Quick road trip with the little people

Today was the day Javi and Isa had to go back :( I offered to drive them back so I can spend more time with them and it worked. The original plan was to leave in the early afternoon, but I had overlooked traffic time in the bay is awful, so I rearranged my plan and ended up leaving a few hours earlier.

Kids woke up, had breakfast and loaded up the car. We opted to take Armando's car for 2 reasons, A) gas saver and B) the engine needed to run nonstop for smog purposes...we were squished but still fit. I hate driving his teeny car sometime cause it make me feel like im living in the flinstone age and pedaling with my feet. Haha...

On our way, kids wanted to stop and Wendy's and get their free frosty. We found one in Salinas and stopped. They had a huge fish tank in the middle of the restaurant (which I find to be odd in a fast food chain, but hey, kids enjoyed it, so kudos!)

Noah and Anisa did fairly well on the trip. Maybe the drives are growing on them! Still sucks at time though. And of course Javi and Isa began arguing and fight for reasons only a brother and sister would fully comprehend. I scolded them, because I really hate seeing how disrespectful they are to each other at times and sometime to others around them. I ended up giving them an assignment (since I can watch them write sentences) and they need to mail it to me. Their writing assignment is "What is Respect? What does it mean to me? What does it mean to my family? And how can I improve myself? I originally told them it had to be 1 page but after talking to their dad, he suggested longer, so 2 pages it is! It will help with their writing skills also.

Javi was actually looking forward to it. He even called me earlier this evening letting me know he was beginning to write it...man I miss them already. As much as they drive.me crazy, they are still my babies...

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