HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

FOR FATHER'S DAY WE WENT TO MY PARENTS FOR A BEACH DAY WHICH WAS GREAT UNTIL BLACK CLOUDS STARTED TO ROLL IN AROUND 3PM. IT LOOKED LIKE A SCENE FROM TWISTER AND RIGHT AS WE WERE ALL DISCUSSING WHETHER IT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO RAIN OR NOT THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW HURRICANE WEATHER STARTS; OUR HUGE ISLAND FLOAT IS DOWN AT THE PUBLIC BEACH BLOWING AWAY ANCHOR AND ALL AND THE SUN TENT IS LIFTING OF THE GROUND, EVERYONE SCRAMMBLED TO GET ALL THE KIDS AND BEACH STUFF AND RAN INSIDE .

SO WE ALL WENT IN AND GOT READY FOR DINNER WHICH WAS PRIME RIB, TURKEY, GREEN BEANS, BAKED POTATOES AND I MADE 5 PIES FOR DESSERT, PEACH, CHERRY, APPLE, AND 2 COCONUT CREAM (MY 1ST TIME FOR THE COCONUT AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE AMAZING). FOR GIFTS I GAVE THE DADS AUNTIE ANNE'S RECIPE PRETZELS, SO GOOD. I SHOULD HAVE MADE MYSELF A BATCH BECAUSE THEY ATE THEM RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. BLAKE KEPT HIMSELF BUSY INSIDE BY TAKING PICTURES. IT'S HIS NEW OBSESSION HE GOT THE CAMERA FOR EASTER AND HAS JUST NOW REALLY FIGURED IT OUT. HE SNAPS SHOTS OF EVERYTHING INCLUDING ME BREASTFEEDING, CHANGING SHAWN'S DIAPER, THE DOGS, LAMPS , TV, NOTHINGS OFF LIMITS.

THE LATTICE PIE TOOL IS SO AMAZING, LOOK HOW PRETTY THE CRUST TURNS OUT.

Auntie Anne's Pretzels

I am addicted to them lately and Kevin bought me the kits recently and they are JUST like the real thing. You know you want one, a kit is 10 bucks at the Auntie Anne's.

ZOMBIES!

SO LAST NIGHT I STARTED TO FEEL A TICKLE IN MY THROAT AND KNEW I WAS GETTING SICK, UGH. WE PUT THE KIDS TO BED AND I NOTICED THEY HAD RUNNY NOSES. I TELL KEVIN WHO IMMEDIATLEY STARTS WASHING HIS HANDS SAYING HE'S GOING TO THE STORE TO GET ZICAM. I SAY: YOU CAN'T AVOID IT SO DON'T BOTHER YOUR GOING TO GET INFECTED EVENTUALLY. KEVIN: BUT IF I WASH MY HANDS...ME: YOU HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD AND AN 8 MONTH OLD WHO HUG, KISS, BREATH AND SNEEZE ALL OVER YOU ALL THE TIME, YOUR GOING TO CATCH IT. I TOLD HIM HE'S TRAPPED IN A HOUSE OF ZOMBIES; A FAMILY OF SICK PEOPLE WALKING AROUND ALL OUT OF IT, TIRED AND MOANY. THEN ALL THE SUDDDEN YOU GIVE ONE A PIGGY BACK AND BOOM YOU FEEL THE SPRAY FROM A SNEEZE AND GAME OVER YOUR SICK. SO EVERYTIME THE KIDS WOULD COME OVER WITH A NOSE OOZING OF BOOGERS AND TIRED TO HUG HIM WE WOULD YELL AHH ZOMBIE! (LIKE IN STEP BROTHERS, A CLASSIC) AND YES HE'S SICK!

TrueBlood/ Hasbro Game Night Party!

I got chosen to be the host of a Hasbro Game night for Hasbro's new game Trivial Pursuit Bet you know it, which means they send you free games and snacks!

Realizing that the premiere of True Blood was starting I decided to combine the 2 parties. Whats better than Vampires and Board games?

The entire menu was True Blood Themed from Vampire bitten cupcakes to Tru Blood (Beer)

I dressed Tia and Carmen like they were going to Fangtasia, very S&M looking lol!

WE ALSO HAD A TRIVIAL PURSUIT BET YOU KNOW IT GAME TABLE WITH THEMED CUPCAKES.

Playing the unrealeased Trivial Pursuit Bet You Know it Game

Random Days Events

We went to Target today to get some more plants for our butterfly garden and Shawn was a wildman as usual. Then I came home to plant them and found this in our driveway. Yes it's what you think it is! A dead bat. I didn't know they had tails, isn't it awesome?

Mommy and Shawny

Dinosaur Playground & Bedtime

TOOK THE KIDS TO DINOSAUR PLAYGROUND TODAY FOR A PLAY DATE, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GO DURING THE SUMMER BECAUSE IT'S INDOOR. THE ONLY NEGATIVE IS THAT IT'S NOT SUPER CLEAN, ATLEAST TO MY STANDARDS. BUT ITS SUMMER IN FLORIDA COOL PLAY LOCATIONS ARE LIMITED.

When we got home a package from Gap was waiting at the door ( I am obsessed with baby gap, not so much with the adult clothes though). It was their glow in the dark under the sea jammie's! There's nothing better than my babies in their jammie's getting cozy for bed. We have a night time routine: boob, baths, books, beds. Blake need anywhere from 7 to 9 books a night always ending with Goodnight Moon. He knows all his books by heart and chimes in on his favorite parts. Shawn's gets 3 books, his musical carousel and womb bear. They both have the Cloud B Turtle nightlight that projects the constellations all over their ceiling that I love.

My little Monkey

Yes, he's throwing all the toiletries from under the sink in the toilet and proud of it.