We have a snake...

Really.  At least for now.  While prepping the yard for a garden, I saw a little garter snake.  I of course, screamed and ran.  Everyone else was so excited!  We happen to have an extra tank outside for whatever the kids find.  Last week there was a frog in it.  There is no lid so obviously that didn't last long.  There are worms and all sorts of bugs.  So in the snake went...and then they found all sorts of worms and bugs for him.  Sammy named him Sammy...Ochoa, not Portugal.  He has lasted 3 day so far...clearly can't escape.  I'm ok with this only because the husband wanted a BOA.  At least this is delaying that dream a bit.  Meanwhile, I am convincing Nathaniel that Boas eat kids so he will be on my side.

oops.

Yep.   I forgot I had a blog.  We are excited that spring is finally here!  Nathaniel has started his garden.  He has sugar snap peas, tons of flowers, carrots, lettuce, lavender, pumpkins, peppers and I'm sure more.  Right now we have the food indoors until we figure out what to do with it.  I want to build a walk in garden in the yard so we'll see if it gets done!  Nathaniel is finally reading really well! YAY!  He is reading about 5 books at once.:)  Sammy is still loving kindergarten and has requested that Mrs. Barber erase the days back to the beginning.  He loves her.  I'm still hoping she doesn't retire so all of the kids can have her!  Giana is definitely in her sassy 2's but very mild.  Still the calmest of all 4!  Sophie is by far the sassiest and I don't think this is an age thing.  I'm fairly certain she'll always be like this.:)  I am still unemployed and loving it.  I'll try to update more but we know how that goes!

What happened?

As I'm sure you can tell, the blog got wiped out and we lost the last 3 years of it.  Bummer.  I guess it's better than starting totally new but still sad. 

Sammy the STRANGE

So, I took Sammy and Sophie to the mall today and we walked through JC Penny. Sammy had to stop and talk to every mannequin, shake their hand and tell me how cute they were. THen he looked in the mirror and said "hey what's that Sammy doing over there?" Then he walked up to a random kid in a stroller and said "that's my best friend!" The child is nuts! Good thing he's cute!

blowing kisses

sophie just learned to blow kisses. So cute!

Sophie walks!

Thats right! Finally at 10 months, the princess decided to walk! Of course, she only walks to food but whatever works! She also finally got teeth! 4 in a week! 2 are still not quite through but one top and one bottom are poking out with the others sure to come soon! Luckily it is the middle 2 top and bottom! She learned to clap and play peek a boo all in the last week! She gives kisses and waves when asked and she says hi. She's learning new things so fast now! She also knows how to climb on the coffee table...fun times!

The boys are done with soccer next week and Nathaniel will start again in September with all his tball friends. The tball games were so fun! All of the kids played so well and Nathaniel made the best dirt designs! Nathaniel will keep going to gymnastics on Fridays in the fall. His biggest excitement is preschool! WE WENT TODAY AND SIGNED HIM UP FOR 2 FULL DAYS A WEEK! He told them his name is Indiana Jones! I'm hoping to get the boys in swimming lessons too. Sammys new thing is to ask "but what does *insert object here* do?" it's cute...kind of.:) He's also taking after his brother and singing Spiderman while jumping off the furniture. Boys.

all of the tball photos are on our new tball site! Of course we had to buy a new site right??? www.nwtball.com all of my favs are under *new-edited

Fisheye!

We got a sweet new lens for our fantastic camera. A fisheye! How great is that?? Endless hours of fun for sure!

I'm singing a song from Dragon Tales right now. Just thought you'd like to know.

I can ride my bike with no handlebars. That was for Karla. You're welcome.

I'm starving. Esteban just went to get a pizza from Safeway. It still has to cook. Bummer.

Ok I guess I really had nothing to say. But at least I can say I updated the blog right?

genius me

so. My phone broke 2 weeks ago. They said I could get a replacement for free but if they found it was broken from liquid damage or because I dropped it they would charge me $300!!!! That's more than I paid for the damn phone! And OF COURSE. I don't get the special price if I buy a new phone because I just renewed my contract. I have been with these fools that call themselves AT&T since I was 16! I've put up with the bs of becoming Cingular when I had to buy a new compatible phone and getting sent to collections because they opened a new line for me instead of transfering my line when I moved to Oregon and not telling me. Cut me some slack idiots! But I want the iPhone for $200 not $400. So genius me figured out that I can add a 3rd line and get the good price. Yes it will me an extra $10 a month but whatever. I need a phone I can use! Estebans old blackberry is not cutting it! Plus if him, sara and jeff get an iPhone then I do too! It's only fair and life is always fair.

My big baby event is coming up at work! I thought it was big last year but this year it crazy! 37 appointments already!

Sophie is so ready to walk! It strange that she isn't walking yet since both boys did but she also has no teeth. I know that's irrelevant but whatever. Maybe she'll do both by 10 months. She makes the craziest faces! Such a little gremlin! Haha

Nathaniel has busy Tuesdays! Gymnastics soccer and tball! He's having so much fun though! Not very good at tball but he has fun. He's getting good at his video games too! Lego starwars and tak are his favorites. He's amazing. And he has such an attitude!

Sammy is also in soccer. He likes to run bit not kick the ball. And he still won't get a proper haircut so it's still crazy. I think we'll have to cut it while he's sleeping again. It's getting long. He's a strange child. He was talking to estebans foot last night. He has a huge imagination! He's talking so much now! He likes to say "Barack Obama " over and over. Haha.

And now I'm tired of typing on my iPod so I'll write more later.

Sammys birthday party

It was super hot so all the kids pretty much played in the water outside all day. 3 hours went by fast! I don't know what I would have done with 8 kids and a ton of adults inside the whole time!!! Sammy wouldn't get out of the pool so Nathaniel opened his presents for him.:) Worked out well for both of them. I am so tired go clean up the party mess.....photos later.

Sammys hair

So Sammys hair is crazy. He freaks out if we mention cutting it but it goes over his eyes. So today while he was sleeping, Esteban cut it........well half of it. He got the front, top, one side and part of the back.....so he has a part mullet/part stuck in the fan look going on. Hopefully it will be corrected by his birthday party on Saturday!!!

Sophie stood up by herself for 7 seconds yesterday not holding on to anything! I think she'll be walking soon!!