We Love Vegas

Mostly because my brother and his awesome family live there but, also because we have a great time every time we go.  There's always something new to do in Las Vegas.  

I didn't know the Bellagio decorates for the seasons complete with talking trees and scarecrows.

 The M&M movie was one of their favorite 3D movies ever.  But at $12.99 / lb for M&Ms, I promised them to buy them all a bag of M&Ms from Walmart when we got home.

Once again thank you to Adam and Fabi for letting us cause chaos throughout your home.

Love you guys!

Today's News

The kids found this GIGANTIC caterpillar.  We tried looking it up online but didn't find anything that matched it. If you know what it is my kids are curious to know.  They want to know what kind of butterfly it turns into.

Of course DJ was the only one brave enough to handle it.  Things like this make him so happy!

Sunday Mornings

I absolutely LOVE the 1:30 church time.  We get to sleep in.  Plus, it gives us all morning to hang out as a family and there's no rush (a.k.a. Mom doesn't have to play drill sergeant) to get ready for church.  This morning I did have to wake up early though because my cute little chefs were making a disaster in the kitchen.

 So what do you do when you walk into a kitchen full of shorty chefs and 8 glasses full of their "special of the day," milk, cinnamon and sugar all going to go to waste?  We made breakfast, one that Papi used to eat when he lived in the sugar cane fields.  It's called maizena and it's good.

Milk, cinnamon, sugar, cloves, nutmeg and cornstarch.  It did have a little too much cinnamon and sugar but the kids claimed they liked it better that way.

And what Sunday morning would be complete without an AJ Zoolander shoot?

And Isabel looking a little too old for her age, don't you think?

Every morning should be so enjoyable.

AJ has been asking me for two things lately:

"a shirt that has sleeves that roll and button up here"

and

"a shirt with a hood".

I finally found two shirts that matched his criteria. He was in clothes heaven when I showed them to him. His only dilemma was trying to decide if he should wear the shirt, with the sleeves that roll, buttoned or unbuttoned.

Fortunately he was looking good today at school when the "mean aide" put him in a timeout at recess. With his fashion forward sense and sweet personality he had about six girls (according to Alexandria) and just as many boys sitting by him to give him support during his timeout.  How could that aide think that my AJ would push a girl off the swing?  Did she not see the big group of friends he had that stood by him?  A bully would never be accompanied like that.  Principal Carpenter will be getting a call from me tomorrow.  "Mean aide" beware!

And DJ and I already had a talk since he was not part of the group of friends there supporting his twin brother.  He was busy swinging on the swing that AJ had worked so hard to get.

Afternoon Play

Remember when you were little and you would run through the neighborhood and play all afternoon? I'm so glad my kids are getting that chance now and that all the neighbors come to play at our house too.