Trona for the weekend without a camera UGH

Saturday we hung out with my mom and dad and visited. We gave Isaiah a nap and my dad a nap and then we tried to clean out a couple of totes in the back room. We didn't get very far, Saturday night we went out to Aunt Carols around 4 p.m. and let Joshua play in her front yard with Aiydin and Correna and rode the Chopper and We visited outside for a while. We had Tacos for dinner and then we came home. Joshua had a lot of fun he played outside with the neighbor kids most of the time and he watched a couple of movies in the spare bedroom. My mom bought him a TV with a DVD so he could watch cartoons and PaPa could still watch his westerns and every one would be happy . Everyone was happy this weekend Yeah.

feb 27th

Black history day (Did you feed my cow and The world is a rainbow)
CoCo,Mom,Dad,Isaiah and Auntie Sarah came to watch the performance. After school we packed up and went to Trona for the weekend to see my mom and dad. We had a great weekend. Friday we had dinner at my mom's with Aunt Carol and Correna.

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Watching dad have dinner before work at 10 pm. Tonight we went to Tanners birthday at Si senors in Oildale. It was a lot of fun

The world is a rainbow!!!

First time eating carrotsToday was supper club I made sausage spaghetti and cherry cheesecake. I went shopping this morning. Tomorrow is Tanners birthday we are going to dinner in the evening. Joshua has a black history month assembly on friday at 9:15 am. He is singing the world is a rainbow. He has been practicing all week

pj yeah

Pajama Day at Preschool.Tuesday I had a MOPS leadership meeting in the morning and Linda came over after class to visit. Isaiah ate a whole jar of carrots for dinner and had banana yogurt for dessert he loves it. He now has cereal 3 times a day and veggies for dinner plus he nurses all day

Feb 23rd

I am going to sleep in the PJ'S that I wear for Pajama day tomorrow OK Mom? Today starts another week here at the Lefotu Lounge. We are settled back in from the weekend and Joshua was ready to go to school this morning. We are just going to hang out today and get some laundry done and Isaiah and Joshua have a DR apt this afternoon. Our fast food challenge was SUPER challenging while out of town. I have to say we HAD to cheat 2 times this weekend. We had Mcdonalds at 7 am in the morning before the party(the party did not start until 12 noon.We went early to help set up and cook and Joshua could not wait he was hungry.We also had lunch at a restaurant on the Santa Monica peer.It was an unplanned fun day and I was NOT prepared for lunch. We are back home and sticking with our plan of no fast food, It has saved us SO much money this month and it so much healthier for our whole family. It really is eaiser than you think or at least eaiser than I thought. We just plan ahead and make sippy cups and water bottles before we leave. I pack snacks and lunch if we are going to be away from home and I am saving a lot. Hope your challenges are going well too!!! BTW the way I started the book and I am really enjoying it so far!!!

Happy Birthday Manoah

Saturday morning we woke at 6:30 am to go to Manoah's party.The party was great.

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Friday morning we woke up and worked on the bags and the cocoa's. Raima and Larry fished all day at Corona Lake they caught 4 trout. We went shopping friday night for shoes for Joshua and Raima. Teri amd Larry bought dinner Friday night .Carnitas tacos they were the bomb.

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The van

Thursday we packed for the weekend and went to Bob's bait bucket to pick up Manoah's Steeler chair,got hair cuts,Simply Scrapbooks(for stickles),Winco for more Cocoa and coffee for Pappy,cigarette store(for Pappy) and then home to load the car and drive to Corona. When we arrived we ironed on most of the kids names for the goodie bags and finished some of the cocoa's.

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Wednesday we had some visitors. My Mom,Dad,Aunt Carol,Char,and Aiydan, We had a fun filled afternoon and a great lunch . They just came down for the day . They left about 3:30. I had supper club.

I am attempting to read a real book from cover to cover!

Today was MOPS one of my favorite days of the month. Each month we have a theme and this month the food theme was foods that kids love. I decided to make a dirt cake. It was super cute I put it in a flower pot with some flowers. Chocolate cake,chocolate pudding and smashed Oreo cookies on top. I will post a picture soon. You can also put it in a dump truck like I said yesterday a sand pail,or individual cups with candy worms. It turned out really well. Today we had a panel of women discussing home schooling. It was SUPER interesting. We also had a speaker on Kindergarten readiness . I enjoyed the morning!!!

I came home and cleaned up the house a little and worked on some Mickeys. I only have like 12 left YEAH......

This evening was book-club another one of my favorite days of the month. Coco came over and Baby-sat the boys. Raima is at work. She cleaned the kitchen, finished laundry,bathed Joshua and put him to bed,fed Isaiah cereal,took out my trash,organized my fridge,found my zip-lock stash in the laundry room. LOL,fed Pappy and Joshua dinner,gave Pappy his medicine and dessert. Now that is what I call a babysitter!!!!! and she is free!!!!!! I had dinner from supper club in the oven when I left but other than that she did the rest. Thanks Coco..... My sisters are fabulous. Linda was here too when I got home so the 3 of us visited and hung out for a little while this evening and it was nice. I don't know what I would do with out my sissy's / Thanks girls for always being there for me . Linda lives right around the corner from me and is here at the drop of a dime WHENEVER I need her. She always watches the kids, she picks up Pappy's laundry twice a week and drops it off clean and folded. I am very lucky to have both of you in our lives. My boys are even Luckier!

So my friend Carrie brought some books to book-club tonight. You see that sounds fine but we belongs to a scrapbook "book-club" not a reading book "book-club. She really wants me to start reading because I can shamefully say the only book I have ever read from cover to cover is The bridges of Madison County about 10 years ago. I do read my bible everyday and that is it!!! She has challenged me to read a book before next book-club meeting. I have accepted her challenge and chose The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve. She brought 3 books to choose from. This is the first one I am going to attempt. Thank you Carrie for the challenge. I have agreed that when I sit down to nurse Isaiah I will read this book. I will probably read it out loud to him as that is what I do with my Real Simple magazine I read while I nurse. I am going to try !!!

Speaking of challenges how is everyone doing on the No fast food?? I am doing great! I have only cheated one time and it was NOT my fault and I am NOt counting it!! LOL... I went to Costco with my friend Pam Goudge and she offered to buy Joshua and I a Costco dog. I explained to her that we would pass because it is No fast food February and She insisted that she buy our lunch. So I decided that it was OK because I was not spending my own money and if I were to go home and make lunch I really was going to have hot dogs. So we had a Costco dog and a soda . Thank you Pam for lunch. Other than that we have still had NO fast food and only had dinner in a actual restaurant one time this entire month. Pappy took us to Chinese food because his daughter from Missouri was here to visit. But it had no drive thru and it was a planned event. So how are you all doing ????

Feb 16th

Isaiah loves his cereal

Feb 15th

Saturday we didn't do much we hung out here and visited with Sissy and BBQ'd Ribs. After dinner we took Sissy to Ranch Market so she could see the cow head and to Crystal Palace so she could see inside and the bronze statues. She had a lot of fun.
Sunday we took Sissy back to the airport and Sarah Swan came over to get Joshua. They hung out at Moe's all day and Me and Isaiah hung at home. Raima went back to work on Sunday. Today we are going to make a dirt cake for MOPS tomorrow . My friend Carrie called this afternoon and gave me a fabulous idea. I am going to put it in a dump truck and take it to MOPS. YEah how cute! I will take a picture for you ! We are also going to Nikki's for dinner and making Flubber! (with borax and glue another great idea from Carrie) A nice inside activity on the gloomy day !!!

I WON I WON I WON

I won the fabulous week end getaway to Scrap-n-away. I left a comment every day and sure enough I won .. I love Bonnie and Mark and if you have never gone to Frasier Park you need to go with me . It is so fun. I WON I WON I WON >>> YEAH YEAH YEAH > I AM EXCITED TODAY> HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO ME HUH? YEAH YEAH > Go to her blog regularly she is going to do random give aways....She was giving this weekend away for Valentines. I have left a comment for almost 19 or 20 days now.. WHOO HOOO>>>> I am excited!!!!!!!! her blog is scrap-n-away.blogspot.com

TACO NIGHT

Friday Griselda came and Raima and I went shopping for our Taco Party. We went to Smart and final and Ranch Market. Then we picked up Megan and Joshua from Pam's house and came home to get ready for the Fiesta. It was a lot of fun we had 27 adults and 8 children for Tacos. I had SO much fun . It was great getting together for NO reason and having a good dinner with good company. Thanks all that came can't wait for the next one.

Feb 12th

BOX for all his Goodies at school tomorrowThursday I cleaned the house and the scrapbook room to prepare for Sissy. Pappy's Daughter. We picked her up at the airport at 5:45 and Pappy wanted to take her to Chinese food. So we went out to dinner. She arrived safe and we had a great visit

Feb 11th

JOSHUA IN BATH.

Today Nicole came over to cut Pappy's hair and she hung out for awhile.She brought Joshua a Valentines movie and told him he was her sweetheart. He was very excited. I had supper club. I made ham and cheese puff pastry sandwiches and potato soup.I have been working on the Magical Cocoa all week. I have to a little at a time. With Isaiah you never know how long I have. Went to F and M fabric today to get the fabric and ribbon I need to complete my jars. We also went to the dollar tree to get Joshua some candy for is VALEMTIMES Party.. I love him!!!. We filled out his cards tonight and he wrote his name 26 times. WOW.... He did a great job. one time he just wrote JO and I said your almost done there "Joe". He just laughed my name is not Joe mom... LOL...He is so cute. He is doing much better on his name he stills had a little trouble with the "S" but other than that he has got it !!! Tomorrow Sissy arrives from Missouri. She is pappy's daughter. She will be here until Sunday! Friday is Taco Tuesday on Friday night LOL!!!

Feb 10th

Mario KArt


Tuesday, We went back to school and it was Raima's last day to work. YEah.. He is home for 4 days.... Joshua and I played Mario Kart and waited for Daddy to get home. He went fishing.Isaiahis getting big he is still nursing a lot and aaking 2 naps a day. Joshua is loving preschool and we are just movin' and a groovin' here. The photo today is something I see EVERYDAY my little guy nursing .

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It is fun when Mom gets ALL the laundry done he can actually play in the basket

Feb 8th

Sunday Isaiah and I slept in.We hung out here I got our laundry done for the week. Sarah Swan came over sunday night, to our surprise and Moe and her are back together. She hung out for a little while and watched HGTV. Our favorite thing to watch and Joshua was so excited to see his Auntie Sarah. So still no FAST FOOD for us.. How is everyone else doing?. It is SUPER hard,but we are saving so much money and calories. Let me know!!!