Taco Tuesday...

We have had the opportunity to partake in many fun original happenings this summer, ie: Lauren took an art class at the local college here with her friend Katie W, and Niko joined in with his buddies for a week of spiritual growth at VBS, we repainted Niko's room to a new cool skateboard gray, Lauren joined her friends in private tennis lessons and now she really understands how to score the game--and even competed in her first tournament! Their have been birthday parties galore, and one night we invited the whole class to one of our neighborhood pools for a no-frills swim at night pool party! It was low key and a wonderful chance to let the kids swim without the hassle of applying sunscreen, hats or swim shirts. Lauren made her brownies and the kids swam for three hours under the moonlight. Last week, we realized we were running out of summer and still had one more idea to put into play---Taco Tuesday!

My son is a big fan of my taco's and wanted to share them with all of his friends. I couldn't make dinner for the entire class so I urged him to choose three and we go from there. Maria, from the office, got him this giant sombrero last year and he wanted to use it somehow. We decided to get each boy how own sombrero, and then for a little added humor, we picked up a packet of stick on moo-staches. They were hilarious!! As each boy arrived Niko greeted them with their new look and christened them with their new names: Brendan was Burrito, Logan was Loco, and Nate was Nacho. Without hesitation and with a lot of gusto I might add, they jumped right into the fun!

Here you see them singing what they thought was a mariachi song. It was too funny! Shortly afterward they attempted ping-pong with those giant hats too. They played the Wii, ate a big dinner of Niko's mama's tacos, and then we went over to the courts and they played on the tennis courts for a solid hour (I can't say it was really tennis, but they cracked up the whole time). Niko has gotten pretty good at tennis so they played the three of them against him--and they cheered with victory when they finally got a ball past him. He was running all over the court and loved it. We got home and cooled them down with chocolate brownie sundaes that they devoured. The time flew but fun was had by all!