Shark Reef

While my sister was here we decided to take the kids to Shark Reef. It was a lot of fun. But was also very hard with two 2yr olds and 2 infants and a 5yr old who had to be 4 at shark reef and 6 if we got pulled over. She just barley turned 5 but 4 and under were free at shark reef and 5 and up was like $11. I did not have her booster seat in my car and law here is 6yrs or 60lbs and she is no where near 60lbs. It was so funny when we got to Burger King she said "I don't want to be this many anymore" and held up 4 fingers. But anyways about Shark Reef. We started the day off with breakfast and slushies...yummy. Then headed off to shark reef. The kids loved looking at all of the fish and sharks. They had lots of other things there too they had a crocodile, komodo dragon, another type of huge lizard, piranhas, an octopus and jellyfish. They even have a cool touch pool where you can touch sting rays and horse shoe crabs. Everyone but the little babies, AJ and my mom touched them.There is also these tunnels that are surrounded by water. It is crazy the sharks are swimming right above and all around you. The kids loved looking at all of the fish. We had a great day and I can not wait to go back this summer with my friend Tawnie and her little girl.

Cousin Fun!

Last week my sister came down from Utah with 3 of her kids and my cousin. We love it when they come. We always have such a good time. I love that we have some kids the same age. AJ and Nalani always have a blast together. This time the loved playing in the pool as long as AJ was not actually in the pool. I can already tell that Erik and Oaklie are going to be best friends. They played so great together. Alanna played well with all of the kids like always, well when she is down here anyways. And even though AJ threw fits a lot when they were down here I know he had a blast. He has also learned a couple of things from them which I am not too happy about. He has learned to pick his nose! So gross. He also will not eat anything without dippy (ketchup or ranch) anymore. Which I guess is not so bad. I was able to hold off on it for almost 2yrs. We can not wait until they come down again. Love you guys!

Crazy sleepers

Since Erik has been in his crib he has slept pretty crazy! I mean every time we go into get him he always has his legs or arms in between the crib rails. AJ has also been sleeping crazy. He wakes up in the middle of the night and goes where ever he wants. We have found him in the living room, in front of his bed room door and in the middle of his floor. He also likes to take things to bed with him. Like toys, books, my shoes!! Yes my shoes. They are just my crazy little sleepers.

He was so stuck this day that I thought I was going to break his leg getting it out.

Craft it forward

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slam dunk!

So have I mentioned that AJ has been getting into EVERYTHING and that I can not leave him alone for a second? The other day after swimming we were all asleep. Well AJ has this lovely way of waking up. He is as quiet as ever and will not make a sound. Even with the monitor on in the room I still can not hear him get out of bed. He decided he would play some basketball in his own little way and used his head as the ball. I could not get the hoop off for anything. I tried everything but cutting because I could not keep him still enough and thought I would cut him.

I mean he has just started getting into everything. So far I have caught him with the baby powder, he fell on his head (which he has not learned from that mistake, Arli caught him yesterday trying again to climb over our porch again.), has tried to put keys in the sockets after taking the little tabs out, has tried using one of my kitchen aid knives, colored on himself with a sharpie and then put it back in the same spot he grabbed it from and now has tried to used his head as a basket ball. What on Earth am I going to do with this child?