Happy !!!!

So remember it was my bday and blah blah blah - sooooooo glad it WAS my bday!!!! had a great day plus guess what I got a cricut!!!! yeah baby. Watch out cuz now I'm gonna really get crazy....that is after I figure it out....then WATCH OUT! lol!!!!!! ;o)

So

Tomorrow is my bday! Yeah I'm NOT excited at all, remember when you were a kid and like your bday was the BEST thing in the world? like not so much anymore. I mean I am grateful to be celebrating another bday, of course, also grateful that we are all healthy. But something about the number drives me a little nuts - Okay so anyways my sister is having this thing with her job and we are gonna go, so the girls can have a good time, getting their faces painted and all that. I heard rain for the morning, hoping it's not a washout all day. Okay enough about me!!!! Going to water the plants and then get my bathing suit on, swimming lessons @ 4. :o)

one last thing,

I can't forget the new addition to my living room. It's totally as comfortable as you think, plus it rocks. yeah baby this sofa ROCKS!!!!

How perfect are the colors ? Like it was a perfect find - has all the colors of my living room!!!! and I love it.

FRUGAL

I have to post this. I still LOVE - HOME GOODS - love it like I won't ever stop loving that store but let's face it, I can't always shop there, not with one income. So, there goes my frugal side, I have to try and save bucks but still manage to fulfill my shopping need. There you have it, you know the real me now...

So here is a vase I picked up @ Goodwill. I know I donate as well but why not shop there too?

And I will NEVER be ashamed of going to garage sales, like they have the BEST things EVER - no for real, never been, you should try it - then come back and THANK ME!!!!! I got this frame about 2 months ago and finally hung it up, still don't know if I'm doing something else with it, but for now - it sits really pretty on my wall. Now I paid a whopping $5 for it. Yup you heard me right, this thing weighs a ton, but yeah back to it being $5, TOLD YA - as a matter of fact my mom is coming this wknd just to go garage sale shopping with us. WOO HOO.

so there you go, being FRUGAL is fun..

Mandy with Mr. Duck

@ the Ducks game last Thursday

ORGANIZING!

So I must admit I have a problem, it's an organizing problem. I have a lot of JUNK - lots of it, being home means that problem should be resolved? right...no actually NOT. I've decided to tackle some of my uuuhhhmmmmm "junk" so I have this label maker that I got for FREE when we purchased our printer so anyhoot, bought new batteries and now I'm like an ORGANIZING QUEEN! woo hoo. Okay, let me calm down, I organized Kailyn's desk draw with hanging folders and yup you guessed it, labels. Now I'm sitting here labeling my desk, well not my desk but the folders on my desk, why do i have so many folders? well then I would have a pile of papers on my desk...oh and if you don't know me, I CANNOT have a pile of papers on my desk.

Okay sorry for the BORING post...but it's what I've been up to....I know totally boring...

P.S. I want to organize the shelves over my desk, my dream would be to tear it down and start new, perhaps put my crafting stuff (btw, my laundry room holds my crafting tools for now) so it would be nice to have it right here over my head, looking all pretty with baskets, and shelves and just PRETTY with labels and etc...you get the point...

Big Bird, Elmo, Zoe...oh my!!!

We were @ Sesame Place on Saturday....oh what fun!!!!

How did I end up with 7 kids....oh titi kim where r u???

JJ and Mandy...

Boom Boom n Cookie Monster

Mandy with Abby

Cutie Pie Evan

Natalie and me...

We have such a good time and we got a 2 day pass...so Sesame you'll be seeing us again...maybe this time I'll get some pics of the kiddies in the water....!!!!

Woo Hoo it's Friday!

It's Friday and I'm soooo happy! Tomorrow we are going to Sesame Place. We haven't been there in 3 years.! 3 years....that's like FOREVER! So needless to say the girls are SUPER excited! (as am i!!!) yay. Plus I hear it's going to be really hot - like seriously HOT. Now that's the best part, SCORCHING HEAT + WATER RIDES = AWESOME TIME!!!! So it'll be the first time for Evan (nephew - 1 1/2 y'o) and Natalie (niece - 1 y' o) So yeah they will have a great time as well. Plus we have Jaden (nephew - 5 1/2 y'o) and his stepbro Elijah (6 y'o) so you know Mandy can have someone to boss around! lol. It's gonna be a really fun time. I cannot wait. I've been packing, yes PACKING...snacks - drinks all the stuff you need for kids that are ALWAYS hungry oh yeah and the men - who r usually as hungry as the kids!!! Thankfully there's an equal amount of women going so we can handle their demands...as if...!!! :o) I will have tons of pics - FOR SURE!!!! Enjoy the Fab wknd!

Updates

On Friday, Mandy started her swimming lessons, she did very well. She did have an issue with NOT winning a game they played, oh boy am I going to have problems when she start Kindergarten!!!!
We went to the art club on Friday afternoon, it was fun. We made bead people and we also painted rocks. Well we made rock creatures, the girls had an awesome time. After that, we went food shopping, and this is what Mandy had to take with her because she just got it new - with her graduation money, she insisted. Enjoy!!!

Family Day @ East Village Green Park

This wknd was supposed to be our get-away to PA, with those plans cancelled - I woke up to realize that it was Family Day @ the park across the street! Sweet surprise. We walked on over and enjoyed a couple of hours of face painting, balloons, bubbles, music, petting zoo, pony rides & a jumpy house - lots of fun with watermelon and lemonade, who could ask for more!!!!

Glad we got there early because once the rain started - it was over. It rained so hard that running across the street was a mission!!!!! Flip flops falling off, laughing so hard because we all might just slip across the grass and then having a scared 5-y'o because of the lightining and thunder - made the 2 min or less run seem like an eternity!!!! Thankfully we made it across the street and into our house safely, after a change of clothes - all was back to normal and we got to see the rest of the rain from our back porch ----

Mandy's sun visor fell off her head....oh poor little baby!!!!

Wantagh Park

This is the slide in the middle [see the line] well that's where my girls spent lots of time [on line] and sliding down....line wasn't that bad, about a 10 min wait...they had a good time!

after the pool closed we went by the marina just to watch the boats, couple of ppl were fishing but it was so peaceful...this pic is too small don't know what happened but it does not justice to how BEAUTIFUL it was
Here is my loving family. I got them all looking! Priceless!!!

Keep having a good time and enjoy your summer to the fullest, I'm trying to do just that!!!! SUMMER 2010 ROCKS!!!!

4th of July weekend!

Friday - Art club - @ the library was a lot of fun; also my godson came over for the weekend he is visiting from Florida...plus a midnight call and a scare re: my niece but all is good THANK GOD!

Saturday - BBQ @ my house. Lost pool pass...not cool. borrowed neighbors - saved the day!

Sunday - Beach then my mom's house for a BBQ....awesome July 4th!!!!

Monday - Hubby took off and we went to a new park, Wantagh Park, lots of cool stuff over there especially cool water slides...

Lots of pictures to follow... the minute I mail them to myself and put them up!!!!! Hope everyone had a good 4th!

Swimming lessons - my little fishes
Yesterday @ mcd's - we stopped for lunch after mandy's evaluation, then we headed off to the library to see Princess and the Frog!

I'd say the beginning to a totally FUN SUMMER!!!

Boom Boom's Moving Up

My big girls are growing up so fast!