Warning: PICTURE OVERLOAD
As I mentioned earlier the babies have not been feeling too great for the past week. Luka came down with strep and a stomach virus and Mia has also had some kind of stomach bug. At this point we are about ready to be done with all the blow out diapers. We really expected Luka to feel better by now but he still is not acting like himself. He runs random fevers even though he is on medicine and is really out of it during the day. I am not even going to talk about the extent of his crankiness during the past week and a half...Poor baby boy!
So let's back up a little ....
May 15th - The weekend started with Daddy hanging out with his buddies while the kiddos and I had some Mommy and Me time at home. I was so exhausted from the week at school that staying home in our PJs sounded like a wonderful plan.
May 16th - We went to sweet Isabelle's 2nd birthday party and had so much fun seeing The Hargrove family :) They are dear to our hearts and we really hope to see more of them now that Justin is feeling better and I am about to be out for the summer. Mia and Luka both really enjoyed the cupcakes (Mia took a handful of my cupcake while I was busy taking pictures) and Luka even got a little pool action.
Yummy - ice cream and cupcakes :)
That same evening Momma enjoyed a night out with her fifth grade team. Karen, Jeff, Lisa, Bitner and Claudia - thank you for awonderful year!!!We went to Dave and Busters in Dallas and as always had a fun time filled with lots and lots of laughter. Thanks Daddy for watching the babies!!! You are the BEST!
May 17th - we made it to church once again as a family...I have had the biggest issue remembering and keeping up with times of showers and birthday parties that I goofed up once again...I had to leave church in the middle of class to hustle and get the decorations from home I was in charge of for a friend's shower in ABF. GO TAMARA!!! I know, I know.....I got myself a planner and hope to really do better from this point on.
Luka found Mommy's sunglasses when we got home from church.
Hangin' out with Brobee
After church we took a long nap and woke up just in time to head to Daddy's last two softball games of the season. We had a blast hanging out with Emily, Sara and sweet Emma. Luka of course preferred Emma's snack over his own and kept asking Sara for MO (more). He also loved Emma's bubble no spill cup :)
Eating goldfish at the game...
Trying to impress Emma by doing pull ups...
Giving his Daddy "far away bumps"
Daddy giving Luka bumps back before going to bat
Oh COME ON!!! ( at one of the plays)
Mia found someone to love on...soon to be Mr. and Mrs. Samuels (Josh and Emily)
The week of
May 18th- I survived the last bit of tutoring and our very last TAKS administration! YAY!!! I am looking forward to teaching science ONLY next year and taking a break from math . The scores for Science came in this week as well and our school did GREAT. SUch a nice way to end the year! I was so proud of my kids! I love how excited Justin gets and how over the years he has learned to share my joy when the scores finally come back.
Jeremy, Kaylee and Christian came over to hang out one evening and Luka had a blast. Those three took our playroom apart in a hurry but had so much fun. Luka loves older kids and just couldn't get enough of them. Kaylee even managed to have the boys lay down and pretend sleep.
Playing "house and family" with Kaylee and Christian
Luka and Mia were sweet enough to wait with getting sick until the day after TAKS...On Wednesday, I had to leave school early to take Luka Bear to Dr. Katz office. He tested positive for strep and based on a few other symptoms they determined he had a stomach virus as well. At this point he was not cranky - just wanted to be carried and loved on. On our way home we stopped by Target to pick up his prescription...and of course had to find a way to cheer the little man up. We got a huge 3 liter bottle of bubbles, a bubble car and the no spill cup Luka fell in love with that Emma had that weekend.
Bubbles make it all better!
Such a serious job!
After coming home, we just sat outside and blew bubbles until I started getting dizzy. Next time I am just going to get the bubble gun that my mom's neighbor has and is waaaaay easier to use when you have a child who is so obsessed with bubbles. Verything is "MO BUBBLS" these days....or "LAWNMOR"
On Saturday we just stayed at home which was AWESOME since we have been so busy the last few weekends. We layed out in the front yard with the kids - which is one of their favorite things to do lately. We took naps, played with the babies and just decided to take it easy. I wore the kids out so much with playing and singing Saturday morning that they both fell asleep in the middle of Mia's room....in the middle of playing....
Mia fell asleep in the middle of crawling and Luka pooped out after telling me
" Momma no shing (don't sing)...Momma...scaaatch pls (please sctrach my back)
I love how much Luka is talking now and now that he is putting words together on his own I love hearing....go outside...no sing Momma....scratch please.....favorite words of the week: Uka (Luka), No, No, No....(always in sets of three), airplane, diaper, love you, thank you, eyes, nose,A-BE (Abby), bite, daj me (give me in Croatian), baci ball (baci means throw).......
On Sunday we made it to church again and are proud to report that Mr. Luka made it through the entire hour in the nursery. He did much better when we dropped him off this time and we can see how it will continue to get easier the more consistent we become. Yes, he refused once again to get out of the big group stoller thing( he loves that thing!)and had to be carried by this super sweet lady for the second part of the hour....When we picked him up, he told her Thank You and blew her kisses...What a HUGE step!!! We are so proud of you Luka Michael!!!
Miss Mia is starting the seperation anxiety stage and she was upset when I handed her over to her nursery teacher. Her eyes got red in a hurry, tears were coming fast and she kept saying Ma....Ma.....Ma...Oh so sad! She has called us both by names a few times so far and as adorable and precious as that is it is so sad when she doesn't want us to leave. Since we are talking about our little Miss I have to mention how good she is at crawling and pulling up after only one official week of "really " crawling. Oh my...that girl makes it from one end of the room to the other in no time. She will also pull herself up in no time using anything within her reach....furniture, toys, bare walls....I am getting so nervous because she is not afraid of anything. I cannot keep up with our little lady and am getting a little nervous :) about my summer with two very mobile babies.
Sunday afternoon we spent with Justin's family. We had lunch together and had the kids swim in Mimi and Papa's pool for the first time this year. Mia L-O-V-E-D it... while brother was a little more hesitant. He loves to hang out with Daddy while Mia doesn't care at all if anyone is near her in the pool.
May 25th - Memorial Day: we headed to the Ft. Worth Zoo with the kids right after breakfast. The trip did not go as well as we had hoped with Luka being very cranky after sunscreen got in his little eye. As soon as we pulled in to the parking lot the meltdowns started... OUCH! Luka wanted Daddy to carry him the entire time while Mia slept in the stroller for the most part. Luka loved the monkeys- he kept saying "Bye Bye Monke"! He really suprised me with the nmber of animals he recognized. He was very polite and told everyone bye as we left to move on to the next animal..... We also ran into Jason Witten (Dallas Cowboy...Tony Romo's buddy) and his family at the zoo so that was pretty cool.. Mommy did not charge the camera so we only got a few pictures and as you can tell they are not great quality....:(
Baby girl at the Zoo
When we got home the boys took a long nap while Mia and I just hang out and played.
Mia playing while the boys were napping...this toy is her new obsession....
We used our little kiddie sprinkler toy for the first time that afternoon and Luka loved seeing Mommy and Daddy be goofy and run through the water.
Justin doing spins ...hard to catch the full shot....Luka couldn't stop laughing
Not sure about being wet, doing spins with Mommy and having to sit on the grass without a blanket
Luka had so much fun!
Mr. Mad when the fun had to stop...
That evening while Justin had some alone time with his baby girl, Luka and I headed to take my mom to the airport. Luka LOVED the airport....he is obsessed with planes, loved riding the escalator and through the train was waaaay awesome. As we were pulling up to the airport he was beside himself at all the planes flying so low....he kept saying BYE BYE AIRPLANE...... Who knew that this kid would have more fun at the airport than at the zoo?
Yes, the kids were cranky but we still managed to have lots of family fun! Have a wonderful week!
Reading books
Such a little boy
Luka's bubble car
