Makayla's 12th Birthday!!

It started early!!! Friday night at gymnastics the girls did their thing. They taped Makayla all up like a mummy, carried her around the floor and dropped her on a mat all while singing Happy Birthday. Then they had the joy of unwrapping the tape from Makayla as well as she yipped and hollered like a puppy as the hair was yanked from her legs and arms!! The girls all devoured a humongous cookie cake in less than 15 minutes!!! We were also the cool parents because we brought drinks, 3 different types of Powerade. The girls were appreciative!

Saturday morning arrived, Makayla's Birthday. The party was starting early. Her friends began arriving at 9:45 am. 5 of her friends joined her as well as Julie and Julie's friend Katie. We were off to the mall for a mall scavenger hunt!! The girls were split into 2 teams and were each given 22 clues to run around the mall to solve the riddles, buy their items, and take the requires pictures. Some of them were a little tough but the girls tried their best and surprised us on some of them.

From the mall went to lunch at Chili's. I tallied up the points and declared the winner "Team 1" which included Makayla, Kortney, Nicole, and Brooke. We all ate some good food and even better dessert. We all sang Happy Birthday to Makayla while she stood on her chair. She was embarrassed so our job was done. From their we took all the girls to the movies to see House Bunny. I was a little worried at first about taking a bunch of pre-teen girls to see a movie about a playboy bunny but it's what they wanted. I have to admit some of the jokes were more for adults but the girls enjoyed the premise of the movie. Overall the movie was hilarious and everyone enjoyed it.

We brought all the girls back to the house and one by one they were all picked up. It was a great party! The only kink was the girls had to go with their mother from 6-8 which interrupted our day. When they returned we took the girls to Cypress Academy where they met Jonathan Horton and Raj Bhavsar from Team USA. It was quite an experience for our future Olympic gymnasts. Makayla convinced them to autograph my team shirt even though they were no longer giving autographs, afterall it was her birthday!!! Raj signed the shirt Happy Birthday and Jonathan with his name. That shirt will be framed and NEVER washed again.

What more could a girl ask for on her BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Baby Jr's Baptism

We celebrarted the Flores twins baptism today. They were completely submergred!! Baby Jr looked adorable in his baptism suit, bowtie and all!!

We went to eat afterwards with the family. It was a great celeration!!

Busy weekend

We had a busy weekend!!! It started off Friday morning I had a couple of doctor's appts. From there we took advantage of tax free weekend and went school shopping. In the middle of that we squeezed in Isabella's hot shot gymnastics class. For the first time she worked on vault. She ran hard and fast!!! When it came time to hop onto the springboard she hit the breaks before she jumped. She couldn't quite understand but did better at every attempt. We did more school shopping after that. The girls didn't need much but took advantage off all the sales. Now they have plenty of outfits!! Makayla also had orientation for the school year. She got her schedule and it included PE so we were a little confused. Ruben talked to her counselor and she was going to check with the district and get back to us on Monday. Hopefully everything will work out and she will get that extra hour.

Saturday we went to the twins birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. Alayna had a blast!! All the girls played and ate tons of pizza. None of them wanted to leave, especially Isa but was happy to oblige when she was told we would be going to Poo Poo's house to go swimming. We went to Poo Poo's house for the August birthdays. We ate good food and celebrated all of the birthdays. Makayla opened her presents and was shocked when she opened her Coach purse. She was very excited.

Sunday morning they got up and did a fashion show off all of their new clothes. It was amazing how many outfits they actually had!!! It was Isabella's first fashion show of school clothes and she had a great time! A future super model in training!!!

Mexico

We accompanied Ruben down to the valley this week. He worked and we all played. We took the girls on their first trip across the border. We went for a shopping trip in Progresso. We needed to buy the outfit for our godson's baptism. Ruben had seen a few outifts a few weeks before and wanted to show them to me to choose. He always brought back gifts for me and the girls but the girls got to pick out their own presents this time. They enjoyed the sites and looking at all the neat stuff available.

We also made an early morning trip to a Panderia and the girls picked out 2 trays of fresh pan dulce straight from the oven!!! It smelled so good!!!