Other happenings....

Well, I completely forgot to blog about Logan's friends', Brittany, birthday party. It was very cute & simple. They had a water theme and all the kids loved being in the water. Especially since it was really hot outside. {100 degrees or more}. They had an inflatable pool filled to the rim with water, and a water toy that attached to the hose and shooted water. Also, they enjoyed being in the swings and relaxing. For lunch, they had pizza, watermelon, grapes and for dessert, cute ice cream cone cupcakes. Logan had a blast and still talks about Brittany's pool.

If you look closely on the last picture... you can see that Logan was trying to help blow out the candles... :P

In addition to school starting up again for me, I have been attending the YMCA. I received 3 1-week trial passes to try out the facility and I have been taking Logan since they have a child care program while I go to classes. The first time I tried to attend a pilates class and that failed miserably due to Logan having a melt down & saying "I want you mommy!". So I pretty much stayed the entire time and realized that the class had ended so I took him and we went swimming instead. The next day, he did much better. They actually came into my class and said that I was more than welcome to go work out in the gym after my class because he was doing so well. I was exhausted after my class {it was called "on the ball" and was all sorts of exercises using the balance ball... I'm still sore!} so I just took him home which was fine because I had my visiting teacher coming over. I enjoy the me time and being able to work out feels so good. Hopefully I will become a member and will be able to attend more often.

Toddler Storytime

Every Tuesday, Barnes & Noble has a Toddler Storytime. Since the summer movie deals are over {$1 for old movies @ 10am}, I needed to look for something else cheap to do for Logan. Storytime was perfect! So I let Logan's friends know {actually their mothers} and we all met at Barnes & Noble. {Of course, I was running a little late, weird, right?}. Logan seemed to like it until I left him in the front where the other kids were sitting so that I could sit with the other parents in the back. He had a melt down and was searching for me. So he stayed pretty close to me after that. What was funny was that the boys stayed with mommy while the girls were fine listening to the story with the other kids. There were a lot of kids... but all in all they seemed to enjoy themselves. They sang some songs, read a story, walked around pretending to be a "choo-choo" train and then colored a picture based on the book and received a stamp on their picture and hand. Logan was very excited and we may go back next Tuesday... hopefully there will not be SO many kids! :)

Fires!

Well, in case you hadn't heard, there were some fires out here in Palmdale. They were only about 1 mile away from our house. Needless to say, it smelled and was very VERY smokey here for a couple days. Thankfully, the firefighers were there to calm it down before any major damage was done. Here are a few pics that we took just driving around town trying to run some errands. {And for some reason, Donald decided that it was a good idea to drive his wife and 2 yr old son as close to the flames as possible... as if we couldn't smell it from INSIDE our house. lol.}

Baby-sitting, Babysitting, & more {you guessed it} babysitting!

These past 2 weeks have been very busy for me... I've been babysitting like crazy! I almost feel like a teenager again, except this time, I'm not getting paid. :) The past 2 weeks, I watched Donalds' sister's {Megan} kids. All 4 of them! That's right, so I had 5 kids in my tiny home {with out a yard} all under the age of 7. Logan LOVED having his cousins show up at 6am. Of course, his cousins were exhausted and tired and would go right back to sleep, but not Logan. Needless to say I am not, nor have I EVER, been a morning person. {4 years of early morning Seminary was plenty for me} I loved hearing Logan laughing and playing with his cousins and his cousins being here, but boy oh boy was I exhausted! I love those kids. This week, Logan is lucky enough to have his {girl}friend Anna come over 2x's this week! He just loves and kisses on her... I think she may be getting a little annoyed with him, but he tells me {after I tell him to stop} that he loves her. It's very cute & sweet. Oh, and to top it all off, I'm back in school. So I've been up late hours working on school work. {Now being a nite owl, I can handle. }

Well, here is to watching the little ones, hearing them laugh and love eachother and to me hopefully getting some sleep. :) {someday}

So the past couple days, we have been like fish! We are LIVING in the water. I'm not complaining at all {considering our temperature here as been triple digits for the past couple days) but ever since the 4th of July incident, I have been wanting to make sure that Logan is not afraid of the water. Yesterday, in my in-laws pool, I made sure to show him the basics of swimming and with some help of a floaty vest, he moves around the pool! He loves it! Next step, swimming lessons minus the vest! Hooray!

Logan & His Friends

The past 2 days, Logan has had some fun play dates with his buddies from Nursery. On Tuesday, we met everyone at the movie theaters for the $1 summer movie. The movie we saw was Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. It was a cute movie that Logan loved {he would repeat every food that fell from the sky}. The kids seemed to do pretty well. After the movie, we let them run around the arcade. Logan LOVES the games and begs to see the games before, during & after the movie.

On Wednesday, I decided to invite the gang over for swimming. {Considering it was 104 degrees that day, it seemed like the easiest way to cool down.} The kids enjoyed jumping in and Michael & Brittany loved floating using their life-vests. Anna loved holding on to her pink "boat" {noodle} and splashing. Logan just loved getting in, my holding him, and running over to play with the dog, Roxy that he talks about constantly! The kids got out after about 1-2 hours of swimming to eat & then were very excited to get back in. Soon after, everyone was starting to get tired and were melting down. Once everyone left, I took Logan back to play with Roxy and to let her off the leash to roam around the yard again. {We tied her up to a tree to make sure she didn't jump on the kids or jump in the pool with the kids in there.} Logan loves his buddies from nursery, and they seem to get along pretty well.

Week In Review

Well.... this weekend was busy but fun! Here is a quick summary of the week:
Monday- clean house, grocery shopping, all the non-fun things. :)

Tuesday- Logan & I went to the $1 Movie feature at our mall theater... it was Monsters Vs. Aliens. Logan will watch that movie at home non-stop!

Wednesday- Logan & I headed to Burbank to meet up with my bff Emily {Norton} George. We walked through Ikea {that store is TROUBLE}. Logan also wanted to do the babysitting service/kids play area, except he was 1/2 an inch too short and they wouldn't let him stay. Had he kept his shoes on, he would have made it. Bummer! {He was so upset!} After shopping, we made a refueling stop to eat at Ikea. I love their Swedish Meatballs... way better and similar than how we make them. Then, we made our way to the movie theaters to see another film, Toy Story 3 in 3D. I love all the Toy Story movies and this one was just as sweet and funny as can be... I was also a little teary eyed at the end. Before heading in, Logan wanted to play some of the arcade games... so he did {minus inserting the money, but he didn't know the difference.} Logan watched the first couple minutes than realized that he was going to fall asleep and wanted to start running around. Once he settled down, he fell asleep in my arms. Prior to falling asleep, he told me he had to pee again, but I thought he just wanted to get up. Once he was asleep... I felt some warmth on my leg... he peed on me! ugh! {Luckily I brought an extra pair of shorts and undies... next time I will listen to him.}

Thursday- My mother in law was off of work this day so we went over to her place to meet up with Donald for lunch and then {after Donald left} we went swimming! I love the water! After swimming, we headed to a couple of housing tracks to walk through some model homes. I love seeing all the new things that I can't have. :)

Friday- Donald took the day off {since he did not have the 5th of July off} and we went to yet another movie, Despicable Me. It was very cute and funny! Again, Logan wanted to walk around and since he is potty-trained, he realized if he said he had to pee then he would be able to walk around... he is one smart cookie!

Saturday- it was finally a resting day. I had a primary activity to attend and brought Logan. {The theme was a water Olympics. It was cute a perfect for a hot day!} Afterwards, Logan & I went to another 2 housing tracks to walk through. I think that Logan has found a love & interest in them too! He gets so excited when we walk through a 2-story model... he shouts, "yeahhh, stairs!". Gotta love this kid! :)

That was our week.... phew! ☺