to most of the children saying HI I don't think many of them knew what to think of my boys. But I know now that since they have been in school Keaton and Xander are quite the party starters while they wait outside before class starts.

I am not quite sure what to think of it at this age.

Xander enjoying some fun and getting dirty with his friend Sara after Keaton is in class. Sometimes I feel I am always on the go, go, go and today I spent 30min. outside of Keaton school letting Xander get dirty and play with Sara and they were looking at bugs and tearing leaves. It is a rare moment in my life where I just relax a little bit and not try run off somewhere else so I can squeeze in everything that needs to get done and always feel that I never get through the list. Xander and Keaton are great at helping me to realize that sometimes I need to STOP and smell the roses and today was one of them.