Labor Day Weekend Beach Adventures

Happy Labor Day 2012.

Our family enjoyed a wonderful evening at the beach.  Baby girl and Baby boy enjoyed their play time in the small tide pool, which created the right amount of water for a toddler to play in.  The weather was perfect, the tide was low, and the sun was in the right spot.  We could not have asked for a better evening on the sand.  

How to plan for the beach?

Here are a few tips when going to the beach.  I have always found helpful.

1. Pick to right time of day for family. (consider crowds and sun position)
2. Pack a cooler with water, snacks, and small prepared meals.
3. Limit towels you bring.
4. Park or setup near facilities.(for showers and potty breaks)
5. Pack sand toys.
6. Pack change of clothes for little ones.
7. Bring a blanket or chairs.
8. Ipod speaker for music.
9. Plastic bags for wet items.
10. Lastly sunscreen and your excited little ones.

It's always sad... when it's time to leave the beach.

Hair Today, In Your Hand Tomorrow.

Well about 3 weeks ago, the end of summer, Zee asked if I could give her a hair wrap.  I said yes and here we are today. Time passed by and she wasn't ready to take it out for school. But here hair wrap had other plans.

Zee:    "Mommy you would not believe what kind of day I had today."  

Mommy:   "What kind of day did you have."

Zee:   "here"

Mommy:  "OMG, your hair wrap fell out."

Zee:  " all I did was touch it and it fell out.... and my hair is still it.  And, you wouldn't imagine I held it in my hand at school all that time."

Mommy:"why did you hold it in your hand and not put it in your bag?"

Zee:"because it fell out."

OMG...

How long should a hair wrap stay in?

No longer than 3 weeks, I would say.  Or you may run the risk of losing that portion of hair.

Be careful not play, twist, and touch your hair wrap to much.  This will cause it to twist and tangle at the root.  At the root, once tangled the hair becomes fragile which leads to it breaking out at the root.  

To preserve your hair wrap:

minimize touching

pulling on your hair wrap

twisting of any kind

 Ps.  Zee is looking forward to getting another hair wrap. OMG

 

Buddy Fruit - product review

Buddy Fruit product review 

Buddy Fruit, pure fruit bites are a great alternative to regular fruit snacks.  With great taste and made from all fruit.  I have a fruit snack lover and it gets hard given him so many.  So I love the fact that we found Buddy Fruit bites.  

no colorings

no generic modifications

no dairy or gluten

no artificial flavorings

 
Our little man loves them.

First Week of 5th grade.

What a wonderful first week in the 5th grade.  Congrats Zee, so glad this week was a blast.  

 

Baby Invasion - Help!

 When you hear no, stop, get out of here coming from the shower, you must run to see what's going on.  

And.... This is what I found!

Baby Invasion

Can You Guess Who Has New Glasses?

Zee has new glasses.  Thanks to the super nice folks at our local target, she was able to have her examination, pick out her favorite frames, and smile today about them.

The frames she picked out has a diamond edge made by Vogue paired with Transitional Lenses.   

What are transition lenses?

They are lenses that darken on exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Once the UV is removed (for example by walking indoors), the lenses will gradually return to their clear state. These lenses may be made of glass, polycarbonate, or another plastic.

They will darken into a sunglass tint when exposed to U.V. thus removing the need to carry a separate pair of sunglasses for protection against harmful U.V. rays from the sun.  

My little big one loves them.  I was pretty iffy about them.  Now I am  so glad she has them.  

They look good on you, pretty girl.

Back to School - golden rule 5th grade

The start of a new year means the start of a new grade.

5th that is!

Baby girl is excited to begin a new year of school, and her new look shows it.   

Smile Zee, and look out behind you.

Look Auntie Kee kee, tights your favorite.

Totally in love with this dazzle shirt.

Hair done, check.

Thoughts together, check.

Looking like my Mimi, priceless.

Only here is when the butterflies began.  

Enjoy your first day of  fifth grade.  Love Mommy, Pops,and  Zae.

Best of Bubble Buddies - summer 2012

 One play date away from the start of school, no better way to share it with your best friend, then blowing bubbles on a hot summer day.  

But, you know you just can never enjoy yourself with someone coming up to you asking a weird question, " Are those your bubbles?".  One little girl asked as passing by.

The girls ignored her and just kept blowing bubbles, as they ignored me taking pictures.

Easy Gaucamole Recipe for kids.

Easy Guacamole Recipe Great for Kids

Things you will need

1. Avocado
2. Red onion
3. lime
4. can of corn(optional)
5. Bowl, knife, & fork
6. wax paper for chopping
7. chips
8. and of course kids

Cut your Avocado in half, removing the pit.

Scoop the inside of avocado into bowl

Dice your onions inside small bites.

Mash your avocado in bowl

Combine corn, onion, lime in bowl.

Salt and pepper if you like.

Find the chips.

And dig in.

Little people of New York.

Thank you Auntie Kee Kee and Mimi for the great gifts brought back all the way from the Big Apple.

We love you.

Our family vaction to Disney (Magic Kingdom) in Orlando, Florida

It all started with the idea let's go to Disney.  Then it quickly went to let's get passes, and here we are today.  We are Disney pass-holders and loving it.

The kids were super excited and so were we. Here are a few highlights from our first trip as a family to Disney's Magic Kingdom in Orlando Florida.  

The trip seemed so long from the hotel which was minutes away, the birthday princess couldn't wait.  Not sure if she was prepared for the walk ahead. 

As we were approaching I took this pictures to show how their were posted signs and lights that said no stopping when arriving to the front gates.  Guess the only pictures you will get of this is from our car.

At the gates the parking guy was so nice to us.  Here parking was $14.00 and was good at all of the parks for the day.

Because of the stroller having to be folded up we took the ferry over to magic kingdom.

Here I tried to get a picture of how visitors throw money once docked on the ferry.  On our next trip, we want to be sure to bring a few coins with us. 

Since it was Zee's birthday a lady told me about the birthday buttons and once we were in the park we headed over to the gift shop and they personalized a button for her.  We were given the I am celebrating buttons.  Little man refused to be pinned instead he was happy with holding them along with his first time button.

Our first looks within the magical park.

I told them to smile, but they insisted the sun was in their eyes.

One of our favs the Dumbo circus ride.

The mad hatter's teacups, Zee's favorite because she could spin me until I was sick.

This is a picture inside It's a Small World, where there are coins thrown also along the wait lines. 

Inside a It's a Small World.

So soothing it put baby boy to sleep.

This is stroller parking.  Our stroller didn't really stand out well so next we will bring some form of attachment so it won't take us so long to find our stroller.  Like a bright colored scarf.

A high view of the family treehouse.

 Jasmin and Aladdin in their greeting spot.

The ducks that line the gardens.

Found a great spot to watch to mid-afternoon parade. 

Our trip to the Magic Kingdom was a glorious day.  Filled with fun and unexpected excitement.  Since this trip, we have been back numerous times and participated in they special events. The Star Wars had to Pop's favorite.  

A special thank you to all of the cast members who made special greetings to Zee on her birthday.

Happy Birthday Princess!