Haircuts!

Last Saturday was a very good day for our local Hair Salon that just recently opened right by our house. They got a lot of business from the Mendez!!!!

First Natalie cut off all her hair. We were tired of the endless knots that her hair would always get into. I mean my arm literally hurt everytime I had to brush it after her showers. But now it's all gone and she loved it! I have to agree that she just lookes soooooooooo PRETTY! She's had to deal with kids calling her Dora but she just ignores them!

Then it was Jaimito's turn. He needed a haircutt so bad. It was starting to look like a bush was growing on his head! And OH MY GOSH, he ended up looking so handsome! He looks like such a big boy with his haircut.And to top it off David and I got haircuts too! He hadn't gotten a real haircut in a loooooooong time. Ofcourse he looked so HOT! And I got a real makeover. I cut most of my hair off too and for the first time I got my hair dyed and with some highlights. It's taking me some time to get use to it but you have to agree we're a very handsome couple! LOL! Ha ha ha ha!

Jaimito's hobbies!

Jaimito's new favorite things are stacking up my condiments and whatever else he can find! And he's pretty good at it!

These are some of his masterpieces!
And he's also loving boxes. He tries to get into every box he sees! No matter how small they are he finds a way to get in!

3D Action!

So like I had mentioned in one of my earliest blogs, Natalie is not your typical little girl who likes only fairytale movies and is scared of scary movies! Nope, that's why when she saw the trailer for the new Resident Evil movie in 3D she was super excited! She was counting the days until it came out! She had already seen the previous three movies at home so she was ready to watch the fourth installment! So we got a babysitter for Jaime after her soccer game and then we were off to the movies.
Since she choose to see it in 3D we got these "cool" glasses wich David insisted that we put them on while we waited for our movie snacks!

I'm not sure if I really like this whole 3D thing. I mean first of all the tickets are already expensive enough on their own, but now I have to pay $3 more to see it in 3D?!!!

Not to mention that it had Natalie jumping on every scene where something jumped out of the screen! It was hilarious! Well I have to admit I was jumping a little too!

I guess the only good thing about them is that they make David look extra HOT!

Soccer

This past Saturday was Natalie's first soccer game! It was a little bit cool and cloudy and drizzling but they still played.

Boy it was a good game! We won 3-1!!!!!!!!!

And Natalie scored 1 of the goals at the start of the second half. Oh how I wished I would've gotten it on tape. It was so good, as soon as the whistle blew she just took off with the ball straight to the net.

Just look at her rosy cheeks! She's so awesome! I was so proud of her, she has really come a long way from when she first started. This is her third season already and she has really improved!The girls voted on their team name, Purple Panthers. Ha ha, we didn't quite like it, I mean who's ever heard of a purple panther? But oh well, they still rocked their first game!!!!!!
I can't wait to see my little girl in action in the rest of her games!

Taking a Walk!

I love love love taking walks. Especially now in September when the afternoons are starting to cool off and the sun goes down earlier. I just love the feeling of walking with your family and talking and laughing! And it's so fun watching Jaimito interact with his surroundings! He's becoming such a big boy! And Natalie enjoys the walks just as much as I do. Well now she doesn't walk, she rides her bike. She's really enjoying it! Hey they were the best $15 bucks I've spent lately!

Here's a little bit of our walk. I just love Jaimito's run, it's like he bounces instead of running!

New bike, Kind of.

This past weekend we bought Natalie her first bike at the flea market. Now does this make us cheap parents, I wondered. I mean as any other parent, I want what's best for my daughter and I enjoy buying her the things she wants, but I also feel that for certain things and at certain times, used is good too!

I don't know, I feel like buying her things that still work even thought they have been used teaches her to value things more, to realize that things still work and provide enjoyement even if they're not new or brand name.

Anyways, the story is that we went to the flea market and she kept seeing bikes and asking us when we were going to get her a bike. So finally we looked around and I decided for this one wich cost $25 but I bargained down to $15. I was so proud of myself, exept I failed for two reasons. 1. I bougth it almost right when we got there so we had to haul this thing around all day and 2. I didn't shop around enough and sadly I missed out on way better bikes for about the same price! Ah what a rookie mistake.

Anyways, Natalie was so happy! She couldn't wait to get home because she said she was going to wash it and make it sparkling clean! As she washed it I felt so proud of her. I thought about when I was her age and I would've never been happy with a used bike. I think I was pretty spoiled and would never be too happy with used things. Yet here was my daughter, super happy with her "new" bike washing it! For a second there, I was happy to see that I wasn't doing such a bad job raising her! She appreciated her things even if they weren't brand new.

Then my bubble was busted! As she finished washing her bike she turns to me and says, "Ah it's not getting clean! Can't we go to the store and buy a new clean one!?" She was talking about the tires not being totally white and because the bike had a few scratches and a tiny bit of rusting!

At that moment I realized that she had thought the whole time that she would be able to wash it to the point of making it look just like a brand new one! Ah silly me! Well I proceeded to give her my motherly speech about how much she had been enjoying it earlier and how it wouldn't be anymore fun just because it would be new etc, ect.

Well, I'm not too dissapointed because she did give in and she has been riding it endlessly! She really loves it and is enjoying it. So I guess I still have hope that she will learn that valuable lesson and that my sermon didn't go in one ear and out the other!

Another Fun Party!

With such a big and festive family, this summer has been full of parties. We literally have some kind of party every weekend. And this past weekend was my two nieces' birthday parties. Emily and Hailey!

They had such a fun clown who brought Dora.

They had the now famouse chair game! They did much better this time!

They had face painting!
It was another party full of family and friends! And yes, sometimes so many parties can be overwhelming but I wouldn't change it for anything! I love them!

McDonalds

Okay, so I know McDonald's is not the healthiest place, but darn it they make some good breakfast! Those breakfast platters are YUMMY! We Mendez LOVE them and we hadn't had one in a loooooooooong time so we really enjoyed having a nice family breakfast at McDonald's this past Saturday!

Nobody enjoyed them more than Natalie though! She almost ate the whole thing!