Weekend Recap

Like everyone else we spent most of the weekend outside.  The weather was fabulous - cooler than normal temperatures here in the desert so we have been enjoying it!  Mr. ESPN took Friday off and painted our guest bedroom (grayish blue) and our master bedroom (greenish khaki).  I assisted with our bedroom and quickly remembered why painting isn't my most favorite project - I love the results but it is hard work and we have very high ceilings. It turned out well and lucky for me Mr. ESPN enjoys doing it.  

Saturday my friend Brooke came over to help me put together this cake for my neighbor's 8th birthday:

Can you tell what it is???

Someone wanted to pose with the masterpiece

 

Brooke and the girls with our model - 

Chatty's I-Touch.   

As you can tell we started making up our own applications.  It took us awhile to make the first few.  No we didn't have an Angry Birds icon as I forgot to make brown fondant!

Between baking and painting I think I am ready for another three day weekend so I can relax!  Good thing we are headed to the beach in less than two weeks!  We can't wait.  Between now and then - work, soccer and more soccer! 

Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!  Enjoy your weekend and remember to thank a Soldier and/or Veteran for their service to our country!

Conversations With Bia

Bia is sounding more and more like me with her comments lately ..

• "Momma - Momma - Moooommmmaaaa!" at the top of her lungs until I answer her in the morning.
• "I organized the toothpaste drawer." 
• "No I need to take the toys out of my drawer and organize it before I go to bed"
• "Momma is it church day? After church can we take a nap together in your bed?"

Thursday Thoughts

Just some random thoughts this week ...

• Mr. ESPN did lovely impressions of our children this morning ... "Blah, blah, blah, blah" and "STOP DOING THAT, I DO IT MYSELF."  It doesn't take much to entertain us at 5:30 a.m.
• Chatty told me this morning she wished she had something Mexican to wear ... I told her we're not Mexican, go eat a burrito.
• Bia's school had the cutest Mother's Day presentation yesterday.  Cute songs and dancing.  I left work early to see Bia in action.  Guess what - she was the ONLY child who did not perform!  But she did eat several cookies during the after party.
• Friday is Muffins for Moms and Donuts for Dads at Chatty's school.  Since I left work early yesterday for Bia's performance no show, I told Mr. ESPN it's his turn.
• Chatty learned about atoms, neutrons, protons, etc. the other week in school.  She was looking at a bottle of vitamins and asked if the picture on the front was atoms.  Good grief I won't be able to help her with her homework after 2nd grade at this rate.
• Bia asked if it was Bud Light Time when we got home one day.  It was 6:00 p.m. on a Friday .. so indeed it was (yeah not helping with the Mother of the Year Award).
• HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to everyone!  My mom and I are spending Saturday together ... some lunch and a little retail therapy!!

A Few of My Favorites

All of you moms know what an ordeal it is to get your kids ready for pictures ... outfits, hair, attitudes, etc.  It usually makes for one stressed mom.  Last weekend was no different for me - let's just say it wasn't our finest moment in the ESPN house!  Lucky for us our photographer is so good with my girls.  He manages to make our children look like the cutest most well behaved kids around (which we all know isn't true - well at least in the behavior department)!  So hear are a few of my favorites ....

BTW - I purchased the outfits on Etsy and when they came in the mail I had Chatty try hers on and it looked pitiful ... it was a dress and it looked horrible on her - seriously!  So I shortened it and made it a shirt and it looked so much better. 

And just to keep it real ... 

Sneak Peak

Annual birthday pics ...

(Ignore Chatty's slightly dirty feet!!)

EASTER Recap

Wow what a weekend.  Easter seems to be a memorable holiday for our family ... let's see Chatty was born on Easter Sunday 2004 ... last year the girls lost their Easter baskets (i.e. they were taken away from them due to bad behavior) before we left for church ... this year the girls were behaving so badly I seriously didn't think the Easter Bunny would show up and so badly I put myself in time out on Saturday afternoon.  It improved Sunday morning ... the Easter Bunny left some goodies ....

And he hid some eggs full of candy and coins ....

Not sure why they aren't using their Easter baskets ...

And then an Easter miracle occurred on Sunday (in addition to the main one - He is Risen), the ESPN family got to church early (7:40 a.m.) and we were all smiling!  The girls behaved fairly well during church although it took sticker books, goldfish, fruit snacks and a post church donut bribe to keep them entertained.  Don't judge! 

After church we tried to get some pictures - they had tons of Easter flowers which made for a nice backdrop ... 

Someone wasn't too thrilled ..

An then a nice elderly lady in the congregation offered to take a family picture and this is what she captured: 

She took two photos and chopped my face off in both of them.  Yes my face is on the pudgy side, but not so bad you couldn't fit us all in!  I didn't have the heart to tell her she chopped me off.  Oh well!  So when we got to Nana and Poppa's house we had them snap a family photo ...

When I put the girls to bed last night I asked them if they knew why we celebrated Easter ... Bia had no clue nor did she really care.  At least Chatty knew the story (she better since we have been studying it in Sunday school).  I guess 1 for 2 isn't bad.  We'll work with Bia this year so maybe we can be 2 for 2 next year!