goodbye to our Bonita house

it was time to say goodbye to the bonita house due to foundation problems. my dad had been going back and forth with the idea of selling the house for a while and finally decided on it in january. it went on the market in february and sold in about a month. then we were given 45 days to move out.

roel & i had been talking to the kids about moving since christmas. we wanted to prepare them early so it wouldn't be so hard when the move finally came.

but it didn't dawn on the kids that we were never coming back to the house, not even to visit, until the week before we had to get out.

we are temporarily moving to roel's parent's house while we search for a house to buy.

the actual moving day was today, but i wanted to move the kids out the weekend before so that the transition wouldn't be so hard on them during the school week.

this was our last night in the house. we slept on the floor.

big box storage delivered.

malia in front of her closet doors with the ariel stickers that used to be mine when it was my room growing up.

malia next to my name (and Jos') in the cement in front of the one car garage.

the cousins' last picture in front of the house.

last family photo in front of the house. that was our room right over the garage.

you think it would be me, but it's my emotional malia that misses the bonita house most. she cried herself to sleep the first night we were out.

lots of great memories in the bonita house that we take with us. from my mom to buying the house, having guests from the PI, having family over for parties, singing with my sisters, coming home on the weekends from college,  jos & i getting ready on our wedding days, to me bringing home my babies and them having all of their first moments there. and so many more memories.


but we will make more, wherever we end up. after all, home is where your family is.

legoland field trip

micah was fortunate to have a field trip to legoland. they said that kinders never get the legoland field trip. so he was VERY excited, and asked me to come.

his first time on the big kid cars. he was a little reluctant to go, but went because his class did. then he loved it.

i don't know if you call this one a ride, it's kinda like a race, but you have to pump these levers up and down to get the fire truck moving to go put out the fire. anyway, it was just me and the 3 kids, so i pretty much had to do the work. i was exhausted afterward. but they had fun.

love this one of the kids on the slide. micah was screaming as he went down.

this was the group another mom and i were in charge of: chris, kennedy, cjaine, and micah. cjaine kept running off and didn't respond to her name at times. it was just like going with malia =).



it's fun and difficult at the same time to be a volunteer on these field trips. i've said it a million times - i really don't know how these teachers are with these kids every day, they really do not get paid enough.

day of the child

day of the child at memorial park in chula vista. we mainly go because malia's school choir performs.

first stop is always fuddruckers because it's right there. or as micah calls it, "friesruckers". gee, i wonder why.

they always have cool activites like arts and crafts and obstacle courses. my favorite things are the free things of course. i got free night lights and food.

discovery center booth. they usually have and owl and a snake. kids always like touching the snake. scary. i think it's trying to smell micah's face, yikes!

malia's school choir performance. they sang about 5 songs. malia is front and center because she is so tiny. she's gotten a lot better with her stage presence, but towards the end of the performance, her emotions are clear by the expression on her face. she got real hot in this one and was fanning herself with her hand by the end. i don't blame her though, they are wearing wool sweaters in the heat.

i'm sure we'll be back every year if she's still in choir. maybe micah will join choir and will be up there next year too. he's taken an interest in singing lately. (it's a miracle.) now if we could only get him to dance more in front of people.

taking a walk with grandpa

i know they will both miss this when we move.

student of the week

it was my micah's turn for student of the week. funny how he still wants to be a soldier when he grows up. of course his favorite food is fries. love my silly boy.

happy easter!

m&m woke up to their new banner and their basket. the basket was filled with goodies, but as always, it's the cheap candy they like. i'll tell the easter bunny to downsize next year.



we went to st. rose for mass with the advento cousins.

 

then went to visit grandma letty.

 

then went to visit lily and the mislan household.

there was a party going on there, so the kids were running around and playing. did an egg hunt there as well.

micah's half birthday

he's 5 and a half now. all he wanted to do was go to chuck e cheese. we celebrated a day early since we have a busy day tomorrow. very easy to please this boy.

stations of the cross

took lia to the children's stations of he cross at corpus christi. Father Pat did each station like a story.

old videos

one of my favorite things to do with free time is watch old family videos. the kids can see how they acted when they were younger. it does make me sad though. i miss them being so small. it makes me want to reach in and grab them.

these are two of my personal favorites of them together. the first one is from 2009, the kids dancing to music coming from a kids' music player. micah was 1 and malia 5.

 

this one was from an early mother's celebration in 2010. this was at the ferry landing in coronado after we went on the surrey bike. 

 

 

it's hard to believe how much they've grown in so little time. i could watch these over and over again, they make my heart so happy. love these kids!

ladybug hunters

that's what the kids said they were, ladybug hunters. they found a lot in the backyard and tried to put them all into one spot to be a family.

micah is looking at the ladybug in his hand in this picture. find the other one.