Full moon and 6th tooth lost

EDITED: it is a Harvest Moon.

We have a beautiful moon the last few nights, so full, so bright.  I would call it a harvest moon, but I am not sure it is based on the definition.

Bug and I enjoyed seating outside and looking at it thru the trees.

In other exciting news, Bug lost his 6th tooth tonight.  This one has been ready to come out  for the last 2 weeks, but Bug has been resistant to letting me pull it out.  Tonight, I pulled on it once and it popped right out.

Tomorrow is another birthday at our house, the last one of the year.

Love and hugs,

Deb

Fun with the Bug

The Bug is definitely growing up.  When did he get so big?

Almost too bug to ride around wiht Pap

Soccer Boy.

Superstar in his momma's eyes

Today, I went to help Bug's class tie dye tee shirts for the walk-a-thon next week.  A great way to spend my lunch time

even though it looks like dark blue, this is the light blue color going on the tee shirt

Now the dark blue.  The kids will get the shirts next week and then wear them on Friday. The added benefit, I now know the secret to making awesome tie dye tee shirts.  I see some fun in our future making our own designs.

My boy.

And we went and got ice cream after dinner tonight.

Lots of fun together.

Love and hugs,
Deb

another day with friends

My friend Julie took Bug today so I could rest.  I am so glad to have her as a friend.  She took Bug and her son N to the park.  The boys played tag, rode scooters and played on the playground.  I know they were busy because Bug fell asleep in the car on the way home.  I took these pictures from Julie's facebook page.

little buddies

I love this picture.

I stayed home and napped.  I was able to sleep for 2 hours.  Then I went over to have dinner, it was delicious. Julie and I talked while the boys played some more.  Pablo tried to play with Julie's dog Crackers, but Crackers just wanted to rest, as she is an older dog.

It was a good day.

Love and hugs,
Deb

Feliz Cumpleanos, hermano

This afternoon, we headed out to the farm for Hermano's birthday celebration. Pablo was invited too.  He spent the drive hanging out the window, thought not as much as this.  We were in a construction zone and basically not moving.

The boys playing before the party

The cake- plants versus zombies.  It is some computer game.  Vaca Momma makes awesome cakes.

Pablo got a new toy in celebration of going to the farm- it is a BULL. 

Pablo spent the afternoon and evening hanging out in the chicken yard (no chickens) with the calves.  One is about 2 weeks old and this one in the picture is less than 24 hours old. Pablo was scared of it and kept barking at it.

The party gang.

getting ready to blow out the candles

Then it was present time.  And after that the fun began- feeding the cows.

Meanwhile, Pablo made friends with the youngest calf.  He is so soft.

Little buddies

The sunset was gorgeous.

Happy Birthday Hermano and Happy Independence day to our friends and family in Guatemala.

Love and hugs,

Deb

Futbol!

It was the first evening of futbol season for us.  Bug was excited and ready.  I saw how much he has grown.  He ended last season in size 1 shoes (that was May2012) and he is now in size 2.5 shoes. His soccer cleats don't fit any more- clearly.  So we will be heading out before cub scouts tomorrow night or on Saturday morning and getting new soccer cleats.

Bug scored 2 goals tonight and did a great job defending his team's goal.  It was a great start to the season. 

Love and hugs,

Deb

some thoughts on traveling this week

No pictures from my trip, I was too tired to take pictures like I usually do when I am traveling.

Traveling to Boston was straightforward- one flight.  When I got to Boston, the streets were the emptiest I had ever seen.  I shared my observation with the cab driver and come to find out my flight landed right after a huge rain storm.

While there, I did not have a cell phone.  My new cell phone from work (3 weeks old) basically died on Sunday.  I could see the screen's back light was on, but nothing was on the screen.  Monday was a holiday here in the US, but I did call IT hoping they could get me a fix or a new phone before I left on Wednesday.  But that was not to be.  So I traveled with a cell that could receive calls (at least from my testing on Tuesday evening). 

Wednesday I called home from the hotel, because the phone did not work at all once I got to Boston- and yes I put it on the charger.  Thursday was filled with meetings but I was able to talk to Bug from the hotel room before he left for school.  Coming home was the challenge.

When I left the meeting, I forgot to work out with one of my colleagues to call home once I got to the airport to let Mam and Pap know my first flight was still on time.  Coming home I had to take 2 flights.  I got to my first destination and I had a 5 hour layover and no way to call home.  Internet reception at the airport was awful.  it took me over an hour to get connected.  I was able to get one of my siblings to call my parents early on to let them know I was on my way home and all my flights were still on time.  close to the boarding time for my second flight (the last flight home), I was asked another passenger if I could use her phone to call home.  She was happy to let me call home on her phone, so I was able to leave a message that I was arriving at the airport at midnight as scheduled.

What I learned in all of this, is that I am not happy without a cell phone.  My work team can not reach me- even though I had left them a colleague at the meeting to contact, that colleague turned off her phone during the meeting (she is a good PM).  And I was anxious that Mam and Pap had no way to reach me nor could I reach them.  I was worried just in case anything happened to Bug or me.

I don't want a personal cell phone, that would leave me with 4 phone numbers- 2 for work, 2 for home.  But I think if thus ever happens again, a stop at Wal Mart or some place like that will be in order for a disposable phone or a phone I can just put minutes on. 

My new work cell phone arrived on Thursday morning and is currently charging.  fingers crossed this one lasts more than 3 weeks as I have another trip at the beginning of October. At least that trip will not involve 9 hours in airports and airplanes.

Love and hugs,
Deb

Hi Bug- just a note to tell you I love you

Bug,

I did not take any pictures today in Boston, sorry.  But I wanted to tell you that I love you and I miss you.  I hope you are having fun with Mam and Pap and Pablo.  I will talk to you in the morning.

I love you forever, forever, for always.  Te amo, mi hijo. 

Love,
Momma

Fun with friends- the last day of summer

We headed over to the farm today to pick up some hormone/antibiotic free beef (AKA- yummy beef) and to see Hermano and his family.  While we were there, vaca dad asked if Bug wanted to feed the new calf.  So off we trekked to the pen to feed the little calf.  He was pretty scared of us, so we had to enlist some help rounding him up so Bug could feed him.

LS is helping around the farm and he helped get the calf's mouth open for the bottle.  The calf is still learning to take the bottle.  The calf is a twin and the momma can't nurse both, so this one is being bottled fed for a while.

The boys- such handsome little men

We brought Hermano home with us for some play time.  We met up with J and N for so swim time.  We were going to jump on the trampoline today, but we are finally getting some rain.  We had a break in the rain for swim time, which was good since we had to swim outside.  The indoor pools were being cleaned at 2 Y's we were going to swim at. 

When wee got there, the boys all were given red bands- meaning they can not swim alone.  But we watched another swimmer take the yellow band test and J and I realized that Bug and N could pass the test easy nothing.  So with some maternal encouragement, the boys took the swim test (they had to swim 25 feet without touching bottom) and they passed!

Hermano hung out on the steps, throwing toys to N and Bug to pick up off the pool bottom.  They played in the pool for an hour.

There was also some jumping off the side of the pool.  It was a great time.  The mommas got to talk and the boys got to play.  As we left the pool, the rain started up again.  We just missed being rained on. 

After swimming, we took the boys for dinner.  They choose pizza which outvoted the momma's choice of Mexican.

There is always next time.

Even though the day was rainy, we still found ways to have a great time.  This was a great way to end the summer.

Love and hugs,
Deb

Some quilting

A quick picture of Bug and Pablo sleeping (I woke Pablo up with the flash on the camera).

I worked on some more quilt blocks the last day.  It is hard to do with Bug and Pablo determined to be right next me every second of the day.   Both of them are driving me up the wall with their need to be in the same space I am in, they both follow me to the bathroom, if I am in the kitchen, they are in the kitchen.  It is driving me bonkers.

love and hugs,
Deb