From my cousin's blog

Tired of looking for blog fodder? Here’s a simple Meme. Tag yourself if you want to!
What I’m reading now: Rereading Eat, Pray Love, after seeing the movie.
What I want to read next: The Help by Kathryn Stockett (waiting for my intern to bring in the book so I can read it)
What I’m watching: DWTS, The Office, Glee and also THe Middle and Modern Family,Love my DVR!
What I’m reading to my kid: EVERYTHING!
What my kid is reading: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. We have read this book since he was like 1 and yet, he gets it out from the school library!
What I’m listening to: The first 5 soundtracks from the show GLEE and Camp Rock 2 soundtrack
What I’m cooking from: Cooking? um.....yeah......from my brain....
What I’m looking forward to: Sleeping in till 6:30 Saturday morning.....yes, that is sleeping in.....

Weekend Away

My sister and I spent last weekend at the beach with the kids to celebrate J's b-day. I borrowed my friends trailer again and this was the only weekend it was free. So we took it!
We had a total blast! I was unsure of how it would go, since my kids are up early and my sister likes to sleep in but she was a trooper, and as always, a huge help!
We arrived late Friday night so the kids were a bit sleepy!

Of course, the kids were up at the crack of dawn (literally) on Saturday so we got up, ate breakfast and headed out to the beach. It was GORGEOUS!!! 75 degrees, sunny, light breeze, warmish water= PERFECT!! J made a friend and played for hours in the surf!

Miss M was a little hesitant about the water. Every time aunt Ju-Ju tried to put her feet in the water, Miss M did a split in the air! So funny!

I was there too, in case you were wondering. You know how the photographer is never in the pictures....

She finally got brave enough and got wet!

J built a castle with his new friend.

Bathing Beauties!

After a nice nap and shower, we headed to the skate park for J to try out his new skates that he got for his b-day!

Then off to the playground! Run Aunt Ju-JU!

J crossed the monkey bars up and back to the first time!

and all Miss M wanted to do was "WING MOMMY"!!!

we ate a late lunch at our favorite place for ice cream~Dumser's!

Yummy!

Since it was J's birthday, we let him set the agenda for the day. On his list- Mini golf!

Hole in one!

Miss M loved the zebra....

We decided to make J a donut cake for his breakfast and so we went and bought these..and this "donut" was inside. Jules and I nearly wet ourselves laughing!

Seriously, my sister and I laughed so hard all weekend. It felt wonderful to laugh so much!

In this picture, I decided to warm up my sister's incredibly cold feet with candle, fake ones of course! Happy 7th birthday to my wonderful little boy!

Crazy hair anyone???

It was truly a fun weekend. when we arrived home, daddy had a cake and presents for J to open! I'd say he had a wonderful b-day weekend!

Soccer Boy

J started soccer last week. We switched Recs this year because we thought he needed more structure from his coach. He had a lot of fun!

First Day for my First Grader!

J started first grade last week. He was thrilled for many reasons. He is now in the upstairs hallway of the school which houses first through 5Th grades. No more Baby hallway as he calls it! He also gets his own desk. No more tables. Thrilling, I know. He had a great week, despite the fact that most classrooms in the school were between 85 and 92 degrees each day this week. I think he handled the heat better than most of us teachers.
This is J's teacher and one of my best friends. I was worried that it would be weird that she was his teacher this year but both are handling it great.

It is hard to believe that he will be 7 in a week...but that is a whole other post!