Life Lately

Life lately has been busy. I can't seem to remember what weekends were like before kids existed. I can barely remember what I did over the weekend nowadays, how am I supposed to remember what I did five years ago?

Lucas had a tee ball fundraiser on Saturday in lieu of his regular games. Before his fundraiser, we took a little mother/son detour and devoured some pandan waffles and milk tea. Lucas had his first sip of milk tea and according to him, he liked it at first, then didn't like it. Shrug. More for me.

 Pop Up

 Snow cone goodness

We spent the remainder of the time at home. Cute little Charlotte started jamming on her guitar.

 She's a born entertainer

 Cheesin'

 Mean face

 Silly face

 Ready for summer

Seriously, I am so ready for summer. This was a rough school year.

On Sunday, Lucas and I went to one of his school friend's birthday parties. It's interesting to see all the different birthday venues nowadays. Parents are smart enough to NOT host something at their place with all the craziness that comes with it.

 Gymnastics birthday party

Cake!!!

 

Much Belated Weekend Shinnanigans

It was a busy weekend + work week. At least it's almost May, which means that summer is almost in full gear. I haven't thought as far as summer plans though, but I am looking forward to sleeping in more.

 Making their own personalized English muffin pizzas

 Playing at the park after dinner

 Sharing a bean & cheese plate

Lucas has been talking about taking home the team banner for the past couple weeks. After each tee ball game, a different player gets to take home the team banner. You can tell that Lucas is really trying hard and is improving. However, at his last tee ball game, he was running full speed home and the coach at home didn't see him, turned around, and BOOM! Lu ran full force into him! He didn't want to play the rest of the game and they rewarded him the team banner for suffering an "injury" and for being one of the most improved players. Go Lu!

 Not so happy Lu

 Happy Lu

 Mother/daughter matching shirts

On a slow, nothing to do Sunday afternoon, we went on a spontaneous play date with friends to CDM. I am not utilizing that membership. I guess that's not getting a renewal in July. 

 Firefighting boys

Exercising three year olds

And now I'm off to pick up the kids and go to tee ball practice. I wish I could sit here and complain about being bored. Those were the good old days!

Tee Ball, Birthday, and Elvis

Tee ball. Warm weather. 40th Birthday. Elvis. That was our weekend.

 Munching on snacks during practice

 Special McD's lunch with Mommy (girl has attitude)

 Elvis is alive?!

Our school's Silent Auction theme this year was 50s. Elvis had a short cameo here.

 Target, Starbucks, and rugrats

 Kitty cat (thanks to Hello Kitty?)

 Posing before his tee ball game

 Little ham

 Daddy got a new haircut for his 40th

 Finally decided to play it safe and buy them helmets

You can't tell, but Lucas has a Darth Vader helmet on. I tried to convince him to pick the R2D2 one, but he didn't budge. Having two little droids would've been cute. Oh well. 

Birthday dinner @ Benihana's 

 

3rd annual Benihana's dinner (the tradition is going strong!)

Boys Night and Girls Night

This was our first ever BNO and GNO. The boys went to Levi's Stadium for Monster Jam. The only bummer about it was that it was raining that weekend. 

I think they still had fun

Popcorning in the club seats

While the boys were doing that, Char had a very girlie adventure in downtown Los Gatos. I found a place where she can make her own (glittery) chapstick and lotion. She loved it. What's even cooler is I let her pick a princess dress to wear as she paraded around Los Gatos. 

Mixing her very pink chapstick

Princess Charlotte

 Two princesses admiring themselves

 It started to sprinkle outside

 Princesses eat pizza for dinner

The rest of the weekend was a bit of a blur. I don't think we really had much going on (besides officially starting off Dan's birthday celebration). 

 This girl loves her stuffed animals (and pink!)

 Boys hanging out while Char's snoozing

 We take lots of selfies while Char's sleeping

 Playing with one of her besties while Lucas is at tee ball practice

 Sunday night dance party

And that wraps up this weekend!

Spring Break Shinnanigans

The good thing about having Spring Break early is that you don't have to wait as long as everyone else. The bad thing about having Spring Break early is that after it's over, you see everyone else facebooking what they did on their Spring Break while you're working. The grass is always greener on the other side.

I had to take care of some business first, which pretty much means morning dentist and doctor appointments for the kids to start off Spring Break. I know, I'm such a party pooper.

 No shots at the doctor's this time!

 Didn't realize it was sprinkling in the evening and brought them to a park

For some reason, the husband has never had a meal at Pepper Lunch before. It's not a great place to eat, but it would randomly come up in conversations whenever we drove by Milpitas (pretty rare). I can't believe I never brought him there while we were dating too. 

 Checked off his non-existent bucket list

We ventured off to eat at The Kitchen in Sac to celebrate his birthday. Not only is this place delicious, it's also pure entertainment. The meal itself was around four hours long! I was full and tired by 9:30. This old woman can't hang. 

 Posing at the courtyard

 Asking the chef tons of questions

What other fine dining restaurant would let you walk wherever you please and ask whatever questions you want? They only had one rule - keep your pants on. I didn't wear pants that night, so the rules don't apply to me! Hah!

The next morning, we went to an 11am Budweiser beer tasting tour. I passed by this place millions of times on the drive home from Davis and have never tried it. Oh! I know why... I wasn't of age yet! Anyway, for $5/person, this was a pretty sweet deal. Being the total light weight that I am, I was totally plastered by the end of our tour. I tried to hang, but I couldn't.

 Light weight!

 King of Beers

 I don't know why he's doing this...

 Loves shopping at Target - like mother like daughter

Saturday consisted of our monthly Home Depot activity as well as (surprise, surprise) tee ball! 

 I'm a Disney pin collector and they're HD pin collectors

 Hanging with one of her BFFs

 Yankees ready!

 Sunday's best

 Besties on a Monday night

They insisted on sleeping together on the top bunk. Char usually wakes up in the middle of the night to pee too. Lucas told her to wake him up when she has to pee so he can climb down the ladder (she doesn't know how to climb down the ladder) and tell one of us to get her. Let's see if he holds true to his word, or... will she just have an accident in his new Paw Patrol sheets. Dun dun dun... Happy Monday!