One Fish, Two Fish...

After a long busy week (VBS, Greg got in a car accident...) it was nice to have a relaxing weekend. Friday, Greg came home early and we all went over to my Dad's for a swim and a cookout. Friends came over and the kids got to spend time with some of the aunts and uncles too.

Saturday we went to the Holland's and watched the World Cup game, went out for icecream and then had movie night. We all watched Avatar for the first time. Tre made it through the whole movie, but he was definitely scared at some parts (when he would conveniently go to the bathroom to work on his loose tooth). It's a top tooth and it's so loose it's practically sideways and it sticks out too. I'm hoping to get pics taken of the kids soon so I want that tooth to hurry up and come out already. The girls watched part of the movie and whined through the end that they wanted to go home. Granted, it was over an hour past bedtime. Finally they crashed on the floor.

Sunday, Greg told the kids that they could get a fish. He's been talking about it for a while now and of course the suggestion was met with great excitement (not so much by me- the primary fish tank supervisor and cleaner). Of course, I got on board with the kids excitement and we all made the trip to petsmart. We wanted to just get Betta fish cause we're too cheap to buy a big tank with a filter and all that. Greg and I found some little tanks with a divider in them so you could keep 2 bettas together without one killing the other. This was a great idea because it probably kept Tre and Joey from killing eachother over which fish to choose. After some prompting by us that they should choose a lively fish and not one floating, one fin in grave, Tre and Joey chose their fish. Joey's is a female red betta and her name is "Goldy." Tre's is a male betta that is red and blue and his name is "FreddyBlue." We finally transferred them to the big tank today and they are happily swimming. The kids are especially excited, although Frankie would be happier with a dog. LOL

We spent the rest of Sunday making homemade pizza and fried eggplant and watching tv. Then Greg and the girls all conked out and Tre and I snuck off to the grocery store by ourselves. I always love outings with just me and Tre. He's good company and always appreciates our alone time. All in all, a great weekend.

This one is for Frankie

I am officially done nursing! And... I'm not pregnant or planning on it. I have been nursing or pregnant for over 6 years now pretty much. I'm not really sure that everyone knew that I was still nursing Frankie since I only nursed her at home but she would have gone on forever and I was feeling pretty much done. I weaned Tre and Joey around 15-16 months old so nursing a 2 year old was a bit different. Frankie is such a peanut though (at maybe 18 or 19 pounds) so I never felt like I was nursing a large child in my lap. Anyhow, my mother in law offered to take the kids for the weekend and of course we took her up on it and I decided that I was going to use the opportunity to wean Frankie. She's spent plenty of overnights before and doesn't even think about or ask to nurse unless I'm around. After 3 days away the first thing she wanted to do was nurse when she saw me and she still asks numerous times a day (or rather... tells me "I'm hungy"), but so far she's been easily distracted and hasn't shed too many tears over it. I'm hoping she'll forget all about it by next week and quit asking.

She's a funny kid. She talks a lot and can be quite the character. She likes to play with her brother and sister but she definitely gets physical with them too (pushing and pinching). She's a tough little thing.

Frankie tries all different foods and loves broccolli, onions, olives... typically if it has a strong flavor she'll eat it. If only I could get her to drink some milk and fatten up a bit!

She likes going in the pool and playing in the kids' zone at the Y. In September she'll start going to school a couple mornings a week where Joey goes. I think she'll really enjoy it.

Summer time

So, May is a crazy month in our house. Joey, Frankie and Greg all have birthdays. We had a combined birthday barbecue celebration at the house with about 50 people attending. The weekend before we had a sliding glass door put in (we never had a back door at this house). It was great fun! It was also Mother's day weekend and my mom and my mother in law were both here. I haven't spent a mother's day with my mom since I was a kid. We went and had massages and pedicures and lunch and even went out to the bar the Friday before for Ladies night. Good times! Memorial day weekend, Gregory and I celebrated our 9 year anniversary (complete with an overnight stay to the beach without kids!) Granny brought them to the beach the next day and they had a great time. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera and the following day they were supposed to come back to the beach but Tre started vomiting. I think thats the 3rd stomach virus this year. Frankie and Joey had it the week earlier and thank God that Greg and I were spared this time. Poor Becky got it though and I felt terrible for her.



Needless to say, with all the holidays and all of the end of the year activities it was a crazy month and I didn't get 1 blog post written. Now its summer and we have been busy swimming! I love summer time (well, only if there's a water source and some AC). A few pics from Cool Dave's house. Days at the pool are some of my best childhood memories so I'm glad that my kids get to experience the same.