Girls and dances

What's a girl to do??
Bianca is a smart, kind, outgoing, and beautiful girl. On top of that she a comedian. Who wouldn't want to ask her to the prom?

She text me this morn to say that MK was going to ask her to the prom today. He was askin where her locker was an classes. Sounds like a man on a mission.

Bianca already asked JF to the twirp dance and he said yes. Dance is Friday. Woohoo. She really wants to go to the prom with JF. He is her first choice and she's been crushing on him for as long as I can remember.

But what if JF doesn't ask her. What if she misses the prom because she said no to the guys willing to take the chance and ask because she's waiting for J. What if he doesn't ask. I mean he's got to be crazy not to ask.

Bianca said that NL wanted to take her if J didn't. I don't get it. I mean I do but I don't. Of course NL wants to take her. But what if he really wants to take her even if JF wanted to. I mean is he hoping J doesn't ask her or is he just gonna wait around and see what happens.

What would you do?
So hard to decide. I mean 3 nice guys (from what I can tell). 3 athletes. Haha
A couple good lookin boys.

I mean even if she just goes as friends at least she gets to go. Right?

Update. News alert. Haha. MK told all of 1st period and the baseball team that he was going to ask Bianca to the prom. He even got her locker number from the hall monitor cuz the hall monitor went to talk to Bianca 5th period. Anyhow back to the MK thing. He also told JFs best friend Ben. Okay if I was Ben I would have been YO MK is gonna ask your girl to prom. Haha.
Bianca also said that JF was holding her hand today. What's that all about. Ask already cuz I'd hate to see MK get his heart broken or even turned down cuz Bianca likes JF. On Bianca's defense she told MK she was Going to TWIRP with JF and I'm pretty sure MK is following Bianca on twitter and Instagram and she posts all the time.

Can't wait to hear what's going on tomorrow. rally at school for Bianca the. Her girls are coming to the house before the soccer match and the Bianca is going to Kennedy's after the game to shower and get ready for the dance. Woo hop

Weekend fun

Woohoo. Friday was great. Went to nishiki sushi with Leann and Laura. Great food. Rock n roll, corvette and Buddha. After lunch Leann and I walked to yogurt and i showed her old soul, can't believe she's never been.
Bianca and the girls did their chores as Bianca wanted to go to Scandia with McKenna and friends. I wasn't thrilled about that hood and her going but she's an awesome kid and I trust her to make good choices. They ended up skipping Scandia and going to Bella bru and yogurt instead. Afterwards McKennas dad picked them up and they went to his sports academy and they watched wrestling and ride the mechanical bull. Ride em cowboy.

Having a hard time blogging at the dr and these people are chattin loud. Ugh.

Saturday we finished cleaning up the backyard and it's almost ready to plant our garden. Bianca came home an had been texting with michael khols. He said they should hang out and Bianca asked if he drove. Haha. No driving teens. Later she got asked to the movies by Michael. He said it was awkward cuz his aunt was gonna drive them. Bianca said cool. They got lost coming to the house and they ended up seeing GI JOE and going to pizza.
Easter Sunday we went to Judy Dale and Landon's for Easter fun. BBQ and it was gorgeous outside. The kids did and water egg hunt. Bianca got the golden egg worth $10. Woo hoo. Kamren was checkin Judy out all afternoon and her pretty red dress and cowboy boots. She ended up letting him wear the boots. He had fun
The kids all played tag, hide n seek and guns. Tommy nerf gun rules. I gotta get kam one. The kids had uncle mark chasing them all over, he got more exercise than he bargained for. Good food and fun
Later that night Ben and I saw the call. Bianca isn't going to the mall alone ever. Ugh.
Now I'm at capitol imaging getting mammogram then gym time. Tomorrow blood work and Friday physical. Way to start April

Have you

Been outside yet. I mean everyone probably has. It's gorgeous, cool, sun is out. I love it. It makes me wish I wasn't at work.
My son would love to be outside right now. He wakes up asking to go outside. He doesn't care if its cold, hot, rainy, overcast. He wants to be outside. I don't blame him. Outside is where it's at.
At daycare he doesn't get outside much. You would think he would. They have a covered patio, lots of outside things but the kids are cooped up inside. Give me a break. The kids need to be outside. They love outside. They burn more energy playing outside and there is a feeling of independence for them.
This morning after making breakfast for the 3 girls and getting lunches ready I had a quick shower and woke kam up. He didn't wanna get up at all, but finally was able to get him dressed and ready with a lil bribe of outside. Yep we spent 10 minutes outside before the car ride to daycare and work. I love that time with him.

Happy Good Friday

Woke up to the sound of my lil man padding into my room. He's so stinkin cute in the morning. He loves to snuggle, and nurse. Ok he wants to be close to his mama. Can you blame him? Thought not. He's very talkative in the am. So we chat back n forth til I really need to get outta bed. "I o you" means i love you. Haha. Work waits for no woman. Well sometimes it does. Got ready. Got kam ready and then hit Costco to gas up the beast then Starbucks to get myself revved up and ready for a long day. Cheers
And pick a winner

Awake

Yesterday I was exhausted when I got home. Stoked to see the kids cleaned house and walked to the park for an impromptu play date with Logan. Especially since Bianca called to complain that Sydney wasn't helping with laundry and was being naughty.
Made dinner and lounged on the couch. No gym for me. I really wanted bed, so at 815 I took the kids up to get them ready for bed and read to them. Tucked everyone in for the night and crawled into bed.
Sleep evaded me. I closed my eyes a s the wheels in my head were spinning. I tried and tried to sleep. Counted sheep. It was 10 and then 11. I was overtired and not sleeping.
I was thinking. Beach trips to plan. Mini vacation with my sis, mom and kids plus a beach trip to SLO to see out besties the millers. So much to plan so littles time. Okay SLO this summer. July I think. Capitola or bodega bay in August and Dl in December. Woohoo.
I eventually fell asleep somewhere between Ben snoring and the fan spinning. Woke up at 2, 4, 630 and ya so another sleepless night. It's been over a month of this poor sleep. I'm n unhappy girl when I'm having hot flashes and no sleep.

Spring break work out?

Long day at work yesterday and knew Thursday would bring carpool fever so I wanted to hit the gym and use my cupcake craving groupon that was expiring. Load 4 cranky kids in the car and drive to Folsom.
First off lil miss babysitter slept til 1130 while Sydney and Peyton did their chores, played out back and watched way to much tv. Bianca did wake up and get all her chores done by the time I got home. Yay team
Car rides are always Kaos. I wonder what car rides are like in other families with multiple kids??
Picked up 12 amazingly delicious cupcakes and headed to the gym. The gym was packed at 530. Had the hardest time finding a locker. Damn. 5 minutes in the sauna while Bianca groaned outside the door. Hit the elliptical for 10 minutes because Bianca said her knee was hurting but she would work through it. Well I don't want it to hurt, so we did the treadmill for 10 minutes but I could tell it wasn't helping the knee. So the bike was next. We raced for a bit and then hit the machines. At least that had us laughing at each other. 10 minutes in the sauna again so I could stretch and relax. Love that room. Picked up the kiddos and headed to papa Murphy's for a veggie pizza and pepperoni for the kids.
When I got in the car Sydney was screaming, tears, yelling, slobbering. Peyton had Bianca's phone playing plants vs zombies. Bianca said Sydney called her stupid. ( Sydney called me stupid the day before when I said she couldn't play on my phone). So Bianca must have called Sydney names because Sydney said Bianca started it. I have no idea but Bianca knew what would make Sydney mad. So Peyton reaped the benefits and got to play. This screaming uncontrollable acting 7 year old was a mess the entire drive home. Music load and she just wanted to scream louder, to be heard. There is no reasoning with her at this point. Home we barely make it with our sanity. Still crying. Eventually she stopped after another half hour of on and off madness. Can't wait for school to start again. Routine. And early bedtime. I hit the hay at 10 but woke up every hour. Sydney came into sleep with us and I up her back to bed in her room. Then kam woke up crying whimpering. Put him back to bed as well with his giraffe and soft soothing sounds. Took him about 5 minutes. Took me another hour an the next thing I knee. Ben was shaking me awake. Well good morning to you too.

Party all day. Party all night

I am exhausted. Woke up early on Tuesday with Kamren we made coffee together and went outside to play before the girls woke up. Yay for a lil chill in the air, coffee in hand and a soccer ball to kick with my boy. The girls woke up about an hour later and we did chores and then back outside to play and water our wonderful garden.
Kam took an early morning nap fell asleep in my arms for an hour til i laid him down and I snuck off with Sydney and Peyton on a bike ride. We went almost 4 miles and it felt so good. I would love to ride more but the girls are in need of new bikes cuz the ones they have are small and one gear. Makes for a hard ride for them. I ride in the hardest gear to make it fair.
When we got back from cow gazing and the bike ride the kids all jumped in the trampoline with ice cubes. They had a blast. Love all the laughter and smiles. Kam wore his helmet. Haha.
Lunch and another family bike ride. Bianca and kam went too. A lil jogging a lil scootering and some biking fun. Yay family.
Tv time while the kids played out back more and I fixed dinner. After a bit we went out back to play tag. My 7 year olds are quick and I'm not kidding they were chasing me with a vengeance. We were up the slide, down the stairs, through the swings and round and round the trampoline. I was exhausted and so were they. It was awesome fun.
Soccer game at 10. I didn't want to go but sucked it up and played. I played good. Scored 2 goals 3 assists. I was feeling and looking good. Loved it!!! I'm ready for another game.
Home at last and a lil tv with Bianca and Ben. Yay for some downtime but I wasn't tired to much adrenaline to contain. Finally fell asleep and I wanted to cry when the alarm went off and Kamren got angry. Put that boy back in his bed and slept another hour. Heck ya.
Got to work late an now I'm workin late to make up for it.

A lil me

Sittin in this sauna makes me feel amazing. My favorite before and after workout. Got a late start to the gym tonight but I am here. The me thing. I don't care to be here alone. It's more fun to work out with someone but looks like me and Kam were the only ones who needed gym time. Kam was thrilled the whole way here but got a lil tear action when I left him in the kid gym. He always loves it. The girls all gain over him. They think he's cute and sweet. Well duh. He totally is. So I'm stretching in this heat. No more pulled muscles I got me a soccer game tomorrow. Old lady league.

I loved doing the gym with my girl courtni and even Sandra is cool at the gym. Bianca hates the sauna but likes to run. Guess she's too cool to go to the gym with me now. Come on Ben. I know you love the gym. He owes me 6 days still he lost a bet. You can see he's beating the door down to come along. So it's me. And it's quiet tonight. This stretch is amazing. Then I'm gonna hit that elliptical like its my girls Vin. A girl can use some motivation. Almost warm enough to start swimming. That's when the girls are screaming for the gym.
Got 2 miles in 22 minutes. Maybe tomorrow I will do that 45 on the elliptical. I really need to get myself ready for the mud run and for bikini weather. I have another two weeks for the run and that's not gonna have me ready for summer. Once I get this routine back I think I will be okay but it's so easy to lounge on the couch and not put the work in. I need to want it more and know I can do it but its been so long. It's the journey I'm lookin for.
3.5 miles in 22 on the bike, as you can tell it was a lazy ride. I don't wanna get off the bike and miss any of the voice but I wanna relax in the sauna before I gotta pick Kamren up. Shhh don't tell we aren't on the good routine tonight. Kam had a late nap because Bianca babysat while we took Sydney and Peyton to see the croods.

Now I'm home and gliding with kam in my arms. He's me talkative and so sweet. He loves to say please and my new favorite quote is. Thank you Mommie. Melts my heart.

A day to reflect

This week has been emotional and the closer it got to march 24th the more on edge I got. Frustration, loss of patience, well Kyles anniversary does that to me. The pain that is always there. The hurt in my heart. I still miss him and wish he was here but feel blessed to have had him in my life for the short while he was on earth.

8 years 5 months and 5 days ago today was the last time I held and kissed my son Kyle who stole my heart with his infectious smile and happy out going self. Not a day goes by that I don't think about you or what you brought to my life. I love you now and always. Because of you i am a better person; I'm more compassionate, love completely and forgive easily.

Through my grief journey I met the most amazing friends and support system and together we shared each others stories, pains of love and loss and together continue to help others who have suffered loss during pregnancy and after. Thank you sharing parents of Sacramento. And many others who give their time and support for a beautiful cause.

That was my Facebook write up.

We went to the cemetery with wild flowers & sunflowers and places his stuffed animals and race cars around his marker. Kamen likes to arrange the toys He also likes to borrow and play with other children's toys. We did our lil tribute and the kids are eager to get back and make Kyles place Easter friendly.

After our visit we headed to Vallejo for cousin Olivia's baptism. Kamren wasn't thrilled about the long car ride and then sitting I. Church so I was outside most of the time with him. Afterwards we went to walnut creek for the reception at Scott's seafood. The place was really beautiful. The kids liked the water falls and walking around the garden area. The hosts had a nice set up. Fancy caramel corn and chocolate dipped pretzels. We all got to write notes to Olivia. Very cool. Food was good. Ben iAnd Bianca had a contest on who drank the most mocktails. The girl of the hour was beautiful and never cried. Life is good.

Kamrens 2 year well visit

We saw dr Agee cuz dr niazi is still on maternity leave. Kam loves dr niazi but he really liked dr Agee too. He is 34.5 inches (50%) tall 27 lbs (45%) and his head is 19.25 (75%). He commented that he acted more like a 3 yro than a 2 yro. That's my boy! He was showing off for her. He kept telling her he was 2, told her his name and wanted her to test his reflexes with her lil hammer. He walked forward, backward, skipped, jumped, showed her his muscles before putting his clothes back on. What a cool kid. She was happy to hear that he went potty in the big toilet at school and that he has pooped in the toilet at home web though potty training was an epic fail. He peed the floor more times than he did anything else. Oh well. He is back on track and Dick said that Kam went up to him and said he needed to potty. Big plus.
After the dr appt we went to cookie connection and stocked up on cookies. My lil man is now passed out while we wait for Sydney and Peyton to get out of school.

Saturday parties

Lets celebrate - Logan's chef party was at 11. First time I didn't stay and chaperone the party. Tracey said to enjoy the away time guess she knew it wasn't something I got often. I hit target and got a new black boyfriend cardigan. Woohoo and then got coffee and started reading my book. The 5 love languages of children. I miss reading, so it felt good to indulge. The kids made pizzas and cupcakes at the party. The cake looked like a big pizza, very creative. The kids wore their aprons and had chef hats.
After the party we drove to Lincoln for Riley's 1st bday party. We had yummy carnitas, rice n beans and lots of snacks. The kids played and ate lots. Monster theme was the party and it was full of cute monster baskets that held food and drink. The kids all played well together. Boys vs girls most of the time. I didn't get any pictures so hopefully Amy will send me some.
Bianca missed the party spending the dy at raley field watching the EC eagles play on the big boy stadium. EC won and they all celebrated afterwards at leatherbys.

A lil tussle

Sydney and Peyton were out on the trampoline eating cupcakes when I heard screaming followed by crying. Sydney came in holding her eye. After further investigation I see a scrape on her eyelid and a knot on her eyebrow and the color slowing darkening. After an interview and interrogation I got what happened. Sydney standing on the outside rim of the tramp waiting for kallie to move so she can get down. Peyton thought she was taking to long and gave her a shove. Sydney smacked her face on the stool during the fall. OUCH

Friday fun day

I love waking up to the sound of Soft voices whispering so they won't wake me. Haha not in my house. Everyone is screaming at 6 am. Where is the brush? Give me some blanket!! as the girls curl up in my floor playing tug of war with a sheet. Chaos. But really I love lazy Fridays when I take Sydney and peyton to school. There is less yelling than on the mornings Ben needs to be out of the house at 630. I make a good breakfast for them. Today it was breakfast burritos. Egg, cheese, beans. Yumm. Kamren woke up and got to show off for his sisters. He loves getting himself dresses now. We danced and sang. DIG TWO. Kamren gets down.
I got a little extra cuddle time with the three amigos... And they got to school on time. Score one for me

Last night we baked cupcakes for Bianca's friends birthday. The girls minus Bianca helped mix, pour and bake but she did frost those six for the birthday boy. Nice job kiddos.

Night

Kamren is so stinkin cute. Where to start. I asked him what his name is and he said Kammie. Loved it. But it does sound Girly. Hopefully he can say Kamren soon or KAM.
He is nursing right now before bed. We had a great routine until daylight savings happened. Change the clocks and its all whacked.
715 was time to get ready for bed. Pjs, teeth, reading and then bed. It was a dream. All the little ones huddled around the glider in Kams room. We would read brown bear, I went walking, barnyard dance to name a few. Then i would read the chapter books for my lil big girls. Junie b jones. Lights out bed. Now it's not dark enough for anyone to want to get ready for bed. Boo.
Look at this cute boy. I love my spider man.

Little things

Being appreciated. Yes it's easy to do and I'm sure we can all do a little more appreciating.

Last night for example. I did five loads of laundry only to empty each clean basket into the foyer. I asked Sydney and Peyton to put their clothes away. A couple hours later I hear Sydney throwing a fit and Bianca yelling and chaos. An hour later I go upstairs to find Bianca and Peyton folding and putting all of the clothes away. So I say. Thank you so much for doing the laundry, I really appreciate when you help me out especially just because you want to. It makes me smile. Peyton also helped me hang and put away all of Kamrens clothes. It was very sweet.

My rant comes next. I was asked to creat a 20x30 poster for a campaign at work. They wanted a rush job. Everyone has a rush job. No one wants to go through the process set in place. She needed it in 2 weeks. Yes me to jump into a creative state to whip out posters for a password reset tool. I really had my plate full with other assignments so Andy said he could help out and after discussion and a couple meetings with the client we decide it can be done. Our design is simple and I won't go into the whole thing but we rush to photograph models and create the poster. It's awesome. They want changes. The changes ruin it for me. II make some of the changes and convince them to stick with my tag line. This article about said campaign is set to go out Monday morning. It's Friday. Still waiting for the OK to print on poster. I call them. It slipped her mind to tell me OK to print even though this is a rush and I emailed her twice. So I send to print 7 posters 20x30 and mounted in foam. I said they will be ready Wednesday. She says ok. Then it's time for me to leave Friday. Wait I need the PHOTO the girl in poster #2 as a web sized small tiny thumbnail for the article. So I stay LATE to complete.

Monday no article. Tuesday no article. I email them to see what's up. I worked my ass off to make this happen. R never responds. Finally I get a response from F saying yes they still need the posters Wednesday. So D rushes to mount them I hand deliver. F is very happy. Next day. No article still. No posters on display in every entrance at work. Email from R

There was a delay in the article. My manager wants the poster a thumbnail for the web. Not just the girl like I said before. I need it today. Article will post Monday and posters will display Monday.

Me. Steam coming from ears. Bitch I ain't doing it. HaHaHa. So angry. Not one thank you for all your hard work. Posters look awesome. No nothing. My cup is empty. I do not like R do not want to bust my ass again for R or anyone.

A great walk, coffee, venting and at the end of the day I will give her the web version for her article. Or maybe I will give it to her COB Friday. Or maybe I won't do it at all. I did email her saying I'm swamped I will try to get to it. Which meant. Bitch I don't care and you no longer matter to me.

Easy

All I want is for this mobile blogging to be easy. For me to have the chance to blog while taking a break, lunch, sitting in Kamrens room while he's dozing off. Maybe even on the stair climb to my office. I want pictures to load like Facebook, twitter or
Instagram.

Crazy work day. Please take photos of employees walking into work collecting bookmarks from DAC. Hello it was raining. No one wanted a photo op with wet wind blow hair. Fools were running past me, hands up covering their faces, or snubbing the poor gals handing bookmarks out. Not the best photo shoot in fact I called it an epic fail. Oh well.

Kamren got his birthday present for his Minos today. A cozy coupe police car. Woohoo. He loves it already.

First Day of First Grade

Mornings are tough... except when you're six.  The girls woke up early 6 am on their own.  They were dressed and ready for school before mom or dad climbed out of bed.  Kamren even woke up smiling.  The girls wanted to buy lunch because that's what big kids do.  The only thing the girls were not thrilled about....  The Hair Brush....  haha.  After we tamed their manes we headed out for a photo shoot. I was going between my iphone and my Nikon...  Facebook and Instagram were immediately tagged so happy to show off my kiddies.

The girls were a little sad that none of their best friends were in their class.  No Ashlin, Paige or Logan... What's a girl to do...Seven 1st grade classes, that's a record even with 24 kids in the class.  Mrs Donald seems nice and the girls like that they still get to take a healthy snack for first recess.  Recess turned out to be good, the girls were able to play with Kindergarden friends.  Lunch seems really early at 10:55 but three recesses got the girls so happy to be big kids.  Schools out at 2:30... 

I asked the girls if they ate lunch together, nope they ate with strangers rather than to eat together... So sad...  Here's what I got in the morning before school.



Thumbs up or maybe down



Monster High represented on their backs and Converse on their feet

Sydney and Peyton ready for first grade

Cheese

walking almost in unison

Kamren wants to get in line too

1st Hair Cut

When it comes to hair cuts... I wanted to put it off as long as I could. I was thinking three years old, obviously the way Kamren's hair grew I was hoping for a two year old haircut but even that couldn't wait... So 17 months old.. and it was really time for a haircut. The hair didn't want to lay to the side, only go right in his eyes... So I finally agreed to a haircut as long as we kept it the same style... Here are some before...



someone is excited about the thought of a a haircut

 



second thoughts on the whole thing

 

Ride em cowboy

 Once we arrived at EJ's Little People all Kamren wanted to do was push the vacuum around.  I kept putting him on the sadle and the tractor and he was getting angry... Like Hulk Angry...  The stylist tried to get a good before photo on the tractor and then we whisked him off to the big chair for a trim.  He was unhappy, whined and cried the entire time.  He didn't sit still and we are lucky it turned out as well as it did... though uneven and longer on one side.  The cost $30 for the experience I guess.
After shots

I want this vacuum mom.  I want to give him a real working one

Tractor action



celebrating at The SunFlower with shakes



YUMMY

Six Flags with Cousins



Checkin out the bunny




The girls photo op with the Coyote and Bunny

   We went to Six Flags with Tios Avila for Donovan's 7th birthday. We always have a blast when we get together. We took in a show and rode as many rides as we could before the day was over. Here are just a few of the highlights. Donovan and Peyton are now tall enough to get on the Cobra without a parent or big sister. Devin is now also tall enough to ride with a parent. Tia Andria and I got on V2 with Tio Rudy, Bianca and Reni. That was an experience. I screamed so loud and so much that my throat was sore. The big kids and grown ups minus me and Andria all rode Superman. I'm still not excited about it.



Daddy and Kamren




cousins




watching Dad, Bianca and Reni go on Superman



Superman's phonebooth






The Triplets