My little love bug is growing up......

number three

2012-01-27T11:27:00.000-06:00

so we have had a break in having to do projects.
last friday, when love bug got home from school. he had a blue paper with him.
hmmm....that usually mean something....ummm hmmm.

well i was right.
it was project note. ohhh how i do not like to see those notes.
and to top it off. the project was due 1-26-12. yea, so that meant that he had only four days to work on it.

well the project was for a literature tree project.
okay first of all....what is a literature tree?
second....it had to be a three dimensional model.
third....it couldn't be made on construction paper. (what's that all about)
fourth....LATE projects would not be accepted.

i had no earthly idea what we were going to make.
oh and to top it off you had to use the format of a story map.
yea....like i'm still in school.

i am telling you guys....third grade is gonna be the death of me.
no wait i still have nine more years to go.

so i googled and googled literature trees....3D trees.
there's not that much stuff out there on literature trees or 3D trees.
but, if you want to buy trees or learn about trees. there are TONS of websites about that.

anyways, i kind of slacked over the weekend. so monday rolled around.
and guess where we ended up at monday evening?
MICHAELS.
i thought surely there had to be something there. we ended up seeing a couple of kids that love bug goes to school up there too.
apparently their parents were thinking the same thing i was.

well we came across a 3D foam tree. which i thought was pretty cool.
so did love bug but he wanted to see other options.
okay.....started walking around the store. going up & down the aisles.
then i spotted the styrofoam aisle.
HALLELUJAH!!! an idea popped into my head....DING

i told love bug about the idea. and he rolled with it.
i ended up getting him a styrofoam block and some leaves. plus some other stuff that we thought we could use.
we had the neighbor break off a tree limb. so we could use some of the smaller branches.

$30 later this is what we came up with.

not too shabby for this momma not knowing what a 3 dimensional literature tree was, huh?

they will be displayed at open house next month.

goodbye.....HELLO

2012-01-01T20:38:00.000-06:00

wow...i can't believe that 2011 is gone.
and we are now 2012.
time does fly when you are having fun.
we just wanted to wish our family and friends

gingerbread house

2011-12-31T12:49:00.002-06:00

love bug wanted to make a gingerbread house this year. we have always wanted to make one but never got around to making one.
well christmas eve we did. well not "we" exactly. i had told lovebug we would make it after everyone had gotten up from a nap.
that didn't exactly go as planned.
uncle art and carlita decided they would start it with lovebug.

here's the finished product. glad that they waited till christmas eve to make it. because i don't really think it would have survived. the icing was slowly sliding down. uncle art said that it looked like snow because it was melting.

FYI....the gingerbread house has survived a week.

i can see clearly now

2011-12-16T10:44:00.000-06:00

lil' bug and momma got some new glasses.
it was way over do for this momma.
lil' bug's eye appointment was around the corner so i just decided to make it a family affair.

well, we went to pick up our glasses wednesday evening.
bug's prescription changed a little bit.
momma's well....quite a bit.

so we get home and lovebug doesn't keep his glasses on very long.
morning comes and he puts them on.

lovebug: wow mom. everything looks like HDTV.
mom: so i am guessing you can see?
lovebug: yes & everything is so clear.
mom: well shoot if you think your lenses look like HDTV then my lenses look like 3D.
lovebug: laughing hysterically....mom you are crazy.

i love this boy to death ♥

mystery reader

2011-12-08T16:24:00.000-06:00

last week i was a mystery reader for love bugs class.
i had signed up at open house. back in october.
thank goodness his teacher emailed me and reminded me.
because then oops...no mystery reader for that friday.

lovebugs teacher wanted me to email her about four or five clues about myself. that way the kids could try and guess who was coming.
well one of my clues was that i love to watch football and that my favorite team is none other than the dallas cowboys...ssshh don't hate :)
anyways, when i walked in. lovebug kind of looked surprised.
his teacher,mrs. alvarez, asked him if he had figured out the clue was talking about ME :)

he said yes. but i had to make sure so i asked him again. and he was like yes, mom i knew it probably had to be you because ONE you love football and TWO your favorite team is the dallas cowboys. so i kind of figured it was you.

i took my own book.

i thought that it would be appropriate since it is the month of december.
and it is Jesus' birthday.
so before i started to read to them. i asked them if they knew what december 25th was?
they all yelled. JESUS' birthday.
i was sooo happy. because you know that a lot of kids out there don't know the true meaning of Christmas.
so i read to them. and the last page of the book i showed the kids. and they all read out loud.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!!!

it was fun being a mystery reader. i might have to do it again. this time during easter. the resurrection of jesus.

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas

2011-12-05T11:27:00.000-06:00

this is what we woke up to this morning.

yes, it's kind of hard to see because there is a lot of white.

that white stuff just happens to be SNOW.

yes, we got some snow this morning.

school was cancelled (lovebug was ecstatic). but not work.

man, to be a kid again :)

our first snow in december. and winter hasn't even hit us yet.

winter doesn't officially start until the 21st of december.

but let me tell you. it's pretty darn cold out there.

have my heater on to keep me warm and toasty. sipping on some ~~gin and juice~~ hot chocolate ☺. now if only i could be home with my little bug.

Veteran's Day

2011-11-11T22:51:00.000-06:00

Happy Veteran's Day....and a huge thank you to all our veteran's out there. past and present.
Thank you to my brother. my family members. and my friends.
Thank you to all those out there who have served or who are serving now.
Thank you for all you have sacrificed for us. because of that we enjoy great freedom.

Today, Veteran's day, we honor those who have defended and those who are defending our country now.

Dear Father, we remember and honor those who have served to preserve and protect our freedom. We also celebrate the resurrection, because all of us who have placed our faith and trust in you -- even though we die -- will live again. Amen.

today is the day

2011-11-01T14:23:00.001-05:00

that my baby turns nine.

wow...fifteen days sure did go by fast. from my last post. that is.
i still cannot believe that you have turned nine.
i still cannot believe that another year has passed. and we are celebrating your birthday. AGAIN.

by the way. i really think you need to STOP having birthdays. because i want you to stay my baby. FOREVER.
okay, i know you will always be my baby. i just don't want you to grow up.
i cherish each and every day. that we spend together. because i know the older you get. the less time we will spend together. i am so not looking forward to those days.

i text you yesterday. and i told you that today you would be turning nine.
and that i didn't want you to getting any older.
you text me back. telling me that it was okay. and that you will always be with me.

that just melted my heart ♥
you don't know this. but yes, i started to cry. just like i am right about NOW.

you don't know what kind of joy you bring to this family. i am..we..are so blessed to have you as a son and grandson and nephew.
i am so very proud of you. you are doing outstanding in the third grade.
you are an awesome son. grandson. nephew. friend.

love bug, momma just wanted to wish you a very happy 9th birthday.
if i could keep you at this age. i would. believe me.
but i know that you are growing up to becoming a young man.
that is very kind, loving, nurturing and a child of God.
you are always. always smiling. you are so forgiving.
you have an imagination. that is out of this world.

just remember that God has great plans for you.
this is my favorite scripture for you.

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11

i love you to the moon and back. to infinity and beyond.

happy 9th birthday my love ♥

from 80 to 20

2011-10-27T16:53:00.000-05:00

brrr....from summer to snow in just two days.

thank goodness we live in west texas and not colorado. where we don't get this kind of snow.
because if we did. we would be moving to a warmer climate.
even though we do have these kind of days. where it's 80 degrees one day. and 40 degrees the next. like today. brrrr it's cold today. but i would take the cold over snow any day.

love bug on the other hand. would like for it to snow. like it did in colorado. he loves the cold weather. we are total opposites. when it comes to weather.
so i am thanking God. that we are JUST getting the colder weather. and not any snow.

by the way. tomorrow we should be back in the lower 60's. and then back to seasonal weather. by next week.

can't wait :)

oh my goodness

2011-10-17T15:53:00.000-05:00

as of today. october 17, 2011.

there are 15 more days till my baby turns nine.

9. nine. nueve.

please tell me this is not happening. he's my baby. i go through this every year.
i. don't. want. him. to. turn. another. year. older.
(that only means i am getting older..ha ha!!)

in 35 days. my baby brother will be turning another year older.

in 38 days. we will be giving thanks.

and in 69 days we will be celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

wow. i can not believe that this year is almost over with.

just thought that you would all like to know that the holidays are just around the corner.

my personal styler

2011-10-14T10:18:00.001-05:00

i have my "own" personal assistant. yes, you read that right. he helps me out every morning.
and he's pretty darn good at it too :)

i will ask him whether this shoe looks better or this other one.
this pant or the capri pant?
shirts? jewelry?
you name it. i always ask my very own personal assistant. for help.

but, i always get the same response from him.
it doesn't matter which one i tell you looks better. you always go with what you think looks better.

no i don't. i always take your advice :)

umm hmm....(nodding his head while he's looking at a book fair circular)

well anyways, i still have my very own personal assistant.

okay. changing subject now.

mom, can i buy two books from the book fair?
books are awesome.

those were the words from my love bug's mouth this morning.

i am sooo grateful he loves to read :)
just like his momma.

he melts my heart ♥

ancient

2011-10-06T13:28:00.000-05:00

this morning as we were getting ready. we always have the t.v. on and listen to "the early show"
as we all know. the co-founder of apple. steve jobs. passed away. so they (early show) were doing a piece on him this morning. and of course my little sponge was listening.
then all of a sudden. they were saying that the first mac was created in 1984.

mom, did you see how huge that computer monitor was? it was BIG. dang.

love bug asked me, mom, were you born when they created the mac?
before i even had a chance to respond he came back with.
oh yeah...duh YOU were born in 1971.
okay mister you don't have to rub it in. okay.

gotta love him :)

city vs country

2011-09-29T16:41:00.000-05:00

about two weeks ago. we went with nana and popo to go check out this house and land. just south of town. while we were stopped along side the road. because someone couldn't find this house. i was in the back either texting or playing a game. probably playing a game.

while we were stopped. all of sudden love bug yells. yes yells. dang look at all those dogs. those people must love dogs.
i look up and look around for these so called dogs.
i start to laugh because this is what he saw....

a corral of goats.

i told him, love bug those aren't dogs. those are goats.
he gets his binoculars out.
yup, you're right. that there is some goats.

so needless to say. my boy is a city boy. not no country boy :)
but he does love him some tractors, dirt and boots.

flashback friday

2011-09-23T10:54:00.000-05:00

this post was brought to you all because of my love bug. bringing back some good memories. I haven't done a "flashback fridays" post in a long while. I think I may have to start back up again. we'll see :)

so anyways.......

we saw some ladies walking last night. then all of a sudden love bug busts out with........

LET'S GET PHYSICAL!!!

okay buddy...what do you know about the '80s and where in the world did you hear that song?

love bug: oh I know a lot about the '80s...well music.
mom: LOL.....you are too funny. no really where did you hear that song?
love bug: last year Mrs. Knott (music teacher) was showing us different videos and songs from the '80s and this happened to be one of them.
mom: okay.thinking to myself ~~maybe this is the reason she is no longer teaching~~ kidding she retired :) were y'all doing the aerobic exercises too?
love bug: LOL....mom now you are the one who's being funny!!

WOW.

Way too funny :)

enjoy your weekend!!!

blinded me with science

2011-09-22T16:42:00.002-05:00

ooohhh....third grade is going to drive me loca!!! (for those of you who don't speak spanish....CRAZY!!! PLEASEEEE!!

love bug had another science project. YES. that's two. count them TWO. in less than two weeks apart. come on give this momma a break already.

so we "git r done"

so this one is due Friday the 23rd. BUT the awesome mom that I am...okay so I think that I am. we finished it Monday night. turned it four days ahead of the due date. now if any of y'all know me. y'all know that I used to procrastinate. I can hear the laughs :) BUT not anymore. shoot...I can't. everything love bug brings home has a DUE DATE.....what? why? not really

this project was for the fire department. Fire Prevention Week is coming up in October and the theme this year "Protect your Family from Fire."

love bug had to make a poster. and the poster had to be exactly 14x22.
if it wasn't to the exact measurements. then it would not be accepted.

so you know what that meant....extra work for mom. because every where I went I could not find the exact size of poster board. bought one LARGE poster board and went home to measure and cut to the EXACT measurements.

guess what? mom messed it up. not the measurements. this momma can measure :) I messed up the lettering. I had some letters too high or way too low. I'm blaming the football game because I was not focused. because had I been focused I probably would have been paying more attention.

and of course I only bought ONE poster board. so we put the project on hold.

Monday rolled around. I went next door to look for poster boards. to my surprise...no poster boards. well white ones. they had orange, blue, fluorescent colors. BUT no white. really can this be happening. I am lucky enough to have a grocery store right next door to my building. so the last thing I wanted to do after work was go and look for a WHITE poster board. low and behold. found some poster boards. and they were the exact size that we need them to be. mind you they cost me ~~$20.00~~ ha ha not really. but they were a little costly and we needed them. PLUS they were the exact size we needed. so SOLD.

this is the finished project. he's mighty proud of his project. he was telling me the other day when I picked him up from school. "Mom, I really hope that the fire department picks my poster." I told him that the fire department will be proud to see his poster and proud to display it around town too.

"Now that would be AWESOME!!" from the mouth of my little bug.

preparations.

2011-09-08T11:02:00.000-05:00

last night while love bug was taking his bath. he was ~~telling me~~ talking out loud. what he needed to do this morning.

i need to make sure my hair is good. all this while he is touching the top of his head and sides.
i need to make sure i look good.
i need to make sure i smell good. smell good for who??
i need to make sure all my things are in order.

okay mister. why all of these preparations?

mom, i have my school pictures tomorrow. so i need to look and smell good.

okay....enough said.

school pictures already. yes, these are his fall pictures and then he will have spring pictures done next year (seriously when i was in school we only had one set of pictures made up and if you didn't come out good...oh well NO RETAKES....not reallly).

pictures, pictures, pictures...ugh!!! i told him to look all goofy. because i'm not bragging but he does come out good in his pictures that i end up buying them. seriously i have a bunch because i just can't say no and send them back.

by the way....he looked very handsome this morning. and smelled wonderfully. p.s. i also caught him practicing his different smiles in the mirror this morning. he kept showing me his different smiles. i told him to just smile naturally. and don't be trying to be all cheesy :) you can tell in his pictures when he is saying the word "cheese" because he has that cheesy smile.

he told me he was just going to go with the flow. and smile naturally.
gotta love him ♥

CHEESE :)

science project

2011-09-06T11:23:00.000-05:00

okay we are only in the third week of school. and already love bug has a science project. that is due on friday the 9th.

WE JUST STARTED SCHOOL PEOPLE!!!

i can deal with homework. yes, we already have that too. but projects. and then it has to be made out of recyclable items. come on give this momma a break. summer went by just way too fast. now school. PLUS projects.

geez people.

so the first week that we got the assignment. we love bug started deciding what he wanted to make. i started throwing suggestions at him.

the project had to be made out of recyclable items. and the item that you made. had to be made into an item. that you could actually use.

so we came up with a bowling lane.

the lane was made by using card board.

arrows and circles made out of paper.

bowling pins used plastic bottles.

bowling ball made out of newspaper. and paper mached it.

all of his project was made out of recyclable items.

this is the finished project:

he's so proud of his bowling lane. they will proudly. show off their projects. on open house. so we get to see all the different projects then.

by the way. aren't they supposed to be making science projects like this. in sixth or seventh grade. HELLO we are in third grade.

okay just wondering.

eau de toilette

2011-09-02T10:54:00.000-05:00

okay my little bug loves. loves to smell good. he has a nose like none other. he started using the axe sprays. since trying them at uncle art's. about two years ago. then grandpa bought him some cologne. but he never used the cologne. because he was just used to the axe sprays.
well, this past summer. we made some trips to see uncle art and uncle roger.while there little bug was in uncle art's restroom. spraying axe. BUT then he ~~discovered~~ noticed that uncle art had some new kinds of spray. which were cologne.
after he had already sprayed axe. he decided he wanted to spray the cologne. on top of already spraying axe. i told him that he was going to. excuse my french . smell like a "french whore" of course he just laughed. because like he said. he wanted to smell good.

fast forward. to this school year. he wanted to use axe. the first day of school. and the day after. then it's like he forgot about it.
BUT noooo. he came home yesterday. telling me that some of his friends. were wearing cologne. and then i messed up. telling him that i found the cologne. that uncle art wore. and that he liked.

can you buy it for me, mom?

so this morning. he wanted to wear some axe. while i was getting ready. i told him that i would get it down for him. of course. my little bug doesn't need help. he told me. mom, it's not like i can't reach it. so he gets it. then all of a sudden. i hear a bunch of spraying.

heyyy....i tell him. that's enough. are you trying to use the whole can?

he starts laughing. and i tell him once again. pardon my french. you want to go to school. smelling like a "french whore".
no, mom. and of course just looks at me. and laughs it off.

who are you trying to impress. which girl is it?
no one mom. he starts to blush.
umm hmm.

oh the joys of my little one growing up. NOT looking forward to it. all the little girls calling. texting. emailing. who knows what else.

while we were on our way to school this morning. he ~~tells~~ reminds me.
oh mom, don't forget to order me that cologne, okay.
today.
thanks.
love you.

decisions, decisions.....

2011-09-01T16:11:00.001-05:00

the other day i was getting ready for work. i had put on some black "gaucho style" pants. and i really didn't like the way it looked with the shirt that i had on. so i grabbed another black "capri style" pants out of the closet. and slipped those on.
i asked love bug which looked better. the first pair or the one i had on.

love bug: well the ones you have on look like pajamas.
mom: what? like i would really wear pajamas to work.
love bug: mom, i have seen people do it all the time. but i know you are going to work.
mom: so which one looks better. the first pair me holding up the first pair. or the ones i have on?
love bug: they look the same to me.
mom: no this one the one i am trying on has a more straighter leg and the other ones are kind of flared.
love bug: like i said....they both look the same. plus they are both black.

so needless to say. my personal assistant wasn't that much of help that morning. i ended up just wearing the ones that i had on. the second pair.

ugh the joys of having so many pairs of black pants to choose from.

he's kind of lucky i just pulled out two.

where did summer vacation go?

2011-08-22T10:08:00.000-05:00

love bug started school this morning. summer just flew by. i mean it feels like he just got out of school and now he is starting 3rd grade. wow...my baby is growing up.

he is getting way too big for his britches. he will have the same teacher this year....mrs. alvarez. this going to be an awesome year for my baby. he was a little hesitant about having the same teacher. but i told him that he was going to be alright. whenever he felt like things weren't going good. just talk with God. and he will fix everything. i told him that he will succeed in anything and everything he does.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

budget cuts

2011-05-30T00:32:00.000-05:00

texas cutting public school funding by $4 billion.
odessa schools cutting back. just to save a buck. here and there. the children and the teachers. are the ones who are going to suffer from all of this. oh and get this. first of all. the administration just put in a $4 million telephone system. for the entire school district. come on did you really need to spend $4 million?

second. love bugs school will no longer be a magnet. along with other schools in the district. there apparently will be more students in the classroom. like there isn't already enough students for one teacher to handle. music funding. their school activities will be cut. like for example, "field day". this years
"field day" was whack. each grade had 45 minutes in the gym. and they were done. finshed. finito.

last year they went all out. they had t-shirts for each class. outside field games in the morning. and indoor games in the afternoon. AN ALL DAY THING.
45 minutes is all they got this year. of course the kids don't know what's going on. all they are looking forward is to a full day of FUN!!

hopefully, next year will be a better year. for the children and teachers.

but, for now we are all feeling these budget cuts.
so all we can do is the next best thing....PRAY!!

in the end it does pays off

2011-05-29T23:34:00.000-05:00

two and a half weeks ago....okay maybe it's been a little longer not too sure.
anyways, nana passes through love bugs school everyday. and on her way home to lunch. she notices that there are lots of jumpers. in the school yard.

so when i go to pick up love bug. i also notice there are a bunch of jumpers.

love bug ~~jumps~~ gets into the suv. i don't even have to ask. he immediately tells me...mom, you see those jumpers. well i got to jump in them during p.e.
i asked him why did the school get all those jumpers? well the ones that sold

which was their spring fundraiser. by the way was the best one to date. who couldn't resist the world's finest chocolate. anyways, love bug said that the ones who sold chocolate. got to jump during p.e. while the ones who didn't sell. had to either a) go run a lap or b) sit and watch while the ones who sold jumped.

now, i do like that they did something for the kids. who do sell during their fundraisers. but if you were going to do something like that. call the ones who did sell out at a different time. because the ones who didn't sell. had to sit and watch. that's no fun. but love bug did say that his friends that didn't sell. were definitely going to sell next year.

so in the end it does pay off to get involved in your child's school.

limited time.....

2011-04-29T11:30:00.001-05:00

no that can't be. we just found our new love.

oh my goodness. this banana pudding milkshake is the BOMB DIGGITY BOMB!!
i know it's been out for a while now. but every time we go to chick fil a. which is like twice a week. gotta have our chicken fix. i always say that i will try the milkshake the next time i am in there.
well the other day, i decided to try it. ohhhh WE ARE HOOKED. dang this milkshake tastes JUST like banana pudding.
love bug laughed at me. because when i tasted it for the first time. i about exploded. with happiness :) like i said earlier...this is the BOMB DIGGITY BOMB!!!
if you haven't tried it. you have to try one. and you will be hooked just like we are. but the sad part about all this. it's only for a limited time. WHAT. no that can't be. i will be writing a letter today. to the president of chick fil a. that he needs to make some major adjustments to the menu.

so mr. president of chick fil a. if you are reading this. like i know you are. please....pretty please put this milkshake on the menu PERMANENTLY.
sincerely yours...loyal chick fil a customers.

let's go for round TWO

2011-04-23T21:50:00.000-05:00

the other night, love bug just had to mess up his knees...AGAIN and even worse this time around.

remember this.... weekend recap. well he did it again. yup

you can tell he is definitely all boy. look at those knees. bruised and scarred up. ugh, when that happened i told my mom....gee there goes another scrape and bloody up knees. they are going to think i beat my son. but he loves his scooter. and he has this ramp and apparently it was not set right. so BOOM...he fell. and blood every where. ugh when is he going to learn.

his last scrape was just healing up. and know we have a worse scrape. on top of the old one. hopefully he will learn.

but i am guessing not. he's all boy.

you know it's love.......

2011-04-13T13:57:00.000-05:00

when my son hands me a wadded up kleenex that he has been holding onto all day long. just so i can see what he sneezed up.
he was all concerned. because it was brown looking. i told him it was probably blood.

lovebug: no, mom it was not red.
mom: well with all this wind. your nose is real dry. so you are probably going to be sneezing like dried blood.
lovebug: i don't know but it looked kind of weird.
mom: weird.
lovebug: yeah, weird because i have never sneezed that color before. it was gross looking.
mom: so you decided to save your kleenex all day. just so you could show me.
lovebug: yes, mom. because i wanted to show you. plus so you would believe me.
mom: oh i would have believed you.
lovebug: but i wanted proof.

what will he think of next.
gotta love him :-)

weekend recap

2011-04-04T14:21:00.001-05:00

i know i have been kind of m.i.a. from the blogging world. but so much has been happening. that i don't even know where to begin.

well first of all friday, love bug did this little number to both of his knees. that ladies & gentlemen is from riding his scooter. who knows what he did. all keeps telling us is that he hurt himself while riding the scooter. that's all i can get out of him. plus an "ouch it hurts"

the shining on both knees is from the neosporin that i put all over his knees.(his knees looked a lot worse on friday. this picture was taken saturday after he had a day of healing. and lots and lots of doctoring)

saturday we finally went to get the boys "do" cut. he was fighting me tooth & nail. because he didn't want to get a haircut. he wanted to let it grow out. i don't have any pictures of him w/his long hair. but believe me it was getting way too long. i kept calling him elvis because his sideburns were long....really long. after he finished getting his haircut. he had afternoon plans w/popo to go here

to the golf course & hit some balls. but they ended up playing 9 holes...not too sure if it was the front 9 or the back 9. but they played. i think he enjoyed driving the golf cart more than playing.
when he got home saturday night. my boy was exhausted. took his bath & he was ready for bed. but when he pulled his band-aids off. he said that the first knee looked like it was a meatball. how gross is that. typical boy :-) grossing mom out.

sunday was a lazy day. plus it was real windy so we stayed indoors. and my boy was recuperating. from hurt knees to sore shoulders & back. too much action for one little boy in one weekend.

so there you have our weekend recap.

hope everyone has a wonderful week!!!

ahhh spring is in the air

2011-03-14T14:31:00.000-05:00

spring break officially started on friday the 11th through the 21st.
daylight savings time started yesterday the 13th. just when i was getting used to the other time. BAM they had to go and change it on me again. i prefer this time better though. i don't mind leaving the house while it's still dark outside.
spring begins on the 20th.

spring, spring, spring....i love me some spring weather.

love bug is enjoying his time off from school. he is spending a couple of days with nana. then i am taking the rest of the week off. and we are heading to round rock to see his uncles. even though the gas prices are outrageous. we are still making a trip to see them. and we can't wait.

once spring break is over with. love bug has 10 more weeks of school.
sheesh where did this year go. it just flew on by. i have been debating on whether or not to put love bug in private school. with so much going on in the school system right now. it has been a very hard decision. so for now i am just going to leave it in God's hands. and we will go from there.

hope everyone has an enjoyable spring break :)

can you say fanatic

2011-03-10T13:49:00.002-06:00

anything to do with legos.....love bug wants it. whether it be shirts, toys and shoes. yes shoes. we (nana, love bug & i) happened to be at the mall saturday. and i kept hearing him say something about did i see the lego shoes.
ummm no but i am sure you did :)

these little bad boys were at finish line. so of course we went in there to check them out. nana asked if he wanted them. who's gonna say no to these. then she asked me if he needed any new shoes. ummm no.
well guess what we walked out with. yup you guessed it. lego shoes.
now he's sporting lego shoes with lego shirts.

a couple of years ago for his 6th birthday he had a lego party. and i even made his cake because i could not find a lego mold.

so every time we go to the store he is checking out the new lego toys. and he usually walks out with one. but as soon as we get home he starts building it. all by himself.

he asked for this one for christmas because he saw it at sams. started on thursday separating all the different legos. and by friday it was done. i don't have the patience to sit there and build and handle all the little pieces. but my little monkey. he has all the patience in the world.

i told him that he was going to be my future architect. because he can build anything you give him. and also he will build his own little city with his other legos.

future architect in the making :)

cocktails anyone?

2011-03-02T13:44:00.002-06:00

this morning i was getting love bugs lunch ready and i ran across these

yes sword cocktail picks. you may ask why i have these. maybe for my olives for my martinis.....ha yeah right.
no because my love bug comes across these in the grocery store and begs me to let him have them. i told him that they weren't play swords. they are used for olives or cherries and then they are placed in drinks.

hmmm....anyways, please mom can i have them. so i can use them to have a sword fight with my lego men.

boys gotta love them and their imagination.

imagine.....

2011-02-25T09:57:00.004-06:00

getting a frantic phone call and driving up to this

i immediately started praying that everyone was okay and that no one was seriously hurt.

then i walk up to the ambulance and see my lovebug in there with the emt's. and then i see him smile. i knew then that he was being well taken care of and that everything was going to be fine. all of the emt's and firefighters by the way were wonderful. they are hard workers.

and i immediately start praising and thanking God that he and nana were okay including the other people in the other car. no one had to be rushed to the hospital.

when we got home lovebug and i were talking and he was like...what next mom? first i cut my chin and fingers on the fence the night before and now this....a wreck. my first time being in a car wreck.

well let's just pray to God that this is the one and only time you will be in a wreck.

i told him that nothing more was going to happen to him because God was watching over him.

God is watching and protecting us from harm...Psalm 121:1-4

blue gnome or red gnome.....

2011-02-17T10:47:00.009-06:00

that is the question?

this movie looks like it will be a good one.unfortunately we haven't made it to the theater to watch it. by the looks of it the soundtrack also looks like it will be a good one too.
one of the songs that is on the soundtrack is crocodile rock by elton john w/nelly furtado.

lovebug happens to like that song...hmm i wonder why?

i was telling him that the reason he liked that song so much was because when we were in the operating room about to have him. my doctor had that playing in the background. he said that lovebug was just a moving and moving around. i told him because lovebug was dancing to the beat of the music.

and to this day....my lovebug can still keep a beat :)
he loves music ;)

oh my son, my son....

2011-02-11T21:38:00.000-06:00

my son hates tags on his clothes. so thank goodness they started making clothes that don't have tags on them. because if it has it a tag. it's gone.
he will go and get the scissors and cut it off. so when i need to know what size a certain shirt is.....well i don't know.
because he has gone scissor crazy.
that even includes my clothes. i told him just because you don't like tags on your clothes doesn't mean i don't. yes, sometimes i like the tags off because i don't really want to know what size my clothes are especially on fat days :)
but please, please leave my tags alone.
my son can be a little obsessive sometimes :)

gotta love him :)

my heart skips a beat ♥

2011-01-31T10:06:00.002-06:00

this song happens to be my lovebugs favorite song at the moment.
we were in the car the other day & this song happened to be on.
lovebug asked me to turn up the radio, please ☺

this is the stuff by francesca battistelli is an awesome song.
my alarm came on one morning & this song was playing and for the life of me i couldn't remember the song or who sang it.
so the other day when it came on we were both excited to hear it.
lovebug told me that he had heard that song during class. i asked him if they listened to k-love and he said yes. that makes my heart smile ☺

so i was trying and trying to find this song. finally i found it. so i played it for lovebug friday night. HE LOVED IT!!!! yes, this is the song i was talking about. i love this song, mom. we played it over and over like a 100 times. seriously.

my heart skips a beat every time he tells me that one of the songs on k-love is his favorite. and skips faster when he's singing and dancing. praising the Lord. so if my heart is jumping. can you imagine God's......how awesome ☺

PLAY & LISTEN to the words....it's an awesome song and it is upbeat. it will get you moving. (just remember to pause the music @ the bottom of the screen so you can hear the you tube video )

can't wait for her cd to go on sale 3.1.11
she's an awesome singer.

spanglish

2011-01-30T12:31:00.002-06:00

the other day lovebug came home and told me that they had had a substitute teacher for half of the afternoon. and that he was a nice guy. so i asked him what his name was and he said, mr. velasquez.
yeah and he was nice. he even asked us if any one of us spoke any spanish.

lovebug: i raised my hand.
mom: what??? why did you do that for. you don't speak any spanish.
lovebug: yes i do mom.
mom: oh yeah and what's that may i ask.
lovebug: i know how to say si, aqua, como te llamas.
mom: those are just words that you say.
lovebug: oh and sabes que...whatcha!!!
mom: words lovebug, just words
lovebug: hey but i am speaking spanish, right?

okay well i guess he did he stump me on that one. and way too much george lopez at night :)

aye yai yai!!!

sick day and some daytime tv

2011-01-19T17:08:00.003-06:00

boo for sick days but we had one yesterday.
lovebug and i were under the weather so we stayed home yesterday. we both have been doing pretty good up until this past weekend.
that's when the bomb was dropped on both of us.

so we layed around. took plenty of medicine. and watched daytime tv. well afternoon daytime tv. all the shows that i don't get to watch since i am working...thank you Jesus i am working :)

i happened to come across an episode of........

a lot of interesting things came on during that show. one of the things he mentioned was 1 sale a day, daily deal. so of course i headed to the computer to see what he was talking about. okay if you know me i am an online shopper. i love to shop online. so when i found out about this web site....well let's just say

I AM HOOKED!!!!

it just had like 5 items that you can choose from and then you have like 24 hours to buy these items if you want. well of course when i headed over there yesterday they had the wii controller chargers for $4.99. yes, $4.99. i mean who can beat a deal like that. i have been wanting to buy the charger but everytime i have an excuse on why not to buy it. but not yesterday. i jumped at the chance to buy it up. the shipping wasn't all that bad either. what i paid for one charger i wouldn't have gotten a better deal anywhere else.

so if you get a chance head on over to 1sale a day.com

the good thing is that new deals change everyday at midnight. so if you don't see something you like today maybe tomorrow might just be your day.

lovebug said i don't need another web site to be buying from. ha he already knows his mama :)

but i always tell him about all the good deals i am getting.

he just smiles at me. and that melts my heart. ♥

m.i.a.

2011-01-12T09:08:00.006-06:00

well i know i have been neglecting my blog. but i have been very busy. but i promise to start typing away here pretty soon. i have a bunch to catch you all up on.

wow...holidays came and went.

wait a minute...they flew by. all i remember is celebrating lovebug's birthday. three weeks later stuffing our faces at thanksgiving. and then three more weeks later celebrating the birth of our savior. without him we would have nothing :)

then.............

dang i remember growing up how long it took for thanksgiving to get here let alone christmas.
times are just flying by.
so my goal is to try and catch up and try to do better at blogging.

until we meet again :)

my baby turns eight

2010-11-01T17:16:00.005-05:00

TODAY!!!!

yes, you read that right. man oh man...that's just not right :(

he's just getting bigger & bigger. i told him this morning that i didn't want him to get any older for that matter GROW UP. i told him NO MORE BIRTHDAYS. he just laughed at me. i know he will always be my baby.

for lovebug's birthday this year he wanted to celebrate it in abilene because he wanted to go to the zoo. so of course thanks to GOD we are very fortunate to be able to pack up & go. so we all headed to abilene for the weekend.

we (all of us) had a wonderful time. we spent family time together and it was great!!

so lovebug, you are now in the 2nd grade and you are doing awesome in school. i just talked with you teacher, mrs. alvarez & she said that you were doing very well. i am so proud of you.

you are playing flag football.

you are an awesome son. you have a HUGE heart.

you are very giving and loving.

i love you very much lovebug. i know i am hard on you sometimes but in the future you will thank me. you make me so proud. i wish that everyone had the heart that you have. i look forward to everyday with you because i don't know what you will come up with. everyday is an adventure with you. and i am enjoying the ride.

eight years ago you came into my life and that was the best day ever.

happy 8th birthday my love. i love you with my whole heart.

"before i formed you in the womb i knew you, before you were born i set you apart. "

jeremiah 1:5

my best friend

2010-09-29T17:20:00.004-05:00

today has been one heck of a day. well it started since last night. unfortunately we had to put chacha (our dog) to sleep today. her kidneys and liver were not functioning any more so it was just a matter of time before she left us. so we decided that for her not suffer we chose the other route.

lovebug was devastated....who can blame him.

chacha was given to us by popo's grandpa when he passed and she was with us for a year. we were fortunate enough to have some fun times with her. it is going to be different now that we get home and we don't hear her tag...that's when we know that she's coming. we won't be able to chase her through the living room and laugh at her because she can't get traction on the wood floors. or her coming up to you and jumping at your legs. playing with her and she pretends to bite. oh how she will be missed.

she truly was man's well in my case boy's best friend!!

we have survived

2010-08-27T22:05:00.000-05:00

the first week of school.
we managed to get through the first 5 days of school.
now we only have 171 more days to go.
boy is mom exhausted. waking up a little bit earlier is really catching up to me. but i gotta do what i gotta do. lovebug doesn't like to eat at school so therefore i make his lunch every morning.
at least i know he will eat.

lovebug is enjoying school. unfortunately he only got two classmates from his class last year...and they were girls. but the good thing is that he got some old friends that he had in kindergarten.

no homework for the first week. which was great. but i got homework...i thought i was out of school. this homework i do not mind because i am supposed to write in a million or more words what is so special about my lovebug. that will be easy. and i may go over the million word limit.

my baby is in the second grade and growing up...wow.
we are both excited about this school year.

god has some awesome plans planned out for my baby.

jumping ahead of myself

2010-08-22T12:42:00.001-05:00

okay for some unobvious reason i have been wanting to jump ahead of myself.
first of all, i want to keep my baby a baby for as long as possible.

so the other night lovebug was getting out of the bath and he was doing something (probably something he shouldn't have been doing) and i told him, you need to act better you are already going into the third grade....he turned around and looked at me and said, "mom, i am going into the second grade."

thursday night we went to meet his teacher at school and they have tables set up outside so i told lovebug look for the table that has a 3 on it and your teacher will be there. he looked at me and said once again, "mom, i am in the second grade."

i think i keep placing him in the third grade because his teacher mrs. alvarez used to teach third grade but now she is teaching second. if things go the way they plan she will also be his third grade teacher. they are trying this new plan "looping" where they will have a teacher for two years instead of one. i guess we will have to wait and see how that pans out.

second...third....it's all the same......not!!!

but on another note....summer's over and the first day of school is tomorrow.

one more week

2010-08-16T11:41:00.003-05:00

Until school starts. Summer just flew by this year.
What happened???
But, Lovebug is all set to go.

Shopping for school clothes and shoes....done.
Backpack and lunch box......done.
School supplies........done.

Lovebugs school offers this awesome program from "School Tool Box" and at the end of the school year you can order your school supplies and when you go and register you pick up your supply box. I have done it for two years in a row and I absolutely LOVE it. I don't have to go to two or three different stores to get what he needs....it's all there in the "Tool Box"

He has been ready to go back to school since we registered him two weeks ago. Ready to see his friends and meet his new teacher.
By the way, we will be meeting his teacher this coming Thursday at meet & greet the teacher. All he knows is her name which by the way is Mrs. Alvarez.

He is going to have an awesome school year!!!

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11

which one are you going to read first?

2010-07-27T14:36:00.001-05:00

Last night we made a little pit stop in Sam's to buy some things that we needed for the house and of course I always like to browse through the books and Lovebug likes to browse through the movies. And I always end up buying one or two or maybe even three books so last night was no different.

I ended up buying.......

and

I want to see both of these movies but I always like to read the books

before I watch the movie.

Lovebug asked me last night which book I was going to be reading first and he picked Charlie St.Cloud out for me to read first but I told him that I needed to finish the books that I had just checked out from the library.

He's so cute....he told me, "Mom when you finish reading that book (CStC) will you please let me know what happens. I mean I know what happens the little boy dies but let me know what happens after that, okay."

Okay baby I will!!

I am so glad that my baby enjoys reading.

So I guess I need to hurry up and finish reading the books that I have so I can hurry up and start reading these.

family, fourth and fireworks

2010-07-07T14:19:00.000-05:00

What a wonderful weekend we had at home spending time with family and celebrating the 4th of July.

This is our third year to celebrate the 4th of July with uncles and cousins. They all make the special trip down to see us. It's kind of a new tradition that we have started. Since Lovebug & Nathan are the only kiddos around we try to make it special for them.

But, this year it was different. It rained almost the whole weekend. So no getting in the pool this year. We went to our usual spot that we went to last year and popped fireworks. Lovebug had such a good time. He loves him some fireworks. Thank goodness his uncles are the same way.

They stocked up on ~~arsenal~~ I mean fireworks so the boys were set. We had some loud ones and ones that barely took off, but all in all we had a wonderful time.
Especially when you are spending it with your family. That always makes for a good time.

Can you believe that I forgot my camera so I didn't take any pictures of this whole weekend. Oh well....it's etched in our minds :)

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!!

my date with my little bug

2010-06-28T16:09:00.001-05:00

Friday afternoon, Lovebug & I decided to go to the movies and watch.....

I was going to take him the weekend it came out but my little bug was under the weather.

So we decided to make it an afternoon date.

Tickets to movies....$19.00
Popcorn, pickle and drinks....$15.00
Pizza and drinks after the movies.....$15.00
The look on my babies face that he wasn't staying home for another weekend in bed.....PRICELESS!!!

All in all it was an excellent movie....enough to bring tears to my eyes and Lovebugs too. Can you believe that a cartoon movie can make someone cry....WHAT????
It is so funny to watch a movie in 3D with a little one because they are sitting there trying to touch whatever is coming their way.

We had a wonderful Friday afternoon!!

I just love my dates with my little bug :)

my little warrior

2010-06-24T15:08:00.003-05:00

Saturday evening we ended up taking Lovebug to the emergency room. He had been sick off and on going on two weeks. By Saturday, it had got the best of him.

My poor baby was so sick all he wanted to do was lay down and sleep. So I knew something had to be wrong. Because usually when he's sick he does not give in. He's like the energizer bunny. Keeps going and going.

Ended up at the private hospital because I thought it would be faster. Nope. Lasted seven hours. SEVEN hours in the emergency room. Kind of ridiculous if you ask me. Anyways, my baby was so dehydrated that they had to do an IV. He about freaked out. But he was a warrior. He took it like a champ.

The IV was bigger than his poor little hand. Popo had to hold to him because I am just a chicken when it comes to needles. Well when they are sticking them in my baby.

He's doing 80% better. Still not eating a whole lot. But he's doing better than last week.

My little man is a trooper!!!

Like his Nana is always calling him....Warrior of God!!
She has called him that ever since he was born :)

heart broken

2010-06-23T15:23:00.008-05:00

My baby is a little heart broken. Three days ago my parents were given a Siberian husky..Hershey. Lovebug instantly fell in love. He's a dog person. all the way.

He's so cute. When he found out that we were getting a dog. He was all excited.
Mom said that he was brown and white with blue eyes. Lovebug said, " Well, we might not have gotten the whole Hershey's bar BUT we got a Hershey's kiss."

Well the owners (the bossy wife) wanted the dog back. Okay now don't one day say that you want to give your dog away and then a couple of days later say that you want it back. Quit being an Indian giver ;)

Lovebug took it really hard. He falls in love with dogs immediately. When he found out that Hershey went back to his original owners he cried. He about broke my heart. I could just hear him in the TV room crying. Ugh, I wanted to call that lady up myself and give her a piece of my mind.

But, I didn't.

He's still having a hard time. Asking me..WHY???

I told Lovebug that things happen for a reason and that God was going to send the right puppy for him to take care of and raise.

The LORD is close to the broken heart and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Psalm 34:18

history lesson

2010-06-09T19:55:00.002-05:00

Mom, when was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

My response was...I am not too sure.

That's okay I will "Google" it later tonight....Lovebug's response.

WHAT???

So the outcome of all this. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865. On Tax Day. Crazy :)

I was getting a history lesson tonight by Lovebug.

Thank you baby!!

my little fish

2010-06-07T19:40:00.003-05:00

Lovebug started taking swimming lessons last week and so far he is enjoying them. He is like a little fish in water.

Once he is in the water. Forget it.

He originally was going to start in July because his friend Isaiah was going to
start them also. But, I kind of talked him into taking two months of swimming lessons. Thank goodness he only goes twice a week.

So hopefully by the end of the summer. He will be swimming on his own.

My little Nemo ;)

memorial day

2010-05-31T19:22:00.000-05:00

Thank you to all those who have served or who are serving........

one more week......

2010-05-21T09:58:00.002-05:00

Till summer vacation starts.

Yippee!!!

Lovebug is bittersweet about school ending because...

He will get a new teacher next year & he absolutely loves Mrs. Smith (secretly I do as well :)
He will not get to see his friends everyday.
He will have to go to day care all day long instead of just going for an hour and half....poor baby.
No more homework....but there's still reading to do ;) (good thing he loves to read)
Not having to wait in the gym after school to be called on to go home.
He will miss everyone.

I am bittersweet too...

My baby will be in 2nd grade next school year...not good because that only means that my baby is growing up.
He will be getting a new teacher which by the way I have been praying that he gets a great teacher like he has had for the past two years now.
I won't have to make my baby's lunch for 3 whole months...WHAT???
No more homework...thank goodness :)
I will miss having to go to his school 40-45 minutes JUST so I can get in the drive-thru line to pick him up....right :)
I finally get a lunch hour where I can actually go & eat!! Probably not..ha!!

Next week Lovebug has a fun filled week ahead of him.

On Monday the school will have Field Day where they will have a fun day. Wait a minute we never had field day when I was growing up...my, my, my how the times have changed :)

Thursday, the first graders will have their end of school party and they will be going to Sherwood Park where they will have a fun filled day full of jumpers, food, drinks and snow cones.

I volunteered to help on that day...what was I really thinking....no not really I have already volunteered to help Mrs. Smith out before & it wasn't that bad.

Summer of 2010 here we come!!

first time....

2010-05-14T10:26:00.003-05:00

For everything......

Lovebug visited the principal's office for the first time yesterday.

Not intentionally.......mind you he has had a rough couple of days.

His teacher has been out so they have had a sub and I don't mean to give teacher's a bad name because they are the ones who teach our kids and have to put up with our kids 8 or more hours a day but when a sub comes in and doesn't have the skills to teach or should I say PEOPLE skills then I feel like you have no purpose in the school system. Our children depend on you to teach them & speak to them not yell at them (they get enough of that at home...lol) no really I know that our school systems are not day care centers like some people think they are but I think that the schools should put a little more effort in hiring substitute teachers to teach our children when their teachers are out of the classroom for any reason.

Lovebug came home complaining and stressing out about the one particular substitute and was dreading going to school yesterday. Now a seven year old does not need to be stressing out much less over a substitute.

But of course we took this situation up in prayer and left it in God's hands.

Popo had a talk with the vice principal and got this matter situated. The principal became aware of the matters that were happening in the classroom while Mrs. Smith was not there. I know kids can act rowdy and especially when their teacher is not there but I asked Lovebug and he was like no mom we act right when we have a sub because when Mrs. Smith gets back she wants to hear a good report because then we get rewarded so we always act good.

So Lovebug and two other students got called into the office because the vice principal wanted to know what was going on in the classroom. I asked Lovebug if he was scared going into the office and his response was that he was NERVOUS. He was telling me that the other little boy was scared and telling him that this was the first time that he was in the office. Lovebug told me..I looked over at him and said Yeah it's my first time too.
And hopefully his last time :)

God is so awesome and prayer is very powerful.

Lovebug came out of school yesterday with a weight lifted off of his shoulders.

I want you all to understand that I am not criticizing teachers at that substitute teachers because it takes a special person with a lot and I do mean a lot of patience to deal with children and if you don't have those skills and love what you do then I think it's in the best interest of the school district that you don't teach.

This became a post where all I did was vent about the situation that has happened these past couple of days....sorry!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Happy Mother's Day

2010-05-09T15:23:00.006-05:00

This has been the best Mother's day!!

First of all this morning my Lovebug got up real early and while I was coming back to the room stood up in bed and gave me a HUGE hug and a kiss and told me Happy Mother's Day, mom. That is sooo wonderful to hear especially when it's coming from your child.

I have the bestest and may I say so myself the most awesome son and brothers in the whole wide world :) I received the most BEAUTIFUL bouquet of

They were absolutely gorgeous!!

Lovebug made me a card which was beautiful also. He also bought me a willow angel with the saying...Sons are a precious gift from God. Yes they are!!

Of course last but not least....my wonderful mother (she gave me a wonderful scensty candle that makes my home smell wonderful :) ...where would I be without her. Her guidance and love that she has given and shown me so that I may be the best mother to my son. I am so blessed as well as my brothers and of course Lovebug to have her as our mother and grandmother to my baby.
I love you mom and words can not begin to express how I feel about you. All I know is that I want to be like you and the more I see you and your faith...I want what you have :) Thank you for being such a great mother & grandmother. Mo Lucy would be so proud of you and I know she is up in heaven looking down on us and smiling down at us. A day doesn't go by that I am not thinking of her and wishing that she was here to enjoy Lovebug as much as you are. Now I understand why mijo doesn't want to leave your house or always wanting to go see you or just wants to call you out of the blue because I was the same way with my grandmother. I miss those days and I don't want to take those days away from my son. I didn't mean to make you cry mom because as I sit here and type this up..I am crying and thinking about all the good memories that I made with my grandmother and I know that you are making good memories with my Lovebug. So when he grows up he can remember all the good memories that he made with his Nana and continue to talk about them to his children...which by the way will be many moons from now :)

I love you mom!!

Happy Mother's Day

what is that noise?

2010-04-29T17:17:00.000-05:00

This afternoon after picking up my baby from school we stopped by Nana and Popo's our usual routine. I was walking ahead of him and then out of no where he asked..."What is that noise"

What noise, I asked?

That swishing noise. It keeps going swish, swish, swish. There it stopped.

I start to walk again and it happens again. Well low and behold it's my darn pants...they have ridges like Ruffles so every time I walk my knees hit and make that swishing noise.

See mom I told you I heard something going swish, swish.

Okay so we found out what that noise was....my pants :)

tons and tons of fun

2010-04-26T11:08:00.005-05:00

The weekend of the 17th of April we made a little trip to Grapevine, TX and we stayed here......

Oh we had so much fun...I think the adults had more fun than the kiddos....no joking!!
Great Wolf Lodge was an awesome place to stay and had all the amenities there in one place that we didn't even have to leave...seriously.

Great Wolf Lodge is known for its indoor water park and believe me it did not disappoint.

This place has everything from an indoor water park to an outdoor pool and water slides, but that's not open until Memorial weekend and runs through Labor Day weekend. So I guess we will have to make a trip back to try out the outdoor slides. The slides are awesome...scary but awesome. They have one that is called the Howlin' Tornado...oh that one will not disappoint but it's a scary one.

The red and yellow looking cone thingy....that's the Howlin' Tornado.

SCARY!!!

When we all arrived Friday evening we decided to head over to the Grapevine Mills Mall and go eat at.........

Lovebug and Nathan had a wonderful time there. But like I said earlier...I think the adults enjoyed it more...no kidding :) We were ohhing and ahhing over every little thing.

Over all we had a wonderful time there and tons of fun. It's especially fun when you are spending it with your wonderful family.

We are already planning for our next trip up to Grapevine, TX.

raising a gentleman

2010-04-16T08:55:00.010-05:00

I am proud to say that I am raising a gentleman.

He has a BIG heart....no wait a HUGE heart
He is LOVABLE.
He is CHARMING.
He is a CHARACTER.

But most of all....
He is a GENTLEMAN.

It has been raining here since Tuesday and the other day I was waiting for him to come out of school when I happened to look up and I saw my baby holding the door open for an older lady.

PROUD MAMA MOMENT

He got into the car and he asked me if I saw what he did and I asked him "what did you do papacito?

I held the door open for that lady.
I know baby I saw you and you made me proud.

That's because you raised me right.....right mom!!!
You got that right buddy.

Gotta love him!!

withdrawals

2010-04-10T13:01:00.004-05:00

Thursday night Lovebug caved in. He was having withdrawals from not eating out. Our lives are so hectic that usually it's just easier to pick up something to eat during the week and on the weekends I cook.

So this past week, Lovebug didn't have any homework for the entire week so I decided since that was one thing knocked off our list of things to do for the evening I was going to cook for the whole week.

That is until Lovebug started having withdrawals. When Nana picked him up from day care he caved in. Nana always asks him if he wants something to eat but his answer is always NO!! Thursday was a different answer..YES!!

I want a..............

from McDonald's

I was shocked when Nana called me and told me that Lovebug wanted a Happy Meal from McDonald's because he never wants anything to eat. When Nana dropped him off at my work I asked him if he was having withdrawals from not eating out all week.

Yes, mom but I saw one of my friends eating McDonald's at lunch that I decided that I wanted a Happy Meal after Nana picked me up.

By the way mom, Yeah I was having withdrawals :-)

three........

2010-04-02T10:14:00.001-05:00

These are my "three" favorite guys.....my lovebug and my brothers.

Love, Love, Love them to death!!!

road trip

2010-03-16T13:43:00.004-05:00

Tomorrow morning we are planning on getting up early and heading out to Round Rock to see Lovebug's uncles. We are both ecstatic and antsy at the same time.

Nana took a couple of days off to help me out with the little bug because I wasn't able to take the whole week off so Thank you Nana for helping out. We love you muncho, muncho!!

We have many adventures in store for the next couple of days so I will have to post some pictures up of our adventures in great old Austin.

Hope everyone is having a great Spring Break.....Spring is officially just around the corner which you wouldn't think with this crazy weather that we are having but enjoying every minute of it :-}

Also, hopefully we will be able to see some bluebonnets along the way and take some pictures because the last time I took pictures of Lovebug in the bluebonnets was when he was 5 months old. Yes, 5 months old and he is what now....7 years old....ummm it's due time :-)

Oh how I miss my baby being a baby!!

friday night fun

2010-03-14T13:14:00.002-05:00

Alice and Wonderland came out Friday March the 5th and it so happened that Uncle Roger was in town so we decided to go and check out the movie. I am a little ashamed to say that I never have watched the original movie and needless to say I was a little skeptical about going to see it with Johnny Depp playing the Mad Hatter because he just looks so creepy.

But we ended up here to watch it........

It was actually pretty nice...well watching it in your own vehicle because you didn't have to worry about anyone around you or someone kicking your chair from the back or unwanted talking...It was GREAT!!! The movie was actually pretty good too.

We had a wonderful time.

hello spring break

2010-03-12T09:19:00.004-06:00

It has officially started....YEA!!!!

Lovebug's last day of school was yesterday so he was all excited but this morning he was kind of wishing he went to school. WHAT???

Oh well, he's off from school for a whole week. When Monday the 22nd rolls around he's not going to want to go back to school.

Anyways, we are making a little road trip to go & see his uncles in Round Rock and he is all excited because he is looking forward to seeing them & getting to spend some quality time with them. I am also looking forward to getting out of town for a few days...I need a break from work also.

We might also get to see grandpa..Yea!! Grandpa is only a couple of hours from Round Rock so it's a whole lot closer for him to go there instead of driving all the way to Odessa. So we can't wait.

We are excited!!!

enough

2010-03-10T16:35:00.008-06:00

Just got back from picking up my baby from school and my usual routine is to ask him how his day went....everything was fine and dandy!!

UNTIL.....I asked what his conduct grade was for the day.

Lovebug: I got a "S" mom.

Mom: Ahhh Ant how come?

Lovebug: I have had enough of Trenton today, mom.

Mom: What happened and did you tell Mrs. Smith?

Lovebug: Trenton kept coming to my desk and messing up my papers and kept lifting my chair and I just HAD ENOUGH and yes I did tell Mrs. Smith.

Mom: You had enough...what then?

Lovebug: I went over to his desk and grabbed one of his pencils and broke it in half.

Mom: No, you didn't.

Lovebug: Yes, mom I had enough of him today and guess what Trenton did?

Mom: What?

Lovebug: He screamed loud....like a girl but I was done with him, mom.

The straw that broke the camels back. I guess that's how he takes out his frustrations.....breaking pencils.

Is there a full moon anytime soon? It seems like when there's a full moon boys tend to act up more.

Oh well another day in my Lovebug's life.

spring is in the air

2010-03-04T09:08:00.004-06:00

Even though Spring doesn't officially begin till the 20th of March it sure is feeling a lot like Spring here in West Texas and I am loving every bit of it.

Oh how I love Spring....the trees and flowers are blooming...what a wonderful time of the year.

Yesterday was an exceptional day....It was a BEAUTIFUL day here in Odessa!!!

Lovebug asked if we could go to Buffalo Wallow to go and feed the ducks. Well, we have been cooped up inside due to the cold weather that I was all for it. We got to Buffalo Wallow and there were tons of people out there taking advantage of the beautiful West Texas weather and tons of ducks and geese taking advantage also since everyone was there to feed them.

We started off feeding the ducks and I had to tell Lovebug a time or two to watch out because I didn't want him to fall in the water because he kept getting close to the edge. Believe me he wouldn't have minded one bit if he fell in the water.

Then Lovebug asked me if we could go take a walk...I was kind of iffy because I didn't have my walking shoes on but I said what the heck we haven't had this kind of day in a very long time. We walked around the trail and along the way Lovebug feed the stray ducks that were trailing by themselves and not the pack. We ended up back where all the ducks were at because it was of course their feeding time. Feed them the rest of the bread and got ready to go home.

Along the way I kept telling Lovebug to watch out for booby traps on the trail & also the grass...BUT did he listen to me....Nooo, he got some poop on his shoes...yuck!!! So there we are rubbing his shoes in the dirt to try to get it out....we did the best we could.

We enjoyed our little walk and feeding the ducks at Buffalo Wallow and then headed off to get some dinner for ourselves.

Oh I am so glad that Spring is finally here!!!

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!

2010-02-25T10:04:00.011-06:00

Well, two days ago we woke up to this.........................

SNOW!!!!

So that meant a "Snow Day" for Lovebug and thank goodness Uncle Art was here because they did this....................

Because the good Lord knows I do not like cold weather much less being out in the snow.

Lovebug was ecstatic because they had a "Snow Day" and oh how he enjoyed his day after playing out in the snow he went inside and Nana made him some hot cocoa and a bowl of soup...just like the Campbell's commerical!! He was melting away...well warming up.

It's funny how one day we have all this snow and the next day it's like nothing happened. That's what living in Texas is like....BEAUTIFUL!! I took this picture of Lovebug's school Tuesday morning.........

Then yesterday which was Wednesday I took this other picture while waiting for him to get out of school..........

It's like night and day.....that's a picture of his school yard...one day covered in snow and the next day like as if nothing ever happened.

Overall, Lovebug had a great day....making snow men with Uncle Art, drinking hot cocoa and eating a hot bowl of soup.

What more could you ask for?

what's that on your upper lip?

2010-02-05T08:38:00.003-06:00

So yesterday when I picked up Lovebug from school we talked about how his day went and what he learned in school for the day.

What I learned today Lovebug said was that , "Isaac has fur on his upper lip."

I am so glad I was at the stop sign because I turned around and said, WHAT??? (hysterically laughing)

Lovebug: Yeah, Isaac has fur on his lip.

Mom: Are you sure it wasn't a kool-aid mustache?

Lovebug: No, mom he has fur now Trenton has a kool-aid mustache.

Mom: How do you know it's fur?

Lovebug: Because I got up close to him & it's fur, mom!!

Mom: (laughing hysterically) It's peach fuzz sweetie.

Lovebug: Huh? Peach fuzz what's that?

Mom: The fur you are talking about. Every one has peach fuzz growing on their upper lip but on some you can see it more than others.

Lovebug: No, mom I don't have fur.

By the time we got to Nana & Popo's house I could not stop laughing.

This is my daily dosage of Guess What I found out today....something new.

Wonder what he will come up with today when I pick him up....hummmm?

shadows, shadows, shadows

2010-02-03T11:47:00.004-06:00

So yesterday was Groundhog's Day...aren't we glad we don't have to keep repeating & repeating Groundhog's Day over & over :)

Anyways, so Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow so that means six more weeks of this lousey cold weather. I am really ready for some Spring time weather and I think Lovebug is about had it with this cold weather. Yeah, even though he enjoys himself some cold weather I think it's finally taking a toll on him. I really think it's because I have him all bundled up & he's about had it with that..ha!!

We woke up yesterday and we were watching "The Early Show" which we do every morning and Lovebug was like, "Mom, did the groundhog see his shadow?" I told him I wasn't too sure but to keep watching the news because I was pretty sure they were going to announce it anytime. Sure enough I was in the kitchen & Lovebug comes running around the corner yelling...."Mom, the groundhog saw his shadow...that means six more weeks of winter...gosh."

Like my mom says that's what men predict but it's really up to God so if God wants us to have six more weeks of winter so be it but I would really wish he would consider giving us an early Spring.

Happy Birthday Grandpa

2010-01-23T22:39:00.004-06:00

Yesterday was my daddy's birthday....yes I know I am a day late but I have a lot on my plate right now that getting to sit at the computer just isn't a priority right now.

But, Lovebug and I wanted to wish grandpa a very happy birthday. Sooooo......

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!!!

Even though we don't get to see him as often as we would like we do get to talk to him. He makes sure he calls at least once a week but here lately he's been calling me every day which I am enjoying :) just to see how we are doing and to check to see how I am feeling. A couple of weeks ago I was in the hospital and had a procedure done...but that's a whole other post.

Grandpa, we hope that you had an enjoyable day and God continues to bless you each and every day. Thank you for everything that you do for the both of us and also continue to do for us.

We love you and thank God each and every day that you are apart of our lives.

made in the usa

2010-01-20T16:54:00.003-06:00

It seems like every toy or electronic Lovebug owns is either made in China or Mexico or some other foreign country.

Why is nothing made in the good old USA?

Lovebug's response to that......because it's a whole lot cheaper to make them in other countries than here.

Now let me remind all of you this is a seven year old talking and he already knows about the economic situation....WOW is all I can say. Lately he has had this obsession with looking at every toy or electronic that he owns or even for that matter all the other items in the house just to see where they are made. They all end up saying China or Mexico....What???

Lovebug is constantly reminding me....."Because it's cheaper mom.....remember."

It was too funny because the other day I received an email and this gentleman was disgusted also about that fact that nothing is made here in the USA. He was saying that there are few items made here and that we needed to purchase those items and then only buy American made. Well, that would be nice BUT everything is made somewhere else.

I replied back to my friend that sent me the email and told him that Lovebug & I were just talking about that same situation and about his obsession of wanting to know where all his stuff is made at and then I explained that Lovebug told me it was cheaper to make somewhere else.

His response.....he said that I was obviously raising a very smart son and that when he grew up and if Lovebug ever ran for Governor of Texas he was definitely going to be voting for him.

Hmmm......Lovebug the future Governor of Texas.....not bad!!!

updating blog

2010-01-03T13:01:00.003-06:00

Hello blog world!!!

I know that I have been neglecting my blog but I have a good reason. I have been very busy since the start of November up until now :)

But, I promise that as soon as everything slows down which should be this month hopefully I will get on track & start blogging more. I have a lot of stuff to update all of you on and I promise to start ASAP.

Until then I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving and a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Happy Birthday Popo!!

2009-12-14T08:44:00.004-06:00

So it seems like all of my posts lately have been about birthdays but like I said in my last post...all of the boys birthdays are at the end of the year.

Yesterday was Popo's birthday...I know a day behind but I was "Betty Crocker" yesterday. From baking cakes, to making turtles...yumm-ooo...chocolate chip cookies and banana cream pies. So yeah I was a little busy.

But, we didn't forget that it was Popo's birthday...the cake was for him :)

Happy Birthday Popo!!!

Lovebug and I just wanted to wish you a Happy birthday & hope that you had a wonderful day. May God continue to Bless you each & every day. Thank you for everything that you do for the both of us and continue to do for us.

We love you muncho, muncho Popo!!

Happy Birthday Uncle Art

2009-12-12T12:31:00.004-06:00

I was a little spacey yesterday & I was meaning to post this but time got away.....BUT yesterday was my brother's birthday!!

Happy Birthday Uncle Art!!

So close to the end of the year we have all the boys birthdays starting in November and December so they get Double the Pleasure!!

We called him as we were on our way out the door to wish him a Happy birthday and we thought that we were going to wake him up because he is one of the lucky people who are off on Friday's and this year it so happened that my brothers birthday fell on a Friday...how great is that..not having to go to work & get to sleep in just a little. But noooo, not Uncle Art, he was already out hunting....IN THE COLD!! That's what he enjoys the most.

Uncle Art, Lovebug & I just wanted to wish you a wonderful birthday and we hope that you had an awesome day!! Just wanted to let you know that we appreciate all the things that you have done and continue to do for the both of us. I just wish that we lived a whole lot closer to one another so that we were able to do things together so when you and Roger come into town I or should I say WE cherish the moments that we do get to spend together.

We love you muncho, muncho Uncle Art!!!

Happy Birthday brother!!

Happy Birthday Uncle Roger

2009-11-21T21:13:00.014-06:00

Today my baby brother is celebrating his birthday.

Lovebug and I just wanted to wish you a wonderful day and to let you know that you have been a huge blessing in both of our lives. Even though I have a child of my own, brother, I want you to know that I still consider you my baby, still.
I still remember the day you were born & dad came to get me from school & told me that mom had had the baby and I right away asked what she had and dad proceeded to tell me that she had a boy. Ohhh I was soooo upset that I told dad...Well send him back, I wanted a girl. But, once I saw you I was head over heels for you. I feel in love with you instantly. You were my baby brother & I wouldn't trade you for the world.

Now you have a mini-Roger...my son. He is the spitting image of you and he reminds me of you in so many ways that it seems like I am reliving my younger years through him.

The best part of this birthday is that you get to go and see the Cowboys play the Redskins tomorrow. How awesome is that? What a great birthday present!!!

Thank goodness for great parents, huh? Nana and Popo couldn't make it to the game so they were so generous in giving the tickets to my brother and my dad. So they both get to go see the game in the brand new stadium. How great is that? Awesome!!!

Brother, hope you had a wonderful birthday today and enjoy the game tomorrow. You and dad have the time of your lives tomorrow and take lots and lots of pictures.

We love you muncho, muncho Uncle Roger!!!

Lovebugs Mom

Happy Birthday Lovebug!!

2009-11-01T18:13:00.005-06:00

So today is my Lovebug's 7th birthday.

WoW....is all I can say.

Time sure is flying by. You are already in the first grade & turning seven. I want you to stay my baby forever. I know that you will always & forever be my baby but I want you to stay a baby.

You have no earthly idea how much joy you bring me each and every day of our lives. I am or should I say we (our family) are so blessed to have you in our lives. The good Lord knew what he was doing when he placed you into our lives. I just thank God each and every day for you.

I love you so much Lovebug that words can not even begin to explain how much I love you. I hope that you had a wonderful day and that God continues to bless you. We were blessed that you were able to spend your day and celebrate it with your wonderful family and friends.

You are a child of God. You are also a "Warrior of God" that is what your Nana has claimed for you ever since the day you were born. We know that God has great plans for you.

I love you Lovebug and I hope that you had a wonderful birthday.

Happy 7th Birthday Lovebug!!!

chilly days

2009-10-11T12:41:00.007-05:00

So this morning we woke up to some pretty chilly weather. So what does that mean....many more to come...yuck. I am not too fond to cold weather. On the other hand, Lovebug just loves it.

Since it was chillly, I thought it would be a perfect day to make some homemade chicken pot pie..yumm-oooo!!!! Yes, I made it myself...thank goodness Lovebug likes his veggies because I kind of went overboard on the veggies...opps!!! This is not the actual picture because at the moment mine is baking in the oven. But it is going to look like this more or less.

Then Lovebug said, "Mom why don't we make those Halloween cookies." So before I placed the pot pies in the oven we decided to pop these babies in the oven and in no time they were ready.

What a perfect day for some baking and a good way to warm up the house because even though it's chilly outside I don't think it's time to start using the heater. I think I would have someone here complaining about how hot it is in here.

Got to go check my pot pies and go check how the Cowboys are doing. Hopefully, they will play a whole lot better than last week :)

autumn is here!!

2009-09-22T16:52:00.006-05:00

Today is officially the first day of fall. Yippee, Lovebug and I are so excited that fall has arrived.

I just wish I had enough time to do this to my front door....isn't it beautiful. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year....Spring is my other one. I just love when fall arrives because of all the color changes of the leaves. I just love all the reds, oranges, browns and yellows...ummm mix them all up together and you come up with this......

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!!!

This is the time of year that I love to do all of my baking....umm pumpkin bread, pumpkin pies and pumpkin empanadas.....simply delicious. Bring out the baking pans!! Just the aroma of pumpkin lingering throughout the house....one word....WONDERFUL!!

If it was up to Lovebug, he would love to have winter here. He enjoys fall just as much as his momma but I think he still prefers winter anytime of the year. He's very hot natured....just like his popo and uncles so that explains it all.

So it's time to start bringing out the fall and winter clothing because it feels like we are going to have an early winter. After all these hot days that we have had in West Texas we are looking forward to some cool days.....not too cool, I mean cold. This morning was just the beginning of cool mornings. I wasn't really thinking that it was going to be that cool this morning but after the nice thunderstorm that the good Lord provided us with this beautiful morning....it was COLD.

I am not ready for winter just cooler days.

"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

best day ever!!!

2009-09-04T21:33:00.004-05:00

September 4, 2009 is the best day ever!!!

Why?

Because today is the day that my Lovebug asked Jesus to come into his life!!! Yes, my little lovebug is a born again Christian and my heart is jumping for joy BUT can you imagine Jesus' heart. WOW...is all I can say.

As I sit here and type this tears are streaming down my face because I am so overjoyed!!! My little lovebug has sooo much FAITH that I see him and I want to be just like him. He watches and hears everything that we do. When my mom prays over him or any one of us or just praying in general...Lovebug is always alert and listening.

It is wonderful to see him so full of Faith and wanting to know more and more about Jesus each and every day. I know he listens when we pray because today well for a couple of days now I have been fighting a horrible migraine and while I was sitting and waiting for the computer to download some stuff....Lovebug came over and laid hands on my head and asked Jesus to take away his momma's horrible headache and to curse it by the roots and make it all better.

Now, I know that my baby is listening and praying right along side all of us. If this makes my heart swell....I can just imagine how Jesus' heart is swelling everytime my baby prays.

It's so awesome to hear him pray and have so much Faith. It's also so awesome to hear him sing in the car or in the tub while taking his bath or just waiting at Nana's house in the morning waiting to go to school and to hear him sing all the songs that he is listening to on K-Love...a Christian radio station. I just love to hear him sing a Jeremy Camp song or a MercyMe song or any other song that comes on the radio. Once again my heart begins to swell.

I just wanted to let you all know that today was the Best day ever!!!!

My Lovebug is a Child of God!!!!!!

in a blink of a eye

2009-09-01T20:46:00.003-05:00

Wow in a couple of months my baby will be celebrating his 7th birthday.

7th birthday....where did the time go?

He is just growing up way too fast. I still remember the day that my little lovebug was born and remember having a conversation with my mom that we won't believe it when he turns one or even five years old. And yet now he will be turning SEVEN. My goodness before I know it he will be TEN.

WHAT...I want my baby to stay a baby. I know in my heart that he will always be my baby...I am just being selfish and I don't want him to grow up. He's a momma's boy...which aren't all boys momma's boys?

I just don't want him to grow up any more. If I could preserve him and keep him this way forever...I would. I know I am being selfish....BUT he's my baby and always will be.

I love you Lovebug....mucho, mucho!!!!

God is so wonderful!!!!

2009-08-31T17:20:00.000-05:00

“Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if you hear his voice,”- Psalm 95:6-7

verse of the day

2009-08-28T11:03:00.003-05:00

“Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”- John 6:29

AMEN!!!

We hope that everyone has had a wonderful week and that everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Enjoy!!!!

2009-08-27T14:07:00.001-05:00

“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.”- Isaiah 26:3

verse of the day

2009-08-25T08:58:00.001-05:00

“Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.”- Psalm 119:165

back to school

2009-08-24T17:11:00.003-05:00

Today was Lovebug's first day back to school. I still can't believe that my baby is in the first grade. Last year, around this time I was crying because he was going into kindergarten and NOW he's in the first grade.

My baby is growing up way too fast. I still want to be able to hold him like a baby...by the way I still do but he is getting way too big and heavy. Before I know it he will be taller than his momma and I will be the one asking him to get me things off the top shelf.

Dropped Lovebug off at school this morning and you can only imagine the chaos. I really don't remember last year being like that. But, it went real smoothly and finally got signed in and took Lovebug to his classroom which by the way is on the opposite end from where he was last year...crazy huh? He was so cute when he walked in he was looking for someone he knew but right away he found a couple of "old" friends.

Went to pick up Lovebug from school and this year they have a new way of picking up your children. You have to go to someone who has a walkie-talkie and give them your child's name and grade & they will call for them & they will release them. But, if you get there after 3:15 then you can go ahead and go into the foyer & have someone call for them inside the gym... okay let's see how long this CHAOS last. It was a mess but apparently it's done at other schools. Let's keep our fingers crossed it will all work out. No more children running around outside the school.

Lovebug said that he had a WONDERFUL day!!! He met some "new" friends and of course had his "old" friends. He got to play with his other friends that are not in his classroom at lunch time. When I picked him up....he was just full of smiles.

I love that little monkey to death!!!

By the way, I have some pictures that I will post up a little bit later of his first day.

verse of the day

2009-08-21T09:42:00.001-05:00

“By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.”- Psalm 42:8

watermelon feed

2009-08-21T08:57:00.003-05:00

Well, we met Lovebug's teacher last night, Mrs. Smith...how original is that and she seems nice, I guess we will find out later in the semester. None of Lovebug's classmates that he had in his class last year are together. They are all scattered in different class rooms. Oh well just like Lovebug said to me...."At least I will get to see them at lunch and recess." That's the attitude I want my son to have!!!

I really didn't like the way that the set up was for this year. I was thinking that we were going to eat watermelon & then go to their classrooms. That way they would at least know where they would be going their first day of school. BUT, no it was just an outside event and you just met your teacher outside & then just have to wing it on the first day. I, of course, am going to take Lovebug to school on Monday so at least I can help him out with his school supplies. I ordered them last school year.....which I think is a WONDERFUL idea that way I don't have to go to four or five different stores trying to find the exact supply that the teacher wants. Anyways, the supplies came in a box which is bigger than Lovebug so poor baby couldn't carry that so of course mom to the rescue.

Looking forward to the first day of school in the first grade....woohoo!!!

Oh yeah by the way, last night we saw his kindergarten teacher also, Mrs. Patton and she was so happy to see Lovebug and I was so happy to see her....I am going to miss her. She was a wonderful teacher just like I know Mrs. Smith will be.

so what......

2009-08-18T17:08:00.004-05:00

Last night I was checking and cleaning up Lovebug's little boo-boo. I noticed that there was this little piece of lint on it so I cleaned it up and threw the q-tip in the trash can. Everything was fine and dandy until I heard Lovebug say that his cut was hurting. So I of course go into "mom mode" and ask him what's the matter, where does it hurt, does he need me to put more medicine on it?

Lovebug of course is just looking at me like I have gone ballistic...yeah!! Anyways, I look over him, make sure he's doing okay and proceed to start my evening routine. Then of course while I am at the ironing board I start to think about the piece of lint that I found on his cut & I thought well maybe it was a blood clot.

So I grabbed the trash can & headed to the bathroom and luckily the q-tip happened to be right on top. I started to examine the q-tip JUST to make sure it wasn't a blood clot because it seemed like everything happened so fast.

In the mean time, Lovebug is...picture this.....all snugged up, laying in bed with his little hands behind his head...like a "big boy" and he happens to look over at me when I come back into the room and asked me what I was doing?

Mom: I was just checking the q-tip to make sure it wasn't a blood clot.

Lovebug: Oh sooo you are a detective now?

Mom: What? (puzzled look on my face)

Lovebug: I am just saying...you are inspecting a q-tip....WHY?

Mom: Because I was just making sure...okay.

Lovebug: Okay....detective!!!

This folks is what I go through on a daily basis.

Never a dull moment in our lives and I wouldn't have it any other way.

I guess you can call me "Inspector Gadget"

over and out

2009-08-17T11:00:00.004-05:00

Well summer is almost gone

Lovebug will be starting the first grade next week, Monday to be exact....man how time flies. I still remember the day that my baby was born and now 6 years later HE'S IN THE FIRST GRADE!!!

Where has the time gone?

On Thursday, his school will be having a Meet and Greet the Teacher w/a Watermelon Feed!!

Yum, yum looks like we will be chowing down on some good ole' watermelon.

Lovebug will also get a chance to mingle with some of his friends that he hasn't seen since May so that will be good.

We will also meet his teacher for the first time that evening.

So summer has come and gone!!!

Now fall classes will be starting up and a new season will be coming in.

Hope everyone had an enjoyable summer as we did!!!

road trip

2009-07-30T12:35:00.004-05:00

Well Lovebug and I are going to take a little road trip today to go and visit his uncles in Round Rock. Lovebug needs to get away from Odessa...so does his mamma....before school starts.
We also might get to see grandpa since him living in Dallas it's a whole lot closer for him to go to Round Rock than it is Odessa. So keep your fingers crossed :)

I can not believe that school will be starting in less than a month. Wow....summer just flew by. My little lovebug will be in the first grade and he is really looking forward to starting school because he was telling me just the other day that he was really missing his friends.

Well we hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend and we are heading out.

happy birthday nana

2009-07-09T19:31:00.008-05:00

Lovebug and I wanted to give a shout out to our wonderful nana and mother. You are undoubtedly the BEST nana & mother in the whole entire world. Thank you so much for everything that you do for Lovebug & I. We love you so much that words can not explain how much we love you.

We (lovebug, uncles and I) sent nana some roses for her birthday but she didn't just get red, yellow or pink roses she got JULY Roses....yes JULY Roses aren't they just the most beautiful

roses. When I saw those I was, Yes those are the ones. A beautiful rose for a beautiful mother and grandmother.

I know that my mother had a wonderful day and she not only received roses from us (her kiddos) but from my dad and her boss. Yeah, her boss. I expected my dad to send her some roses because that's just how my dad is always doing for my mom ( she couldn't ask for a better husband) God has truely blessed her. Anyways, back to her boss...yes she got more roses. I asked her, "Mom can they see you at your desk with all the roses?" She said that her office smelled wonderful.....the smell of the Holy Spirit is what my mom is always saying the scent of a rose is what the Holy Spirit smells like.

May God continue to Bless you each and every day. Happy Birthday Mom/Nana!!! We love you mucho, mucho!!

"The Joy of the Lord is my Strength." Nehemiah 8:10

This is the scripture I wrote to my mom because no matter what is going on in my mom's life or should I say "work life" she nevers seems to let her JOY escape her. She is always keeping her head up high & not letting the devil destroy her happiness....or should I say JOY.

Happy Birthday to a wonderful mother and grandmother. We couldn't or wouldn't ask for anyone better....WE GOT HER!!!!

our favorite drink of the summer

2009-07-09T17:05:00.009-05:00

At least three times a week Lovebug & I have to make a stop at Sonic and order none other than our favorite drink..Blue Ocean Water. Yes, that has become our favorite drink ever since these days have been sooo unbearably HOT.

So we head out to the Sonic drive-in and order up a couple of blue ocean waters. At first Lovebug had no earthly idea what I was talking about so I ordered one and he loved it. So everytime we go there he has to have a blue ocean water.

He looks so cute because his mouth turns blue from the food coloring that I tell him that he looks like a Smurf.

Looks like we will be heading out to Sonic for some blue ocean waters tonight. It's kind of like 102 degrees here. So yeah it's kind of HOT!!!!

Summer is here!!!!

it's official.......

2009-06-24T15:25:00.012-05:00

When your only son calls you a "dingy Blonde" then you finally realize that all this time that people were calling you that.....they really meant it.

Monday night we, as in Lovebug & I, were doing one of those "find the hidden item" in one of the Highlight books that Lovebug happens to get. Well, we were taking turns & I was "pretending" that I could not find one of the hidden objects....okay I really couldn't find it and Lovebug happens to look over at me and proceeds to tell me...

Lovebug: Mom, you are such a dingy blonde.

Mom: What....excuse me?

Lovebug: No, mom I mean well the hidden item is RIGHT there and you can't see it.

Mom: So now I am a dingy blonde?

Lovebug: Nooo mom.....I love you!!!

So it's official.....I am officially a "dingy Blonde"

I just love my Lovebug....what would I ever do without him.

i went a little overboard

2009-06-10T15:17:00.005-05:00

This morning of course is no different than any other morning.....WE WERE RUNNING LATE!!!

Lovebug did not want to get up this morning and after trying to wake him up for 15 minutes......I lost it. I started raising my voice.... ranting & raving telling him to get up or else he was going to have to go to day care in his pajamas if he didn't hurry up and get up out of bed.

Poor Lovebug....he woke up crying and telling me that he didn't want to get up yet. He was still tired and needing some more sleep. I told him that I knew how he felt because I myself did not want to get up this morning either.

Finally, after getting him ready and myself ready we finally left. I was dropping him off at Nana and Popo's house around the time I should have already been at work.

I did apologize to him for raising my voice at him and I told him that I loved him but also that he needed to start getting up when I told him too. He was like, "Okay, mom...I just didn't want to get up this morning."

Got him dropped off and finally made it to work. Fifteen minutes later than usual but I made it to work.

I think we need to start working on a routine where maybe I start to wake him up around 6:30am instead of 6:45am that way it gives him 15 minutes to stretch and finally start rolling out of bed at 6:45am so that way we are out of the house by a decent time and I can get to work on time. We better start now because right now he is on summer vacation and I don't want him getting to use to this because come August he will have a hard time getting up for school.

So yes I did go a little overboard this morning....there I said it ;)

Love you Lovebug!!!!

a few of our favorite show(s)

2009-06-05T10:23:00.015-05:00

This is too funny.....it's all about the reality TV shows.

Monday nights, Lovebug has to watch his reality show that he absolutely has to watch which is.....This show is soooo addicting and funny too. They go around repoing cars, trucks, motorcycles and even tractors....you name it they repo it. Like their saying goes..."It ain't no joke if you don't pay that note."

Lovebug even has his uncles watching this show. He will call them up on Monday nights just to remind them that it is coming on. Oh it is too funny.

Then on Tuesday nights, I have to watch...

But these two shows come on at the same time so there I am flipping back and forth between commercials to see what's happening...Ahem...and I wonder where Lovebug gets it from when I see him flipping back and forth....hmmm.

Ugh...these reality shows are too addicting!!!!

Then on Thursday nights, I watch...

because at the moment is not showing until August on a different channel...Ahem.... so The Fashion Show will have suffice till then.

But, come this Wednesday night another show will start which I will have to watch besides what Lovebug and I watch which is....

I never used to watch this show until Lovebug made me sit down and watch it with him and now guess what....I AM ADDICTED!!!!

But, now this show will start on Wednesday so I will have to start watching this one too....

So we pretty much have our evenings covered with reality TV. If we happen to miss any of the shows....Lovebug catches up on Operation Repo on Tuesday nights if he happened to miss anything on Monday. Then if I have the time on the weekends I try to catch up on my shows if I happened to miss anything.

Reality TV shows.....what would we do without them?

What did we do before they all came out?

the true meaning of friendship

2009-05-31T13:44:00.008-05:00

Last week on Thursday was the last day of school so it's officially SUMMER!!! Lovebug made a lot of new friends this year and it was real sad when I went to pick him up from school because he had one friend in particular that stood out and that was his friend Isaiah...what a coincidence that one of his closest friends has the same name as Lovebug does, well his middle name.

But, anyways Isaiah was having a real hard time dealing with the situation that there would be no more school for a least three months. He got really close to his friends and didn't want it to end because he got so used to seeing everyone on a daily basis. When I talked to his mom on graduation day she said that this helped Isaiah come out of his shell because he is such a shy person and that he is. Every time I went to pick up Lovebug, Isaiah would come out and I would smile at him and he would become shy..put his head down and smile.

When I picked up Lovebug, Mrs. Patton was walking out with Isaiah and told his grandmother that he was having a hard time saying good bye. He came up and just started to cry...awe when I saw him, he just broke my heart. He had me crying and Mrs. Patton crying. I told Lovebug and Isaiah that they could get together over the summer and spend some time together and they both shook their heads. I told Lovebug before we left to give a Isaiah a hug and Lovebug has a big heart already so he was taking it pretty hard because one of his closest friends was having a hard time and he turned to give Isaiah a hug and they looked so cute hugging one another. Lovebug was consoling his friend. By the time we left the school foyer I was in tears.

Here's Lovebug with Isaiah and Isabella (Isaiah's little sister) on graduation day. She is always asking about Lovebug so she wanted to be in the picture too. Too cute!!

This is another close friend of Lovebug's. His name is Derek and his mom was real close friends with my cousin Christina growing up. So I was surprised to see her on the first day of school picking him up and wouldn't you know it they were in the same class. They have become real close so hopefully these three boys will remain friends till they graduate high school. The last day of school, Lovebug told me that Derek had given him a hug and told "I'm going to miss you, man." How cute!! Lovebug was already making plans for the summer telling both of his friends that they could get together and spend some time together over the summer.

I was remembering back when I was in school and believe me I had to think real hard because believe it or not I have my 20th reunion this year....man that's a long time ago...anyways, I remember the last day of school always being bittersweet because yes it was the beginning of summer but also you didn't get to see your friends till school started. So I am really hoping that Lovebug continues all his friendships that he has made this year and new ones.

So the last day of school was bittersweet, but with long lasting friendships made along the way.

so addicting.....

2009-05-28T13:19:00.004-05:00

I have had this song in my head ALL morning long. That's what I get for listening to "Penguins of Madagascar" while Lovebug is watching it. He goes around the house singing this song SO now I have it in my head.

Pause the music player at the bottom so that way you all can hear what has been running through my head all morning long.

Too cute but addicting!!!!

Me and My JJ!!!!!!

graduation day

2009-05-27T17:28:00.002-05:00

So the day finally arrived.....Lovebug graduated!!!

YEA!!!

They were too cute (all the kidos) most of them were dressed in their Sunday dress attire. Some of them had on their ties and my parents asked me why I didn't put on Lovebug's shirt with his tie on...ummm, I don't know maybe because I thought that he would not want to wear that...not too sure. I guess I should have put it on but what he wore he looked absolutely cute (if I should say so myself :)

They performed two songs which they learned in music class, the first one was, "What a Wonderful World" and the second one was, "I Love You, Scoot Doot Dit Do" something like that. The kids all sounded so cute and everyone was so amazed at how they could memorize all that music. Music is LIFE!!!! What would we do without music? Our lives would be boring so thank goodness for music class still being in our children's every day life as well as art classes. Our children need these classes!!!

I just wanted to let you know that we made it through graduation and like Mrs. Walker (the principal) said earlier....."You have graduated kindergarten and you are now ready for the first grade......

Congratulations Graduates of 2009!!!!

I am so proud of my Lovebug and he has made his momma proud. Tomorrow will be their last day of school and then summer vacation starts...YEA!!!!

i feel soooo bad......

2009-05-26T16:39:00.004-05:00

Wouldn't you know it....the very first time Lovebug doesn't take his lunch to school because they were having chicken nuggets and if you all know my little monkey he just LOVES chicken nuggets and he ends up getting sick. His uncles tell him that he is going to turn into a chicken nugget.

So he decided today was the day that he was going to eat in the cafeteria lunch line. When I picked him up from school I asked him how lunch was.

Lovebug: I threw up, mom
Mom: What...what happened?
Lovebug: I don't know, I didn't like the way it tasted.
Mom: I am so sorry.
Lovebug: I know what it was...I didn't have ketchup so I could dip my chicken nuggets in.
Mom: The first time you eat in the lunch line you get sick...wouldn't you know it...(laughing)

So I guess he won't be eating in the lunch line for the next two days because they were having all the foods he likes to eat so he WAS going to eat in the lunch line for the rest of the week. But, not anymore....not after what happened today.

We'll just stick to ham sandwiches or PB&J sandwiches or lunchables, okay!!

Poor Lovebug :(

someone's graduating tomorrow

2009-05-26T11:10:00.006-05:00

Lovebug will be graduating tomorrow morning. Wow...I can not believe that my little monkey is graduating. I know it's just kindergarten but this is just the first stepping stone and before we know it he will be graduating high school. Time really does fly.

He is really looking forward to summer vacation. He told me the other day that he really needed a break. Well, buddy you will be getting almost three months of a break. I can still remember his first day of school. Lovebug was all excited about going to school and meeting new friends. I remember Popo walking him to his class the first two weeks and then he was confident enough to go on his own. I also remember picking him up from school and him holding my hand in the first two weeks but as the weeks grew longer he got "older" and didn't need or want to hold mom's hand. He was too grown :)

My baby is growing up....way too fast. If I could I would have kept him a baby forever!!!

scary situation

2009-05-21T17:06:00.004-05:00

As I told all of you yesterday, it was Field Day at Lovebug's school so you can just imagine all the chaos. When I went to pick him up from school there were all these cars parked along all the sides of the school and where I usually park there were cars parked there so I had to park further into the neighborhood.

I went to get Lovebug and surprise, surprise they were out in the front right at 3:15 pm. Usually I have to wait and they get out to the front around 3:20/3:25 pm so yesterday I was rather surprised. Poor Mrs. Patton had lost her voice, she said it was from all the excitement going on throughout the day. Today she sounded even worse...she completely lost her voice.

Well, I am so glad that we left the school early because when we got into the SUV the clock said 3:20 pm and I told Lovebug, "I wish that your class was out in the front like this all of the time."

Anyways, after our usual pit stop at Nana and Popo's house we were heading to the day care and we were at a stop light and Lovebug had noticed that this under cover police car had its lights on and he asked me if I had noticed the car. When I turned I noticed another under cover police car and they were speeding. We both said at the same time, "Hummm wondering what's going on?"

Further up the road I had noticed a school police car and it was going real fast also. I still had no idea.

So yesterday around 4:55 pm I received a call letting me know that around 3:3o pm Lovebug's school had been placed on LOCK DOWN. Yes, LOCK DOWN....this usually occurs when something is happening in the area and they Lock Down the school so no one can enter or leave the school in case of an emergency. I was so relieved that we had already left the school grounds because I probably would have panicked.

When I got home yesterday evening I told Lovebug, "Hey remember we saw those police cars going real fast...well your school had a Lock Down." Lovebug's response, "What happened, mom?"

Apparently a student had said that he overheard a parent in the parking lot that he was going to go home and bring back a gun. So the student panicked and went to tell a teacher and that's when they put the school on Lock Down. The OPD arrived in a matter of minutes and acted cautiously and handled the situation.

Lovebug has told me that they practice for the Lock Downs but he has never had to participate in one....thank goodness.

Just to let everyone know the Lock Down was over in about 30 minutes but I am also grateful that no one was injured and that no one had a gun on school premises. I ask, "What is this world coming to?" I remember back when I was in school....and that was a very long time ago, but I can not remember not once where we had these kind of situations.

That same day, at another school, a Junior High, two boys got into a fight and one of the boys stabbed the other one with a pen or pencil. Come on why do we have to have all this violence?
Two or three weeks ago, another school was placed on Lock Down because a 6th grader had taken a gun to school to show his friends. Come on where are the parents here are they not watching what their children are doing?

Responsibility....that's all it takes.

Like I said I am so grateful that Lovebug was not at the school when this occurred and that no one was injured. But, do we really have to have all this commotion going on right at the end of the school year?

Also, a quick update....Lovebug was dead tired when he got home from his day at school. He ate dinner, took a bath and was in bed by 8:30 pm. When I went to check on him around 8:45 pm he was out....probably already on his 3rd or 4th dream :)

somebody is going to be pooped today

2009-05-20T12:34:00.003-05:00

Today is Field Day 2009 at school today so Lovebug is going to be exhausted when he gets home this afternoon. I dropped him off this morning because I needed to talk to his teacher and buy him some tickets so he could play games and buy goodies from the concession stand this afternoon. Tickets to play games and buy goodies...I mean okay we have been doing fund raisers all school year and they couldn't let the kidos play games and get goodies for free? Okay I understand that the money they raise goes towards purchasing new equipment for P.E.

Anyways, the coaches and helpers were already setting up on the playground....they had jumpers set up and I was looking over his schedule of events and they are going to be having all kinds of activities. It worked out pretty good because Kinder thru 2nd grade were going to be outside in the morning so that way it won't be too hot for them and then in the afternoon they will be in the gym playing around and getting hyper.

They (the children) all looked so cute because each class had different colored shirts to distinguish which teacher they belonged to. Lovebug's class all had on blue t-shirts with their little red backpacks/sacks and water bottles.

We will see what kind of shape he is in when I pick him up from school this afternoon.

He will be ready for bed tonight...yes!!!!

reality check

2009-05-05T15:51:00.003-05:00

I just got back from picking up Lovebug from school and they just got their graduation pictures back. Reality just set in that my baby is going to be graduating kindergarten. I had a hard time about three weeks ago because they sent a note home that they were going to be taking pictures....graduation pictures that is. So we had to go and get him a white shirt w/a tie for the pictures. He looked so cute the day of his pictures.

I had Popo put his tie on because I have no earthly idea how to tie a tie. But to my surprise....it was a clip on tie. Popo got him all looking good.....tucked in shirt, made sure his tie was in place and hair in place. But, Lovebug did not want his shirt tucked in because he felt it was too tight.
So when I picked up Lovebug from school, I had noticed that his shirt was untucked which was fine but I asked him,

Mom: Did you have your shirt untucked all day?
Lovebug: Ummmm, yeah!!
Mom: What did you wait for popo to leave you off before you untucked your shirt?
Lovebug: Ummm, (looking around w/his wandering eyes) yeah!! I waited for him to leave and when I saw that he was no longer in site I was like, Okay the coast is clear. So I untucked my shirt.
Mom: It's okay. I knew you were going to be uncomfortable.
Lovebug: I was mom.

So today was the day that we received his pictures back and he turned out so cute. His tooth was loose so you can kind of see it overlapping and wouldn't you know it that afternoon his tooth fell out. The toothless wonder is what I call him.

Nine months ago I was crying that he would be starting kindergarten and now nine months later he is graduating kindergarten. Next time I turn around he's going to be graduating high school and going to college.

Man how time flies.

Enjoy every moment you have with your children!!!

my next american idol

2009-03-26T16:46:00.002-05:00

Last night, Lovebug was asking me what was the song that "Donkey" sang on Shrek? I told him that I couldn't remember. He was deep in thought when out of no where he looked at me and started to sing, "I'm a Believer"

Lovebug sounded so cute and he sang the whole part that "Donkey" sings in the movie. I should of had my video camera handy so I could have posted him singing the song but instead I have embedded the song down below. ( If you feel like listening to the song remember to go down and pause the music player) I just like the part that Donkey is singing and when I hear it, it reminds me of Lovebug singing it last night.

I do believe that my lovebug could be the next American Idol.

He memorizes everything that he comes across. Sit him in front of the TV to watch a movie and the next time he watches it he knows all the parts. Books, Commercials and Radio....same thing. I have a smart kiddo!!

My next American Idol!!