Trip to the Beach

We went to Ocean City, MD this past week. We went with my family. It was a great vacation! We only went for 4 days which was perfect.

Ella and Max had a great time. They played in the sand and jumped around at the edge of the ocean. They also liked going into the pool at our hotel.

Cyrus on the other hand, wasn't very happy with the

beach.

This is how he spent his time at the beach. He hated the sand.

Grandma and the kids.

Me with the kids.

Ella and Cyrus Dancing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Ez9efsW2Y

My New Goal

For those who may not know my past I was a runner in high school. I really enjoy to run but it is hard to get motivated! Thanks to my friend Amber's blog I got an idea of how to train for a 5K. It is www.coolrunning.com . I like to because you start out slow. I adapted it a little by running for 90 seconds and then walking 60 seconds. I've done this for 2 days now. It does work. It helps me get motivated to run up all the hills in Morgantown. My goal is to run the Forest Festival Race in October. I want to blog about this so it will help me hopefully continue with my goal! Time will tell.

The Great Hat Search

Sadly, we lost Cyrus' hat at the Relay for Life. The one that his Mee Maw got him in Mexico. I loved it! It fit perfect and it was sooo cute. Well, I wanted to get him a new one but it is not easy with his BIG head. First, I looked at Walmart... no good. Next, checked a few other places... nothing. Finally I went to Game day. com on the Mileground and found a WVU HAT!!! It is so cute.

Hot summer day

Yesterday I got out the new pools I got from Walmart. It was a lot of work but a lot of fun. Chris and Andy decided to cut down a tree in our yard that was dead so we put the pools out in the back. (Luckily the tree didn't hit our house! I was a little worried but they did it!!)

So Ella had a great time in the pool and then Cyrus woke up. He is getting his molars in so he has been very grumpy lately. He wasn't as thrilled with his pool. Kyle and Rachael (my friend Karin's kids) came over to play so of course Ella was super excited. Rachael loved the little pool. I added some pictures of the kids.

My loooooooooooong night

10:00 pm - went to bed

2:00 am - Cyrus wakes up crying

2:30 am - We finally get Cy calmed down

2:45 am - Ella wants to get up so I told her no. She continues to want to get up so I told her she can go into the living room but I'm staying in bed. (I figured she would be right back.) Well, I forgot she now knows how to turn on Noggin. (Yes Noggin is on 24 hrs a day!) So she is out in the living room watching Little Bear (her favorite show of course).

3:20 am - I tell her it is time to go to bed.

3:30 am - Cyrus is back up. He cried and cried. So finally I get up and I changed his diaper... still not happy. Give him a drink.... still not happy. ( I had given him Motrin earlier in case it was his teeth.) So the only thing I can think of is he is hungry. I didn't want to nurse him so I got a breakfast bar and fed him that. Ella comes out and says, "I'm hungry!". So, I get her a breakfast bar also.

4:00 am - I get to go back asleep finally!!!!

6:15 am - Cyrus is up... Yes up and happy!



One day I might get a full night sleep! I may have to go away but one day!

Our weekend

We had a great weekend! I wanted to tell you all about our weekend. It started out with a restful nap!!! Chris came home early on Friday and the kids were both sleeping! So we took a nap also. Ella went to stay with her Mee Maw (Shirley) on Friday. They went to the movie down by the river with Aunt Cye Ann and her cousin Ashley. Then, Saturday morning they went shopping. Saturday afternoon Chris and I took the kids down to the trail with my new jogging stroller. We rollerbladed on the trail. It was a lot of fun but now my legs are killing me. Saturday evening we went to Pee Paw's house for a Hess get together. They built a fire and we roasted marshmallows. I had 2 smores! YUM!!! Ella went back and stayed with Mee Maw. She told me she was going to stay for 10 days with Mee Maw, which she probably would!

On Sunday my parents came up and stayed until Monday. I got the bright idea to put new mulch outside. So Chris went and got a truck load and my dad helped us put it around. We worked on this for about 4 hours! Thanks to my dad we got it done. My mom watched the kids. She took them out to our little pool we have. Ella loved it, but Cyrus wasn't too crazy about the cold water! I posted pictures of our new mulch and flowers. The rose bush was a gift from one of my old 3rd graders 2 years ago. It is growing so much, I just love it!

After all the hard work we all went down and got ice cream. Finally on Monday the girls went to the mall. Grandma bought Ella a new pair of sandals. She was very excited. We ended our weekend with a picnic at one of my friend's house. So now I need the rest of the week to get rested up from this busy weekend!