real life

juice of the week? 

freakin' delicious. I made enough for the boys and it also lasted me a few days. this totally brought back taste bud memories from mexico. on street corners, you get jugos {juices} made by hand totally fresh right in front of you. so good. so cheap. unfortunately, my kids will never know that, unless I make it for them. andrew already knows what a juicer is. he gets excited when i pull it out, and goes into a frenzy searching for fruits to juice. while he knows very well that green juices don't taste good, i hope it instills a sense of benefits for when he's old enough to realize, 'hey, this stuff if actually pretty tasty!' and doesn't grab that dr. pepper like someone who I married does. 

jonah, of course, loved it. he tries almost anything i give him. and i love him for it. 

remember when we played restaurant? well, we've been playing tea party lately too. the boys insist on taking out my stoneware {is that what it's called? it's def not china, whatevs, just go along with it} and make an event out of it. just like in restaurant, we go all the way. andrew insisted on daddy changing into his best clothes, and he obliged. we make sure to set up a towel for protection, because somebody always spills something. this time, we had poptart smores as our dessert and english accents to go along with our tea. i need to get sugar cubes though, i think it would be a much better idea than stirring in a teaspoon of it...good grief! 

there's been a few popsicles but lots of wagon rides this summer. our times outdoors occur often, but are quite short and sweet.

...and a ton of silly faces.... esas lonjas hermosas!

there's also been chalking the ground with neighbor friends. i got the chalk paint recipe HERE but I didn't make enough for 4 little kids because I ran out of the main ingredient--corn starch! 

but it was definitely a win project and immediately wrote that on my shopping list so I can make sure to get it next time.
all the weird kids paint rocks, don't they?

there's also been a lot of movie watching, lego building, swimming, wrestling, and ipad gaming. life is good.

andrew also experienced his first vbs {vacation bible school}. he loved going to his 'class' and jonah was quite sad the first day i didn't leave him because he wanted to go to 'class' too. their theme was a rollercoaster and everything was a bit silly, and not to mention, enormous. this was a mega church vbs and i wasn't too keen on it after the first day. whatever happened to small church vbs where the total of the kids was like 70 and crafts were made, songs were sang, you brought a friend, and a bible verse was memorized by all? i don't know what the heck the kid did all 3 days of it, but he didn't come back with any of those things. it was kind of a let down, but you live and you learn. 

anywho, i've been busy too. with my new nephew almost getting to come home after great progress, i have been busy sewing and pedaling {get it? pedaling? i crack myself up} to the finish line with his custom crib bedding and i can't wait to finally get to hold baby leo.
happy hump day everyone!