Happy 8th Birthday Logan!

 

 Logan turned 8 years old today. I can't believe how fast the days, months, and years pass by. I still remember him as a little baby, and toddler, and young child. Logan is such a cute boy. He is so smart, and talented. He is a great little helper around the house, and an even greater helper with his little sister Kia Ora. He is a great big brother, Kiki adores him so much. He has the most adorable face. I love to hug and kiss him; I hope this lasts for at least another 8 years. I feel so blessed to have him in my life. I love him so very much.

This morning I made pancakes and a fruit salad for breakfast after which we opened one of his presents.

 

 

 

 

Jon creeping up on Logan with his present.

 

 

Logan decided on pizza for his birthday dinner. I was a little skeptical since Logan hates cheese, but after confirming several times that it was exactly what he wanted, I went ahead a picked up pizza. Well... indeed he ate pizza with no complains, he simply scraped the cheese off before eating the slice.

 

 

Logan opening one of his presents from Mami and Papi.

 

After dinner we headed to the pool to tryout his new snorkel.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Exercise Time w/ Coach Jon

 Today Jon took us to the park for some exercise. He had us to laps and soccer drills. It was so fun to be outdoors and playing ball with the boys. We all got a good workout. While we played, Kia Ora played with her little phone, answering it by saying A O! It was so cute that I had to pull out the camera to take a video.

 

Brazos Bend State Park

Today we went to Brazos Bend State Park to enjoy some time in nature. The kids were able to touch some pretty cool and scary creatures like a tarantula, an alligator, and a snake.  Logan just went for it and was not afraid to pet them, Julien however was not so sure about it.

We saw really cool wild life. It was cool because the animals were not at all afraid of getting close to us...

 

...which can be scary when those animals are ALLIGATORS!  Yap that is right there were two alligators there hanging out. One of the people on the dock was fishing and before he left he threw his live bait in the lake right to the alligator. The alligator opened his mouth so wide and snapped to fish with so much quickness and force, it was frightening!

Julien and Logan too wanted to fish, and were actually hoping to catch an alligator. 

They are to funny.

On our way home we stopped by this cute little man's home who was selling some of his fruits, and vegetables, along with other homemade product from other locals. I bought a jar of honey because I love honey and was so intrigued. It is really good honey.

my mom is mean

The mean mom that I am has Julien and Logan do homework every morning of the summer for the exception of the weekend of course. They both have a general math review, times tables and divisions, reading comprehension, language arts worksheets, 10-15 sentence essays, and 30 minutes worth of reading. Some may think it is a little excessive, but it should only take them 1:30 minutes to do it all. I just want to be sure they don't forget the things they learned in their previews grades over the long summer break, and want them to feel prepared for the new school year. At the beginning of the summer it is always hard for them to start that routine, but now the kids are so used to it that they get up early and do their homework all on their own with no complaints. I am so proud of my hard little workers.

The Ring of Power

 

The pool was closed today, so instead of doing our daily afternoon swim, the kids decided they wanted to make a movie. So Julien, Logan, and I (and Kiki of course) spent the afternoon plotting a script, shooting and editing a video. It was so fun to see them get so into it. After we got done video taping, we did a little photoshoot. Those kids are so brilliant, and creative. I must say, it was fun for me to do this with them. We only had time to make part one and they are hoping to do part 2 really soon. Make sure to ask them about it when you talk to them, they are so proud of it.

4th of July

Honestly, there was not much to do here for the 4th on top of the fact that there was a fire band due to the drought we have been having; so Jon and I decided to spend our day at the beach, followed by a BBQ with our good friends Matt and Becca Meservy. 

 

 

The boys were having a blast falling back, crashing into the waves.

 

The person next to us fished for crabs and was able to catch pretty big ones. It was so cool. The kids and I often catch them but have not been able to catch such big ones.

After the BBQ, we all enjoyed popping some snaps on the driveway.

 

This was hilarious! Julien and Logan were calling out spells as they threw their snaps on the ground. They are so funny. They love Happy Potter, and can't wait for the last one to come out.  

Pigtails

Kiki sported her first pigtails today. Her hair is finally long enough that I can up it up without little wispies everywhere. She is so cute! I am having way to much fun with her.