Update to Summer of Nannyhood Post

DUH-I knew there was something else I meant to put in my last post! I was busy uploading pics I had taken of the kids & heard a sound...thought it was just the kids playing...then thought "I haven't heard that sound before..." so I look behind me & dang it!!! Matias has a PURPLE Crayon & is making lines on the WALL! Crap! I felt so badly about it. At least it was a washable Crayon. Meliss got it off with some water & paper towels. You can still see a shadow of the lines, though. :( Another good thing is that they were planning to paint that room anyway. Whew!

Vegas Vacation #5

My brother & me excited about Nick & Kevin Jonas' handprints at Planet Hollywood.

Who doesn't like Vegas? I mean, who wouldn't want to keep going back, every single summer? Well, apparently only the Wilson siblings wish to return, year after year, to the same city. Some people don't get it & think we should try new places. Hmm.. Maybe. But why not do what you like? When I get tired of Vegas, then I'll try a new place, right? The plane ride is just long enough (although it could always be shorter, but at 2 hours to get there & 2.5 or whatever to get back...it's what I call 'decent' & "long enough", lol).

The beginning of our trip started out a little shaky for me. Before everyone came over the night before, only my sis & I were here. We ordered a pizza & Mountain Dew. Apparently my wittle body is so sensitive to caffeine if consumed at 7 p.m. I was up ALL NIGHT! I think I slept 2 hours. I had my brother Justin here, his friend Dustin, my sis Kimmie, & Mr. L all staying here the night before. (A big shout out to Mr. L for taking & picking us up from the airport!!).

The morning we are to leave, we have to wake up at 4:40 to get ready to go to the airport. Yuck! We needed to leave a little before 6. Too bad at 5:20 my sis had a seizure in my bathroom! It was only about a minute, but it's so scary to sit & watch it & not be able to do anything to help! (Besides keep her from hurting herself). Then comes the questions of...should we go? should we try to get a later flight? what caused it? will she have another? what if she has one on the plane? Anyway, we did call the airline & there were no seats available for a later flight. After awhile my sis came out of the groggy phase, & we headed to the airport. After checking in & being seated in the waiting area, I was able to put on my make up. I didn't have time because of all the madness of the morning! No big deal. I did that while Justin, Dustin, & Kim went to the McD's in the airport for breakfast. Too bad when they got back & Kim unwrapped her sausage McMuffin, it had a hair stuck on it! Yuck! So she didn't eat that, obviously. Then they start calling for people to board the plane. Wouldn't you know it...my brother lost his boarding pass! He looked everywhere & he & Dustin went to ask a lady at the counter. Kim had the bright idea of search his carry-on bag again (even though he just did that). Yep-she found it, in an outside pocket. So I chased him down to tell him that. We get on the plane & take off. I must say...on a scale of 1-10, my nervous factor was maybe a 4. I think I was just running on adrenaline & hadn't stopped since really, the night before I started drinking Mountain Dew! Once we started descending/landing, I did get more nervous. But it was one of my best flights yet! At baggage claim, we found Aunt Lisa who was rooming with us. We all go to our hotel/casino: Planet Hollywood. We were all so impressed with how cool it was! It's more modern & updated, obviously, since it's a new place. Kim & I ended up taking a nap that afternoon. After that I was as good as new! Then I met up with my parents, who got there that day as well, & Aunt Lisa at the Bellagio. It was truly a Wilson Family Vegas Vacation. So silly was my mom when we were walking through the flower/garden area in Bellagio. They had these streams of water going over a sidewalk thing. You are to walk under the arches of water. Mom just HAD to put her finger through the water to see what would happen, I guess! Of course water splashed everywhere, & when she did it a 2nd time, later on, she got my dad's shirt so wet in the back! lol (look below)



Later that night my sis & I went to the Extra bar in our hotel. We were taking it easy, just hanging out, watching people walk by. Justin & Dustin joined us. After that, I went up to the room & they went out for more gambling, drinking, etc. Yes, I'm old. ;)

Friday afternoon was being a tourist...getting our usual matching "Vegas" picture frames, etc. Aunt Lisa, Kim, & I went to the pool. I told them I wanted to go 2 of the days there to hang out in the Vegas sun while listening to the DJ at the pool. Too bad I put sunscreen on my face & shoulders & back. My legs & stomach got SOOOO burned! So-we never went back for a 2nd day. Oh & by the way-interesting that the pool of Plnt Hllywd is on the 6th floor. Of course the grass area was fake. & there was no shade (maybe the problem for my sunburn??) anywhere.

That night we had tickets for the show Le Reve. It's in the Wynn. It's not an official Cirque show, but is the same thing, with the acrobatics, etc. it was really good! I really liked it a lot, & I think everyone else in the Wilson family did as well. It was all done in the water & the stage would come up out of the water, disappear down in the water so it looked like they were walking on water...they had synchronized swimmers, buff guys throwing the ladies around, etc. I highly recommend it! :)

Then Aunt Lisa, Kim, & I went to the club inside the Wynn: Tryst. It had a really big waterfall off the patio. I finally got the Wilson family to understand that in Vegas you can't just get to the club at the time you want to go in. We got in line 10 mins before they were to open, & there were about 100 people in line ahead of us. After about 50 minutes, we got pulled out of line to go in, because we were girls, not because we had made it to the front of the line. It was a fun, cool club to go to, but of course you know me & being snobby about music...it didn't play what I like to hear, but it was still cool, nonetheless. :)

Planet Hollywood's show they feature is "Peep Show" starring Holly Madison. (She's one of the "Girls Next Door"). Because of this, posters of her are everywhere. We all found out my Dad is quite a fan of Holly! Kim & I figured the only reason he & my mom kept coming to our room was so he could keep looking at the posters of her everywhere, lol! ;) Of course he did mention he wouldn't mind going to that show, haha!!

Saturday while walking down the strip, going towards the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace, a girl accosted me on the street. She wanted my name & cell so she could send me information on getting 'front of the line' passes to the clubs in the Palms. I give her the information. I knew Justin & Dustin would go out with me that night. Sure enough, my "Vegas contact" came through! I didn't make her job easy, either! I text'd her all through the evening - which line to get in, what time should we get there, now I have an extra person going along, etc. She was very nice the whole time & we got there...saw 150 people in line (I did get a bit nervous)...but once it opened, we got right in! We went to the Playboy Club & stayed there awhile. I saw a girl carrying her high heels & wearing flip flops - YES I swear I invented that. When I told her "oh - I do that too!" she gave me a snobby look. WHATEVER JERK I invented that, not you!! :) After awhile at the Playboy Club, we went to Moon (they are connected). We only stayed there awhile b/c I really wanted to go to Rain. DJ AM is there every Sat. night & he plays real "club" music! Too bad when we left Moon to go there, there were TONS of people in line...actually not even a line, just a mob. There was no way we were getting in at that point. CRAP! My feet were killing me (I didn't take my flip flops) so we decided to leave. Aww well, we had fun at the other 2 places, at least!

Sunday my brother decides we need to all go to the famous Las Vegas sign, & we will WALK! So, we take off from Planet Hollywood. We stop for 20 mins at the M&M Store. Then we stop to use the RR at NYNY. Then we keep on walking...& walking...& walking...& make it to Mandalay Bay. Then we walk 20 more mins & the sign is so close. We are walking on the side of the highway, on a dirt path. In 100+ heat. (I'm not complaining..what else would I be doing...but I'm setting the scene for you). As Yong would say "Lord & behold"...I didn't see that a sawed off pipe was sticking out of the ground about 2" & I tripped over it & it knocked my flip flop off. Then my bare foot came straight down on the pipe! I saw I had blood running down my foot & immediately thought "I'm SO GLAD I got that tetanus shot last month!" I dug a tiny Dora the Explorer Band Aid out of my purse & Aunt Lisa put it on the wound. We walked (limped) a little more & decided to stop at a bench for a bus stop to take a better look. My cutie pie lil bro took over, using water from my water bottle to rinse & then put a new Band Aid on (I always carry tons of those in my purse while in Vegas due to walking everywhere in sometimes uncomfy shoes). There were no casinos/buildings around to get any First Aid..at least we thought so at first until reading the writing on the plain brown building DIRECTLY across from where it happened - & it was a fire station! First we went to the LV sign & got our pic made in front of it. Then we walked (hobbled/limped) back to the Fire Station & rang the bell & informed Alex I needed 1st Aid. How exciting - getting rescued by a fireman! Then sadly being the center of attention had to end, & we left. Limping, limping, limping (I could only walk on the side of my foot - this lasted 5 wks, by the way!) back to Mandalay Bay for a drink. My bro said my face was bright red & looked like I was going to pass out from the heat. Probably. I'm kinda wimpy like that, although I WAS a trooper! So we go in MB for water & guacamole for me, drinks for others. We took a cab back to Planet Hollywood thank goodness!



Look how close we were to the sign:


The pic we went to all this trouble for:


& my lovely rescuer:


That night the whole Wilson clan met at Planet Hollywood for dinner at PF Changs & then we split up. My sis & I went to the Heart Bar in Plnt Hlywd for a couple drinks & then back to the room to pack & get ready to leave the next day. I had to buy an Ace Bandage b/c at that point I was still wearing the crazy get-up Alex fixed for me. :) Good thing my sis was a trainer in high school for the football team, she was able to wrap my foot for me! lol

Everyone:


Monday is the sad day - time to go back home (although I did miss my Chloe & Salinas family!). Even flying back was a great experience! My bro & Dustin were hung over & I made those 2 boys sit w/ Kim on one side, then I sat across the aisle from them. I even told Mr. L later that I needed to get on a plane & go somewhere else, & quick, b/c I had 2 great experiences.

So-I'm not even sure how many people read this blog & I went to Vegas almost 2 months ago, but I'm finally finishing this! I'm sure I left out some stuff, but...who cares it should all STAY IN VEGAS ANYWAY! ;)

Summer of Nannyhood

I've been blessed to have a summer job for the past two summers. It involves babysitting my adopted niece & nephew, hanging out with one of my best friends, & making some good extra money!! I think it was when I was a Nanny over spring break a few months ago, within the first 30 minutes Matias had fallen & busted his lip on the windowsill, then Alex had tripped over something & fell on her hand & started crying a bit. I was thinking 'what did I get myself in to & can things just calm down?!' Let me think of what has happened so far this summer....let me start with today since it is most recent. I fed the kids yogurt for their afternoon snack that had expired a week ago. How was I to know I should read the date on the package since it hadn't even been opened yet??? By the time dinner rolled around, the kids didn't have diarrhea & weren't throwing up, so I think I'm safe on that one. Too bad today was a day that Alex had only a few bites of lunch so she was STARVING for a snack & then she & Matias both ate 3 bowls of yogurt! lol

On one of my first days there, or maybe it was my first day, I broke "Sissy". Sissy is a blow up inner-tube thing you put in the water. It had a monster head on it or something..was it a swan? But it was green...anyway the kids always got inside it & I guess chillaxed. Well they were both in it & I used my freakishly strong muscles to drag them across the floor & I heard the thing rip on one of the seams. I'm lol now, just watching it happen again in my mind as the kids slowly dropped a few inches to the floor as the air went out. Lol!! Too bad Alex is old enough (3) to know something wasn't right. At least with Matias I could change the subject or something!!

I was happy to see today that Alvaro broke one of their toys by trying to put it on his head, as if it were a hat. I noticed he quickly avoided my eye contact, put the toy on the ground, & "went back to work" downstairs (it was a 'work from home day' for him). I guess we grownups all have to have a little fun with the kiddie toys, eh? :)

I was thinking I would have more to write about, but I can't think of anything else. Alex & Matias both are so much easier to watch this summer, as opposed to last. Alex is potty-trained. Matias is ALWAYS calm & still for me when I change a diaper (he NEVER was still last summer-he tried wriggling around as much as possible! Not fun when you have turds in the diaper!!). Meliss & Alvaro may be able to remind us all of a few funny Nanny moments of this year...