5 boys, a girl, the Zoo and a Museum

We had planned on taking the boys to Fiesta Texas but realized the night before that it was closed during the week. Logan had minimum days the last 2 days and since Daddy was off work we ended up taking all 4 little boys to the zoo and then over to the Witte Museum. The boys had a great time getting to hang out with Daddy since usually I take them to the zoo myself and we haven't been to the museum in a while. It was really nice getting out for a fun yet relaxing day as a family. It makes me so excited that summer is right around the corner so we'll have more time together with all 6 of us.

Mommy & her 4 Sweet Boys

Curious Boys

Petting goats with Daddy

Wyatt and the Mummy

CJ studying in the museum

Logan is smaller than the dinosaur bone!

Last Day of Spring Break :(

After a wonderful week full of sleeping until around 8am and lots of lounging around the house, Spring Break is coming to an end! Tomorrow is back to the grind of getting up at 6:30 every day, working out when I get home, back to the schedule and keeping the house clean, and hopefully the boys going down for nap and bed time easier because they will be back on schedule (ok so I guess it's not ALL bad). At least we spend this last weekend of Spring Break (and last weekend that Daddy has off on the actual weekend) having fun! Yesterday was a super lazy day. We just hung around the house, the boys played outside, Daddy made some dinner, we took a walk to the gas station and got some dessert! Doesn't get much better than that! Then today we lounged around until after nap time (and by me I mean everyone but me, I went grocery shopping and cleaned out the fridge) and then I took all 4 boys to a birthday party while Daddy studied and made dinner. After the party I stopped at my grandma's house to say hi (the party we went to was in the same neighborhood) and when we got home dinner was almost ready! The boys had a fun day and I think Logan really enjoyed his first ever Spring Break!

Holy Busy-ness!!!

My brother-in-law came to town this week and we have been NON-STOP since he got here. His first day here we went to Sea World. We saw some shows and Logan was tall enough for one of the BIG roller coasters, Steel Eel! Since it was Spring Break the park was really packed so it made it hard to get to do everything we wanted. They have a new area for little kids with lots of rides that CJ & Wyatt can probably go on, but there was just WAY too many people to get them on this time. They won't let me take Jameson on them either so we'll have to take turns taking the boys on the rides next time we go. Even if they didn't go on any rides they still had a great time.

After our fun day seeing shows and riding rides at Sea World we decided to go out to have some dinner at Dave and Busters. The food we ate was delicious and all of the boys got to play games and had a great time.

The next day we packed up and drove to Medina Lake for a day. We hadn't been sure what to do that second day and the first time I suggested it my husband said NO! But I suggested it again and figured we would have a much more relaxing day if we were at the lake than staying home all day. Even though the water was a little too cold to swim in, the boys had a great time playing, eating, and roasting marshmallows to make s'mores! We had a way better time than expected by my husband and it was super relaxing for everyone. Since the lake is only about and hour away we decided we will probably take more day trips up there (on top of going up to camp once or twice a year).

 

Wednesday was Six Flags!!! It was a first for everyone but me to go to Fiesta Texas and the kids L-O-V-E-D it! Logan was a little upset we didn't get to go on any of the big coasters though. It was pretty packed though so we just went on a few rides that CJ and Wyatt could also go on. We got passes to Sea World & Fiesta Texas so we'll be making lots of trips there this summer. We all had SO much fun!




CJ & Wyatt's first Roller Coaster ride

 

Of course with all this fun and being out of the house from after breakfast until after bedtime the house has kind of fallen to the wayside. Since my brother-in-law leaves tonight, I'll be starting cleaning, organizing, and getting back to my routine.

Catch-Up anyone???

Geeze! I feel like all I've done on this blog is play catch up! This last time isn't completely my fault though, my computer plug broke so I didn't have my lap top. Now I'm back on my computer and just have to find the time to get everything from the past few weeks up and then keep up with my blogging again.

The boys, my husband, and I have all been passing around sickness lately. When at least one of us isn't feeling well it's hard to get much of anything accomplished and when I am not feeling well almost nothing gets done. I think we are finally heading on the upward slope here though. Today I went and got new glasses, which I am hoping will help solve this constant headache I've had. Jameson is getting older and it's helping that he isn't eating so much so I have more time to get things done. This next week is Spring Break so when Logan goes back to school I'll really get getting back on my schedule.

Here are some pictures of the fun we've had recently :)


SNOW DAY in TEXAS!!!
Sleding down the drive way! OH WHAT FUN!

Look @ the SNOW!

 

BUBBLES

Wyatt in the cool 3D glasses for the sidewalk chalk

Mighty Morphin' Moo Pork!



Wyatt playing dress-up





Swinging at the park



SLIDE!



ART TIME!



Back in the Groove!

Well, maybe I'm not completely back in the groove but I'm definitely getting there. I went grocery shopping with Jameson this morning and came home to the older boys napping so I got to get all the food unloaded. A few things that I've been doing pretty good with keeping up with got done, like some laundry and the dishes and then through out the day I got things done that I haven't been keeping up with as much. I got all the floors swept AND mopped (yup all of it and in the same day!). I scrubbed down the kitchen and cleaned the windows in the kitchen and kitchen nook. All the trash and recycles went out and I got the barrel down to the curb for pick up. When I was shopping I picked up a file box for all my lessons and the boys projects and work so that is all put away, although I still need to make time to organize and go through all of it. I got the goodie bags put together for CJ's party on Saturday and straightened up the bathroom a bit.
By NO means is the house where I want it but I'm getting there. I'm also learning to work around the boys and get Jameson to sleep in his pack'n'play so I don't have to worry so much about Wyatt trying to pick him up. Logan is over being sick (although the middle boys aren't feeling so hot) so he'll be back at school and my plan is to be back on my schedule and work out for a bit after I drop him off at school. The house feels really good right now and I'm super motivated to keep it this way and make it better! Sometime this week I want to get everything organized - this includes the worst areas of our house, our bedroom and closet. We want to get our room painted in the next few weeks (it's the ONLY room in the house that isn't painted. Now I just have to get myself motivated to write my paper for school... but that will have to wait till tomorrow night (after as much fun as we can have to celebrate CJ's 3rd birthday!!!)

Sick Days!

Having sick kids and a newborn really makes it difficult to do much of anything! Logan has had an on again off again fever and a pretty bad cough since the weekend and I sent him to school Tuesday and Wednesday only for him to get sent home again. He stayed home today so he could see his DR and since I'm not crazy enough to try to take all 4 boys to the DR office myself, especially not during nap time, I went to my grandma's and left CJ and Wyatt with her while I took Logan and Jameson for Logan's appt. Then we went with her to McDonalds for lunch. Turns out that Logan has the end of a cold and the start of an ear infection UGH! So meds and off of school again tomorrow (Friday), so he has pretty much had this whole week off of school! I've been ok at keeping up with the laundry and keeping the house straightened up but that's about it. When I'm not dealing with the kids I've been working on my school work (I'm hoping I at least end up with a C in this last class I had because I did NOT do very well). Hopefully next week I can really get into the routine I started last week. I've also been wanting to go to the Zoo with the boys so if they all feel OK we are going to try to go this weekend.

Getting into a Routine & Schedule

Now is the time! I'm finally getting solid into a routine and getting a schedule going, although it's still a work in progress. My husband is back at work now (although his days off will be different from normal the next few weeks) but that is making it easier to see how things are going to be. I had 2 nights home alone with all 4 boys and it actually went really smoothly. Tuesdays and Thursdays he has class so I'm home alone from 9am to 10pm basically. For my sake, and the boys, I'm working on a schedule and I'm going to set in time to do projects or some formal learning time with them every day. Right now I just have a basic skeleton and it looks sort of like this:

• 6:35 wake up
• 6:45 breakfast
• 7:05 Logan to school
• 7:30 mommy work out
• 11:00 lunch
• 11:30 nap
• 2:00 pick up Logan
• 2:45 snack and homework
• 5:30 dinner
• 7:00 bath/shower
• 7:30 bed time

I have some fill in time after Logan is at school and lunch to do some activities with CJ, Wyatt, and Jameson too when he is able to. As you can see from the schedule I've also started to incorporate working out into my schedule. I did Tae Bo this week and also took a walk with all 4 boys after we picked Logan up from school. I want to make sure to do things to keep the boys active too. Now that the weather is warming up again we will try to go play outside more.