Oceans of Fun!

Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of this page to pause the music, then come back up here to play the videos.

Carli's Kindergarten Music Program was tonight. We had big plans on inviting all of our family to it, but decided not to, since she kept saying, "I'm not gonna do it". She was suppose to wear jeans, but told her music teacher that she didn't like to wear pants, so she didn't have any, so could she wear her blue jean skirt? So, she did. I couldn't believe she asked her that. She also would not wear her costume! UGH! WELL, surprise, surprise...SHE SANG AND DID THE MOVEMENTS...at BOTH performances (the one for the whole school and the one for family).
The program was SUPER CUTE! Each class was a different sea creature. There were lobsters, octopus, whales, and JELLY FISH (Carli's class).

                                       

Afterwards, just like we do for anything that her brothers do at school, she got to pick where we eat for dinner. No surprise here, she picked Casa Ole'. Why do my kids always pick there? Then, we swung by the store to pick out a Polly Pocket, that may or may not have been her bribe for performing.

Anniversary Flowers

VERY VERY SPECIAL DAY!

39 YEARS ago, TODAY, this beautiful baby boy was born.

21 years later, I would get to marry him!

18 YEARS later, we celebrate that day

and also reflect on what a wonderful life we've had thus far!

 The top three of the 18 years: AUSTIN, TYLER, and CARLI, of course!

Today I marry my best friend - author unknown

This day I married my best friend
...the one I laugh with as we share life's wondrous zest,
as we find new enjoyments and experience all that's best.
...the one I live for because the world seems brighter
as our happy times are better and our burdens feel much lighter.
...the one I love with every fiber of my soul.
We used to feel vaguely incomplete, now together we are whole.

I LOVE YOU ANTHONY SO MUCH!

HAPPY 39th BIRTHDAY!
HAPPY 18th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!

18 YEARS...totally flown by...WOW!

SEW CUTE!

Austin made this pillow at school!

 MADE!

 AUSTIN!

 WOW!

Our Valentine's Day

I have no pictures of my lovies on Valentine's Day!

Time was not on our side yesterday morning with getting ready for school and taking pictures of them with their valentine's gifts.

For dinner we had pepperoni rolls...YUMMY! Always a favorite.

 After the littlest lovies went off to bed, Anthony and I had dessert!

 I enjoy when the kids are asleep and we can have our time together.

Oh, what's that picture of? Well...that would a box of candy that TYLER bought for a girl!

 Just can't believe my baby boy bought a valentine for a girl he likes.

 Let's move on...

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Kinder Valentine's Party

Today was Carli's Valentine's Party!

 I was SO looking forward to helping with it. I LOVE being at the kids' school helping!

 Being Valentine's, it's only appropriate to have a build your own sundae party!

 Carli must have been moving when I took this picture?

 Gotta love a self portrait! FUN!

 Listening to the student teacher reading a book..she looks so interested huh?!

Looks tired here...maybe coming down off of the sugar high.

Since I helped with the party, they had lots of treats, plus their Valentine's, I didn't do class gifts this time. I did do a teacher gift and student teacher gift.

I was glad they did the party today instead of actually on Valentine's Day, which is Tuesday. Good way to end the week.

Carli

I wanted to document just how SHY NO MORE Carli is!

Just look at her behavior yestersay! Today, she did a little bit better. She got a smiley face. She told me that her teacher had to seperate her and her little girl friends! OH MY!

She brought home this Valentine today that she made for Tyler.

She loves outside so much! She really loves leaves, flowers, rock, and SNAILS! She thought this "baby snail" was "precious!"

Hopefully tomorrow at her Valentine party I'll get an actual picture of HER!

100 days of school

Can't believe the kids have attended 100 days of school already!

It's so cute when they're in elementary school and they celebrate that 100th day!

So Miss. Carli was anxiously awaiting this day!

She kept saying that she's "100 DAYS SMARTER!"

Oh and she IS! Uh, so precious!

We headed to the craft store to gather up supplies for this special day.

Carli is extremely crafty.

She knew exactly what she wanted.

For her shirt, she wanted "warm fuzzies".

Her teacher uses pom poms as warm fuzzies. When ever someone gives a compliment to her class or they're being sweet to each other, it gives her the "warm fuzzies" and the pom poms get put into a jar. So they all want to fill the teacher's jar with warm fuzzies, so they're on their best behavior! 

Isn't that super cute?! 

Her poster, she wanted these heart stickers. In the shape of a heart.

Just like a little girl...LOVES hearts, pink and purple, stickers!

I was really proud of her for doing the poster completely ALL BY HERSELF! Every bit of it!

Her shirt, I helped her with a little.

I wish I would've been able to get a picture of her. ALL of my kids are going through a "no pictures" phase! It's bothering me!

When she came home from school yesterday, I said, "Carli, why did you bring your water bottle home? It's suppose to stay at school."

She said, shaking her head and rolling her eyes, "MOM, it's the 100th day of schooool!"

I told her, "Yes, but you'll need it for school the rest of the week."

Carli, hand on her hip, " WHAT? School's not over? AW COME ON!"

I HEART SCENTSY!

I do, I really do! I LOVE

 This month, EVERYTHING in the catalog is 10% OFF to make room for all the 'scent'sational Spring/Summer products.

 This precious warmer of the month, "Flutterby"is also 10% OFF!

 But you can always get

 by hosting a home or basket party.

What about making money with Scentsy? It's so fun, so easy, and you know the products are awesome! You totally should

 Check out my website for ANY information or contact me!

www.michelleramirez.scentsy.us

Oh, and I can not wait for you to see what March has in store! New warmers, new scents, new buddies, new product LINES! More business opportunities! Idon't want you to miss out!

Happy Birthday Claire!

My best friend (since we were three and five years old) is celebrating a very special birthday!
Claire-Bear is FABULOUS 40!

I love you Claire and hope you have a fantastic day! CHEERS!

A girl and her dog

These are taken with my cell from inside my house. My bedroom has a door that also leads to the back yard and when I was in my room, I could hear Carli laughing like crazy and screaming! You know that high pitch girlie scream! I looked out to see who she was playing with, maybe Tyler or our neighbor who is also in kindergarten with Carli. NOPE! She was playing with her dog! I love to see her and Charlie playing! They always have so much fun together!

                                                     

My lil' reader!

Carli has been going with her class every two weeks to her school library, but it was always for story time. This past Friday was the FIRST TIME she got to check out a book from there! She was so excited! She knew exactly all the rules of checking out a school book. She couldn't wait to go grab a book that had "the pink dot on it, cause those are the ones for kindergartners"! 

This is the book she picked! She can even READ it!
She would NOT let me take a picture of her with it and especially would NOT let me record her reading it! I AM on a mission though to record her reading! I have to be discrete about it, but I WILL do it! It's just too cute!

BIRTHDAY GALS!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GREAT GRANDMA AND GREAT AUNT RACHEL!

Bad Blogger, bad!

or bad mom, bad! I've not taken ANY pictures, except these THREE, of my family! I haven't blogged in OVER a WEEK! What is going on? Nothing. We've just been going about our normal activities and I haven't documented any of it.

Austin had a bad last week with seizures, but we seemed to have gotten back on track.

Tyler went out of town for Region Choir tryouts this past Saturday.

Carli, is Carli.

And we are all loving our new baby!

 He's such a sweet boy!

He's very playful, but when the kids are gone to school, he gets as much sleep in as possible! I'm sure he enjoys the peace!

I like this picture of Carli and Austin. Carli is such a momma. Here she was showing her Bubby how to play a certain game on the computer.

I promise to myself I will do better at my picture taking and blogging!



Scentsy-versary!

Today marks ONE YEAR that I signed up to sell Scentsy!

I love everything about Scentsy products and being a consultant!

I get to meet new people, have parties, get free products, have a great team, and MAKE MONEY!

If you want any of the above benefits, let me know! I'd love to help you!

FYI: January is "Double Hostess Rewards". So book a home or basket party!

AND...If you do, I will also give YOU a free gift, in honor of my SCENTSY-versary!

Good boy!

Oh this puppy love was the best decision! He's so good! So affectionate! so spoiled! He just makes us all so happy!

I took him to the groomers for the "works" Friday. I honestly felt like I was dropping off one of my children. I almost wanted to stay the whole time to watch him, instead of coming back two hours later!

And I didn't have to wonder/worry how he did, because he got a "PAWgress" Report Card.

Also, since we changed his name when we got him, we still needed to change his tag. So he got his new name tag with his new name and on the back, his new family's information. I feel like he's officially ours now!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY(S)!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY UNCLE ROBERT!

 HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY TO MY NIECE, AMY!

First Awards Assembly!

                                                              

(I forgot my camera and had to use my cell.)

Carli had her very first awards assembly!

I still can't believe we're half way through school. That she's attended 83 days of kindergarten. I know the number of days only because SHE told me!
Anyway, Carli got the "Beary Best Friend" award; for being a best friend to everyone! Oh I love kindergarten! So does she! She also got her report card today and it was fantastic!
You'll notice, and be shocked I'm sure, to see that she has no bow in her hair. In fact, I looked around at all of the kinder girls and not one single BOW! A headband or plain ponytail here of there, but no bow!She hasn't worn one lately. Some of the time she'll put a clip or headband on. She now fixes her own hair and picks out her own clothes. This all will take some time for me to get use to. Her first word after all was BOW! I remember like it was yesterday how I would walk into her room and see her standing in her crib pointing to her bow holder, saying, "BOOOWW" and then patting her head! Uh, my baby girl! So, you can see how school has changed her quite a bit!

New Year Happenings

Turns out, if I don't blog in over a week, people start to wonder what's going on? Who'd have thought?! SO, guess I should blog...
NOTHING has been going on. Well, life, but nothing too exciting! Sadly, I haven't even taken pictures, except for the few above! The one of Charlie by himself was when I took him to pick up Carli from school, sitting in the car line for the first time. He loved it and so did Carli! That will now be an everyday occurrence! The picture of the chairs and table - they're from my bedroom. The chairs use to have a blue pillows on them and the table had a silver lamp on it. I moved them into my living room, switched out the pillows and lamp...I believe I like them there!
Anyway, the kids had three weeks off for Christmas break, so, the first week of the new year, we just laid around, enjoying having nothing to do. Tyler was gone last weekend to Pearland, to hang out with friends. The 9th, school started back, YAY! I enjoy a break in the routine, but not for too long, so Monday was great for me! I did all of my house cleaning Sunday, so that Monday I only had laundry to do. It was cold and rained, a perfect day to stay in and cuddle with my pup. He needed the extra lovin' since it was his first time with ALL three kids and Anthony gone for the day.
See, I told ya, we've been up to nothing!
I'll blog again very soon and WILL have more pictures!