A day at the beach

The weather was nice, so we decided to go down to the beach. Very relaxing. :) Now that the kids are older, and we only have 1 kid to chase, I think we'll finally be taking advantage of the beach this summer.

I have been slacking on the blogging!

Things that have been going on:

I chopped off all of my hair. (I was over the post partum hair loss crap, and decided to just start over. I haven't been carded since cutting it, so I guess I look old. Either that or they are starting to recognize me at the liquor store. HA!)



Devin is still in school. This week is midterms, so he's been studying constantly. He's already been EPA certified, and even in customer service (which I didn't know you could do.) 5 months to go!

Nic has about a month of school left, then he'll have a kindergarten graduation ceremony. It seems a little late, since he's already in "1st grade" in most of his subjects, but I'll take it for the photo op! I have to turn in work tomorrow, and we'll be getting the summer session stuff already. I can't believe we have been homeschooling for a whole year already!




Norah busted her nose open, and ended up with 4 stitches. =( She was climbing on a chair next to my bed, slipped, and hit her face on the bed frame. They numbed her up at the hospital with lidocane gel, so while they were sewing her up, she was singing.


She's still my little beauty.



Nolan wants to crawl SO BAD! But, he won't let me put him down long enough to practice. Every time I do put him down, he turns onto his knees, but that's it. Next week, I'm sure, he'll be mobile.



Yesterday was my mom's birthday. She spent the day at the nursery picking out flowers for her garden. I have been sick for the past couple weeks, so I didn't feel up to making a cake, but Norah picked this one out, and it was perfect and delicious.





My grandma is still not speaking to me. We are into month 4 now. Oh well, she can suck it. haha

Bad Religion!

So the show was awesome. We got there right before they went on, and squeezed ourselves fairly close. A few songs into the show, Devin said, "That's the UFC guy!" so I looked, and right in front of me was Joe Stevenson. (We couldn't remember his name, so we looked him up when we got home, and his stats say that he is 5'7. NO WAY! That guy was shorter than me! haha )

I had just as much fun people watching as I did seeing Bad Religion. My favorite guy, by far, was the guy up on the balcony with the ridiculously HUGE mohawk, singing along with such conviction, only he didn't know any of the words. It was great.
They played old songs, not so old songs, and a brand spanking new one, Resist Stance, which I have a video of, but the internet hates me, so I can't share it here, but here's a LINK.

I'm sure you can't tell, but I love Bad Religion. :) And I got to see them FOR FREE! I am going to be happy for quite a long time.

Somebody pinch me.

I just won tickets to see Bad Religion tomorrow night! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Seriously though, can you think of anyone more appreciative than me?



Nobody ever wins these things! And, I DID! :D :D :D :D

BAD FUCKING RELIGION!

I have not seen them for 10 years. I am so excited. I CAN'T WAIT!

Birthday season 2010

March is the longest month of the year.

Norah's 4th




My dad's 64th (it's a projector, his favorite thing in the whole world.)



Nic's 6th



It's not over either. Tomorrow is Nic's birthday. We are taking the amtrack to San Juan Capistrano, going to the zoo, and taking the train back. Then it's presents and cake.
Norah's was Chuck E Cheese. (remind me never to do that again.)
My dad's was here, and full of silent treatment from my grandmother. YAY!

I feel like I have been working constantly this month, and at the same time, have got nothing done.

New Lens

My new lens came in the mail today! And I was so excited to try it out, that I didn't bother to even brush the kids hair before shooting them. ha (also, blogger turns these pics into crap when I upload them. The originals are crystal clear.)














my teething boy...


Wow, I'm off to give the kids baths!

It's been awhile.

Nolan is no longer the sleepy newborn, but has practically over night transformed into a real babbling, playful, not sleeping all the time BABY. So I haven't had time to update this. He is sleeping in his bouncer next to me now, so hopefully I don't wake him up with the clicking of the keys.
Devin is in school (yay!) and is doing great. He has a test every Friday, and the worst he has done so far, is miss 2. So, so far so good. Homeschooling Nic without him here has been a challenge. He is no longer here to hold Nolan while I teach Nic, so I have to wait for nap time to try to get anything done, and then he always wakes up 1/2 way through, and I have to distract him with toys. It's been hard, but do-able. Next year will be better. Nolan will be more independent, so I won't have to have him on my lap the whole time.
Norah's birthday is in 2 weeks, and it really snuck up on me this year. Usually, I have presents stashed away starting a little after Christmas, but this year, I have been so busy with everything else that I didn't even realise how close she is to being 4. AND how close Nic is to being 6! How do I have a 6 year old?! I am old. Anyway, I asked her what she wanted for her birthday, and she said, "a real helicopter and a real motorcycle, so I can go really fast." Yeah, she's not getting those. LOL I am trying to come up with the money to get her a drum set though. The girl is musical, and that's the crayon she has picked out of the box. Loud as it may be, she has rhythm.
Nic is really into Star Wars, so I'm sure that will be the theme of his birthday. I can't really think about his birthday yet though. One kid at a time please!