Another Weekend Gone

Summer is quickly coming to an end with just one month remaining. I have all this new curriculum to go over in a month's span. In the meantime, I have two kids keeping me equally busy. Oh boy. Anyway, we finished off Lucas's final birthday party this weekend and also had a family wedding. 

 Enjoying their playroom

 "Reading" at the library

 Summer time = Yogurtland time

 "Reading" at home

I really can't wait till Lucas can read next year. I really hope he masters reading by the end of Kindergarten. 

Moose!

 Face Swap!

Yes, this is actually their face swapped. They look so eerily similar, it's crazy!

 HH with friends

 Movie was ehhh

 Thank you Apple for our free summer movie

Birthday party with friends

 Happy final 5th birthday, Lucas!

This was a first for us. For Lucas's school party, we just had the parents drop off their kids at our place for 1.5 hours. Lucas claims his party was too short, I thought the opposite. Having five boys outside was tolerable. I guess this is the beginning of something new. I guess this also means that my little boy is growing up. 

 Wedding rehearsal

 Pre-ceremony (killing time)

My brother got married this past weekend. What's cool about this place is that nearly seven years ago, we got married here, too and that's how "our shinnanigans" started. 

 My favorite flower girl

 Someone wasn't very patient during the ceremony

Pretty awesome backdrop

 

Family selfie

 

 Family pic

 Sister twins!

 Photobooths are awesome

 Free slurpee day!

And that was our week/weekend! Next week we're off on our July vacation. Can't wait! It'll be awesome!

Happy 5th Birthday Lucas!

It was Lucas's 5th birthday this past Saturday. Time sure flies! 

 Birthday Jedi

 Without the influence of anybody, Lucas decided to be a SW fan. He's already watched all seven episodes (waiting for Rogue One to come out in December) and knows a whole mess of Star Wars facts. This kid is a good kid because he only likes people on the Light Side.

 Our Star Wars family

Birthday morning donuts

We suddenly have like seven boxes of (built) SW Legos at home

 Building Legos all by himself

Building Poe's X-Wing

Lucas received a whole bunch of SW Legos for his birthday. I was surprised that he was able to build pretty much everything by himself. It's great during nap time since he's occupied. He's currently playing with the gigantic X-Wing that he built this weekend (with a little help from Mommy and Daddy). 

Even though Lucas just turned five, it seems like he's much older than his age. I really don't think I'm biased when I say this, but he's a really bright kid. I guess we'll see if I'm biased when his report card comes out in Kindergarten. Lucas is a really kind kid who always thinks about others first. He chose a strawberry cake for his birthday because he knew Charlotte likes strawberries. He wanted to have tie fighter sandwiches (note: doesn't like the Dark Side) because he wants to make sure some of his friends who like bad guys will get a sandwich when they come. He wanted to get chocolate cupcakes because his BFF likes chocolate. That's just a few examples of the kind of boy Lucas is. 

Happy birthday to my favorite Jedi! 

In other news...

 Smelling the flowers

 Ayesha Curry International Smoke House (no Ayesha that night)

 The whole family is obsessed with Tsums

 C: I need headphones so I can hear better (notice where the jack is)

Working my butt off to redesign their playroom was worth it

 Celebrating July 4th with some burgers

 Added four Adirondack chairs to the backyard

 Painted a nasty Ikea table with chalkboard paint for some sidewalk chalk fun

 Loves going to the library to get new books

... and that was Lucas's 5th birthday and our week's adventures.

Summer Shinnanigans

It's almost July?! That means I spent a good month sleeping in and doing absolutely nothing productive (I think). During the summer, I transition back to a SAHM, knowing that I'll be working in August. Summers surely go by much faster with kids around. It's kind of nice waking up and not having much of an agenda, but other times, it gets kind of unproductive. We've spent a couple days just staying at home lounging around. Char's naps have also diminished in time, so there's a whole lot of afternoons of doing absolutely nothing!

 Quiet time at the library

The one last thing I'm waiting for right now is for them to learn how to read on their own. Then victory will be mine!

 Moose!

When it's blazing hot, Yogurtland is a MUST do before lunch!

 Quietly "reading" in their make shift nook

 Cooler weather after dinner = fun at the park

Char has seen me use my hot iron numerous times. Every time she's near me, I tell her to stay away from the iron because it's HOT! A second after I tell her to stay away because it's super hot, she sticks her hands in there. After one second, she screams bloody murder.

 Three burned fingers

 Make shift cast

 Super sad because she was bad and hurting

Lesson learned: stay away from Mommy's iron. She learned her lesson... the hard and hot way. 

 Chik-Fil-A makes everything better

 Taking care of baby Kendall

Charlotte got her baby girl fix that day. Her fix only lasted five minutes. 

 Another special treat with Mommy

 What we do when it's cooler outside the house than inside

 No wonder these kids would rather hang with me than go to school

 BB-8 love

 Summer movie fun: Finding Dory

 Halal Guys for adults and pizza for kids

 Char asked for a picture and Lucas photo bombed it

At the end of this week, Lucas will be FIVE years old. FIVE! When did this guy grow up so quickly?! I can't believe my baby will be five and going off the Kindergarten in the Fall. FIVE!

 Playing with cousins

 Eating with cousins

 Jumping with cousins

 Jedi-ling cousins

This was the first of Lucas's many parties. Light saber fighting in the jumphouse was a hit! Woohoo.