Disneys California Adventure

Here are a few pictures from our Disney Vacation a few weeks ago. We loved Disneyland and California Adventure. Our favorite ride was at California Adventures, California Screamin! My wild boy loved his first upside-down coaster. He was scared to get on the ride so we bribed him with a churro. He's no dummy and since they have the best hot churros, he went on the ride with us. He LOVED it of course. We ended up going on it 7 times.

The Dusty Huffy!

My dusty bike is finally clean.
Every possible thing to stop me from riding my dirty bike happened.
Cobwebs and spiders, removed.
2 flat tires, pumped.
One would think tackling these chores could get me back on my bike.
Oh, but I failed to mention that my bike had a combination lock on it. It had been so long since I rode it that I forgot the combination.
Rats! I could not unlock it. How could my brain forget the combo! I even offered $1 to Cody if he could figure out the combination. Jeff bumped it up to $5.
Yes, I would have paid him $5 to unlock my bike.
Finally, in my moments of despair, I went inside and got my wrench. There's two ways to skin a cat. I removed the tire and freed the bike. All that for a 30 minute bike ride in 108 degree heat. I must be insane and sweaty!

What would we post if Cody was in charge of the BLOG?

Cody today decided he needed to take pictures of his stuffed kitty's for the blog. Me, being lazy and unwilling to get up to take his cats pictures, i sent him upstairs to take care of the deed himself. He came back downstairs happy as a clam ready for me to upload them to the blog.
So, here we go. One is named BiG MollY and the other LittLe MOlLy.
I will let you guess who is who!

Well since I am downloading my sim card, here are a few pictures from the first day of school, last Wednesday. Ok, so a few hours after he got home from school and I got home from work. I had him put his backpack on and smile so I didn't completely miss out on his first day.

Special Delivery!

Guess what I got in the mail today? Sorry, mom, didn't open it yet to show you.
Thought I would tease a bit first.

Our past adventures

We haven't posted in awhile so here are a few pictures of our outings. Since I don't think anyone reads our blog, I don't feel to bad for not updating it.

Cody's got glasses, and now he can see! Yea for Cody. He picked them out. I think he did a good job.


We had a very relaxing memorial weekend in tucson.


We went hiking and enjoyed the scenery.


Cody had to endure his mother taking pictures of every sunset. The hiking trails were so cool and the scenery was beautiful.


We saw a huge lizard.


Dad and Cody.


Mom and Cody.


And we saw lots of CACTUS.

News of the Day! Don't get excited, it's not good news!

This came as a shock to me but Cody needs spectacles. Poor little one can hardly see out of his left eye and has been sneakily masking it for years. I feel bad for not catching it sooner but, as mom says, don't blame yourself. Cody picked out some cute blue glasses and hopefully they will help. They unfortunatly won't cure the problem but will help a little bit. We have also been told to have Cody wear an eye patch for 30 minutes to an hour a day to try and get him to strengthen his bad eye. We are playing up the whole pirate thing, "oh, you look so cool with that patch on!" "Arrrr, your a scary pirate!" Yes, he looks silly but what can you do? He also hates the eye mask though because he can't see with his good eye covered up. It has to be done. Hopefully we will see progress. I will keep you posted and maybe even post a picture of him when the blue glasses arrive.

Cody's own Camera

Cody got this totally cool looking kid camera for his birthday. He can loop it to his jeans and it even has a rubbery outside that is perfect for Codys, oh, I mean clumbsy children.
After downloading the pictures I am just not sure what settings it needs to be on. I can't seem to get any clear pictures. See below for our adventures with Cody's camera.

Hmm, not quite flattering, yes Cody, that button takes the picture, don't aim at moms booty next time!


It is a moms job to always read the directions. How does this thing work, ok, so it must be self explanatory, no directions needed. Leave it to a child to think this is picure worthy.


Oh yea! Dad is home from work, "look what grandma Beasley sent me for my birthday, say cheese dad!" Dad thinks the new camera is cool. A perfect gift for the little man.


Finally a picture where we weren't caught off guard. Cody must have been watching the cute little girl that took the picture and forgot to smile.


Aha, this is fun, mom has the camera now. This camera is cooool! Can't resist taking one of the little man, he got a hair cut a few hours before.

Cody's 7th B-Day Party

Ok, so better late than never. Here are a few highlights from Cody's birthday Party from a blustery Day at the park on March 27th. 15 kids, lots of spongebob stuff, a chocolate cake, and a pinata. It was fun!

Miniature Golfing

Cody and I went minature golfing a few weeks ago and saw Joel, Lita, and Loa. Sorry no pictures of them, they are unwilling to get photographed. So, just pictures of Cody. But, pay close attention Grandma, you might see another one of your babies in the background. Wink Wink! We had lots of fun and lots of bad swings. Some of the holes were tricky. We also rode the go carts, Cody really enjoyed them.

This is one of the scariest pictures I have of Cody, he cracks me up. Who taught this kid how to smile?

I think he unfortunately takes after me in miniature golf.

Last Soccer Game

Yesterday was Cody's last soccer game for the season. The "SHARKS" had a good season. Here are some pictures from the game.

"ARE YOU GOING TRICK OR TREATING TONIGHT?"

People just crack me up sometime. On Saturday, which was Halloween, we had to take Cody into the pediatric urgent care because he had flu-like symptoms. The triage nurse had ears on and her face painted like a cat. She had just taken Cody's temperature and it was 101.5. She asked Cody, "are you going to go trick or treating tonight?" Oh, my gosh. We have been quiet about it all day because he was sick and there is no way in heck, I am taking him out trick or treating. Thanks for reminding him. Do you really think a sick kid should be out trick or treating? Instead, we got tamaflu, a steroid for his breathing, a burger king kids meal, and passed out candy at home to trick or treaters. For the record, Cody was perfectly fine on Sunday, no fever, and we are pretty sure he was sick from his flu shot that he had received at school thursday afternoon. Just fighting off the flu shot and now candyless!

Someone has been a busy bee!

Look what Cody built. 2 hours alone in his room and 251 pieces later, we have a masterpiece. First one to break it builds it again. I don't know about you, but I am staying away!

Back to School

Cody went back to school today. It is so crazy to send your kid back to school in August when it is still 105 degrees outside and even crazier to start on a Wednesday. First grade pooped him out. He came home tired and hungry. I guess that means he had a good day.

Lego Star Wars

Cody got his first video game, lego star wars. I told Jeff when we had kids I never wanted them to play video games. Ok, so life obviously is not what I envisioned. First of all, Kids, as in more than one! That didn't happen. Second, we bought a video game. He has 20 more minutes of his allotted time for today playing. It was so nice though, I had time to cut up fruit and make a smoothie, and check my email. We have been running out of options of things to do in 100 heat. So this is a nice little inside game. I played for a few minutes last night. The graphics are awesome. Maybe soon we will figure out all the tricks.

Meltdown!

Cody is having one of his meltdowns so I must keep myself occupied on the computer to keep myself from snapping at him. He is upset because he found a picture in his room and in the picture he is asleep on a finding nemo pillow. He is wanting that pillow. The pillow is like 5 years old and has been lost for at least three years. I told him that he lost it at daycare and he is not happy about that. Well anyways looks like he is calming down and I need to play the compassionate mother role while he is rational.

Sea World

Sea World was so awesome. Our favorite part was seeing the killer whales. They are amayzing mammals. We took lots of pictures but here are a few of my favorites.

D-BACKS!

We went to the D-backs game yesterday afternoon. Yea, they won. It was quite an exciting 11 inning game. It was bobblehead night so we each got our own bobblehead of Stephen Drew. It kept Cody entertained for part of the game. We were surprised that Cody haden't broken his in the first 10 minutes. A few years ago Jeff's co-worker gave him a bobblehead of Randy Johnson. Jeff brought it home and Cody had managed to rip Randy's head off in the first 10 minutes.

Friday night adventure!

Tonight we went to the zoo with some friends. We had a blast. We all rode the merry go round, Cody and Ethan played in the splash pads, and even slid down the water slide. We were leaving the zoo when we realized that we hadn't seen any animals. Ok, so we saw turtles in the lake, ducks wading, and Cody saw a rabbit run accross the path. But, those aren't the animals that you actually go to the zoo to see. Ah, maybe next time. It is actually just too hot here to do anything outside except play in the water. Does anyone actually read our blog? Sorry we haven't posted in a long time, we have been busy.

THIS IS HOW YOU PLAY JENGA WITH CODY

When they say ages 8+ on a box, I think I will trust them next time. Playing Jenga with Cody had disaster written all over it. I think I get points for trying. I showed him how to set it up but was in the middle of cooking dinner. I apparently didn't micro-manage well enough. Cody took out the middles first. The tower looked like the bottom half of a robot.

He is moving in for the kill.

And there you go, could have figuired that would happen.

The weather has been warm, can you guess what we have been up to?
A duck running for it's dear life after Cody chases it at the zoo!
Cody and his friend Ethan posing in Monkey Village.
Cody staying cool by playing in the splash pad.