Camping April 2010

We have had this weekend booked for camping for 7 months. In order to book ahead of time for Carpinteria we have to book that far ahead of time to get a good spot. So, the time was here. The weather wasn't looking so great, BUT we were going anyhow. Kevin's niece, Jennifer was coming with us. We were excited and ready to go!! It was bright and sunny at mom and dad's, where the motorhome lives, but as we grew closer to camp it got cloudier and cloudier. Oh well, we were camping and going to have fun no matter what ! We got our spot and set up camp. The sun started to peak through and it was all good. Mary and Jenn went down to the beach and Kevin, Teresa and I went to the brewery and to get fire wood. It was all good in the world!

The next day we woke up to a lot of fog and clouds. UH OH, but OH WELL! Again, we were camping, it will be fine. That's the beach though. You do not leave for the beach any sooner than noon. And sure enough 1:00 came around and the sun was out and we were sitting there getting a burn! It was great! We headed down to the beach and the girls dug in the sand and had a grand ol time. I can't wait for Mexico when they will get 10 days of the sand fun!!

I made sure we had stuff for Mary to paint. So, Jenn and Mary painted their flowers. Fun Fun camping stuff.

Jenn's artwork after painting her flower

Then out came the chalk and Jenn and Mary started making their mark on the ground. Pretty pretty pictures.
It was a great weekend spending time with Jenn and just a good time camping!

88 and still looking great

On Sunday, April 18th, my grandma turned 88. She lives in an 'old' person facility and so we went down to celebrate with her. We took down food and toys and made it lots of fun. Of course Mary and Teresa were the hitof the place making all the other old people smile as they walked by. Who can resist a cute kid or two? = )

Four generations of girls. Grandma had two girls, my mom had two girls, and now I had two girls.

Fun Saturday Full Of Friends

This Saturday we had a fun day. First we had a bbq with two of my Stroller Stride girlfriends and their families. We have been trying to get the families together so the husbands could meet. Finally we pulled it off and made it happen. Sadly, Jamie's husband could not be there, but one day he will join us.

Mary is the oldest in the group. Gabriella is 7 months younger and Brooke will be 2 in May and Santino is 5 days younger than Teresa. They all played together really well. It was nice. Us adults were able to relax and talk. Very fun. Kevin cooked burgers and Michelle brought some pasta salad. I made some home made fries, which turned into rubber, but they all ate them. haha It was a fun evening with friends.

THEN the evening fun arrived. That morning we got a surprise call from Kevin's best friend, Sal. He was in town, from San Diego, and needed a place to crash. He arrived a little before the other left. We got our kids ready for bed and then the adult fun started. We played cards and drank wine. Got a little silly. I was relaxed and got into one of my laughing moods. I will just start laughing and can't stop for a minute or two straight. It's pretty funny, on my part. haha Sal's wife, Stephanie, was not there, but we sure missed her.

It was a fun fun Saturday. Can't wait to do it all again!!

Play Date Fun

My friend Noel, from long ago, has two kids around the ages of ours. Mary (3 1/2) and Paytin (3) are about 4 months apart and Teresa (15 months) and Paige (10 weeks) are 13 months apart. We have had many play dates but the girls, Mary and Paytin, did NOT like to share. And so the play dates were not so much fun for us mommies. BUT today was GREAT. They arrived about 10 and we did not hear many peeps out of them until Noel wanted to leave around 3:30. It was great!! They are finally old enough to play nicely. Yeah!!

Easter 2010

This Easter was pretty low key. Mary was very excited to see what the Easter Bunny was going to bring her and do egg hunts and color eggs. On Saturday we filled plastic eggs with Jelly Bellys. My mom had given me a bag of eggs to fill. Along the way Mary found a dollar bill in one and a few pennys in another. She was making out so far. LOL After that Daddy and Mary colored eggs. He went next door and got the neighbor girl, Milani, to help as well. They had fun coloring eggs together. Sunday we met my parents, to ride together, down to Kevin's brother's house in Simi Valley. We had a nice early gathering with the Brochtup family. Mary and Teresa had fun running around with her cousins. It was a nice relaxing morning/afternoon. Calm and low key.

The Easter Bunny brought Teresa two books, but she was way more excited to play with the fake grass. There was fake grass all over the kitchen.Mary got a new Pinto bear in pink. It was smaller than her normal Pinto bear, but she loves it anyway.

I had bought really cute, sleeveless, dresses thinking it'd be a nice warm day. WELL, it wasn't. So, they had jackets over their dress', but they were still cute. Mary ended up w/out a jacket later anyway. You can see Mary is wearing this really cute bow to match her dress. That is from my cousin in Indiana. She has started her own little business making cute bows for people and animals. They are so creative. If you need a cute bow to match an outfit, she's your gal. She will ship!!

Mary was the master egg finder. Teresa didn't really care, but did find one.