These Boots Are Made for Walking!

We went to Old Navy the other day and Little Lion found some PINK rain boots that he just HAD to have as well as an infant fedora hat...ummmmmm I don't think so sweetie :)
I convinced him to get the camo ones and the matching umbrella. (They were on clearance with an extra 30% off!) LL loved them sooooo much that he walked the entire mall with the boots on and the umbrella up and open....the bad luck was passed onto me for having to walk around with him :) LOL
Lucky for us, it rained when we got home. Perfect to really try out the new boots and umbrella :)

LL has worn those boots EVERY day since we got them. It was well worth the $5 :)

Family Gatherings!

For Easter we traveled to both families. Lunch with my parents and dinner with Mr.E's. Here is Flower Power in her Easter best. Too cute!

Little Lion wasn't as cooperative (joys of 4 year olds), but I did get some cute ones of him at my parents.


The Easter Bunny came to my parent's house too!
We even managed some family pics.


Flower Power was in a good mood and we got to take pictures of her with both sets of grandparents!

Love Family Time!!!

Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny visited our house on Sunday! Here is Little Lion coming into the family room in the morning. He found Flower Power's basket first.
Then he found his after seeing his new basketball hoop.
FP finding hers and sitting up by herself....for a couple of seconds :)

Hope the bunny came to your house! Family pics to come....

Fun!

Flower Power is so into toys that I thought we'd bring out the exersaucer. Little Lion didn't really like it until he was around 7 months, but this little one loves it!

Mommy likes toys that entertain FP and keep her contained :)

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all my Bloggy Friends!! Flower Power now has Bunny Power :)


Little Lion has some too!
And a little comparison of the two. LL is 3 months and all chub :)FP is 4 months.

Happy Easter!

Really Baseball

Maybe we should have skipped soccer and started T-ball. However, my little slugger is too advanced for T-ball when he can hit over hand pitches :)

Buttcheeks Are Funny!

Keeping on the topic of Buttcheeks...who thought I'd have 2 posts about them this week!! Flower Power thought the word Buttcheeks was the funniest thing ever! haha!

Silly Boy!

Little Lion thinks he's going to drown in the house. So he put on is OLD swim vest....
Why yes those are buttcheeks hanging out and a major wedgie happening...hahahaha

My Loves!

Little Lion and Flower Power took a nap at Grandma and PopPops this week. Could Big Brother be any sweeter??????

Lady Gaga!!

On Friday, Mr.E and I actually had a date night! Our first since Flower Power was born!!! It's been a long time coming!! We had tickets to Lady Gaga!! I had to get decked out in my Lady Gaga gear. Now, I'm not a youngn' anymore, so a Gaga hairbow from her Poker Face video and fake eyelashes were the way to go :)
However, I was not even close to the craziness that we saw there. Unfortunately, I didn't bring my camera, and these are crappy phone pics. Here are a few Lady Gaga look-a-likes!
While we people watched, a highlight of the night, we took a date night picture. Mr.E wasn't as good of a fan as I was :)
The concert was amazing! There were major set changes and at least 10 costume changes for LG including a latex nun costume and blood splattered bikini! LG's voice was exactly as you hear her on the radio! Everyone was dancing and singing and having a great time! Here is the curtain that changed with pictures and video of LG during set/changes.
When Gaga came out the crowd went WILD!!!
As I said earlier, I only had my phone for pictures, but we were pretty close to her!
You can't go to the Monster Ball without having a Monster....
The audience killed the Monster with all the camera flashes from phones, and yes cameras were allowed for her song Paparazzi! I give the concert a definite A and with a sold out crowd of crazy fun people, you can't go wrong at the Monster Ball:)

Orlando City Soccer

Mr.E had the brilliant idea of getting Little Lion motivated in soccer by bringing him to a professional soccer game. Orlando just got a team and the first home opener against New York was Saturday. So Mr.E, Uncle B an A, and Little Lion went.

LL had a great time and enjoyed yelling (cheering) for Orlando! Orlando won 3-0 too! His favorite part of the game...the fireworks at the end;o) Mr.E tried to get a picture of them together, but the fireworks won out!

Did going to the game help LL?? Why yes it did! He actually played at practice WITHOUT Mr. E! Let's hope he'll keep it up!

Soccer!

It's that time of year again...spring sports! Last spring we put Little Lion in soccer. He played all of nothing basically. He was very intimidated by the audience during games. He was better at practice. And it probably didn't help that Mr.E was the coach ;) This year we figured, he had grown and matured, and Mr.E wasn't going to coach! The first practice went great! I was thinking to myself...Wow he's going to play! Yes! The second practice Mr.E didn't go to since he was out of town. LL played half and then decided he didn't want to;( Oh goodness, I see soccer going downhill. The first game was on Saturday. He didn't want to play. Here is Mr.E coaxing him to play ;)
And more coaxing...
Then Daddy would run away once he was out there. It didn't work very well.
LL did actually play a bit. He through the ball in twice and actually kicked the ball!
At least he looks cute :)
How does Flower Power feel about all of this??
We'll see how the rest of the season goes :0) Gooooo Sharks!!!!

Reading!

If you are a follower of my blog, then you know that my lovely 4 year old is a speller. Well lately his newest obsession is reading!!! Yes, I am a former teacher, but I DO NOT teach him how to read!! I don't even read to him...yup bad mom :) Mr.E reads to him at night since I'm cluster feeding Flower Power;) He doesn't teach him either. Little Lion is just a phonics kid! He sounds out words and is smart enough to associate it with a word he's heard before. He's been reading easy words for the past couple of months, but lately he's been amazing us with what he reads. I try not to brag about it....ok I brag a little ;) Here is a little video of him reading Showoff which is a music channel. On it anyone can text in a message and they post it. LL is reading all the messages. Then I asked him who is singing the song and he reads the artist, title, album, and year :)


Today when I picked him up at school, his teacher commented to me she was amazed at his reading.
Me: Yes I know he can read, but he doesn't do it on command usually.
Teacher: I know kids "read" what they memorize, but he doesn't. He actually reads!! Today he brings over the bug display (a cute bug with a bunch of real bugs (dead) in bubbles with their name on it). LL points to one and reads Solitary Wasp to me!!!
Me: I know, crazy, right! He sounds out the words. Solitary Wasp is phonically correct.
Teacher: I'm still amazed! He's 4!

I'm proud of my little literary kid! I hope he continues enjoying reading!

Inchworm!

One of the nice things about having a baby is that you can put them on the floor and know they are going to stay in one place until you get back. Well, I guess at 4 months old you start to become mobile. I put Flower Power down on her playmat. I put her next to the toys so she can play with them and I can play with her.
I was doing laundry at the time and the buzzer went off. So I went up to get it, and came back to this.
Hmmmmm did she move on her own???? So I watched her for a bit....
The little stinker pulls her legs up and pushes her body back to move up!!!! I guess I"m going to have to start keeping a closer eye on her!! She growing up too fast!