Chaotic, But Fun.

It's been a few months since we last met up with our friends the McCrays and Sotos. Life's been busy and coordinating schedules between the three of us and our eight kids is sometimes tricky. Luckily we were all able to get together at Carrie's last week for a fun, and slighty chaotic, day! You can see more pics of our day and read Carrie's version of events here. I'll just show you what we were up to and let you imagine for yourself what it was like!

 

 

 

   

 

And of course we had to attempt our group shot now that the littlest member had arrived:

Thanks girls for a fun day!! Can't wait to do it again soon!

It's Finally Fall

The weather has been playing tricks on us. The calendar tells us it's Fall but the temperatures sure don't. Yes it's definitely cooler than the 100+ degrees we were seeing a few weeks ago but it's not the 70s that I'd love for it to be! Heck, even cooler than that would be perfectly fine with me! I suppose my body temperature has been a bit higher these days due to the baby baking in the oven, but come on already, give us a real Fall!

Ok, enough whining. B has been working like crazy these last few weeks, taking advantage of the OT the company is offering, so A and I have been trying to fill our days with fun activities that distract from the fact that daddy's not home. Last week we got a chance to visit the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana with our McCrazy friends. They have a pass and we were their guests so we got in free. Score! Other than losing my phone there (and being without it for 3 days) we had a total blast! Anayah loved being able to run and touch anything she wanted without being scolded. Hehe.

Apparently riding the cat is more fun than just petting it...

 driving her tractor...

 planting and watering some flowers...

 building a space ship

 learning how to decorate a cake...(she really just liked pushing the button!)

 using a miter saw...that's my girl!

 watching some sock puppet show with the gang

 taking turns on the slide

 and playing with the big touch screen game!

She didn't keep still so getting a picture of her actually looking at the camera was a bit tricky but obviously you can tell that she had fun! Thanks again Care for inviting us! Looking forward to the next time when it's not the first Tuesday of the month! :) And yay to DSC for finding my phone and getting it back to me!!

What A Day!

What a busy day! We started out early and headed to a playdate at the McCrays with the boys. After a couple days of rain we were thankful for the sun so the kiddos could play outside. After snacks and a nap (for baby T) we braved the "cold" and let the kids run around outside. 

trying to decide if she's brave enough to go down the driveway

 baby T enjoying his bouncer...and his fingers

hey there gorgeous...

 giving kisses...

(Big brother B was off playing with the neighbor boys so he missed out on the photo shoot)

After we left the boys to nap we headed to Samy's so I could check out some lenses to rent for an event tomorrow. Miss A took her requisite short nap in the car and woke up just as I pulled into the parking lot. After renting my lenses, we did a few more errands in OC then headed home before traffic got too bad. We pulled into the garage at 4:15 which means we were out and about for 8 hours...almost half of which was in the car. It's no wonder A was exhausted! Night night, baby girl.