The Hoodlums!!

Here are the hoodlums! Isaac and Lillie love to play in the bathtub and since the Olympics are over they are determined to practice a synchronized swimming routine complete with synchronized diving. There favorite toy currently is the shower curtain they love to hide and put it in the water. Our bathmats are always soaked and the parent watching their whale or shark movements (according to Isaac) looks like they have taken a bath fully clothed.

Update on these two:

Isaac:

Favorite Drink: Orange Juice

Favorite Food: Peanut Butter and Honey

Favorite Activity: Playing with his trucks, vans, cars or airplanes

Favorite Movie: The Kittycat movie (Aristocats) or Pink Panther

He enjoys praying to his Heavenly Father at meal time, go on walks in his wagon, visit with his friends.

He will currently be starting Preschool on Tuesday!

He is learning how to put his clothes on, especially underwear, without help.

His favorite expression is "Oh my Goodness!!"

Lillie:

Favorite Drink: water, milk or Daddy's rootbeer

Favorite Food: Fruit snacks

Favorite Activity: Playing with her dolls or trying to play with her brothers trucks.

She enjoys getting into Daddy's office, the bathroom, mommy and daddy's room or rearranging the linen closet. She also enjoys pulling out all the books she can reach from the book shelf in her room.

Favorite Expression: She says thank you after you give her something.

She is currently learning how to walk and can walk 5 to 7 steps on her own. She loves to stand and dance.

I've been tagged....

THE RULES
1.Post these rules
2.Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
3.Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them(honestly i am not sure what the linking part is supposed to mean!)

Ha! Ha! Rach. 6 unspectacular quirks... It took me sometime to think of what I should post. And Longer to post it but here they go.

1. I still talk to my mom everyday. :)!!! She's my life coach. She helps me make it through many of these days that I call life.. My Life! :). Thank you for the motivation mom.
2. At my bedside table I have a bottle of tums, glass of water, and mentholatum. I hope that the bottle of tums, glass of water will go away sometime after I am pregnant. But the mentholatum is there to stay. Its really a generational habbit.. Thanks mom and Grandma Gundry. I have no idea how many of my cousins have this quirk too.
3. I shower twice a day.. Morning and Night. After the kids are in bed it is my time to wind down. I also feel that I need to shower to get clean from all the things that have been wiped on me during the day.
4. I love Bath and Body works lotion.
5. I don't make my bed as often as I should.
6. I have flat feet so I am usually wearing athletic shoes. I can't wear any cute shoes that don't support my feet.
I tag:
Cate, Angela, Emily, Janelle, Cesily, and Violet

Huntington Library and Gardens

An Outing Finally... Mike was out of town for a whole week and several days the previous week in August. There are just a few things that being as huge as I am and with my children so young I can do on my own. Target, Park, tot lot, walks, stores, this I can do. Fun, away from home excursions I need Mike to help out.

There are still so many places I want to visit while we live here in California. Many of them I know that we won't make it to but it is fun to dream. Some of the places that I would love to take the children to before this next baby is due are the Long Beach Aquarium, Sea World, San Diego Zoo, LA Zoo, and the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. As you well know.. I am running out of time and most of these places won't be happening for awhile. However, I finally persuaded Mike to consider and excursion to the Huntington Library. Sometimes.. you just need to experience some culture in mommy world even if the children don't last too long. And of course we spent more time in the Botanical Gardens than we did in the Library studying art, books, and furniture but the experience was well worth it. I told Mike that I would love to go back and experience the Library without the children. His reply was "Maybe in 25 years." Ha! Ha! I didn't think it was too funny.

Isaac running towards the fountain in the children's Garden

Lillie, Mike and Isaac looking at gigantic Koi fish


Lillie pointing out a fish in the rain forest of the Botanical gardens.

Lillie cooling off in the children's botanical garden. This was the kids favorite spot... it had water. It had water in fountains that you could play in, it sprayed water from sprinklers, it also had a little stream with rocks that the kids could play in. It was funny to watch most of these soaked kids leave the garden and overhear their parents wonder if they would be able to see anymore of the Library because they did not bring an extra change of clothing.

My Boy Isaac.

He did not want to pose for the camera for mommy but he smiled big for daddy when he took this picture. Oh well, Atleast he is standing still and smiling.

Lillie walking through the children's arbor

Keeping Cool in the Heat of Summer

A friend of mine told me about these sprinklers at a park nearby. I couldn't believe my find! I have been missing our fountain park in Calabasas each summer but I didn't know that there was one similar to it so close to us. My children love the sprinklers.. well.. they love water, period.

This park made the early afternoon a terrific success.

Isaac and his beloved friend EE!!!

Lillie the girl with flower power!

The County Fair!!!

We took the children to the Ventura County fair last Friday. Isaac's favorite part was taking a school bus to the fair. He also enjoyed seeing all the animals. His favorites were the baby pigs as well as the bunnies. I enjoyed looking at all the rabbits too. They brought me back to my childhood. I once had twenty rabbits at one time. My favorite rabbits were miniature lops named Thumper and Butterscotch. I also had some dutch and norwegian dwarfs too. I should have entered a few of my rabbits into the fair.. I know I would have taken a blue ribbon or two home. :)


Lillie enjoyed petting the sheep and feeling their wet noses.


Isaac also enjoyed his plane ride!
You've got to sample the food too! The Funnel Cake was a hit.