end of gym

Audric and Julie's Gym and Karate finished up. Julie made it to her last class but Audric was sick for his. We were going to keep them in it until we left but we were unsure when we would go. I hope they have something like this in England the kids loved it. Bye Albuquerque Little Gym!

Swimming and snow storms

Strange weather we have been having. One night Audric and Tim went out in the hot tub and ran through the sprinklers. The next day it was snowing all day and a little the next (May 1st). a week later it's 90 and great pool weather. Now three days later it's cold and there's snow on the mountain behind us.

Surprise baseball game

The Saturday before Mother's day we had a friend give us three tickets to an isotopes baseball game because one of his boys were sick and couldn't go. It was last minute and we hadn't eaten yet but nothing McDonald's couldn't fix. We got to parking and the guy looks at us and lets us go in without paying $5 for parking. Then on our way walking to the game a lady stop on the road yelling "hey you're a mom, do you need a ticket"? Why yes I did and now we didn't have to buy one more to get in. We had great seats and could afford to buy snacks because it only cost gas to get there. We had such a great time. This was the kids first time at a ball game. Audric loved hearing about the rules and Julie always clapped when the crowd did. They both did a ton of dancing to the music. At the end of the game they did fireworks. They did such a good job that we clapped three times thinking it was the end. The isotopes won by one point. It was a closes game the whole way through. Fun times!

ABQ Botanical Gardens

It was a nice weekend to go to the Botanical gardens. Lots of flowers were in bloom. I couldn't help but take a ton of pictures of the flowers and kids. However, I decided to post most of the ones with the kids in it and not all the flowers.

We had to keep reminding Julianna not to pick the flowers. I made the mistake showing her that you could eat the wild roses. The rest of the time she kept asking "can I eat this one"? pointing to every flower. I wonder what people thought when they heard her.

Julie wouldn't go near the cactus.

Hike

It's hard to see but this is a huge cannon.

La Luz trail. I can't believe there is a running race that happens up this trail once a year.

Snack break

Tim had a day off and we decided to go on a hike with Julianna. We thought it would be easier with just one kid but Julie likes to difficult. She would cry if she had to be carried in the backpack, walk a bit and then would cry wanting to be carried but not in the backpack. Tim and I had such a drive to hike about ten miles to the tram and ride it down. We made it 2.7 miles and decided to turn back because of our hungry tummies and that we forgot about the five mile hike we would have to make to the car once we got off the tram. Don't think of us as quitters, it was all up hill and I swear the mileage was added up by air distance and not ground distance. We had fun and the whole way back we thought about eating at Weck's. Yum yum

Silly Julie

My Julies in so funny and silly. When I'm lucky I can take a picture of her doing what ever it is she's doing.

In New Mexico Julie's hair is always a mess because of static-electricityPretty pretty princess gone wrong


Sweet cheeks

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She like salad dressing

Sleeps standing up

And has great fashion sense.

Family hike

On a day that Audric had off from school we took a family hike behind our apartments. We met up with Audric's friend Sammy and his Mom (who is now my only friend in Albuquerque). What a fun time we had. The kids were tired when we got up to the top but instead of resting they jumped and ran around and went even farther following the spring up the mountain.

Snow days

We were part of the snow storm last week. We had four no school snow days. I tried to keep the kids busy doing crafts and having friends over the first two days but that seemed to just wear me out more than it was worth. Tim had off two days and was excited about the four day weekend. We did a family hike in the hills. Audric loved looking for animal tracks. He was the leader up until he found out we weren't headed to the tram which was about six miles away from where we were. Within a minute he went from happy adventurer to "I'm tired, I'm hungry, I can't walk". Julie was pretty much unhappy the whole time. How could she be unhappy with someone carrying her? She did fall asleep which made everyone a little more happy to not have to hear her whine.

Fun Weekend

We have been quite lazy on weekends and usually stay at home or walk to the park. This weekend we went to the Rio Grande Zoo, Aquarium and Bio Park on Saturday and Explora science Center for a birthday party on Sunday. We drove past so many other museums I think we will have to do one every weekend now.

At the zoo there were so many people that commented on the kids I felt like we should have been on display. I admit they were very cute that day. Julie wanted to wear her princess dress and Audric with his blue eyes always gets comments.

At one point Julianna and Audric were playing in these caves and I went to chase them not knowing they were holding hands (when do they ever do that?). That ended with Julie falling and Audric dragging poor Julie down a slope. She was pretty upset and I felt really bad. One band-aid and a nap later she was happy again.

I have a hard time at the zoos. I can get over people calling the animals by the wrong name(Apes/monkeys), but I hate the noises people call at the animals, the tapping on glass, and just not following zoo rules. While watching the Gorillas, which were in a playful mood, I saw a rock flying towards ones sitting on the edge. I was so disgusted, I yelled out "Hey don't do that" and saw a little girl with her dad sitting her on the railing (against the rules too) holding more rocks ready to throw more. To make sure it didn't happen again I ask the dad "Can you have her stop doing that"? He said NO! I wanted to start throwing rocks at the guy but instead I just said "it's against the rules" like it should have to be posted. After he nicely said okay he left and went to the next gorilla viewing area, I'm sure to let his daughter throw more. Why are there those people that have no respect for animals. Do they think they are so Superior?

I remember a zoo trip we took in NC with a group of friends when Audric was two. One of the moms threw a rock at the lions to get them to move. Even after flipping out on her she did it more, I was so upset. That was the same zoo trip where Audric was arguing with a three and a half year old that gorillas are not monkeys, he got so upset he started choking her. Here are a few pics from that trip. Aren't the kids so small?

Back to this weekend... We ended up going to the Elephant bar for dinner. Food was great and kids were good even after a 45 min wait.