Rocky Point Part Dos

{Before I get tooo far behind on my blog, I figured I would hurry and post the second part of our Rocky Point adventure several weeks ago}

The next day (Saturday), with Jesse in tow, we happily explored the beach, played in the tide, swam in the pool, shopped at the local swap meet, ate some yummy shrimp tacos, and spent some fun time together.  In fact, we had so much fun that we decided last minute to stay another night.  We ended up finding another condo one building down and so we loaded up all of our stuff and moved over to the new place.  I was so glad we decided to stay another night, we seriously had such a relaxing time together.  Jesse and I kept telling each other that we have never really had such a relaxing, fun, family-time vacation with our kids before.

Other than the kids sharing a pull out couch that night and getting up WAY TOO EARLY the next day {as well as Eli crying in the middle of the night and then sleeping the rest of the night in MY bed} it was another perfect night.  Too soon the next day, we had to pack up our things and head back home.  Luckily I still got my piping hot tortillas at the border and I also got to see my hubby get pulled over behind me and checked to make sure he wasn't drinking and driving :) 

Apparently the cop on the road saw him weave a few times and pulled him over to test him for alcohol.  Thankfully Mr E was in the backseat, so when they asked if there was anything in the car that he shouldn't have he replied "Nope, just a snotty little boy".  When I pulled back around and parked near him, Mr E was being his darling little self and had both of the cops completely wrapped around his finger.  Other than that, the drive back was smooth. 

Too bad it will be awhile until we can head back to Puerto Penasco!!

--First thing in the morning, Jesse took the kids out to the beach and they came back with buckets full of shells and all sorts of sea creatures!

--One of my favorite parts about the trip was being able to sit in a lawnchair with ocean water surrounding me.  Eli was a little afraid and sat on my lap most of the time, while Maddie loved walking around and exploring while she chatted on and on to herself :)

--Our beautiful resort :)

--Two out of three of my handsome boys

--Was taken by our five year old.  I actually prefer it this way with me mostly cropped out of the picture. I am sure everyone can see my husband's beautiful olive skin paired with my ugly pink/burned skin.  :(

--Tired and cuddly little guy

and where was Robby during all of this you may ask?

He was busy digging in a sand pile and REFUSED to stop what he was doing for any photo-ops

--at the street taco shop eating fish tacos....yummy!

--probably one of my absolute favorite pics of the whole vacation :)

--proof that although Miss M is ADORABLE, she has a sassy, crabby side to her that emerges almost every day to the dismay of her family.  I was busting a gut as I took this picture of her, it totally captures her LARGE personality

--don't they totally look like they belong to me??

--one of my favorite parts about living on the beach for 3 days is the fact that you don't have to comb, fuss, flat iron, blow dry your hair.  Everyone expects that you will have nasty, messy buns in your hair on a regular basis.

--Maddie was actually very happy at this moment.  The goggles totally give her a "droopy eye" appearance that makes her look like she was just crying :)

--and by the way, these have to be the BEST tasting mangos I have ever put in my mouth.  Not to mention how pretty they look before you eat them.

--the wave wall that Jesse built with the boys.  They loved trying to block any waves from splashing through.

Eli was also making us laugh because he kept picking up our discarded mangoes and eating them with sand and all

--We were dying laughing when we saw how Robby was cleaning the sand out of his pants...that's my boy!

Goodbye Rocky Point...may we meet again SOON!

Rocky Point 2011

I am so excited to be blogging from good ol' Rocky Point tonight!!!! Jesse sent me with his laptop and I am beginning to grow accustomed to typing/web surfing/and now blogging sans mouse. 

A few days ago, I was looking at my work schedule and realized that I was hitting another nine day break from work.  I knew that I needed a vacation BADLY and immediately began to explore the option of going to our fave place, aka Rocky Point.  It was a bit tricky finding time with gymnastics, swim team/lessons, summer movies, church, etc.... Luck was on our side and I knew between Thursday after swim we had a break until the following Monday.  The only downer was the work got crazy for my other half and by Wednesday we realized that there was no way he would be able to leave the next day.  For a small moment I was bummed thinking that we probably weren't going to be able to go.  This was quickly replaced by the thought that I am a grown woman and can definitely handle driving myself and our three kids to somewhere fun!!  I am not going to lie, I have had several frustrating moments thus far {at least when it comes to driving directions} but other than that I am beyond thrilled that I made the decision to come anyways.  I also felt GREAT to know that I did it!  My kids have had incredible, non whiny behavior so far.  We have played on the beach, swam in the pool, dug trenches for treasure chests in the sand, ate street tacos, ate at Al Capones Pizza Place, hung out with some cool kids {aka: Uncle Brett and GF Mariana, Ed and Kylee}, collected sea shells, ate breakfast on our balcony, rocked out to Justin Bieber & Shakira, looked for fish and crabs in the water, played alligator MULTIPLE times, laughed and made some fun memories I will never forget.  The best part is my other half will be joining us LATE tonight.  We are then staying all day tomorrow and driving home Sunday.  YEAH!

 I had to snap a cute picture of Maddie and Eli asleep on the bottom bunk at our Condo.  It was so sweet how they cuddled right together and went right to sleep :)

 You cannot beat eating Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal for breakfast on a balcony overlooking the ocean!

Eli was super excited to go play and immediately begged for me to put on his fishy swimsuit, even before breakfast!

 Some highlights included: Robby being ever so proud of the "Batman" swim trunks I reluctantly bought for him {I HATE buying themed clothing items like this}, Eli crying "I drown, I scared, hold me" whenever we went into the ocean, Miss M spending almost an hour collecting an entire bucket full of seashells, T sprinting over to a man who had been stung by a sting ray after his wife screamed "help" over and over {she also screamed he's not breathing.  I was holding Mr E at the time and sprinted as fast as I could with him in my arms, heart pounding, feeling nervous.  Luckily he was indeed breathing when I got over there and had instead passed out after being stung.  He came to rather quickly, denied any allergies to sting rays, was breathing well, and the hotel security called the ambulance to come provide numbing medicine for his injury.  Miss M was pretty freaked out by this situation}, cutting up yummy watermelon to serve with our yummy lunch, and of course watching the miraculous transformation of all my kids turning super tan with total tan lines!

 Eli loved to stand at the water edge and watch the waves splash at his feet....anything larger than this and he was absolutely terrified that he would drown :)

Robby and Maddie's treasure box that they spent a long time trying to dig out of the sand!

 A "No Make-Up" pic of me taking by Mr E.  Not bad for a two year old right?  (It was fun to have a picture of me somewhere in this blog of mine)

 Me and my boys taken by miss M.  We were all ready to go swimming again!!

Although we had so much fun hanging around each other, we definitely couldn't enjoy it without a little shout out to the Daddy!  We sure missed him.

It was so much fun to have my brother in law, Brett, meet up with us at our Condo in the afternoon.  My kids adored his friends and had so much fun playing with them. Miss M was obsessed with Kylee and Robby was equally enthralled with Mariana.  This is the only pic I have of the group today: Robby (asleep on my lap), Tiffany, Eli, Mariana, Brett, Maddie, Kylee and Ed.

We went swimming, played at the beach, ate street tacos, played some more at the beach and in the swimming pool, relaxed in our Condo and then finally went and ate pizza as a group.  What a fun time and I am so glad I got the chance to get to know them all a little better!

Congratulations Miss Maddie!

 Today Miss Maddie finished her final day of Kindergarten.  She was so proud of herself during the performance and was so excited to announce she was now a first-grader, but kept saying "Ohhhh Miss Falson" in a sad voice as well.  She has truly LOVED her K teacher.  She is blonde, blingy, sophisticated, stylish.....all the things that Maddie also LOVES :)  It has amazed me how much Miss M has learned this year.  She went from only really recognizing her letters and a few small sightwords, was only able to write her own name, and new her numbers but no addition/subtraction to a child who is reading at almost a third grade level, loves to create her own books and does a pretty darn good job at basically spelling most of the words right, and can now add and subtract up through the teens.

and of course a reminder picture from the first day of school to end this post:



R's Preschool Graduation

Can you believe it is over?  I can't.  It seems like just yesterday I walked both of my kids to their first day of preschool/kindergarten.  Now I feel like I blinked and this school year is complete.  Who allowed my children to continue to grow older?  I surely didn't authorize this. 

Robby and his buddies were so cute at their "show" {I am calling promotion this because technically Robby is not being promoted; he will be attending some form of preschool for one more year}.  They all recited each letter and the sound they make, their blended phonics they have learned and then Miss Rosie talked about what each child wanted to be when they grow up.  Any guesses what Robby told her???

Why a "Monster Truck Driver" of course.  He wants to be able to "smash lots of other cars for fun and do lots of cool tricks".  Imagine that.  Lots of other kids picked Superhero's like Spiderman, Superman, IronMan, even one child wanted to be a missionary.  But of course my child wanted to be a Monster Truck Driver.  I have never been such a proud Mommy!!  {he looked pretty darn pleased when she announced his choice to the group}

Thank you Miss Rosie! You have been so kind and patient with Mr R.  You have fueled his desire to learn without squashing his vibrant, inquisitive, active personality.  You have even allowed him to gradually accomodate to being at preschool on his mad/angry days too with all the patience in the world.  He has loved all the fun ways you allow them to learn: with movement, songs, learning all about different animals, coloring, eating, etc. You lovingly prod each of the children along to become the best they can be; for that I am eternally grateful!

And Eli sure liked the food and fun as well!

{now just FOUR days until Kindergarten promotion as well: YIKES}

Helper

The other day, Eli was able to have a daddy-son date.  Jesse took him to his construction job and then they browsed a few stores and had some lunch.  Eli came home proudly holding a brand new tool box just for him.  We filled it up with our "kid tools" and then he went to town helping us "fix" our backyard.  My favorite part:  seeing him proudly wear Jesse's hat the entire time he was outside "working"!

Happy {Late} Easter All!!**UPDATED**

Easter Morning:

The Easter left us a note with rhymes to figure out where our Easter Baskets were hidden.  Miss M was up for the challenge and even put her Ugg boots on to go hunting for the goodies :)

{nice hair Mr E}