The little guy who's not so little.

Happy Birthday to my favorite little guy ever!  The little guy that is not so little anymore.

The little guy that still at 7 years old sees his mom with lipstick on and wants her to kiss his hand leaving a lipstick kiss so he can have it for his day.

The little guy who gets a cowlick while sleeping and wants me to hair spray it that way so he can tell his friends he went surfing last night.

The little guy who is the LOUDEST in the movie theater- with his loud laughs and quotes of what to come next. Embarrassing..maybe a little.

The little guy that insist on wearing Cowboys gear to school spirit day even though he says people are going to say mean things to him...stand up for what you love kid!

The little guy that knows every song on the radio..being christian, country or that other stuff. 

The little guy who thinks he is very grown up but still very much a softy. 

The little guy who loves sports and really has a knack for it but doesn't care to play on a team.. Would rather take a break-dancing class (thanks Boo/Pops for classes).

The little guy that who adores his sister and always takes good care if her. She's feisty...but he rarely snaps back.

The little guy who looks up to his daddy ...he's a "little Corey"...a little wond up but just a tender heart.

The little guy who is friends with everyone...boys, girls, big, little. He's social.

The little guy that loves his family...from the oldest Papi to the youngest Hannah...he's a lover!

The little guy who is so stinkin handsome..even with a snaggle tooth!

The little guy that I told last night "lets just stay up all night so you don't turn 7" to which he replied as he put his arm around me "not gonna happen Mom, not gonna happen".

The little guy that made a very sad day (9/11) a very happy one from here on out. 

Happy Birthday to my lil buddy! I love you more than words can tell.

Here's some pics of his day so far...

                                Donuts of course...

                       Balloons from the avalanche..

                   School buddies- Meadow, Jacie, Jax, Ethan

Meal Swap.

I had the idea a few months ago to get some friends together and meal swap. Two of us did it together and it was awesome so we invited more to join. Man, 8 different meals in your freezer every 3-4 weeks is super awesome!

This is how we do it. There are 4 of us as more than that would be too hectic in my opinion...cooking more than 8 meals would be too overwhelming. Each of us choose 2 recipes and make 4 of each. You keep one of each for yourself and you give each of the others 2. 

If you are overwhelmed and trying to simplify-start a meal swap. As long as you can remember to take one of the freezer in the morning it works like a charm. That's 8 less meals you have to plan. And even cooler is that often they are not anything you have ever tried and different than the same ol same ol. 

It does take about 2 hours for me to get my meals made. Most times my recipes will make more and i have 9-10 meals.. extra is always bonus. I often use those for families with new babies, or just someone in need... or just one more for us. Typically, we set a time to meet at someone's house or a park and we get to swapping. 

Most meals we have swapped are recipes we have found on Pinterest and the Internet is full of them too. 

Happy Swapping! 

Life is a BEACH!

I friggin' love the beach!  I was completely made for it.  Our besties invited us to tag along on there beach trip. Of course- we obliged!  Even though that meant Jaxson skipping school on the second week- opps! He did not seem to mind one bit.

It's crazy to me how everyone stays so content at the beach...its just so simple.  Water and sand and we are set for hours and hours of fun.  Not every beach trip we have been on have been like that of course...but this this one was great!

On the way home we contemplated and set up a plan to move there...I mean we picked up and moved once...no big deal- right?!  I joke...well kinda...

Bethany Beach is AWESOME and I want to live there forever!- just sayin'

 At the beach AB just squeals and jumps and plays and laughs- makes my heart so happy!

 Beach Scavenger Hunt in progress.

 Ridin' the waves!

 Us

Them

Thank you Blaszak's for the time of our life!

School Daze are upon us!

Where in the heck did summer go?  It flew the heck by.  Here's to a great school year- first grade and preschool.  I had a few loose tears putting Jaxson on the bus.  I surely miss that lil brat but routine for him is great!  And my feisty lil lady, well she goes to school very part time so I don't have time to miss her but next year at this time...fair warning- don't even look my way.  I am going to be sooo sad to have to two "schoolers".  Let's not talk about that now...

Where does the time go?  Seriously?!

 Happy School Year treat! with sweet Mckenzie.

Whip it

I had to, I just had to.  Almost expired whip cream in the fridge was just too tempting.  Jax was a great sport.  SPLATT!

Carn-y Peeps

It's weird but it's something Maryland people do.  They have these small town carnivals that cost an arm and a leg - you bet we participate!  They had me at Funnel Cake!  It's a beautiful way to spend a Summer night!

Cousin Camp

All in a days work we did ALL this.

1st stop-library for zoo day

2nd-picnic

3rd-crafts

4th-family walk

Too fun and all we are missing is "sweet baby Hannah she's so cute" as the kids call her.

There was only one time I lost track of a kid.. It was Colt and I quickly found him quietly reading at a table in the library. Shew!