Sera is 10!!!!

On September 11th Sera turned 10.  At our house we try to make Birthday's a special day.  Sera didn't get to have a big party this year.  But, she did have a GREAT day.

Dad takes all the kids to lunch on their Birthday.  This year he checked Sera out of school and took her to In-N-Out.  She loved it.

Beckom and I went to Sera's class and brought a GIANT cookie for her to share.

Later that night Sera wanted to eat a Joe's for dinner.  She picked it because kids eat free on their birthday.  That way she could order whatever she wanted. Smart Girl.  She also got to bring her two closest friends, her cousins Noah and Lauryn.

Sera has decided she loves to cook.  I put together a cooking kit for her with everything she needed to get started.  She got a cute apron with her name on it, and a gift certificate for two cooking classes.  Her Grandma gave her some very special cook books that belonged to Sera's great-grandma.  We have the meal all planned for next Sunday out of them.

We finished off the night with bowling.  It was a lot of fun.  The kids beat Frankie and I.  We laughed so hard.  It was a great night.

Happy Birthday Sera!

Some fun things about Sera:

She loves tennis, running and swimming

her favorite color is teal

she LOVES school

she wants to be a writer 

she loves to listen to music

she loves to snuggle and give hugs

she loves knee high socks

she likes to have her OWN style

she will never let anyone cut her hair

she is sweet and sensitive

She loves email and my phone

She is is Great girl and we are very blessed to have her in our family.

Only Boston

Sometimes I am not sure where this kid gets all the stuff he says (then I quickly remember who his dad is!).  Last night for family night we were going over our NEW chore chart and rewards.  I told Boston that for his Saturday chores he would also have two extra chores from mom.  He looks at me very seriously and says, "like give you a sagge(massage) and paint? "  I must need a little too much of both of those!  This kid keeps me busy!!

Fishy Lips

Could it get any cuter than this?

Did you say Axe or A@#????

Last night I sent my girls to take a shower together(short on time). And the conversation went something like this.....

Alexa: "Sera, what's this?"

Sera: "Axe Deodorant" (Frankie's deodorant)

Alexa: "So, you use it on your 'a#@'?"

Sera: "NO! That's a bad word.  Do you know what it means?"

Alexa: "No, what does it mean?"

Sera: "It's a bad word for 'butt'."

Alexa: "Oh, so Dad probably DOES use it on his A@#, cause it stinks!!!"

I'm sorry but I laughed so hard!!!  Leave it to Alexa to think that there is something you spray to make farts smell better.  Now for the potty mouth, she seriously thought that Sera said A@# the first time.  She had no idea what the word was.  Gotta love my girls.

*I censored the language because my 10 year old reads this and I would get a lecture for swearing:)*

The new helper in the house!!!

What do you think?  Too much help?......

doing the laundry

emptying the dishwasher AND the cupboard behind

What can I say, I start them young in my house.  I think this is just the right amount of help because it is always done with a smile.

Back to school party and the first day

The weekend before school starts we always do our traditional back to school party!  Frankie builds a tent in the family room while I take the kids to pick up pizza, root beer float makings and a movie.  This year was just as exciting.  I hope they are this easy to please forever.

Here they are in the tent ready to watch the movie!

This year Sera didn't even try to sleep all night in it.  Alexa fell asleep then went to bed when we did and boston made it until 2 am when he woke up and his sisters had left him.  Poor kid needs someone to stick it out with him.  In a few more years Beck will join in!!

Sera on the first day of 4th Grade

I can't believe she is in 4th grade already.  She has Mrs. Rabara and is very excited about it.  It is to hot for Knee highs so she picked red shoes as her fashion statement.  They are very cute!

Alexa is in 2nd grade this year with Mr. Berg.  She is a social butterfly.  She loves everything about school and everybody in it.  She is also very into fashion.  I am in TROUBLE!  Her outfit was picked and designed 100% by her, including how I had to do the hair.  Good thing she knows what she is doing.

Boston is in ALL DAY kindergarten!  He is loving it.  He has Ms. Steingraber and is so excited about eating lunch at school.  What a stud!

This is Boston in line to go into class.  I went to give him a hug good bye and he said, "I don't know why my eyes keep watering, it must be because it is hot."  (as his lip was quivering) "mom, can I have one more hug, I think I need it!"

He almost made my eyes water, I think it was because it was so HOT!!!

I am sure we will have a great year.  The kids love school and always work so hard.  Now, I get to enjoy my time with just one kid at home, it has been a LONG time!

Swim Team and Alexa Style!

Sera and Boston did swim team this summer and loved it.

Sera did a great job.  I couldn't believe how much she improved this summer.  She loves to swim.  She did freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke in the prelims.  She finished all of them in the top 25.  We are so proud of her!  Only the top 16 went to the finals.  She was so close.  Way to go!

Boston surprised us by loving swim team also.  He was great.  He did freestyle and Butterfly in the prelims.  He qualified for the finals in Butterfly and as alternate in freestyle.  I wish I could put video on with my computer.  During his butterfly race he started to loose his shorts.  Without stopping he reached back during his stoke and pulled them up.  It was great.  He surprised us all with his form.  He did AWESOME!!

Swim team was not Alexa's thing this year.  Maybe next summer.  For now, she would rather stay home and be Beckom's second mom and style anything she can get away with including her baby!

She loves to make the boys look like girls.  Some day they won't like her for this!

A necklace, bracelet and a bow!

Life would get boring without Alex!