The kids had a lot of fun in the sun today. We headed to beach to beat the heat and then after dinner went to Uncle Preeda’s house for a nice evening swim. Looking forward to cooler weather as the week progresses.

This morning I had to drop the kids off at summer day camp because David had to get to the office early. David usually does morning drop offs and I pick up the kids after work. On the way to Y camp, I asked the kids if I could just drop them off and go.

Natalie: No, first you park. Then you sign us in and help us with our bracelets. And then… (she catches her breath and Tyler jumps in)
Tyler: you give us a hug and a kiss and say good-bye. 🙂

David started building this house back in March for the kids and finished it just in time for Nat’s birthday party. Well, it’s semi-finished. There are two openings left for possibly a rock wall and a rope climb. For now, the kids have started “moving in.”

Natalie had a pool party yesterday and invited some of her friends from school and a few of her cousins. She’s been waiting for this day for the past few months! She said she had trouble sleeping the night before because she was so excited.

The kids had fun playing in the pool, doing a fashion show, getting tattoos, and playing games.

Snack time

Snacks

Theresa helped the girls with their glitter tattoos

Fashion show

Hayden & Mason came too!

Cake!

We had a hula hoop contest

Cake time

Then and now. Time really goes by quick!

This morning after breakfast, Nat put on this outfit complete with earrings and headband. I asked her why she got so dressed up because we weren’t going anywhere. Her answer “Cause it’s my birthday!”

I let her choose any restaurant for dinner and to no surprise, she picked The Cheesecake Factory.

Last Sunday was Tyler’s football playoff’s. They had to first play 3 games against 3 different teams (they won all 3) and then moved on to the finals and played 2 more teams and won both of those games too. There’s a kid on the team named Martin who is the star player and made almost all the touchdowns which lead the team to victory. This is Tyler’s first season playing flag football and he hasn’t shown a lot of enthusiasm, but tries his best when he’s playing. We’re going to try again in the fall and see how it goes. This is the first trophy he’s ever won and he was really excited about it.

With his buddy Jason

Having a break in between games

The big trophy!

The team “Packers”

Team pic with the coaches (all are dad’s of members of the team)

Jersey signing

Tyler fell off his bike yesterday and scraped himself against the concrete. When he first showed me his wound my eyes almost popped out. It was very red, but he seemed ok. That is, until he took a shower. The water stung and he cried like a baby!

Last week, Nat asked me if she could go shopping at the mall with her friends. She said she was talking with 2 of her friends from school and they asked her to ask me if she could go with them. Apparently her other 2 friends have done it before and now that want to include Nat. She also added that she would “bring her own money.” I haven’t given her an answer yet.

I was trying to remember how old I was when I started to go to the mall with my friends. I use to go to the mall all the time with my neighbor and good friend Jenna. Her dad would drop us off at the mall and wait in the car sometimes a block away until we were done. Sometimes, my dad would take us too. My favorite store was called “The Expanding Wall” I think. It was store that carried lots of random things like stationery, pens, gifts, dust collectors, etc. I loved buying & collecting stationery at the time. (Email wasn’t around yet!)

She hasn’t asked me again, but if she does, should I let her go? (It would be chaperoned) She’s turning 9 next week.

On Saturday we went to a Cherry farm to pick cherries in Gilroy. The place was called Buckley Farms and was a “U-Pick” type of farm. The kids had fun picking and eating cherries. The place had Bing and Rainier cherries and there were lots of cherry trees! We ending buying around 20lbs of cherries and got to eat a lot while picking. We’ll be eating cherries for awhile…

Auntie Kathy told us about this place. Their family also went on Saturday.