A Morales Minute

Olivia turned 9 on Saturday February 21st. We took the kids to Dairy Queen on Friday night and let Olivia take friends. It was low key but it was something different. Saturday morning she picked pancakes for breakfast. The rest of the day was pretty normal and hard on Olivia as she anticipated family coming and opening gifts. For a moment I wondered if I should have done something birthday-ish for her during the day. Only a moment though because then I remembered the huge "Frozen" theme party I put lots of effort and time in to last year. Then I thought about my birthdays and how the day always seemed slow and boring and I could hardly wait until the evening to open my gifts. I do remember one birthday where I opened my gifts early in the morning before Dad left to work. :) Back to Olivia, she did have her friend Emily over the entire day. These goof balls crack me up. Family came around 2 to celebrate. I think all my kids like the feeling of sitting on the floor...

The girls STEM school put on a fun science night at the school. It was in conjunction with the science fair. Olivia did a science experiment and put it on a display board and everything. It was up on display this night as well.  We went from room to room throughout the school doing different science experiments and activities and seeing different jobs people do.  Aidan and Olivia had friends from their classes there that night and we found out they (Jon and Jazmine) are siblings. Their dad couldn't make it so it was their mom, Bea, with the kids just like us. She and I and our kids all stuck together for the night. It worked out when we both had kids who wanted to go do different things. She'd go with them and I'd stay with the others. So it was nice we both had another adult to help keep an eye on the kids this busy night.  Checking out the rabbits in the "Vet" room Bearded dragon in the "Reptile" room Making pa...

This year Valentine's Day was completely full of Valentiney festivities.  It started with the kids finding their Valentine gifts from Jaime and I. The girls received a Beanie Boo stuffed animal and the boys got Magformers. Then we had a yummy breakfast of Stuffed French Toast. After kitchen cleanup everyone got showered and dressed to go out and make some Valentine deliveries. Jaime came up with a wonderful idea of buying a dozen roses and handing one out to people the kids chose. They each got 3 roses and chose three people to give them to. They chose friends, church teachers (present and past ones) and neighbors. We drove around town delivering flowers.  Although Tyler looks extremely nervous or scared he was excited to give this rose to Christina our neighbor. She wasn't there so her son took it for her and she received it later that night when she got home. She came over the next day to thank Tyler for it. He likes to talk to Christina when she's out in ...

I love to shop at Target. I think I'm going to need to be careful once Tyler starts school. I'll be heading to Target a bit more. :) The kids have begun to like Target too and like to go browse with me, sometimes. As long as it's not too long, and we always have to go through the toy aisles. I follow a few different sites on Facebook and Instagram that are all about Target and sales and deals. This helps me to know when things are on sale so I've been pretty lucky with some of the items I've scored. Lots of clothes on clearance, things for the home, food, outside toys, toys and toys! Plus with my Cartwheel ap on my phone I save even more! I have a stash of toys that I got cheap for gifts for the kids or for gifts for birthdays my kids are invited to. I can't lie, it's pretty exciting to me. Hehehe I have purchased clothes for next Christmas! Clothes for Aidan to grow in to also. I didn't think I could get this crazy. I like to shop and I like ...