Mother's Day Surprise

Yes, I know that we are in August and that Mother's Day was in May. But I barely got around to uploading my pictures and videos and I found this gem. My daughter loves singing and this is the first time were I realized how good she actually is. I also was surprised for the fact that she wrote me this song too all by herself. Enjoy. You might wonder why I have two videos. Well watch carefully and you will notice that in one video my husband comes out in the background being silly. So I had Natalie sing again, this time without any video bombers in the background.

 

Girls On the Run

This past May my daughter joined Girls on the Run at school. I don't consider myself to be an emotional personal or one that cries over everything, but ever since my kids have started to get older and experience new things I find myself fighting back tears more often. And sometimes for any little old thing such as the kids having a wonderful time at the park. This was no different. I felt so proud for my daughter, for her accomplishment, for completing her goal. It was a wonderful and fun day for the whole family. I live for these days.

 

Natalie at the starting line with her mentor/coach.

Jaimito even got to race too. And to our surprise he won every time. I guess someone else has talent for running. After all he does say he's Flash.

 

We were waiting for her at the finish line for so long waiting to capture her on video. But of course she ran past by like a lighting bolt and I didn't even notice. See if you can spot her.

 

Summer Trip to the Fair

This summer we went to the Lemont fair.

 

There were rides. Some which were too hot, like this one. Poor Jaimito couldn't stand the hot seat and had to get off.

 

   They also had a historic wood engine.

 

        And Mr. Lincoln.

     And cool cars.

        What's a fair without the flying chairs.

       Even Sophia got in on the action.                                         
  

Brookfield Zoo trip of 2014

Summer isn't complete until you have a trip to Brookfield Zoo. The weather was wonderful! Not too hot, not cold, not too humid and not too sunny. It was perfection.

 

Love my family trips to the Zoo!

School 2014-2015

Well it's that time of the year again. First days of school. And this year seems even more unbelievable because I have a kindergartner and a 6th grader all at the same time. How is that even possible?

 

                                                             Natalie Nicole Mendez

Age 11 and going to Kerr Middle School for 6th grade. She loves to sing and is excited about joining Chorus and having Drama class. She started shaving her legs this summer because she thinks her legs are too hairy lol.

 
                                                             Jaime David Mendez

Is 5 years old and is entering Lincoln School. He just had his first summer birthday party with Lego and Teenage Ninja Turtles theme even though his birthday is not til January.

Sophia Abigail Mendez, 20 months old. Gets to have Daddy all to her self in the mornings now. Loves to eat and draw on herself with sharpies.

This was a very emotional start to a new school year. On one hand I had my baby boy who I adore and admit to babying him because he's so small. I felt so scared to have him ride the "big" school bus. He's so much smaller than everyone else and the bus will have 1st, 2nd and third graders. But besides my fears, he has made it safely to and from school without any incidents. He's not really a lover of school and that worries me, but I guess not everyone loves school like me. Let's just say he takes after his dad lol.

Natalie on the other hand was super excited and nervous at the same time. I was very emotional. When I walked her down to the door all the other kids were at the corner bus stop already without any parents. So I didn't want to embarrass her by being the only mom out there taking pictures. Even though she didn't say so, I took some pics inside the apartment building and then stood by the door while she stood a couple feet away from me still whispering back and forth with me. I was fighting back tears. It was like she was growing up infront of my eyes. It felt like once she started 6th grade everything would start changing rapidly. And it has.

 My baby today has officially become a young lady. I was awoken by her calling my name while in the bathroom. It had come and as much as I had been preparing myself for it, it just hit me hard. And it hit her hard too. She's a very nervous person and she was so shocked that she was pale and felt nauseas. She laid down with me while I stroke her hair. Needless to say on a tmi side note I had gotten mine yesterday so it was oddly weird that we were both on it at the same time. And than I realized that David was going to now have to deal with two of us on it. Poor guy. I feel so sad for my baby girl. I mean I'm so used to having it and hating it, but I deal with it. But not my baby. I mean how is she going to run and jump like she loves to. Or go to school or do anything. She has to now get use to it and worry about things I feel she's too young to worry about yet. But there's nothing I can do about it. Life continues on even if I'm not ready. All I can do is hold on to my children for as long as I can.