It is ok to forget right???

I will admit it, I TOTALLY, COMPLETELY forget it is Father's Day. 100% out of my mind. I am losing my mind. So, I am thinking it is OK to forget because there is still daylight left. HA HA! I haven't even called my own Dad yet. Which by the way is the best , ever! He used to make us pancakes on Saturday mornings, I love that memory. He will still make me breakfast (grand kids too) when we visit. Mostly because I sit around waiting for him to get to it.

Now, the naked bums in this pics are NOT kiddie porn. The kids decided to strip down and play in the water in the yard. I mean strip down naked. Melissa thought this was quite funny, as you can see when I caught her with the camera.

On a new note, Ryan is trying so so hard to walk. Uh, yeah 8 months old (today) is a little early for this. He had pulled himself up and is standing in his crib. He is now pulling up and letting go. If you hold his hands he tries to walk. I think he will be my busy kid. Always on the run.

Caleb caught tadpoles the other day. I mean we live in the DESERT, the DESERT. So where these tadpoles came from I don't know. I don't know if I want to know. He caught six of them and only one survived. The first one died the other night, he cried and cried. There was serious tears shed over "the little dead baby tadpole". He used to say when he was little "but it is just a baby!" He said it again last night. I mean HOURS of crying. The pillow was still damp this morning over the loss of the tadpole. And by morning four more had gone to animal heaven. The one left is getting legs. No we are not keeping it. I made the deal that once it turns into whatever swamp monster it is, then we will take a trip to the Rio Grande and let it go.

And lastly, I am so close to being done with Christmas shopping. Oh yeaahh. I know most people think I am crazy. But I will tell you when you are out there fighting the crowd, traffic and stressing about trying to find the gift you need for someone. I will be laughing-quietly-because I will be all done. :) Granted it was not the biggest haul in the kids or Ron have ever had. But something is better than nothing.

I've been busy

OK, so I haven't been too busy. Just Ryan thinks he belongs on my hip all the time, this would include sleeping time. He now thinks he needs to sleep in bed with me. So when I lay him down he wakes up and cries until I put him on my pillow. He settles right down, as long as I stay right there. As you can imaging this does not work so well with Melissa. Melissa thinks it is her duty to wake Ryan up. She says to him "UP UP!" Then shakes the crib or pulls my pillow out from underneath. Er. I try to get them to sleep at the same time to avoid this fiasco.

Melissa turned two. We could hardly believe it! TWO!! I keep thinking of her as this little 18 month kid. But like my Dad used to say, "You know you are old when time goes by too fast." I used to think he was full of it. Funny how time does go by too fast. We took Melissa to Build a Bear in the mall. She loved it until they stuffed the bear. This was a bad idea. It was the same as last year, all fun until the machine came on. We bought her a cake, which was successfully smashed in the car. So rather than replace it, we ate it, tastes the same as non smashed cake.

My parents came for a visit we ran them to the ground. We took them places everyday they were here. And while they were here Ron and I got to go out. Good fun. We went to the casino and spent the night. We are not big gamble people but we put our $10 in and had fun. We also went to the movie, as in a REAL ADULT movie, with no animation and big words. HA HA! We went and saw Star Trek, it was really good. A pleasant surprise for me, since I am not a "Trekie". We took my parents to the zoo with the kids. There were lots of "zoo babies" there. My Dad picked up a duckie for Melissa to pet. Well the little one quacked hard for Mom and she came running. It was pretty funny. No petting the duckies! Caleb and my Dad went to the Aquatic Center. No pics on this one because we dropped them off. But I think they had fun. We also had a "pre" party for Melissa. Since her birthday wasn't until the week after they left, we celebrated early. I don't think Melissa minded.

Ryan has learned to crawl, pull himself up and is all over the place! He is so cute and so clingy with me. Melissa had some separation issues but Ryan has exceeded her standard. He likes to chase the new kitten, Max. We named him Max because we are Max'ed out here. Max'ed out on pets, space, and kids. :) Ryan will try to pull Max's fur out, Max just takes it. He is a funny cat. He likes to play chase with Caleb. Yes he chases Caleb like he is a dog. Melissa packs Max around, poor cat. Max takes this too without complaint. Or at least as long as she isn't choking him. He is cute and was my present for my birthday.

So Ryan is now screaming (again) because I am 6 feet away. Sign. I am posting lots and lots of pics and not labeling any of them...too much effort.