I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful 4th of July. We went to a friend's house (Jason's) and had a BBQ. Question. Why do you think people like to BBQ when it's 108 degrees out just because it's a holiday? I have to say that it was HOT, especially coming from the person who did most of the cooking. The cool thing was that Jason has a pool so once I finished cooking, cooling off was simple and fast. We had a lot of fun. And I learned that Zachary could swim. He can go short distances, but he was doing really good. At least better than his mother who refuses to get anywhere near water without a floatie. (I guess I should be somewhat ashamed of myself, huh?) Nicholas isn't as good as Zachary yet, but I think they are both getting there. In the evening, we set off the fireworks that we bought and then called it a day.
This past Saturday was Zachary's birthday party and this time, I didn't do as much as I normally would. With the new job, I couldn't take any time off so I ended up buying food instead of making it. It really helped because it was a lot less work and thanks to my cousin, Jenny, who came over to watch the kids, I was close to being on time with all the food. I tried to start a water fight, but failed miserably because I didn't fill up the balloons big enough. Oh, well, I guess you learned something new everyday.
Of course, each time someone HAS to get tossed into the pool by Michael. This time was no exception, but the down side is that it was ME!! Yeah, he threw me into the pool. I even taunted him afterwards to say that he only got me in half way and that my top part was not wet. Boy, was I asking for it. He came right back out and threw me in again. Being the competitive and stubborn person I am, I tried to pull him into the pool. I tried and tried, but he's much bigger so I couldn't get him in. Now, a little improvising was in order so I told him that he better get in himself or else I would be mad. And just like that, Michael was in the pool, head first. Although it was not as fulfilling as pushing him in myself, it was still nice to see him go in.
The kids had a lot of fun that day and we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for taking time out of their busy lives to come play with us. Zachary would like to say thank you once again for the gifts that he received.
Mackenzie is going great. She can now roll back and forth without any trouble. She can also sit up by herself now. Once you sit her up, she stays there and won't fall over until she gets tired or mad. And it can get somewhat scary when she does that because you never know which way she's going to fall, face first or head first. That's why I try to leave her in spots where there no table or sharp object next to her. I think she's starting to think about crawling. When you put her down and put something behind her legs, she'll start propelling herself forward. She's not too good at it yet, but as time goes by, I'm sure she'll perfect it. Now, on the other hand, she has gotten really spoiled. (Probably thanks to me, he he. ) She likes being held and she'll let you know when you aren't holding her. She will cry and cry until you pick her up, especially at night when she's sleepy. And boy, does she know how to use her lungs! Let's see, what else? Oh yeah, she's now solely on formula. Hopefully, this will help her grow quicker. Her two cousins are catching up to her quickly. Each time they come up or we go down, Carla and I will place them next to each other to see how they have grown and as you can see, the twins are about the same size as Mackenzie.
Zachary. Well, he's now 5 and in about 1 1/2 weeks from now, he'll be starting kindergarten. I personally have mixed feelings about it. Half of me thinks it's great because he always complains that it's boring going over to my parents' house and that he has nothing to do. School will keep him occupied. The other half of me thinks that I'm going to be in trouble because he's going to be so bad at the beginning. He still throws his little temper tantrums and cries a lot when he doesn't get what he wants. I doubt that he's going to be changing that behavior in the next two weeks. I'm foreseeing a few parent teacher conferences before things change. However, on the good note, Nicholas has similar problems and after a few weeks of school, his behavior totally changed. He was no longer the disruptive one and was always getting good behavior cards. I am hoping that the same thing will happen with Zachary.
Guess what? One of Nicholas' two front tooth is finally coming through. We are so happy and excited about this. I mean, he has been without those two teeth for over 4 years now. I feel bad sometimes because if we would have been a little more diligent about him brushing his teeth when he was younger, he wouldn't have needed them to be pulled out so early. I can't wait until he gets both of them back. His dentist told me that those two should be the next ones to come in.
Nicholas, like Zachary, will be going back to school again in a couple of weeks. He'll be in the third grade. Boy, does time go by. It seems like yesterday when I took him to his first day of school in kindergarten. I remember standing outside the window looking at him to make sure he was okay before leaving for work. I remember the unwillingness to leave because I was so afraid that he would get scared and cry. And that was over 3 years ago. I wonder how I'll feel when I have to take Zachary to his first day of school.
Me and my new job? It's been okay thus far. I haven't seen much action yet but I just got assigned to a project so it should pick up dramatically starting next week. I like it so far. It's also very different to be able to carpool to work and not have to drive at all. Not much here to talk yet so I'll stop here for now.