shoes

so this entry is going to be about my little maverick cole. ever since that boy could walk...he has been obsessed with shoes. not all shoes...just women's shoes. he holds them, examines them, somehow manages to put them on his feet then walks around in them regardless of the heel height. he walks better in heels than i do i often tease.

when we go shoe shopping...he always ends up looking at the little girl shoes with rinestones, glitter, pink or purple laces. his faves were some "ruby slipper" type shoes that were covered in red siquince. i had to explain that these belong to little girls and that we would find him some red shoes for boys. thank god we found "Cars" shoes that were red...not as flashy, but red! Poor Maverick.

so lately i have been a total tabloid junky (i am obsessed with robert pattinson from twilight...this is a totally different blog, haha) so for the first time in my life i am buying Entertainment Weekly and US Weekly magazines which has celebs all dressed up and of course showing off their shoes. well maverick started flipping through one of the magazines and is now claiming he needs all these shoes and that we need to call Santa and tell him.

i was cracking up...should i be worried? because i am not...i love that he is so different from his "macho-one-minute-older-brother" joaquin. maybe he will be a famous shoe designer some day...or maybe he will be the dude wearing women's shoes! haha either way i love him.

and as maverick would say..."mama, you're crazy!!"

my little comedian

the boys and i ran an errand they other day and we passed by the movie theater. joaquin kept saying "mom it's the moooovies", "let's go to the mooovies", "the mooovies" over and over again.
then out of nowhere he busts out with.

"hey mom, where do the cows go?"

i was like...the cows!! what cows??? and he says..

"mama, the cows go to the moooovies!"

maverick looked at me in the rear view mirror and then we both looked at joaquin and cracked up.
i was totally overwhelmed by him making up his first joke. i shed a quick joyful tear and then cracked up even more!!

watch out seinfeld!!

4th of July

ok so i know this happened about a week ago almost but i needed time to rest. since we had a 3 day weekend i decided to make the most of our time and get out doors. on friday ran our usual errands, bank, groceries, oil change and ordered steve's birthday cake. we then to grandma and grandpa's house for fun in the pool and bbq. we also had some tasty watermelon...aahh the tastes of summer. we had a great time. we were in the pool from like 5 to 8:30!! we came home sooo tired and wiped out!

on saturday we went to grandma's and coco's house where my sister actually made an awesome 4th of July meal. Meatloaf (like our grandma used to make) homemade mac n' cheese, mashed potatoes...so good!! then all three boys (my favorite nephew logan was there) played in the baby pool in the backyard. they came home so pooped out we changed our plans to go see the fireworks in the woodlands. once we were home they knocked out and woke up around 8:30pm. the neighbors were popping fireworks so we decided to sit and watch from our driveway. the boys were a good audience. clapping simultaniously when they saw something they liked...it was hilarious. they cheered and jumped up like the whole show was just for them! we finally came inside around 10pm. everyone took showers and baths and it was off to bed.

sunday steve went to work and the boys and i slept til about 8:30am which is late at our house. it felt good but we didn't see the outdoors that day. they didn't even ask to go outside. needless to say we had an awesome weekend. and that is why i didn't write about it till now. haha

fire alarms...smoke detectors...

when we bought our home it was built with a fire alarm/smoke detector system. each room has a smoke detector and if one goes off all the others do as well. great idea right?? well we have already had the discussion with the twins about if they hear the alarm go off, to get out of the house!! we explained to wake each other up since they are in the same room and leave the house and go next door. they asked, "well mom, don't you want us to come wake you up?" and we explained they just needed to get themselves out.

well early this morning around 2am they started to go off!! steve and i immediately ran to the twins room when maverick gets up and says "mom moooooove, i need to get out of here!!" i cracked up and explained that the batteries were dead and needed to be replaced and that was why the alarm was going off! he laid back down and went straight to sleep, with the alarm still going off!!

when we woke up this morning i asked him if he remembered the alarm going off and he said, yep but he was dreaming, and it was ok!!

joaquin was in our room by the way!! he had already gotten up and climbed into our bed before that ever happened. he didn't even remember it going off either!!

i just don't understand why that stupid thing waited until 2am to get us to change the batteries!!
steve and i were talking and the last time the batteries needed to be changed it went off in the middle of the night too!! i know it's a life saver but at 2am to change the batteries...it's just annoying!!! i will write later to tell you about our 4th of july festivities!!