First Day of School

Adam's First Day of Middle School. Can you believe it....I can't. He was so excited.


He rode the bus for the very first time. We are dropping him off so he can ride to school with Ashley who is a sophmore this year (can't believe that either). When we dropped them off at the bus stop, it was just me and Alex. So I took him to his school, and it was wierd just taking Alex. For 6 years Adam went to that elementary school, and for the past two years they were there together.

So the First day of school was great, other than me thinking of them every second of the day, but that is not so bad.

Alex says he likes school. He has lots of friends in his class, but he still missed his brother. The first day of school he said he had 5 girls chasing him on the play ground. Oh brother.

Adam loves Middle School. Such a relief to me. He has his own locker, gets to change classes, and he is in Orchestra. He plays the Violin, and is saving for an Electric Violin. He going to school with some of his friends, and has made some new ones. Yesturday he got a good ol' circle yes or no note from a girl. His dad was so proud. lol. But Adam has always told him, If your in sports you can't have a girl friend, cause they will mess your game up. lol.

Alex doesn't have home work the first week, but Adam had his first homework last night. He had to add fractions. Brought back memories. Least common denominator. Not fun. I am good at math, but it wasn't fun having to go threw and check to make sure they were all write. This could get challenging.

So right now, they are both loving school.

Family Fun Time

Last night it felt so good outside. So we all went out into the back yard and threw the ball around, and played with the dogs. I got some good pics of Laila and Trinidad. Looks like this weekend is going to be nice. Looks like we might have to take a trip to the park.

Check out the pics I posted on my Flickr account.

DoggySpace

Check out Trinidad's Doggyspace. Oh yes my friends...there is a myspace for dogs, and I am all about that.

Trinidad's Doggy Space

Happy Birthday Puppies!!

Happy Birthday to you, woof woof...
Happy Birthday to you, woof woof...
Happy Birthday dear..
Lucy, Rocky, Scooby, Noelani, and Tyson...woof woof
Happy Birthday to you!!!!

One year ago today Laila and Trinidad had Puppies. It was an amazing experience. We helped Laila give birth to the pups, we watched them come into this world, and we got attached to them over the next 6-8 weeks. We took care of them, and played with them every waking minute, and some sleeping ones. They all have good homes, and we get to see them and hear stories about them. We love our dogs, and we have a special place in our heart for the puppies. So over the next week, we will be visiting the puppies and taking them there Birthday Presents.

Enjoy the pics.

The Puppies are Born!







Noelani


Tyson


Scooby and Rocky


Check out theses posts from last August.
Puppies Have Arrived
The Boys Name the Puppies
Were are the puppies at??
Noelani
Tyson
Caught Red Handed

The next BIG thing in mobility! lol

source: http://wmexperts.com/articles/htc_magnum_joke_of_the_day.html

Twitter Account

I had to set up a new Twitter Account today. So to my twitter peeps, I am now..Angiegirlrivera

Alex says...

Alex: mom I think I need to go to the gym to work out so you can see my scabs.

Me: scabs?

Alex: (Pointing to his stomach) Yeah Scabs.

Big Adam: Your abs?

Alex: Yeah, that's what it is.

lololololo

To Twitter or Not to Twitter

So day 1 without twitter. Felt kind of lonely not having my twitter peeps to share little things with. There were so many times I reached for my phone to twitter and it wasn't there. So I started to think, does it really hurt anything.

The reasons I considered stopping..
Am I giving too much info to people. - Sometimes I feel I put too much of myself out there. Is this another one of those times?
Is it effected me actually blogging. - I love to blog. Blogging I do for myself, not for others, and not for comments. I do love that people read my blog. I think it gives people more insight into who I am.


Why I twitter...
Sometimes you just need to tell someone something that doesn't necessarily require feedback. Some of my favorite twit times are the on going conversations on twitter with my twit peeps. This morning on my way to work I notices gas went up to 3.89. hello, wasn't it just 3.69 or something. That is ridiculous, I reached for my phone to twit, but forgot I deleted my account. (Remind me, why did I do this again)

There are things I blog about that are too long for twitter. There are things like the shock of gas at 3.89 again that I wanted to twitter about that I wouldn't blog about.

It fits me. I blog, I load almost all my pics on Flickr(some public some private), and I twitter. I really don't mind putting myself out there, until someone hurts me, but I always bounce back. If you read my blog and don't like what I blog about don't read it. If you don't want to see every picture I took from summer vacation, you don't have to look, and if you don't like how I twitter, don't follow me. Remember it is to give you insight on who I am, not what you perceive of me, or what others tell you of me. Some will like me, others won't. That is ok.

I like to hear what everyone is up too, not to be nosie, but just to know what my twitter peeps are up to.

Is it really that big of a deal? No, I enjoy it, it doesn't hurt anything or anyone, so twitter peeps, I am back.

Alittle insight on me,,,I analyze, can you tell. lol

So Long, See ya, It's been fun.

I deleted my twitter account today. It was fun while it lasted. Making some changes, so I thought I would say goodbye to Twitter for a while. See ya'll tweets in the real world.

Salsa = Fun Times

So we went Salsa Dancing with a friend of mine, Erin and her boyfriend Bobby. Erin and I went shopping Saturday for a dress to wear since the lesson was part of our date night. So we wore our dresses and heels. We quickly discovered that that was probably not such a hot idea. Salsa is a workout. So next time we will be better prepared. But we did have a great time. We learned the basic steps, and learned a turn and some spins. We are going back this week, and I will take more pictures of us actually dancing. Before you know it, we will be pro's. We will at least have fun trying.

Middle School

We registered our oldest son for middle school yesterday. I can't believe my son is going to be in middle school. Middle school life is such a huge difference from elementary school. He will have his own locker, and he can't take his book bag to class, he has to keep it in his locker. So I am worried he won't have what he needs in class, or that he will forget his locker number. The mother in me is going to worry about everything. But I am sure he will be OK. I really liked how they addressed the kids more than the parents. They asked them questions, and explained things directly to them. I think that really helps them feel more responsible. It will be like sending him to school on his first day of kindergarten all over again.

LOL

iphone vs. Tilt



source: http://tomthegeek.blogspot.com/2007/07/cingular-8925-trumps-iphone.html

Are you Cuil?

A new search engine launched today. Cuil (Pronounced Cool) claims to search 121,617,892,992 web pages.

I love Google, I use Google several times everyday. It is the home page on my Mobile device.

I will give Cuil a try to see how it out performs Google.

Is Cuil Cooler than Google. We will have to see.

www.cuil.com

Last night, Little Adam asked if he could get on the computer when we got home. I told him he would have to get on the laptop because our PC is pretty much shot. He said, well we have had it for a while. I told him it is like 6 or 7 years old. Alex said, it's been 6 years since you got me, almost 7. You got me a long time ago.

Mission to Get Organized

You know my mission to get organized, well I finally got the Calender up. I bought one of those desk calender and tore off the month of July and put it on the frig. It has all of our important dates on it, and I added any other important dates to the other months and put it away. It is much better than a dry erase calender, because I can write events months in advance, and don't have to worry about anything getting erased. This way, we can all write down things we need to remember, and we can all see it. I feel much better already.

What to Wear

Saturday night we are going to take a Salsa Lesson with a friend of mine and her boyfriend. This is a first for all of us, and should be pretty entertianing. What do you wear to take a Salsa Lesson??? On TV they dress up, I don't want to be out of place. Any body know??

To cut or not to cut, that is the on going question

I almost lost the battle yesterday. My husband was this close to taking the boys for a haircut. I have a feeling it will come to that before school starts. Little Adam has curly hair, and you can really see it now that it is getting longer. I am going to take him with me Saturday when I get my hair colored to see what my girl (that is what we call our hairstylists) thinks we can do with his hair. He is going to Middle School this year, so we have to make sure is is pimped out and looking good. lol

Planning a Birthday

We are planning a birthday party for Alex, and I have a big problem. I love to entertain, and would do so much more of it if my husband loved it as much as I do. I love the crafty, Do-it-Yourself decorating, and just going all out. We have done everything from a basic birthday party to a Carnival Birthday Party (which was my favorite). I am having to hold myself back because Alex is going to be 7, and while I am sure he will love anything we do, I have to make sure it is more on the big boy side, and less on the cheesy side :o) I love giving them a day that is there day. So i am going to log off of Martha Stewart's website, and take Alex to Card and Party Outlet so he can pick out his birthday theme.

Delemia in the Rivera House

The boys have been going to the barber shop to get there hair cut with Daddy every Thursday since they got there first haircut when they were 1 or 2 years old. The boys have decided they want to let there hair grow out some so they can do something different with there hair. This is a big deal, because it is driving my husband crazy. Little Adam's hair is curly, and you can see the curls since it is getting alittle longer. Alex's hair is straight, so he will be alittle limited to what he can do. So right now, momma is trying to keep there hair fixed so daddy doesn't freak out, and take them to the barber shop. Two weeks ago, was Adam's first trip to the barber shop with out them, and Adam's Barber, who he has been going to since he was little, was shocked to see the boys weren't with him. So we will see what happens. I asked Adam to give me 6 weeks. 6 weeks to let there hair grow out alittle so we can do something and see how they like it. We don't know what we are going to do yet, so we will see what we come up with.


Alex's First Haircut

The rest of our Vacation

Our last day at the Beach. We drove over to Destin, and the water was clear and the waves were high.



Then I got stung by a Jelly Fish. Adam insists it was just a fish bite. lol So we played in the sand alittle bit.


That night we went back to Pier Park and Did some shopping. We went back to the Beach Shop so the boys could spend there money. They had there picture taken with a baby Gator, and then we went to ride go-carts. The next morning we were on our way home.


The End