TWO!!

To celebrate my BABY turning 2, we decided to celebrate twice!  First we had a family dinner with the grandparents and cousins.

We came home to sing and have cupcakes. M&M cupcakes because she loves M&M's!!

On her actual birthday we started the day off by opening her gifts. Flower Power LOVED opening the gifts. It makes me excited for Christmas!!

Then we headed to celebration number 2...Universal Studios!! We went to Islands of Adventure first. My dad even joined us! Here is our day in pictures!!

We met LOTS of characters!

Flower Power's favorite meet and greet was with Spider-Man!! She loves him and was enamored by him!!

The day was so much fun BOTH kids were asleep in the car on the way home!! That is a sign of a good time!! Today we took some birthday pictures of my girl with Dena and will post those soon!! Happy 2nd Birthday Sweet Girl!!

Thankful for Family!

I've been seeing all over facebook the Thankful Countdown to Thanksgiving. People are listing everyday something they are thankful for. I thought I'll do something similar. So the next couple of posts are about all the things I'm thankful for ALWAYS!

 1. Mr. E! He is my best friend and loves me even when I'm crazy:) He is a fantastic father and has more patience than I do! He is the playful one in the family.  Mr. E is good at everything he does.  He is loyal, honest, and hardworking. Together we are a pretty good team even if we are both Leo's and crave attention.  

2. Little Lion!  My first born, soccer lovin', smart boy!  LL is an independent guy who relies on himself and takes control to figure things out on his own.  He is intelligent and makes sure we know how smart he is and tries to stump us.  LL loves to be in charge of his sister and play with her.  Snuggling at night is a must with him!

3. Flower Power! My crazy, fun, smart little girl. Yes I said girl! She is getting more and more independent everyday! She loves singing and dancing. She too is a self learner. FP is a cuddler! Every morning she needs to cuddle with her blanket and me which always starts the day off right!

4. My Parents! They are always helpful and would put my family before themselves. They adore their grandchildren! They are fun and active. They always play with the kids and bring presents.

5. My In-Laws! We may not always see eye to eye, they are always a phone call away. I'm thankful they live near by! They love their grandchildren maybe a little more than their own kids:) They are always making their house perfect for the kids and love having them over!

More Thankfulness to come......

Halloween Night

Yes this is a little behind, but I'm just now getting some down time from the busy fun filled week we had! Halloween was actually a perfect night! The weather was gorgeous, 70 degrees with a slight breeze. Both kids enjoyed going door to door and made it the whole time which is impressive for an almost 2 year old. Flower Power said Trick or Treat to all the neighbors and once she figured out she could get M&M's from most houses, she was all in!! Little Lion and his friends ran door to door and got a huge haul! Here is Fireman and Garden Gnome at the beginning of the evening.

Here are the cuties in our spooky yard!

My Dad was kind enough to come over and hand out candy to the trick or treaters while Mr. E and I both went with the kids. Actually he really just wanted to see all the kids :)

The only pic of us from the night. Mr.E was Spider Man...haha

Our group of kids!

And last but not last....the haul! Which we'll be eating for months!!!!

Now that Halloween is over....let the Holiday Season begin!!

Instagram Fun

I've been having fun on Instagram with lots of kiddo pictures. I thought I'd share with you. If you aren't on Instagram, GO and start following me Robju!!

I can put Flower Power's hair in a french braid.  And it stays for about a minute before falling out since it's so thin and fine.  I try!!!

Little Lion was boycotting his bed.  So he made himself a cocoon at the door.  Silly boy!

This is what happens when you eat a blue sucker!  FP was enthralled with her tongue and took lots of pictures of herself on the ipad!

My little girl is becoming a DIVA!!  This is what she insisted she wear out to Target one evening.  We got a lot of comments! 

Gotta be prepared for the hurricane!  Or it's just cuz it's fun to wear goggles while eating dinner:)

My first attempt at making homemade *healthy* donuts....they were baked not fried :)  They tasted pretty good!  I'm excited to try some other flavors...pumpkin, chocolate, cinnamon sugar!!!

My mom bought herself a hairpiece to make her luscious locks thicker.  However, FP thought she needed thicker hair too.  Oh and a princess crown :) Remember the pics above....thin hair and diva attitude!

Hope you all had a great 3 day weekend!!  Back to the grind!!!

Summer in Review

Ok Ok I've taken the summer off!  We have been busy, busy and doing lots of fun stuff!!!!  Here are a bunch of summer pictures!!