Just Stuff

I couldn't actually let the month of July go by without taking some pictures and posting them! So in these last few days of the month I took some pictures and will be sharing them.

But first I wanted to share that I took the boys to the beach this past Saturday to meet up with Anthony's cousin Lisa nd her daughter Quinn. We went to Moonlight Beach in Encinitas instead of our usual Oceanside beach. It may have been the change in location or the fact that there was someone else around that Aidan thought he could trust more than me... but he went in the water!!! Not like all the way or anything but he played near and in the water. I was so excited (no, I do not have pictures of it!). We went down to the water and just held hands and were running around in it for a long time (Moonlight has a much larger shallow area than Oceanside so it also doesn't seem like there are as many big waves crashing close to the shore like at Oceanside) and then we was fine and played in the water mostly by himself for at least an hour! Didn't even want to come in to eat lunch. What a relief! I really thought he might go all summer afraid of the ocean.

The reason Anthony wasn't with us was because he went up to Northridge and got a moving truck and brought home my grandmother's dining room table and chairs and grandfather clock and took some things to my brother's place as well. My grandmother's house has sold and there are only a few weeks left to get everything out of there. I am so glad we decided to take the dining room set... I really like it and it looks good in our dining room... and sometimes when I go by the room I can smell my grandmother's house... in a good way, not like an old lady's house way! :-)

There are some young girls in our neighborhood who have decided to have what they call Camp Seashell every Wednesday this summer from 10 to 12 for kids 5 and under. They play with them and do crafts and color! Today was the first day I was able to take advantage of it because since summer started I have been in a Bible study Wed. mornings at church. So today my friend Julie and I dropped our kids off at Camp Seashell and headed out for pedicures! And then we had time for sushi too!! YAY! It was so great. THEN while we were leaving the sushi place I ran into my boyfriend from the 5th grade!! How random is that???

Monday mom and the boys came over andhung out for awhlie and I took some great pictures of them... and then I took the boys to the park yesterday, so here are the pictures I have taken in the last few days of July!

Summertime!

We have been so busy just doing our thing this summer! I just realized that I haven't even taken a picture this whole month of July! In fact I haven't taken a picture since the 200+ I took on our camping trip a month ago. The boys and I have been doing the free family movie... which has been so much busier than in years past! This week we didn't even get to see a movie because they were both full by the time we got there. Oh well... I don't think we were missing out too much on Care Bears 2 from 1988! We have been to the beach about 4 times already and my kids are terrified of the water! Actually, Aidan is terrified of the water which means Alec thinks he should be too. It is really frustrating to me and annoying... especially since last year Aidan would go in the water and he loves the pool. The ocean is a lot different than a pool, but still, he likes water... I guess it is the waves that are scary. Anyway, I hope that by the end of summer he will want to go at least near the water. The bonus to the boys not wanting to go near the water is that I can sit and relax and not worry about them getting swept out to sea! They love to go and play in the sand so I will still take them. I am totally that mom that makes my kids do things I think they shouldn't be scared of too... sorry to those of you are more sensitive souls! So I am sure that I have not helped Aidan's anxiety about the ocean. I even asked him if he would go in the water with daddy instead of me and he said he would! So he doesn't even trust me! Can you blame him? Anyway, I promised him and myself this last time that I wouldn't make him go in and I didn't. However, I didn't make that promise to Alec!! Poor kid! He acts like he hates it but I really don't think he does! ;-)

It would have been nice for me to post some pictures from our Fourth of July but I didn't take any! We spent the holiday weekend up at Big Bear and went to the lake for the day and watched the fireworks from there that night. It was pretty fun. Saturday Anthony went on a "jeep run" with Ty and they were gone for about 6 hours! So Lisa and I were at the house with the 4 boys relaxing and watching movies. We all went to dinner that night to a new place... and it was pretty awful! They were out of about 75% of the things that were on their menu and then the stuff they did have wasn't that great and it was over priced! SUPER! It was actually pretty comical by the time we were done.

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer! xo