Blake, The Fireman

Brian and Blake had a special outing on Saturday. They went to tour the local firestation. Blake is going to be a fireman for Halloween so he was very excited to wear his costume. Brian said Blake was a bit shy at the beginning, but in time he warmed up and loved it. I think it is so special when Brian has alone time with the boys. They get so excited to do special things with daddy. I have always heard that children look up to the same sex parent the most...no pressure Brian:-) I am so blessed to have my 3 boys in my life and don't know what I would do without them. Thanks for being such a dedicated, loving and wonderful father to our boys Brian!

I think this is fun.....

Wait, no its not!!

Well, its a little fun now....

Yah, Fireman Blake!

Playing With Our Cousins

Last Saturday, our family went to watch Parker play in his first flag football game. Uncle B and Blake were very excited to be there. Parker is very fast and he did great. While we were watching the game, Blake, Cade and his triplet cousins, Spencer, Tori and Brooke were running around having fun. Blake absolutely LOVES his cousins! It is so cute to watch him interact with them. Tori and Brooke love taking care of Cade. They are such great helpers. We love our family!

The boys and their cousins
Blake, Spencer and Brooke
Cade and Tori

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Potty Training Blake

Since Blake is almost 3, I decided it was time to bite the bullet and potty train him. My philosophy and the one that I thought would be best for Blake was to go "cold turkey." So I decided last Wednesday to have Blake throw all of his diapers in the trash. We went to Target and bought big boy underwear. He picked out Cars and Thomas the Train. He was actually very excited about it and I had been prepping him for weeks that soon he was going to use the big potty. We also made a potty chart and I got a bunch of prizes for the treasure chest. Every time he peed, Blake got to put a sticker on his chart (which he loves doing) and got 2 M & Ms. If he pooped, he got a sticker on his chart and a prize from the treasure chest. He also got a prize when he peed 7 times. These incentives have worked so well for Blake. He has only had a few accidents. I am really really proud of my big boy!

First time wearing "big boy" underwear
Trying to pee for the first time while playing games on my phone

Reading and waiting for the pee pee to come out
Cleaning the potty

So proud of his potty chart

Girls Weekend in Palm Springs

A few weeks ago, my besties, Amy, Celina and Erin, and I took some time off from our wonderful children and spent a relaxing weekend in Palm Springs (a special thanks to our hubbies for staying home with the kiddos). We stayed at the Riviera Resort and Spa. It was a modern hotel with a great pool. As soon as we got there, we went out to the pool, chatted and had a few (too many) cocktails. That night, we went to Las Casuelas for dinner, bought some really funny sunglasses and went dancing at The Village Pub. We called it a night early because we were a little tired from our "pool fun."

The next morning Celina got there and we had a yummy breakfast and mimosas, well, Erin had a bloody mary...she LOVES them:-) We layed at the pool all day and accumulated the name, "mom's club" from a few pool friends! That night we went to a great dinner at DINKS. Our server, Dominic, was actually our pool boy as well. DINKS had fun music as well so we danced the night away!

It was such a fun and relaxing trip with great friends. I truly feel blessed to have all 3 of you in my life. You are each so very special to me! Love you all and I am counting down the days until our next "mom's club weekend away!!!!"

Being silly but having so much fun

Special friends

Oh, we thought we were so funny!

We Love Our Street!

Our family has truly been blessed to live on our street. There are 19 kids under the age of 7. The boys and I are outside every single night playing, riding bikes, doing chalk and on this special night, Ms. Marie read some of the kids a story on the sidewalk. All of our neighbors are friendly, easy going, fun and supportive. Via Agradar is truly a special place to live!

Brady, Blake, Isabella, Kendall, Cade and Ms. Marie

Reading a fun Halloween story

Mommy...I Love You A Lot!

Blake has not been feeling well today. He has been super cuddly (is that a word?). Tonight, Blake wanted to lay on the floor with mommy's big blankie and cuddle. As we were cuddling and watching football, he looked up at me and said "Mommy, I love you a lot." Talk about melting my heart. Hopefully he still tells me that when he is old and married:-) I love you Blake...you are my special boy!!!!

Slurping Spaghetti!

My mom watched the boys all day Friday and Sunday so as a little thank you, the boys and I took her to dinner. Tutu picked her favorite spot, which is Romanos. Blake enjoyed some of her spaghetti and LOVED slurping it up!

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Market Boys

The other day I finally put Cade in the car in front of the shopping cart with Blake. They both loved it but I am worried as times passes, it might cause a few (ok, many) fights between the boys. So far so good....I will keep my fingers crossed!