Swingin’ Time

I will be the first to admit it, I have not been the most hands-on Mom as of late. Moving is STRESSFUL. Moving to almost 2000 miles away is more stressful.

I’m fortunate enough to be a stay-at-home-mom, so sometimes it feels like I have hours upon hours of time…to make time to play. But recently, I feel like I’ve been working overtime, and it’s not for Bo and Ace. So 3 time-outs, and 5 meltdowns later, it’s time to get out of the house.

We live steps away from a small park and taking 20 minutes out of another pre-move hectic day, relaxes everyone. We are all laughing, and the chaos is gone.

Final Days…

We know our last day in Sacramento is looming…so the Argenal clan has been trying to make every day count with fam and friends. Plus, with Gus being in the heart of recruiting season and the tiny fact that he now works in Houston, we’ve been trying to squeeze in family outings every day he is home (and you know, I have to get use out of all those annual memberships I buy)!

 

Are we exhausted? Duh.

Worth it? Absolutely.

Another Birthday Creeps Up…

 

Bo turns 3 years old next Friday…WATCH OUT Disneyland.

A Fabulous Fourth!

Bounce house, BBQ and Besties? You can’t beat spending a chill Independence day with fam and friends ESPECIALLY when you know you are moving away from them in a month…aw, tears.

Let’s save that for later. : )

We swam, chased around the kiddos and enjoyed amazing food at our family friend’s home, the McLemores, and the weather was perfect!

Reecer got in some bonding time with the ladies…

Until Acers tried to crash the party…

the Boy’s Club took over…

and Reecers found herself on the outs.

Ace felt the Karma later when he and his buddy, Finn, “bonded.”

And of course, FRIENDS Bo and Kendall celebrated their independence…

Argenals are JUICED!

The juice-maker has been on vacation since we moved into our house and I can’t believe I forgot about it. So like all morally sound Mommies, I devised a plan of bribery to get much needed haircuts out of the situation.

Unfortunately, Ace doesn’t really get a choice in the matter, since his buzz cut is usually a sneak-attack, but I knew Bo would be game. So it was simply presented to my 2-year-old: I’ll buzz your locks during breakfast and then you will get to stuff fruit and veggies into a loud machine that turns everything into juice!

It worked!

Ace, freshly shorn, waiting for some fresh juice!

Bo’s creation included watermelon, oranges, strawberries and carrots! They LOVED it, and I loved cheers-ing to my newly buzzed boys!

Celebrating Gus X2!

Father’s Day was on June 17th this year, so we got to celebrate Gus twice this past Sunday since he also turned 31 (OLD MAN)!

We spent the weekend in gorgeous Tahoe with Gus’s mom, Noreen and our crazy kidlets. It’s amazing how much entertainment my children get from freezing cold water + sand toys + an old snow sled.

To celebrate the big day we headed to a beach on south shore and relaxed…a.k.a made sure no one burnt their toes, ate too much sand, had an accident or decided to go swimming without supervision. As you can see, the boys were SUPER CHILL as usual.

Ace learned how to flex and and pull himself up during our little outing!

Back at Auntie Barb’s cabin we went on “adventure walks” every night, sang b-day songs, and refereed the boys club.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND FATHER’S DAY TO THE BEST OUT THERE!

Perfect Pit Stop

Grandpa Frank was headed down to San Diego for a week to visit Molly and Mike, so I asked him to make a pit stop and play with the Argenals for a few days.

Water guns + milk and cookies + a date to Chevy’s coupled with the unbridled youth that exudes from Grandpa Frank = Bo being all kinds of ridiculous and silly for three days straight…

In case you were wondering where Bo’s ridiculousness comes from…

Thanks Grandpa Frank for a perfect pit stop…ready for round two on the drive back?