Warm And Sunny ... All Week Long

Lots of sun this week. I quickly had to mentally prepare myself so I could spend time outdoors with the little guy ... having the sun beat down on me is not something I'm too fond of. Because once my body reaches its internal heat maximum things can go bad really quick for me ... i.e. - bad HEADACHE!

Sydna managed to get a cold. She was craving something warm but she didn't want to drink tea so she asked Nathan if he could make her home made hot chocolate. Jacob taught him how to make it and he made sure to pay attention and memorize the recipe since he is a lover of all things sweet. 

Baseball is still very fresh in his mind. All week he has been playing with his bat and ball and asking brother if he could play with him. So cute! I'll bet my dad is going to be super happy to find out that Riley likes baseball ... given that my dad and brother are huge baseball fans. My dad loves the Dodgers and my brother has forever been a Reds fan. Again, we don't really follow baseball but we will root for the Padres, no matter how sucky they may be.

That's the free baseball cap the stadium gave out to all the moms on Mother's Day.

Tuesday was warm. I believe it got up  to 78 degrees but for some reason it felt warmer ... so I decided to let Riley play in the backyard. I cleaned out his water table and let him play for a while. I took out our canopy and set it up so I could enjoy being outdoors.

The following day we went on a walk. Riley loves to go on walks. Every day he asks me if we're going on a walk and even on days that I don't feel like it, I force myself and out we go. I just have to get back to my walking routine because I also do enjoy walking.

I almost forgot to mention that as soon as I reached my front door and walked inside the house I immediately got a headache. We really didn't walk far but I'm very sensitive to the sun and I was hot. I should have just stayed outside for a bit until I cooled off. The wind was so fresh. But, I didn't and that's when I got a headache. I ended up taking an advil but the headache didn't really go away. A few hours later I remembered that I hadn't drank coffee so I quickly made myself some. By nighttime I was feeling better. I am just extremely thankful that I don't suffer from migraines and I pray I never do because my dad gets them. Although,  I haven't heard him say he's gotten any in a while. 

This week he only napped twice. I'm going to really miss it when he stops napping for good.

They are ever so pretty!!!

Once daddy came home and after dinner he went back outside and played more ball.

Feeling happy and free with only his onesie and shirt on.

And guess what? Jacob just has to do his final this weekend and this class is OVER! Yay!!!

Working on his tracing skills ... but it looked more like Edward Scissorhands' than his own.

Caught a sweet moment. That's what he does. He'll come up to one of us and say, "I love you so much and give you either a big hug or a kiss. Isn't that the sweetest thing?! He also likes to give compliments, like all the time. When I wear one of my skirts or a dress he'll say, "I like your dress. It's so beautiful". Or when Jacob gets home from work he'll say, "Hi daddy! You're so handsome". He is a genuine tenderhearted little boy. They do pay attention. I'm just glad that we're setting a good example. I want my boys to be gentlemen.

And on the warmest night I let Riley take a bath around 9:00 pm. I only had the closet light on ... he liked that.

On Thursdays, Sydna's first class is not until 11:50 am so I made plans to go on a walk at a nearby trail.  This time I made sure  to have coffee along with an advil for extra measure. I did not want to end up with another headache. Also, I've been applying sunblock and that's another thing that I prefer not to put on but I know it's a must. Just like lotion, I can't stand the feeling of putting on sunblock. Even though I love the smell of it I can't stand the way it feels on my skin. Makes me feel dirty. Yuck! That's why as soon as I get home I wash my legs {if it's lotion} or take a shower {if I applied sunblock}. I know, I'm weird.

Riley had fun ... having a trail all to himself. I was surprised to see this trail empty because it is well known. We got lucky I guess.

There are times when I do get fed up with watching animated movies and on this day I was in the mood to watch a funny mellow movie so I put on Nacho Libre. Riley isn't usually interested in watching "mommy movies" {that's what I call non animated movies, lol}. But since there's children in this movie he decided to stick around and watch it for a few minutes. Then those few minutes turned into almost the entire movie. I was surprised that he was rooting for Nacho when he was in the ring. We don't ever watch wrestling that's why I was taken aback and thought it was funny of him to do that. Whenever Nacho got a few good hits or dodged his opponent Riley would say, "yeah, you did it. yeah! yeah!" LOL!!!

Waiting for daddy to get home from work while eating some mini marshmallows. He says they are his favorite!

And sometimes our evenings end pretty much like this. Watching a movie while we conclude our conversations about our day. 

Sydna has been busy in all three of her college classes. Working on reports, big art projects and presentations. She is doing great and I'm proud of her for wanting to get her college classes out of the way early. 

The kids are almost out of school. Just a few more weeks and I'll have all three kids home with me. Hopefully this will be the summer that I venture out to places I typically don't drive myself to. Freeways here are hectic. But I know I can do it. If I drove from Texas to San Diego once, I know I can drive in and around Seattle. 

Oh, and I almost ran over a toad. I was driving on a straight two way street and from a distance I saw something dark in the middle of my lane but as I came closer to it I noticed it was an animal. There would have been no way for me to swerve. But, thank God the toad didn't move as I drove over it. I looked back in my rear view mirror and saw it hop, lol. I'm sure someone ended up killing it. There were many cars behind me and toads don't have the gift of hopping fast like frogs. This toad was huge. I hope it didn't get killed.
I don't know why I'm a magnet for killing small creatures. I once ran over a squirrel on a bike. It didn't die but it was scary as heck because I could have fallen off the bike. {I'm sure my friend will get a kick out of reading this because it happened when we had gone on a bike ride together.}
Then when I lived in TX a squirrel was running across the street and the darn thing decided to turn back and I ended up running over it's back and legs. I saw it dragging its body. I felt so bad. The crunch that it made was awful. I know I've ran over two squirrels.
Then a bird hit my windshield and ended up falling to the ground. Awful.

Jacob has also had his share.
In TX as he was driving to work one morning he saw a coyote cross the street and as he was driving past it the coyote turned back and it ended up crashing into Jacob's front left bumper. It cracked his bumper. That was sad. A bird also hit his windshield once and Jacob said that when he looked in the rearview mirror he saw the bird explode. Eww!
And lastly, on one of our drives to Mt. Lemmon {in Tucson} we ran over a snake. It's a windy road to reach Mt. Lemmon plus it was nighttime. We were leaving Mt. Lemmon when we noticed a long snake crossing the road. Now, there's no way we could have stopped. It was just not safe to do so we drove over it. Since it was night we couldn't tell if the snake died but it felt gross. It was a big pump/lump, whatever. It was a huge snake.
Aagh! Just gross. I just hope we don't come across any more suicidal animals. But one thing I wont do if I come across an animal on the road and there's no way for me to stop or safely avoid it, I will not swerve and risk getting into a car wreck. Not possible and not worth our lives.