G5 Weekend Report

Better late than never! I actually had this post ready last night, but had one video that had to be uploaded. I got a migraine and never finished it ;) Hope everyone had a wonderful Superbowl weekend.  Friday and Saturday were pretty uneventful since two out of three kiddos were sick.

Friday, I made some Greek chicken avgolemono soup for Mark and I for lunch.  I had prepared chicken souvlaki (Greek marinated chicken breast) for dinner for ladies' dinner and a movie night on Thursday, so we had a lot of leftovers.  It was d'lish soup!  We also had some leftover pita and tzatki that we munched on with the soup.  

That afternoon, we had a "Superhero Afternoon" boys played a little live action Super Smash Bros with their plushy Sonic and Mario dolls.  We also watched Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer.  I also worked on the football cake a little.  I baked the cake part.  I rested most of the evening and went to bed early, since I too was feeling a little under the weather.

Saturday morning, Ethan and I made the chocolate buttercream for the cake.  Yum!  It smelled heavenly.  Ethan was the official taste tester.  It is so cute to see how interested he is in cooking and baking.  He would rather cook with me in the kitchen than play video games.  He actually shut off Wii when I asked if he wanted to cook with me!!  

Javi went to Bates' Nut Farm with his cousin, Nana and Aitona for the day.  Javi's dad left for the CHP academy in Sacramento on Saturday and will be there for the next six months.  He will be coming home every other weekend, so Javi will still get to see him, but it's definitely going to be a big change for him.  It was a nice distraction for Javi to do something fun with his grandparents for the day.

Daddy brought home some McD's for lunch and a much needed ice coffee for Mama.  It totally hit the spot and I felt recharged to finish off decorating the cake.

I stayed up pretty late on Saturday night preparing food for our party on Superbowl Sunday.  I made all the dips, veg tray, etc.

Sunday the kids woke up early and we played for most of the early morning.  Then it was go time for mama.  I started cleaning, more food prep, and setting up for the party.  I made a much needed coffee run to Starbucks for daddy and I.  Since the kids had gotten up early, I was sooo ready for a cuppa.

Our party kicked off around 2:30.  We served food from just about every ethnic group.  I had made some lumpia, pizza, wings, hot artichoke dip, garlic fries, my famous roasted salsa, asian pineapple teriyaki meatballs, hummus & pita, and of course, cake for dessert.  

We had a really good time.  There was about 15 of us, including the little people.  Even did a little karaoke during half time.  Here are the pics and vid.  Mark & the boys were very elusive and managed to skip out on the pics and the vids.

New Blades

Ok, so I'm sure you are probably getting tired of hearing about my sun filled outdoor California work outs, but here's one more. Mama got some inline skates!! Hopefully I won't irritate my old elbow injury with a fall. I went to the sporting goods store and bought a new pair. I had tossed over whether or not to buy a used pair. I shopped around online and found that a used pair of really good skates would probably run me about the same as a good pair of used. I went ahead and purchased some new and decided to go to Lake Miramar to test them out. I have been wanting another pair for a while, but really got motivated after seeing the bladers at the lake. Well, on my way to the lake, I discovered there was a Play It Again Sports (they sell used sporting equipment). I had checked on their website this morning, but they didn't have prices and I thought the nearest one was 30 min away.  I thought,  I may find a decent pair for $10-$20 cheaper, it's worth a look. I did find a nice pair of K2's for $29 in my size and decided to go ahead with them. Brand new, they retailed at $200. They fit so much nicer and I really noticed a huge difference in the stability and the way they rolled. Plus, they are nice and broken in, which actually reduces a risk for falls. So, the new ones will be going back this afternoon.

I'm usually a little weird about buying used shoes, but in this case, I was willing to just go with it for the reduced fall risk and the cost factor, should I become disinterested quickly ;)

I am still glad I went to the sporting goods store, because I was also able to purchase my long overdue arch supports for my running shoes!! No more achy feet and back!

Tonight's Family Science Night at Javi's school and it's also Ladies' Dinner & a Movie with my friend, Natalie. Busy night tonight!

Have a great day!

Kay was pretty tuckered out watching mommy do all the hard work ;) She feel asleep some where in the middle of the work out, all hunched over.  Someone stopped me and I was able to lay the jogger back a little more.

All done!  Sitting in my trunk enjoying the few & cooling down.

Thanksgiving Art Project

Today we made some napkin rings for thanksgiving.  They are little feather head dresses.  Next week when the kids are off, I thought we would make the counterpart napkin rings, the pilgrim hats.  

They came out cute and the kids kinda had fun making them.  

Ethan doesn't like to get his hands dirty, so I helped him paint his.

Javi in deep concentration mode while he paints.

    

Javi couldn't wait to mix the paint after we were finished.

Ethan practiced his cutting skills.

The finished product.  Little head dresses!

My Little Rock Star

We were having fun last week playing with his new microphone. He was pretty cute. I had to clip the vids, so it took me a little while to post.

Splashdown

The only way to stay cool in 94 degree weather. Yes, it's actually
hotter here than Las Vegas. Thank goodness we have air!

Playtime with Pooh Bear

This is my first time uploading a video to the blog, so I hope it works out. They were so cute playing together. He hasn't really been able to play with her since he got sick (I have been quarantining them). I let them play since he wasn't actually touching her and Kay thought the pooh bear puppet show was hilarious.


Ethan is finally feeling a little better. His eyes are still irritated and his nose has been running like a sieve, but he may be ready to go to school tomorrow. We will see how he feels in the morning. I know he is still sick because he took a four hour nap today and he hardly ever takes naps anymore, so that is a long nap for him. He was feeling better this evening, but we'll see if he wakes up with his eyes gummed shut.

Unfortunately, I have pink eye now. I will look nice and hideous for the next couple days. I started the antibiotics today, basically as soon as I started to feel it coming on. My eye hasn't been that red or gummy, but I have that "poked in the eye" feeling and they itch like crazy. More so in my left eye than the other. Ethan's doctor was nice enough to give us a refill on the antibiotic eye drops because he was positive either one of the other kids would get it or Mark or myself. Mark is still sick with his cold. Javi's lip is doing much better. The Aquaphor seems to be doing the trick. Hopefully we will all feel well enough to go to the Magic Show tomorrow night.