Malak's First Playdate!

I can't believe I haven't had a real playdate for my poor kid yet but decided it was time for him to make some friends of his own. He really thinks that all of Kai's friends are his and he wants Tony and Blake to come over every day to play with him. He doesn't understand that they are in school and have a life of their own. So we decided to invite cute little Logan Hanshew over. I figured Logan could handle Malak and they would play well together. They did indeed! They were so fun! In between having to translate for each other and wanting to eat everything in my pantry they did very well for the 2 hours they were together. I was quite impressed. They go to Nursery together and they are both pretty tough boys as well as spoiled so they handled each other very well. I can't wait to have him over again!

A Day in the Park

Well since I've turned over a new leaf in my life, I've taken the kids to the park every day this week. Malak was the only one I had today when we had time to go but as soon as we got in the car he said, "Are we going to the Dinosaur Park, Mom"? How can you say no to that? When we got to the park it was actually closed for maintenance so we decided to just walk around and look at turtles since they are our favorite! I absolutely love watching them...I really want to steal one and bring it back to the house to have as my own pet....but would never! One of the baby turtles actually let us kneel down next to him and touch him quite a few times. I was surprised because usually they back dive into the water as soon as you get too close. Malak doesn't understand the concept of sneaking up on anything.. but he was very quiet getting close to this turtle.

He picked Mommy the smallest flower he could find in the bunch...what a thoughtful little boy!

You can see the turtle sitting right where the bushes separate .

All the turtles were just sunbathing out on the rocks today. It was very cold and the wind was blowing- I think they were all trying to get warm. We must have seen at least 20 turtles today. They were all out! I Guess they are thriving in their environment....it wouldn't hurt if I just took one would it?

Ya had a Bad Day..

Well Kai had a rough day today... so we made brownies!! He came home from school and was very sad. He seemed to only want to cuddle and cry. We started talking about what was wrong and he told me that all of his friends were moving. Next year all of his close friends will either be going to a different school or moving to a different state. It has been very hard on him because we were supposed to also be moving and now we are staying behind. I told him that he will make new friends and he'll be able to keep some of his old friends, but he just didn't seem to get any better. Desperate times call for desperate measures... and that's when I suggested Brownies!! Chocolate makes everything go away. He was the same old fun loving kid while we were making them and of course while we were licking the bowls. It was hard to share my favorite part with him though....however his puppy dog eyes made me give up my share of the licking. We had so much fun hanging out and enjoying each others company.