Isla-Lyla: Spring Break 2017

Spring Break was a real awakening for me! I really wanted to be fun and not let just having a baby slow me down with you girls, but reality hit, and it hit hard! I really hadn't cracked Leo yet. He was only a couple of weeks old, he didn't really have a pattern. It seemed like he was hungry all the time, so I had to constantly feed him. Its really hard breast feeding a baby in public let alone, but breast feeding while you run wild is no fun! My first attempt at being fun went so-so, it would have been a flop if I didn't have my friends' help! We had heard that the flowers in bloom in the San Carlos Indian reservation was something we should check out, so we went up there. When we got there, Brooklyn and Avery took off. I went to put Leo in my baby wrap, because, ya know, all the mom's wear their baby's nowadays, it makes one a good mom :) I had successfully worn Leo a couple days before that, and he seemed to like it, so in my mind, it was going to be successful this time. I would wear him as he snuggled up to my chest while parading around the beautiful hills singing the Sound of Music. Well, it didn't start that way. You were throwing a 2-year-old tantrum while I was trying to figure out the stupid wrap. I couldn't remember what strap went where and I didn't have service to look it up on you-tube. Then of course, Leo was acting hungry, because it had only been 42 minutes since his last feeding, in the meantime, Avery and Brooklyn were galavanting through the Indian reservation! I was a little stressed and was about ready to just pack it up and go home. Lovely Andrea, came over and helped me luckily. She actually took the wrap and magically put it on herself and Leo fell asleep on her. I'm sure he could sense my stress and was happy to snuggle up against a calm/sane person. I dealt with Isla, and everything was OK after that. We had a good time, we hiked around and had a picnic. We stayed for about an hour. It was beautiful! Phew! On the way home, Leo, of course woke up and started wailing! Oh yeah, did I mention that he likes to eat? He was hungry again, so I pulled over at the Apache Gold casino, whipped my boob out and fed him. You fell asleep in her carseat while I was doing this, then eventually Leo did too, and we drove home. Needless to say, I was pretty spent with our adventure and I was more inclined to stay closer to home for the rest of Spring Break!

Andrea with Leo!

Still trying to be the fun mom, I came up with (or looked on Pinterest) some fun things to do at home. We did a few. You were pretty into watching Avery build the tower

And we did venture out on St.Patricks Day for some fun at the library. You did not want to wear your hat and beard!

I picked up these little leprauchans and took them home

And I did try one last big adventure at the end of the week, going down to Gilbert to hang out with aunt Cici and her kids! It actually went pretty well. I'm pretty sure I had to stop on the way down to feed Leo at some point, but other than that, we made it. You were all actually getting along and were playing so well, Cici and I decided to make a Spring wreath. We went to the craft store and bought all the stuff, we even bought you kids castles to paint because you are old enough to handle that now, right? Wrong. I went outside to check on you, and guess who decided it would be cool to paint their aunt's house pink? No, not you, the two year old. It was Brooklyn, the 6 year old. It wasn't a happy ending. I made you all pack up and leave! I was pretty mad. Luckily, with internet searches on "how to get acrylic paint off of stucco" and scrubbing our guts out, it started to fade.