Having fun

My new bike that I got for Mother's Day! Isn't it PRETTY???? Doesn't my scraproom look a horrible mess?

The girls on the piano (May 9th):





Pictures from the play/sprayground (these were taken today):











The girls and I have been having a BLAST! Jerry got the van open the other day without the aid of a locksmith, he simply strengthened his tool and used it to open the van from the inside. Thank Goodness! So we went to Wal mart and got water, and a bunch of other stuff. When we left, we were approached by a woman who wanted money for food. I told her "Well, I don't have cash, but I can buy you some food using my card, if that's all right..." She was SO thankful. I got her about 20 dollars worth of items, including hamburger, milk, bread, cereal, and some Oreos. She asked if she could get them, and I said "Sure, no problem." I'd have probably bought her 50 dollars worth of stuff if that's what she wanted... only thing she wanted and couldn't get was an onion. They don't sell onions at our local Wal mart, no produce. They have a decent food section, but food that spoils, they do not sell. So that was Sunday night, and we didn't get home til about 10, in time for Bec to go to bed for school the next day.
We've been all over the neighborhood. On Monday, we went to the library, then went back real quick before they closed at 6 to return the books Shabree got earlier, and get a few more to read that night. She's been reading a LOT, but I think she chooses books that are too easy for her because she finishes the QUICK. We have gone to the spray/playground a couple of times this week, at a couple of different parks. There is one that is pretty big at a park a little ways away, and a small one that is over by the girl's school. I took pictures at the big park, but forgot my camera when we went to the little park... we have always biked to the smaller park, and we drive to the bigger park. We COULD ride over to the bigger park, but there are timing problems with naps and such, plus I don't have anyway of taking Sammi and Alex on the bike, so they can't go when they're awake. I can't leave them with Jerry when they're awake because he's working, and can't deal with the noise in the background... it's unprofessional. Anyway, today I ended up taking both Sammi AND Alex to the big park. Sammi won't go in the water. You can kind of tell she SORT of wants to, but she's scared or something. She even stripped down to her pull up today to go in and then changed her mind, so I put her clothes back on her eventually. Now Alex, she went in to the water w/ Syd or Shabree, and had a BLAST. She was pretty tired and thirsty, mostly thirsty, so that was making her cranky. Once she got some Gatorade into her, which she drank straight from the bottle, she was MUCH happier, and she LOVED the water, she was grinning from ear to ear. We had to leave all of a sudden though, because Syd was supposed to go to Modesto, but the girl that usually picks them up in Lodi had to work, so we ended up not going after all. I want to get a one piece swimsuit, so I can go in the water more comfortably, but the one I want is 33 dollars, which is a bit much for our budget right now.
My brain is a bit befuddled right now... got up early, though I did get a nap from 9ish to 12ish. But the reason I/we got up early was to go to the DMV and see about getting an appointment to get a drive test so I could get my license back... well, she had me do the sight test again, and after about 15 minutes, I was able to read the whole line, so I PASSED! I got my license back without a drive test! WHOOHOO! My poor vision though was SO blurry, I was glad Jerry had driven, I could NOT see straight.
We took a picnic to the park, that was fun, but we ate on the grass, and I didn't enjoy that much. I would rather have been sitting at a table or on a bench.
I went to the scrapbooking store the other day, and I got some Prima flowers (basically paper flowers for you non-scrapbookers) They are SOOOO cute. The first ones I saw were orange with polka dots and circles...well, they were pretty, but I thought, WHAT the heck can I use THOSE on? I don't do a lot of orange. Well... THEN I saw the PURPLE ones w/ polka dots and circles, and I HAD to have them. I bought those, some stickers for a Pirates of the Caribbean shaker box, and some black glitter glue and some purple glitter, actually, Syd bought the purple glitter for me. I only had 10 dollars on me, so couldn't buy the purple glitter.
Then shopping at Wal mart the other day, went into fabrics and crafts and spotted the new ribbon, and I found the PRETTIEST ribbon with different colored primative hearts on them (that is actually what they're called, primative hearts. I don't know why.) I also found some Disney Princess ribbon, which I HAD to have. It was sooo cute. So now I'm going to have to make some layouts so I can use my cute Prima flowers and my cute ribbon and my cute glitters. LOL... Yes, I am SUCH a girl sometimes. While at Wal mart, I got Shabree a new swimsuit, and a size 7/8 did NOT fit her, we had to take it back and get a size 10 instead... remember that this kid is still 6. The 7/8 fit, just she will outgrow it by the end of summer, maybe sooner. So we bought the 10 instead. Hopefully it still fits next year. She and I both need to lose some weight, and so the bike riding has been good for us. I wish the weight would come off quicker... I need to quit eating Sydni's cookies, which are DE-LISH-US. YUM. LOL, yes, I know I spelled that wrong.
Well, I gotta go... Alex is in here, and that's not a safe thing. So will get her out. I can't believe it's already 7 p.m. Today FLEW by.