Going Somewhere?

Many people this time of year, head out on vacation. Flying or driving hundreds, sometimes thousands, of miles away from their home. As they enjoy themselves, splashing in the ocean, skiing in the powder of the mountains, or sharing meals with distant loved ones, their house, and all those personal items, are left behind, attended by a friend or neighbor. I usually leave my parents keys to come over and feed the cat, check the mail, etc.. But they have their own busy schedules to tend to, and so my home sits empty over night and through most of the day. Sound like you? What if you could have someone look over your house while you were gone 24/7?!? Even if you are not leaving town, but just heading to work, or a late night at a friends house? Even when you are home, to have the security of knowing someone is there to help at any hour? Well you can! Have you ever thought of getting a home security system? There is more than just simply alerting you to trespassers, your system can also alert you to smoke in your home. Leaving town? If your alarm is set off, the police are alerted immediately, and a warning signal is giving, which ultimately helps deter an intruder from proceeding into your home. When I think of leaving my kids with a sitter, or when they get old enough to stay home alone, what better way to make sure they are safer? 


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Not vacationing this year? Neither are we :( But we keep the kids pretty busy with all the fun stuff to do right here at home. Some days though, it's nice to sit down and veg. Last summer we lived in a much warmer state, and spent more time indoors watching movies and cartoons. We had DIRECT TV, and it was a entertainment saver. We could record my shows, while the kids watched theirs. I could search for shows that were scheduled to show later in the week and either set a reminder or have it record. We always had something to watch. I still go over to my mom's house and use her DIRECT TV :)

Media veg-out Day!

Every now and again, you just need a veg-out day. Ours was yesterday. The temp never got any higher than 60 degrees and the wind was in the 40mph range. Swimming was out of the question, and our Monday library trip was postponed till today, daddy had to work :( So we turned on NetFlix , charged the hand-held video game and got the kid's computer games installed. It was kind of nice to not really do anything, we have been pretty busy this summer so far, with swimming, hiking, library visits, bbqs and evening walks. My oldest hadn't played his video games in quite awhile and so that was his main activity for the day and the princess got to watch old cartoons (old as in She-Ra!). My youngest however is not so easily entertained, he ran around the house and was his crazy little self :)

Sometimes the cold weather is just what we need. This last week I had been craving chili, which isn't always on the summer menu in our house. with the chilly weather blowing through, I got my chili last night! I make my chili a little different, the kids and hubby do not like beans :( I know, boo on them! So instead I put potatoes in my chili. It's so good that I almost prefer it over the traditional bean version, I said almost :) But the main thing is the kids will eat it and that's a big plus. Today though we will have better weather and more things to get done outside the house. Which I hope means the kids will go to bed a little earlier than they did last night :)

Summer break is here!

It's here! Yesterday was my son's last day of kindergarten! He is sooo excited to be out of school, and to be an official 1st grader now ;)  However, I am not so excited. Now he is my best behaved kid, when he is not fighting or rough housing with his sister and brother. My days are crazy enough with the two younger, add a third and the crazy level surpasses the insanity mark. Luckily, our apartment complex has a swimming pool! So that means I went snooping for pool stuff :) I found a ton of things over at Become.com, they have EVERYTHING! I found some awesome foam pool floats. However the one thing I really wanted that I found, was a inflatable couch! Was it is that making something inflatable, makes it ten times more fun :)  I am pretty sure the kids swim suits all fit, and I think I can still wear mine from last year, thats the part I'm not looking forward to. Just the thought of playing in the pool and getting all the wonderful sun, makes me smile :)

To keep my big guy busy this year, I have been compiling a list of activities to do. So far on the list, hiking, and going to the park are most requested by the kids, well of course swimming is #1. We do plan on bowling this year, and I would like to get the kids more involved with sports. My oldest gets to play basketball and kickball at school, but I think he would love to play baseball. He almost got to watch a game with the rest of his school a few weeks ago, but the game got rained out before it even got started. Our local team plays a lot of home games and tickets are pretty reasonable so I'm sure we will take him again. I also started looking for baseball equipment, and again I found myself checking out Become.com . I did say they had EVERYTHING, didn't I? I found some really nice baseball bats, such as the Easton SV12. I don't think my guy is ready for anything quite this deluxe, but eventually he might be :) Or maybe we will try golf....or fencing...or even maybe karate......

And of course, whatever it may be that we end up doing this summer, I will share with you the crazy antics, moments and stunts my kids decide to entertain us with. :) Let me know what you have planned for this summer, or your suggestions for us :)