Popeyes Please!

   This morning Kal-el had a rather unusual request. I started my day off with a warm bath. Our original intentions were to try and make it to church despite Chris's all nighter on a train. While I was trying to enjoy my bath Kal-el kept walking back and forth to the bathroom. I could tell my his demeaner that he was in rare form. He looked down and ask me about my "big scratch" (my c-section scar). I told him thats where the doctor cut Logan out of a few months ago. Kal-el didn't like this response and after a little thought on the matter he declared "Logan mean, I spank him!" I told him thats where HE himself came from and he had to be cut out the same way. He seemed to think when it involved him the same story and manner of birth was actually hysterical.  Little meany lol :) He left the bathroom a few minutes later carrying a few things in this arms that I assumed were his toys. A few seconds later I here Chris wake up out of a sound sleep and shout..."what is going on?!" Ok so thats not exactly how he worded it at the time but you get the idea. I walked in our bedroom..hot relaxing bath interrupted...to find my husband... not so relaxed and covered in water..along with our sheets, pillows etc. Seconds later I find our first born superhero huddled in a corner laughing and still armed with his weapons of choice. Water toys from the bath were gripped tightly in his little hands.  I should of known something was off when I bathed and there were ZERO toys surrounding me. By the time all the commotion settled we would have been more than just a little late for church.  We opted to stay home and figure out what we wanted to do for lunch. Here enters Kal-el's odd request. Chris asked him if he was hungry. His reply was "Yes, Daddy I'm hungry eat Popeyes. Kal-el eat popeyes. Chris and I both laughed...mainly because Super has NEVER had Popeyes in his life. We really doubted he even knew what it was. I looked over at Chris and said "Oh I think he's saying he wants a POPTART" This interpretation was met with an unknown flying object that missed my face by mere inches and a frustrated toddler protest..."No No No Kal-el NO want pop tart MOMMA" Sheesh..ok...OK. Chris asked him again what he was hungry for. This time he simply looked up and smiled and announced "Chicken!...Popeeye's puleeze" The rest of the story is history. We ended up having lunch at Popeye's Chicken. Nannie and Poppa even joined us. Very random Sunday lunch. We never go there but somehow my child..who is not really around anyone but me most days ..got in his head that he NEEDED to have chicken from there today. All I can come up with is perhaps he's seen a commercial. It's hard to say because I really don't recall seeing one lately. Once we got there he manged to eat his ENTIRE meal of FOUR chicken tenders, fries , and a biscuit. I guess he knew what he wanted. He pays attention to much more than we realise. I'm almost scared to ask him what he wants for dinner tonight ;)

Wordless Wednesday- Lunch With Logan :)

January Storms!

  This past Sunday night the Borquez family sought shelter from the unlikely January storms over at Zach and Lea's house. Their basement grew a family! Luckily, it didn't get as bad as expected...for us anyway..some areas got hit pretty hard. South of us, near the Birmingham area reported a good deal of damage and a 16 year old girl perished. It's been unseasonably warm this winter so I was kind of in fear the weather might start to do something very unpredictable. I never remember being so afraid of storms in my life. It all started with my Logan pregnancy...BEFORE April 27th. Of course my anxiety got much worse after that horrible day. We have a regular home but it doesn't have a basement. When Chris and I start home shopping (we've REALLY outgrown this one) a BASEMENT is certainly on the WANT list! Hopefully this will be the last round of inclement weather until Spring arrives! I also want to share some beautiful pictures of the sky at sunset the very next day. It was one of the most beautiful ones I've ever seen and a positive note after the storm.

                                Happy and oblivious to the storm :)

Kal-el Wishes Blaise & Aurora A Happy Birthday!

 Saturday Kal-el had the pleasure of attending Blaise and Aurora's 1st and 3rd birthday parties! Chris trains with their daddy, also named Chris. These too adorable siblings are birthday twins. I think it would be unique and so much fun to share a birthday with a sibling. Kal-el had an absolute BLAST at the party. The event took place at Forrest Jumps. Super had never been there before so Chris and I really looked forward to watching him play and interact. When we first arrived we took Kal-el over to meet Blaise. It took him a little while to warm up to his new surroundings but there was no stopping him after the initial 20 minutes. He played HARD and was on EVERYTHING.  I tried to help him go down the big slide because I thought he was just a little young to do that one alone. It apperaed to be just the older kids using that part of the facility. My attempts to help him, both going up the latter and the ride back down were met with a barrage of kicks and punches followed by "Kal-el do it, I can do it, NO NO NO Mommy...go AWAY!" Umm ok son, that wasn't embarrassing.  Mr. Independent.
   If I thought that was the only funny/embarrassing thing we would have to endure for the night I was so very mistaken lol ;)  For starters, when we first arrived Chris and I were under the impression that we could get in the smaller bouncy with our child...you know just until he got familiar with it. After attempting to go up the smallest blow up ladder there...unsuccessfully...a grand total of four times *I* gave up. Yes, me....not my athletic son but his overgrown Mom who was told a few short minutes later that "parents weren't allowed to "jump." Ooops ;) I should note that Kal-el managed to get up it the first time my himself. Thank you Chris Borquez for the athletic genes, your son really appreciates them.  Next up, cake time. But not before Super eyes candy at the far end of the room and has a mini meltdown over it. Our sweet hosts went ahead and let him have one of the bags. It ended up working nicely as bribery long enough to get him to sit still for a group picture. I happen to notice that there were PEANUT M&M's in the bag right as cameras started flashing away. I almost bit my bottom lip off and prayed he wouldn't get them open. Don't think I wouldn't of nose dived into the floor if he managed to get the choke hazard out of the tightly wrapped bag. Luckily after picture time Blaise and Aurora's lovely Mommy Carmen, came over and replaced the older kids Candy bag with the age appropriate one for toddlers. Kal-el didn't mind the trade off because the new bag had Superwhy on it so all was well. The only thing left for Super to endure was the birthday song. He can't stand to hear people sing it. I don't even know were these aversion came from. Perhaps its because his Mommy is tone deaf. Poor child had to hear the birthday song, not once, don't twice but a grand total of THREE times in one day Saturday. First at Zach's birthday lunch and then at the double birthday party that same evening. It was enough to send him over the edge. All three times he flung himself to the floor. Yep, here's the visual...happy children eating cake and singing Happy Birthday...my child..on the floor with hands over his ears, rolling around like its a stop drop and roll fire drill. Nice! The chaos is what all the fun is about though and Kal-el played so hard that his legs and the rest rest of his little muscles ached all night. He got a workout and didn't wake up until nearly 9' o'clock the next morning. Thanks so much for having us, Chris & Carmen...we had a great time!

                                          The adorable birthday boy and girl!

                            Blaise and Kal-el meeting for the first time :)

                             Protesting...up against the wall...refusing to play at first lol

                            Warming up :)

Before I got in trouble ;p