Our conversation

Choob: "Ty, Ty, Ty"

Me: "Where is Ty?"

Choob: "Work"

Me: "That's right, Ty's at work."

Choob: "Oh No! Why?!"

Happy Mother's Day!

I get to be his mom. Neener Neener Neener!

This year's Mothers Day was the best. I took a heavy dose of NyQuil the night before (I've been battling bronchitis for the third week) and as a result woke from my menthol induced coma with an extra 2 hours of sleep under my belt. Boo-Yaw! Dan took the Choob and let me sleep in!!! When he finally let Luke wake me up there was a present and a card (with the sweetest things written in it) next to me in bed. Inside the pretty little gift bag was a gift card to Target, my new favorite clothing store. Seriously, it rules. I also got a wonderful frame full of my favorite pictures in the whole world (post to come) and the new ju ju be diaper bag I have been wanting. Then Dan re-created a Teds breakfast sandwich using a crissont, 2 fried eggs, cheese and bacon and added some fresh strawberries on the side. I got to lay around the rest of the day until Choober woke from his nap. We went to the zoo and spent the afternoon laughing at Luke and went to my moms house for Sunday dinner and dessert. What a day. Thanks to my two boys, today I was on top of the world.

This is What Happens When......

Mom goes to the restroom and Dad takes Luke into a store. Please notice the small panda clenched in his left fist.

Zoo with the Girls

The girls came down for a free day at the zoo and we had a blast. Here's lil miss Addi driving the jeep.

Two Sticks and a Rock! Can life get any better?

Luke LOVES sticks and thinks that everyone else shares his obsession with them. Please notice that he gave Addi some sticks and is handing these two to his momma.

I don't know why but I just LOVE this picture of Addi girl. She's all decked out in her designer dress (www.shabbyapple.com) made by her mom and she's diggin around on the ground and stick fighting with the boys. Love it!

Just pondering the meaning of life on the merry-go-round

Goosey scaring Addi on the merry-go-round

In case you didn't know, there's more sticks over her momma

Uncle Goosey telling my son to "cheetah scratch momma in the face." What are uncles for right?

My brother Jeff aka Gooseykins aka The Manny removing a monkey from the tree

There is nothing I love more than seeing Dan teach his son about animals. What a great dad!

Eliza, Pow-Mah and the goose. Upon meeting my brother for the first time in Hawaii, Erin jumped in the shower with him. They have been close ever since.

The Manny supervising the children while they stick fight. Who knows where we were.

Luke's favorite animal at the zoo is the otter. When he is in his crib at night before he goes to sleep we hear him on the baby monitor singing songs about the otter that he makes up himself. It is so funny!

Erin Comes to Town

Erin and baby Eliza came down to Anaheim from Washington state for a visit. I loaded up Luke and my brother the Goose and headed up to reunite with Eag and Pow-Mah. Here are ALL THREE of us with Keiki in tow! If someone from the future went back in time and showed us this photo while we were laying out at Waimea in scantily clad swim attire I think we would've died. I never dreamed of being pasty white in LA pushing strollers with our children in them. I have even ditched my rainbow slippers and am wearing running shoes because they make my back hurt less after a long day of walking. I am an OLD FART!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE seeing these 2 because they are the best. While I do get to see Eag from time to time, (though not nearly enough in my opinion) I haven't seen Erin in almost a year. When we get together it feels like things haven't skipped a beat.

In Hawaii Erin was always taking care of other peoples kids so it was awesome to see her with one of her own. Please look at this little doll! She is just five months old and the almost the same size as Luke. She was born eleven pounds and change. This is her standing....yes STANDING up in her stroller just checkin' out the world with those gorgeous blue eyes.

What a cute little princess and her mom. She is the best baby too. Seriously like not a peep or a meltdown of any kind the whole day.

Eliza Paige

I don't know what it is but Luke and Addi play SO WELL together. I seriously LOVE it because I just get to kick back and chat with Eag and they just entertain themselves. Sometimes we get to talking and then realize our wild ones have been running around the lego store taking boxes off the shelves and un-building the giant lego giraffe. oops. The weird thing is, he doesn't hit her, kick her, cheetah scratch her, or take toys away from her like he does with other kids. I like to think that he knows he will marry her someday so he best be nice to her because she is going to have every male in SoCal after her.

MMIH (Match Made in Heaven)

Who wouldn't want him for a son-in-law?!

Sidenote: I realized that when I got home there were NO pictures of my brother the Goose. This is due to the fact that he was the Manny all day. He is seriously the best kid wrangler ever and ALL kids love the Goose. All moms love the Goose too. I don't think I had to carry Lukey boy once all day long! Mahalo Gooseykins!