Happy Halloween!

It is officially Halloween 2007! Wow.. The kids were very excited to be able to put their costumes on again.. Dom was really enjoying being Buzz Light Year...and my cute Pirate had fun with lollipops! We really began celebrating yesterday with the carving of pumpkins.. Both kids were having a great time..until.. Alyssa came eye-to-eye with the inside of the pumpkin.. That was the end of carving for her.. she bolted out of the kitchen crying and refusing to come back.. she got to spend some daddy time...
My dad helped me out today and picked Dom up from school and we went to the Target shopping center where they had a carnival... it was a good time and the kids loved Trick-or-Treating... When we got home, we met up with Lance and Allie and the rest of our neighbors and continued Trick-or-Treating around the neighborhood... Doesn't Lance the Pirate and Allie the flower look adorable! Alyssa didn't even make it around the block because she started wheezing badly.. poor baby..
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I have to admit.. I really enjoy Halloween.. I even got in on the act and dressed up as Olive Oil.. My aides and I always dress up in theme.. Luckily my aide Mrs. Robles can sew and she always helps to create some fun costumes.. So this year we were Olive Oil, Popeye, and Brutis.. It has become such a big thing with our staff it's almost stressful... This year since Alyssa is just across the street from work, Mary(babysitter) brought her by so she could take part in the parade... It was a good time... Here are my goofy students.. they looked great! Wait until next year...

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Happy Bday Dom... 1 more time

Toys "R" Us has a Birthday Club and I had signed Dom up for it.. so when it's his birthday they send us a small gift card and invite us into the store to help celebrate the day... well the days and weeks flew by and we hadn't gone... so we decided today was the day... They announced Dom's name over the intercom and gave him a crown and balloon.. he was so excited and when every employee passed him and said Happy Birthday, he blushed.. it was cute.

Lowes Kid Work Shop

Ben recently discovered that our local Lowe's offers a free class for kids 2x a month... We decided to take the kids to make a Spider Kit just in time for Halloween.. Lance met us there and the kids had a blast.. I helped Dom make his Spider and Ben made Alyssa's ... Alyssa was way too busy running through the store... The next class is to make a Turkey Recipe Holder... exciting!

International PotLuck

Since Dom attends a Christian Pre-School they don't celebrate Halloween! (bummer) So instead they have an International Pot Luck! I was lucky enough to have my ex-sis in law Lora (who's Thai) come by and help me make the BEST egg rolls! After a long night of egg roll rolling I decided to call in sick and take care of the Family and go to Dom's Pot Luck.. Ben missed also and went with us... It was fun and Dom was HAPPY to have us their.. although I think Alyssa ate more than all the other kids.. hee hee

Stevie's 4th Halloween Bash!!!

Today was Stevie's annual Halloween Birthday Party! The kids were excited to be able to wear their costumes... and I have to say that they looked soooooo cute! It was a really long day for us.. we had just finished the Pumpkin Patch and lunch to only come home for the kids to nap and then back on the road again.... I wore my wig and attempted to be a 50's Pink Lady chick..Ben rocked his wig and was Lil Jon! It was a great party.. the weather in Victorville did not cooperate however.. it was SUPER Windy and Cold! The kids ran around and ate, ate, ate! Diane made an amazing Spider Web cake and the cutest Paper Mache Pumpkins... The goodie bags were Styrofoam cups wrapped in gaze with goggle eyes to mimic a mummy.. they were adorable... I'm always amazed at all the cute things Diane comes up with... I can't wait till next year and better yet, I can't wait to see what Diane does for Lil Jakob's 1st Birthday.. get to work Diane!..jk

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Everywhere!

Before we ventured off to Stevie's Birthday Bash, we went to the annual Cal Poly Pumpkin Patch. It's only one weekend out of the year and it was our first year going. We met up with our friends Alonso, Vanessa (w/ baby bump), and Elian... Dominic and Elian had a blast running up and down the aisles of pumpkins.. Alyssa did her best to keep up... I look forward to next years event!

Shopping is Fun!

Here is a pic of the kids having fun as we shop for their cousin's gift! Don't they look cute!?!

Round TWO for Croup!

Alyssa is finally on the road of getting better.. her coughing has lessend and her Happy mood is back... WHEN low and behold Dom has fallen victim! On Friday, he hit his hand on the kitchen table before I left to work (6:30am) and didn't stop complaining/crying! So Ben calls me and is concerned at this point (8:30am).. I say just take him to school! And before you know it, Dom's school calls saying his been complaining and crying (9:30am). So Ben does a U-turn and picks him up... We decide to make him an appointment to the doc... He gets there and of course "NOTHING" is wrong.... He instead gets two shots! Ouch!
So now moving into the evening, he's running a fever... at first we thought it was the shots, but before long he's coughing/crying and sounding like a seal barking! Now Dom has Croup! The only problem is he got it to the 10th power! He was having trouble breathing, so there goes Ben back to the docotor with him. They ended up giving him a steroid shot on his Inner Thigh (ouch!)... It has helped and now he'll be back to school tomorrow! I hope this is the last of croup... ! I'm Beat!

My Little Helpers!

I love when the kids want to help clean the house.. Dom's new thing is washing the dishes for me before we put them in the dishwasher... isn't he the best helper! Alyssa likes being part of the group and is great at picking things up!


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Birthday Party Saturday!

Here's Henry Opening Gifts!

Happy Birthday to both my Sis-in-Law Susana (Oct. 12th) and her boy/my nephew Henry (Oct.13th)! He has now turned 7! Lucky number 7! We went to his Birthday Party (Mission to Mars theme) to help him mark this special day... Dom was not up to par... acting distant and not wanting to play... Alyssa was a ham and loving every minute... We were stuck in traffic and missed the whole Mars attack Kenny setup in his backyard... bummer!

It was a nice party! It's always nice spending time with family and enjoying good food! Henry got sooooo many Lego Sets, he's going to be busy for a while... and speaking of Legos.. maybe its been a while since I went to buy some, but I never knew they had Lego sets that cost 100bucks! Wow have they gone up in price through the years! ha ha... then again doesn't EVERYTHING... I still remember when I first met Ben and I would fill up my Civic with gas that cost 98cents.... boy I sure wish that would come back!

Here's a pic of my sis-in-law pretending to take notes on gifts... hee hee.... she claims she doesn't send Thank You cards but I got one already!... good job susana!

Happy 3rd Birthday Papas!

My lil boy is offically 3 years old today.. as of 6:24am that is! I know I've said this before.. but how does time pass so fast??? Amazing is all I can say!

Well to help celebrate his big day, I bought cupcakes for Ben to take to his classroom. His teacher had told us to leave our camera and she would take pics of when they sing and celebrate his bday. Ben said when he dropped him off, several of his little friends ran to him and were staring at his cupcakes...

When I picked him up, he was wearing this adorable construction paper hat was running around so proudly! It was so nice to see him so happy at school and feeling special!

We capped off the day with singing, a lot of phone calls with Bday wishes (even Toys R Us called), and playing outside with his buddy Lance.

Tantrums Anyone?

When Alyssa is sick, she lets everyone have it. She has croup and has been miserable! Dominic got sent home from school Monday because he threw up after lunch! What a Monday it has been! Ben told me that Dom didn't want to take a nap after he came home from school and even threw a french fry at him.. so he cried himself into his nap...
Then that evening, Alyssa was refusing to eat and instead threw a tantrum... She rolled herself under the table where Dom and I ignored her and before you know it.. she was sleeping... Whew!

A "Wig Party"

Ben... as.. Taboo

After Dom's Birthday we went to our friend Eddie's 30th "Wig" Birthday Party! It didn't start until late so we had the energy to make it... It was totally fun! But we had to leave early since Alyssa was feeling well when we left. Let's just say Ben looked "MEAN" and like Taboo from Black Eyed Peas and I... well I don't think I could ever pull off "bangs" or "black hair".. ha ha.. Eddie had a mullet and Chris turned into "Chris Angel" and Erin and Karla.. they turned into Eve and Kat Williams.. ha ha .. fun fun... Happy Birthday Eddie!

Chris ... as ... "Criss Angel"

"Katt Williams".. as... Erin & Karla... as... "Eve"

Dominic's 3rd Birthday Party!

The day has finally arrived... It's Dominic's 3rd Birthday Party.. We had it at a Jumper place called Wild Kingdom... I went with the whole Bob the Builder/Tonka Truck theme since Dom loves playing in the dirt!
The day started off well... Dom woke up at 6am!(my kids don't believe in sleeping in) and was excited cause he knew it was Saturday/his party day! So at 11:30 I gave the kids baths and got them ready for a nap. Dominic then decides he doesn't want a nap! After fighting with him, he goes down at 1:30! Only an hour before his party.. so at 2:15 Ben wakes him up (I had already left) and he's just screaming and crying. SO needless to say.. the first jumper room of his party was a total waste! He was grumpy! He did warm up by the second jumper room! Thank goodness!

Overall it was a great time, I only wish I could of invited a few more of his friends, but was limited due to space! That was the only downfall... can't have everything...

Thanks to everyone who came out and made our lil man feel special!