Memorial Day Camping

This past weekend was Memorial Day weekend and our family was invited to join several other families in a weekend camp out. For those of you that know me...camping is not my thing. I was a little at ease when Mando told me that there were restroom and shower facilities at this camp site. So, Friday afternoon we packed up our gear (to be fair, Mando did most of the packing) and headed out to Lake Perris. The kids could not wait to get out and camp. Upon our arrival, Mando quickly got to work setting up our tents. I've never been more happy to have married and Eagle Scout than I was Friday evening. He is a very hard worker and managed to set up the three tents for our camp. The kids on the other hand, made themselves at home. They were running all over the place with the other children at the camp. They were having so much fun and we were so busy setting up the camp that dinner took place around 9 o'clock at night. 

It was a fun filled weekend and I was a little grumpy due to the lack of sleep. I was pretty much freezing every night that we were there :(

Little guy got dirty from the minute that he woke up and the girls weren't that far behind him. I'm still trying to get all of the dirt off their clothes 2 washes later. The kids went down to the lake and took a dip. Samantha managed to collect a bottle full of shells. I think the pictures speak for themselves. We look forward to next year's campout and I will be better prepared so that I too can have a REALLY good time. :)

Cinco De Mayo

This year the city celebrated Cinco De Mayo today since it is actually on Tuesday. Samantha's class performed the Mexican dance known as "La Raspa". Armando's aunt went on a quest to find her an outfit to wear for today. She finally found one in El Monte. Samantha was so proud of herself for getting on the stage and dancing in front of everyone. Just look at her pictures. We had fun watching her perform and she had fun too :)

Little Guy's Birthday

I haven't really had a chance to post these pictures up from last week. We celebrated Little Guy's second birthday. He was a little under the weather due to the ear infection he was dealing with. He did manage to eat all of his cake and enjoyed eating the frosting as we were singing Happy Birthday to him. It was really cute. He is doing much better now that he's been taking his antibiotics. He had a fun day with our family. Here are the pictures of our celebration.

Catch Up

Things have been slow for the most part in our home in the last few weeks. We are getting ready for Easter and the kids are eagerly awaiting to see what the Easter Bunny will bring. I wanted to post some updated pictures of Breanna. She's gotten so big in the last few weeks. She is now making cooing sounds and is begining to make bubbles with her spit (sounds nasty I know, but it's so cute coming from her). I will try to capture it on video to share next time. I can't wait until Sunday so that I can post our Easter day pictures. If I don't post again before Sunday...Happy Easter!

Samantha's First Haircut

Today Samantha received her first haircut ever. She was 4 days shy of her 5th birthday. She was so excited. While we were at the salon, she was offered the opportunity to donate her hair to the Locks Of Love program. She took a before and after picture which will be placed in the salon's album. I was happy when Samantha made the decision to make the donation herself. She received a certificate of her first haircut along with a locket of hair to commemorate her big day. Here are the pictures!

Big Day

Today was busy as usual in the Esparza household. Monique lost a tooth today. She has 2 teeth missing on top. She is so excited that the Tooth Fairy will be visiting her tonight to leave her some money for her tooth. She had to tell everyone her good news. We took a picture to capture her news.

 Breanna has started to smile so I decided that I would attempt to capture her smile on camera (not as easy as it sounds!!). I tried for periods of time but the flash kept distracting her and ruining the pictures. I did manage to capture her smile though. The first picture included some drool (oh well). 

Little Guy

I have recently realized that I have no pictures of my Little Guy posted on our family blog, so I set out on a mission to take some snapshots of him to post. I managed to snap these pictures of him while he was a willing participant. He snagged a pair of sunglasses from one of his sisters and he decided to put them on and show off for the camera. 

He is so much like his father and he is still so young. I will figure out how to scan a picture of Mando with the new printer so I can post a comparison of Father & Son.

I hope you have as much fun looking at these pictures as I did taking them. :) I know he needs a haircut... I plan to take him on Monday!