Pinnacles Camping Trip or aka Mini Mather

We were invited to go on a group camping trip and it was more of a camping extravaganza in 100 degree weather.  Highlights:

- Miguel in the wild:  chasing raccoons, using a sling shot and breaking a window and reading camp stores.

- The beautiful hike that was highly stressful- the boys running along cliffs shoving each other to be in front!

- Roasting peeps

-Mentos experiments

- Spraying/ killing ants- Arrow

- 100 degrees in that dirty pool with hair balls and was more milky with lotion than clear

- the bazillion stars

- the nice kids the boys loved playing with

Spring Ball

 So industrial!  on TI

 The big toxic hill in the background.  

This might have been the nicest team they have been on- nice kids, nice coach and nice parents.  I had the best time at each game.  Too bad they never won.  One game was 17-2 (miguel got that second run!).  It was tough.  On Mother's Day they won big though.  IT was so much fun.  They won on runs not on walks or stolen runs.  All the parents went a little nuts but it was because it was such a hard season.  I loved these games.

Final Mommy Arrow Day :(

Every Friday for almost five and half years, Arrow and I have spent together doing almost the same thing.  We drop the boys off at Marshall and hang out a bit, then get coffee and watch cartoons at the Flying Pig and hang out with Sara.  We then head over to Trader Joes, where he gets lollipops and lots of attention.  We go home and he watches two cartoons.  We then just go to the park or library.  It is always very chill.  We just like being together.  I am so sad knowing they are over-  I am excited to see how they go in the future.  Arrow has always been so easy that way- just goes with the flow and does not need a lot planning just good hanging out time together.

 At the Maker Fair on our last Mommy Arrow Day

Finishing it off at Cicily's watching tv!

Moving on Up

 Miguel is moving on to middle school at Everett and Arrow is going to Marshall.  Here Arrow is with Senor Tobar and every Friday he says, "I'm coming!"  Watch out MarshalL!

 Araceli put on a wonderful 5th grade party at the school.  Here Miguel is with Finley.  The only ones not in that sea foam color- thank god!!

 Watch out Marshall!

 with Manuela :)

 Promotion Day!

 Right after this picture, Miguel did the biggest eye roll in the history of eye rolls.  So big there was a slight gasp from the audience.  I guess he is getting ready for middle school.

With Kenneth (his kinder friend who came back this year) Ms. Gomez, Mr. Gomez, and Elizabeth.  They were fantastic teachers. They were caring, had great things to teach and Miguel loved them.  So did I and thankfully Tonio will have them next year.

A Long Time

It has been awhile- a year and a half.  Not much has changed- there is still Mommy Arrow Days (not many left though!), boys are still in karate and Little League, they still fight and refuse to share and they still talk about gross stuff at dinner.

Tonight Miguel told us in detail how the digestive system works.  It was pretty awesome he could tell us so much but also pretty gross.

A favorite saying of Arrow's:  One night he was in bed and screamed:  "Mom!! Dad!!"  in a complete panic.  We went to find out what happened and he said, "Why does there have to electric eels?!"  It was pretty funny.  What goes on in the head right before bed!

In the year and a half that has passed Meme and Joe died, Arrow lost a lot of teeth as did Miguel, we finished Harry Potter and both boys got their first home

runs!