Well, here I am at 11pm on Sunday when I know I need to be getting some rest or else I will end up as tired as I was last week. Duane is in the same boat as he starts his new job at MEPS tomorrow which requires him to get up EARLY. He is not the best at being a morning person but he will be great working at MEPS. He is up because of me. I was struggling, and I mean STRUGGLING, with my homework and he really stepped up to help me out. If it weren't for it, it would not have gotten done on time, if at all.
Anyways, our week will be a lot like lasts weeks. Chamorro language class on Tuesday, Gymnastics for Nikolas on Wednesday, watching Dawson's (family friend) football game on Thursday, and Kaden's gymnastics on Friday. We are also going to watch Olivia (family friend and sister to Dawson) play soccer Saturday morning. With all of that going on, Tracy (mother to Dawson and Olivia) and I will be getting some painting done in the house. I'm hoping to get a lot done between Friday night and Saturday. I'm only doing accent walls so it shouldn't be to difficult or long, but anything can happen.
One last thing before saying good night, I would like to mention that Duane accomplished something he has never done before on Saturday. He went with a couple other guys to hike up 'The Brothers' on the Olympic mountains. It was roughly 16 miles total. Duane didn't make it to the peak but made his all time best at an elevation of 5,000 ft. He is very proud of what he accomplished as am I. It was not easy sitting at home waiting for the text or phone call to know that he and the others where down safely. It was a very long day for him. His day started at 2am and he didn't get back home until after 10pm. But, he was a trooper today and even attended a birthday party with the boys and I at the zoo.
We hope everyone has a wonderful week. I have some AWESOME pictures of the boys at gymnastics that I'm hoping to get posted by the end of this week. Love to all, from the Cruz's!
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Gymnastics
Okay, I'm going to try and keep this short. I'm so tired today because yet again, the boys were up at 4:45am watching a movie. With an early morning the day before and a late night (putting our new blinds up) I'm just beat.
We had gymnastics today for the first time. I think both boys really LOVED it. Nikolas did so well listening and following directions. I was one of the crazy loud moms with the camera. :) Kaden was a little out of control but that is to be expected at 20 months old and 7pm at night.
After Kaden's class was over, we decided to move him to Friday's instead of Wednesday's as it's at 5:30 vs. 7. Two hours between the boys' classes was just to long of a break and got to be to late in the evening for all of us. So, this means when Mama and Papa come out in a couple weeks, they will get to watch Kaden. That will be nice since they have seen Nikolas participate in other sports.
I do have pictures but I wont be posting them tonight. Hopefully soon!! Have a great night and Love to all from the Cruz family!!
We had gymnastics today for the first time. I think both boys really LOVED it. Nikolas did so well listening and following directions. I was one of the crazy loud moms with the camera. :) Kaden was a little out of control but that is to be expected at 20 months old and 7pm at night.
After Kaden's class was over, we decided to move him to Friday's instead of Wednesday's as it's at 5:30 vs. 7. Two hours between the boys' classes was just to long of a break and got to be to late in the evening for all of us. So, this means when Mama and Papa come out in a couple weeks, they will get to watch Kaden. That will be nice since they have seen Nikolas participate in other sports.
I do have pictures but I wont be posting them tonight. Hopefully soon!! Have a great night and Love to all from the Cruz family!!
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
What a Tuesday
Wow, what a day!!! It started at 4:45am when I heard the boys laughing. I get up to see what they are doing, to find them in their playroom watching a movie. Now I'm in a hard spot. Do I get mad at them for being up so early, or do I be happy because they didn't come pounding on my door? I was ok with it for a while as Nikolas tells me "Mom, it's ok, just go back to bed." After laughing at him, I turned to go back to bed and Kaden starts screaming. That proved to me he still needed more sleep so I haul the boys back to bed. Neither of them were happy about it, but I did get about 30 more minutes of sleep before having to get up to get ready.
Both boys had great days at school again today. Nik traced his name today, which of course made my heart melt. UGH, I'm such a softy!! :) Kaden slept for 2 hours at nap time. That was really, really nice and much needed.
After school, the boys and I went right to Chamorro Language class. We are learning our colors red, green, and yellow. Once I can say them correctly, we will speak them in the car at stop signs. I think the boys will enjoy it once they get comfortable.
On the way to our Chamorro class, Nikolas made me cry. He was asking about Devvin, Adiyana, and Abrielle and finishes with this: "Mom, I miss Devvin. I want to go in his dragon car with him. He is a good man, when can I see him?" Where does he come up with this?!? It broke my heart but at the same time made me happy because he knows his brother and sisters and misses them. I just wish he was old enough to understand why they don't live with us. One day Nikolas and Kaden both will so that will be nice.
Tomorrow is Gymnastics.....wish us well! Love to you all and I'm hoping to take pictures tomorrow.
Both boys had great days at school again today. Nik traced his name today, which of course made my heart melt. UGH, I'm such a softy!! :) Kaden slept for 2 hours at nap time. That was really, really nice and much needed.
After school, the boys and I went right to Chamorro Language class. We are learning our colors red, green, and yellow. Once I can say them correctly, we will speak them in the car at stop signs. I think the boys will enjoy it once they get comfortable.
On the way to our Chamorro class, Nikolas made me cry. He was asking about Devvin, Adiyana, and Abrielle and finishes with this: "Mom, I miss Devvin. I want to go in his dragon car with him. He is a good man, when can I see him?" Where does he come up with this?!? It broke my heart but at the same time made me happy because he knows his brother and sisters and misses them. I just wish he was old enough to understand why they don't live with us. One day Nikolas and Kaden both will so that will be nice.
Tomorrow is Gymnastics.....wish us well! Love to you all and I'm hoping to take pictures tomorrow.
Monday, September 10, 2012
What a Monday
As predicted, the boys slept really well last night. Kaden woke up once but went back to bed and they didn't wake up until just after 6 this morning. I was on my way to go and get them and I hear them laughing and their little feet running on the floor.....PRICELESS!! That sure makes for a wonderful morning. Nikolas, Kaden, and I have to get out the door by 6:15am to be to work on time. As we are headed into work, little did we know that Duane was going to take it easy this morning. He went in to work a little later than normal, which I'm sure was a nice treat for him.
Today was a very busy day for me at work. Lots of kids, and with it being the first day for them, they were all fussy! Kaden did really well and allowed me to tend to all the children as he played around. I'm noticing that he really likes animals. Overall, we had a good day and to our surprise, it got even better once we picked up Nikolas.
Nikolas had another GREAT day at school. He got an award for good behavior and a tattoo. He also traced his C's and D's all by himself again. Wow, we are so proud of him!
To treat both boys for their great days, they got new shoes and a package of tattoos. Now they can get a tattoo for good days or just good acts at home.
Nikolas and Kaden shocked both Duane and I at dinner. I made tacos and potato ole's but was only going to give the boys chips vs tortilla as they don't eat tacos.....so I thought. Nikolas asked his daddy to make him one and 1/3 of the way into mine, Kaden steals mine and starts eating it. Yes, I was left without food (until I made another one) but it was so awesome to see them finally eating tacos. They are growing so fast!! I'm ready for it to slow down anytime now.
We hope you all have a great Monday evening and a wonderful Tuesday! Love to you all!
Today was a very busy day for me at work. Lots of kids, and with it being the first day for them, they were all fussy! Kaden did really well and allowed me to tend to all the children as he played around. I'm noticing that he really likes animals. Overall, we had a good day and to our surprise, it got even better once we picked up Nikolas.
Nikolas had another GREAT day at school. He got an award for good behavior and a tattoo. He also traced his C's and D's all by himself again. Wow, we are so proud of him!
To treat both boys for their great days, they got new shoes and a package of tattoos. Now they can get a tattoo for good days or just good acts at home.
Nikolas and Kaden shocked both Duane and I at dinner. I made tacos and potato ole's but was only going to give the boys chips vs tortilla as they don't eat tacos.....so I thought. Nikolas asked his daddy to make him one and 1/3 of the way into mine, Kaden steals mine and starts eating it. Yes, I was left without food (until I made another one) but it was so awesome to see them finally eating tacos. They are growing so fast!! I'm ready for it to slow down anytime now.
We hope you all have a great Monday evening and a wonderful Tuesday! Love to you all!
Sunday, September 9, 2012
GREAT WEEKEND
The Cruz family sure did have a great weekend. It started out by having a wonderful dinner at Messial's house with friends and family on Friday night. It was a late night for the boys, especially since school has started, but they played until about 10pm and loved every minute of it. I can't say that the next morning was wonderful with the boys, but we made it through. They decided to wake up at 5:30 (not sure of my parents theory of keeping kids up late so they sleep in). They woke up early but distracted themselves in their playroom for awhile until Duane decided to get out of bed. I was the lucky one on Saturday that got to sleep in, and I took advantage of it.
Duane made breakfast for the boys, did the dishes, and then let the kids go outside to play. So great to wake up to them running around playing and having fun. Once I got ready, went to help Duane in the garage. I'm so proud of him!! He has really "cleaned house" when it comes to the garage. His mission was to get my car and the trailer in there. It took most of the day, but we accomplished that mission!! Once that project was done, we went to have some Guamanian food at a picnic that Messial and Aiza were DJ'in at. Hung out for an hour or so as we had a big task in front of us. We had to take down the playset at the old house and bring it to the new house. The kids have been missing it and it's one of the last few beautiful weekends we could get it moved. The boys were so excited to know that the playset was coming home with us. It was almost killing them to wait for it to get rebuilt. Sadly, it was bedtime before it was set up to play on. The playset got moved and set back up with only one injury.....a board fell on Duane's head. Not the greatest thing to see as the wife watching from the kitchen window, but thankfully he is ok.
Sunday morning the boys sleep until 6:30....YAY!!! Now it was my turn to get up with them and let Duane sleep (I love the system we have so we both get to sleep in one day out of the weekend). The first thing Nikolas wants to do......go outside and play on the swings. I'm the mean mom and make him stay in until after breakfast. He wasn't too happy with me but he got over it. Once Duane woke up, we had a later breakfast with Messial, Aiza, Cat, and Jeremy.
After the boys woke from their nap, they went straight outside and played all afternoon and had so much fun. While doing homework, I could hear them laughing and screaming, it was great. I'm thinking that tonight will be the night that they sleep like rocks and I just might have to wake them up in the morning for school. Keep fingers crossed that it goes this way!
Before I end this for the night, I have to tell you all what Nikolas said. He is so funny and I just wonder where he comes up with the things he says. We were in the car this evening and Nik asks Duane to play his favorite song, Bounce. Once Duane turns on the song, Nikolas says "Daddy, you are so smart, you make me so happy". REALLY?!? This kid is to polite to be my child!! I love it! Thankfully he has such great manors because Kaden is starting to pick up on it all now to. At 20 months old he says, thank you, please, excuse me, bless you, sorry, and many more words. He is my little "monkey-see, monkey-do".
I am so blessed to have the family that I have. Love to you all and hope you have a wonderful week!
Duane made breakfast for the boys, did the dishes, and then let the kids go outside to play. So great to wake up to them running around playing and having fun. Once I got ready, went to help Duane in the garage. I'm so proud of him!! He has really "cleaned house" when it comes to the garage. His mission was to get my car and the trailer in there. It took most of the day, but we accomplished that mission!! Once that project was done, we went to have some Guamanian food at a picnic that Messial and Aiza were DJ'in at. Hung out for an hour or so as we had a big task in front of us. We had to take down the playset at the old house and bring it to the new house. The kids have been missing it and it's one of the last few beautiful weekends we could get it moved. The boys were so excited to know that the playset was coming home with us. It was almost killing them to wait for it to get rebuilt. Sadly, it was bedtime before it was set up to play on. The playset got moved and set back up with only one injury.....a board fell on Duane's head. Not the greatest thing to see as the wife watching from the kitchen window, but thankfully he is ok.
Sunday morning the boys sleep until 6:30....YAY!!! Now it was my turn to get up with them and let Duane sleep (I love the system we have so we both get to sleep in one day out of the weekend). The first thing Nikolas wants to do......go outside and play on the swings. I'm the mean mom and make him stay in until after breakfast. He wasn't too happy with me but he got over it. Once Duane woke up, we had a later breakfast with Messial, Aiza, Cat, and Jeremy.
After the boys woke from their nap, they went straight outside and played all afternoon and had so much fun. While doing homework, I could hear them laughing and screaming, it was great. I'm thinking that tonight will be the night that they sleep like rocks and I just might have to wake them up in the morning for school. Keep fingers crossed that it goes this way!
Before I end this for the night, I have to tell you all what Nikolas said. He is so funny and I just wonder where he comes up with the things he says. We were in the car this evening and Nik asks Duane to play his favorite song, Bounce. Once Duane turns on the song, Nikolas says "Daddy, you are so smart, you make me so happy". REALLY?!? This kid is to polite to be my child!! I love it! Thankfully he has such great manors because Kaden is starting to pick up on it all now to. At 20 months old he says, thank you, please, excuse me, bless you, sorry, and many more words. He is my little "monkey-see, monkey-do".
I am so blessed to have the family that I have. Love to you all and hope you have a wonderful week!
Friday, September 7, 2012
Forgot to mention
Duane and I finally decided to enroll the boys in Gymnastics. Since soccer was shut down for their age, swimming was not doing it for them, hopefully gymnastics will give them what they need.
They start next Wednesday and were really excited when we went in to sign them up. I will try my best to get pictures up as soon as I can after they start.
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
They start next Wednesday and were really excited when we went in to sign them up. I will try my best to get pictures up as soon as I can after they start.
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
Start of School Year 2012-2013
Well, the boys and I are getting into the swing of things now that I'm back at work and they are in school. Now that Kaden is a year older, he is doing much better being at my center this year. Although he is at my center right now, this does not mean that the circumstances wont change to where he ends up going back to daycare at the CDC. We have a lot of kids this year involved in the Teen Parent Program so if it gets too full, that's when/why we would have to move him to CDC.
Nikolas is doing great. Day two of school and his teachers told me I had to take him out for ice cream because he made GREAT choices several times. Not knowing the full story (as the teachers are not allowed to say to much), Nikolas was sitting at the lunch table and another kid started kicking him. Instead of screaming, crying, yelling, or whatever else my child could have done, he chose to use his nice words. He told the kid "please stop kicking me, it's not nice." I was told that this wasn't the only time Nik was put in a situation like this. After hearing the good choices he made, how could I not take him out for ice cream. It really makes a mommy's heart melt when you have a good report from school. GOOD JOB NIKOLAS!! As another award for him, I'm only working a half day today so he asked to come to work with me today and play.
Nikolas is doing great. Day two of school and his teachers told me I had to take him out for ice cream because he made GREAT choices several times. Not knowing the full story (as the teachers are not allowed to say to much), Nikolas was sitting at the lunch table and another kid started kicking him. Instead of screaming, crying, yelling, or whatever else my child could have done, he chose to use his nice words. He told the kid "please stop kicking me, it's not nice." I was told that this wasn't the only time Nik was put in a situation like this. After hearing the good choices he made, how could I not take him out for ice cream. It really makes a mommy's heart melt when you have a good report from school. GOOD JOB NIKOLAS!! As another award for him, I'm only working a half day today so he asked to come to work with me today and play.
Sorry this is sideways but I wanted to show this. Nikolas did his B's and C's all by himself and we are so proud of him!
We hope you all have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend!! Love to all!
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