Happy 5th Birthday Isaiah!

Happy Birthday Isaiah! I can't believe that you're 5 years old today! And for some reason you LOOK older today as I'm preparing these pictures . . . it's probably my mind playing tricks on me. . . You still have your ornery as ever smile though!

So, the party started as most Trujillo birthday parties do, with Mark and Jenny coming over early to help decorate the birthday cake/cookie in this case. (And, they weren't all that early today, but since they were registering for their due-in-3-weeks- baby that they just found out about YESTERDAY (YEAH!), I guess that was excuseable . . . :) )

Isaiah had been discussing a dinosaur birthday forever, then it changed to Transformers and "octimus rime". However, when we went to the store, he decided upon Star Wars, (mostly because mommie let him get a mask and an inflatable light saber -which, BTW, we didn't even make it around to inflating- to go with it). We decided the cookie should NOT have all that black icing on it, and should simply say "Happy 5th Birthday!"

As you can tell, the birthday child always gets to help with the decorating,
and they love every minute of it!

And Mark always "does the icing" . . . This translates to: squirts remaining icing STRAIGHT INTO OUR MOUTHS!

Thanks Jenny and Mark for taking time today to help with this again! I know you had alot on your minds and to do lists today. Thanks for taking the time to make Isaiah's day extra special!

Then we went on to the opening of the gifts. He got several things, and we've played with most already. He tried on his shoes and said, "There's even room for my toes!"

Right now the kids are practicing for "Sliding Sorry".

When we asked him at supper, what his favorite gift was, he didn't really pick one. Instead, he just listed them all off. I was impressed that he remembered them all, and surprised that he didn't really have a favorite. . .

I love their faces as they tried to figure this one out.







Then it was time for blowing out the candles. (Thanks Amy for picking up my camera for this!) He was all business at the beginning.

But then, he didn't really like the candles Grandma Cheryl gave us to use. They said Sparkler Candles. Elizabeth said that it looked like fireworks on his cookie and Isaiah said "I don't want any of those like that." Well, his face says it all really . . .

Then he warmed up to them.

And blew them out with only a little difficulty.

Finally, at supper we asked if he had a good birthday today. He said, "Well, no, 'cuz Daddie gave me too much cookie and ice cream" with a completely serious look on his face.

We can never win!

I forgot to mention earlier, he's been counting down for awhile now, checking the calendar. Two days ago, he informed me that he was saving his K-State shirt for his birthday party. I was impressed that he had given it so much private thought and planning. I didn't realize 4 year olds did that. Anyways, point is, he was really anxious for his birthday and party, and he really was looking forward to it. Thank you again everyone, for the card and gifts, and for celebrating his birthday with him. He had a great day!

Caleb's Cute Quirk

Caleb, our 4th-but-you'd-think-he-was-an-only-child child, has a cute quirk. He likes to twist my hair. Anytime, anywhere. Here I was hurrying to get Isaiah ready for his ball game (which, if you'll remember from Isaiah's t-ball blog entry, isn't a great time) and Caleb decided he needed some reassurance.

So he came over and was searching, searching,

found my hair, pulled it out of the pony tail and TWISTS. Twist. twist and pull. twirl. pull. twist.

And then the other day I found this . .

He thought Lizziebear was Mommie laying with him and was twisting her hair!

Oh, I'm waking her up taking pictures with the flash on! Oops!

OK, honestly, sometimes this is a little bit of an annoying quirk when he pulls my hair out of my ponytail, or creates a rat and PULLS so that his fingers can go all the way through again. But more often than that, it lets me know that he loves his Mommie! It's amazing and nice that such a little thing can be so comforting.

Michael's coach pitch pics

Michael is playing coach pitch ball at St. Mark's this year. It is quite different than the Y ball he's played the last couple summers- VERY DIFFERENT! He's loving it though! His team is made up of going to 2nd and going to 3rd graders (Michael's going to 2nd). He plays catcher and outfield and 3rd base. . .

Though he hits my and Robert's and mom's pitches in our yards, he bats about 50% at games :). Here he's made a great hit and runs to make it to 1st! Great Job Michael!!!!

Notice the backs of their shirts- last names and numbers and everything- WOW! Big league stuff! :)

I spy a Trujillo

The other morning, I got up early to leave for tutoring, and here was the scene when I left. Can you spy 5 Trujillos? Look closely . . . Michael's hard to find.

Yes, we have a family bed-some mornings, not always. And, yes, I was in that open spot and SOMEHOW I got out of bed without waking anyone- to Daddie's delight, I'm sure!

Isaiah's t-ball

So Isaiah's in t-ball again this summer. This year he's playing for St. Marks. He argues and fights with me every time it's time to get dressed, however, he loves it once he gets there!

IN THE FIELD: In this particular picture he's playing right field . . . and not particularly paying attention. However . . .

When the ball came to him, he WAS ready and he DID stop it, stand, and make the throw to first. (Didn't make the out, don't remember why. . . ) GREAT JOB ISAIAH!

AT BAT:

Isaiah has been getting good hits (they do strike out after 3 missed), but often (whisper)-he's too slow- and gets thrown out at first. In last night's game, he made it on base at least once, maybe twice. But the one time I'm thinking of, he ran all the way around the bases (they pretty much only move one base per batter) but for the final batter, the other team had the sense to throw home for the force and they got him out. . . Better than the runner before him though (instead of running home, he ran straight from 3rd base to the dugout, so when they threw home, he was definitely out!)

Finally, Isaiah, smiling and showing how much he loves the sport (sorry it's sideways, I turned it twice, but when I download it/ or upload it, whatever, it keeps coming up sideways!) Big smile for all his fans! :) We love you Isaiah!

Good Day . . . good couple days actually

Nothing in particular, well, yeah, several particular things, but just lots of little things going together and getting accomplished these last couple days. No pics, still in too much of a hurry, but . . .

The BIGGEST thing for us- Robert worked ALL DAY today in the garage. Finished shelves to unpack enough items to get BOTH VEHICLES IN THE GARAGE! Yea! This has been bugging me. Many of the boxes either got unpacked, gone through and put away, or stored in our now DRY (thanks Todd) basement. A couple of them went into the front room/computer room to be sorted through, but overall, the garage is done and we have ALOT less boxes lying around!

What else since my last blog? Robert and I celebrated our 8th anniversary. :) He bought me roses on the day and a couple days later we went out to dinner (chicken fried steak and potatoes, and wonderful rolls; definately NOT on my diet plan!) and then to a movie- we saw The Hangover at Amber's suggestion- IT WAS HILARIOUS! I don't remember the last time I laughed so much! Sara and her girls came over to babysit-- THANK YOU!

Robert and I got our new driver's licenses -- change of address. We got Sam's cards. We ordered a home phone line that should be hooked up on the 16th, I'll get you all the number later. Good news on Jenny's blog. Good news on Brandi's blog. Planning a trip to CO Springs for one of Robert's cousin's wedding on August 1st. Planning a trip to San Antonio/Sea World in late July. The boys may be spending a week with Prampa John and Grandma Crystal (and Aunt Nyketa and Baby Cadence, and Uncle Troy and Emilly and brand new baby Kyrah)-- BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THIS YET, so don't say anything to them! . . . What else, boys' ball teams are doing well. Both are enjoying it. Michael hit a triple on Wed night- he was REALLY excited! He also played infield for the first time-3rd base, also his normal: left field, right field, and catcher. Isaiah also played 3rd base, catcher, and was told to go to left field but went to right instead! :)

Isaiah's been going to preschool this week, and will continue to next week. It's 2 hours M-Th, and he has a pretty good teacher (me! :)) I'm actually really impressed with how well he's doing and how much he's learning. His writing of his name is getting good, and he's learned how to write (form) his numbers from 1-6 so far (next week we'll finish through 9). He can rhyme, cut, do lots of the things that the others can. HOWEVER, I'm still very comfortable with waiting him a year to go to Kindergarten- academic redshirting as it's now being called since it's becoming so popular. Anyways, he's really loving it. Doesn't complain at all when he has to be woken up and dressed before the rest. He likes to start group conversations during work times, takes polls during transitions. He'll just annouce a little loudly to the group: "So, who can ride their bikes without training wheels? . . . . I can. I just took them off, and I can ride it WITHOUT FALLING DOWN." It's really cute. I keep saying that he's my little politician because he'll talk to anyone . . . He's definately a leader, nonetheless.

Michael lost ANOTHER tooth tonight! BIG, BIG gap now! I'll get a picture up soon. . . Oh, we found out that the van is a "flex vehicle" takes E85 gasoline!!!! That means we just dropped our gas price by about 50 to 60 cents a gallon! Yea! Stations online look promising for our vacations.

Isaiah's birthday party is on his birthday, next Saturday the 20th, at 3:00pm. He's decided on Star Wars theme (only because it meant that he got to get a little inflateable lightsaber.) He's excited to be turning 5. Caleb's is next. He'll be two on July 15th . . .

Well, that's probably way more than anyone cares to hear about . . . Oh, I did want to ask one thing. Since I'm doing some extra work this summer, and my cel phone (rather, the backup phone that I'm borrowing from Jenny and Mark since mine died) is, well, about 8 years old, I'm thinking of spoiling myself with a nicer phone. I'm up for one at the end of this month. Any suggestions?