WOW - Where does the time go...

It seems like just a week or two ago I was telling myself that I needed to post about the kid's last day of school. Now I'm getting excited that I will be able to post about their 1st day of school. I'm sorry that I am so bad at posting, for those couple folks that read this...

I'm going to try to capture the last couple months with a few words and pictures over the next couple of days. Things have seemed to slow down a little and I might just have some time.

Stay Tuned!

FAB-U-LOUS Fun and Games...

OK - I'm all for taking a break from the normal blogging (which is completely random) and playing a game. So thanks to Laurie - here it goes...

The first 5 people to respond to this post will receive something made by me for you. My choice made especially for you. Of course there are some restrictions and limitations:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It will be done sometime this year.
4. You have no clue what it will be... it may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw or paint something. I may bake something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure. ;-)
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.
6. I will send it anywhere! It doesn't matter where you live!

The catch? The catch is that you must repost this on your own blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!!Oh! And be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it."

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone. Here are a few pictures of the kids...

New Easter Dress and Ties

Finding Easter Eggs

Coloring Easter eggs

April Fools

I started April Fools off by taking Kyler to the dentist. Yes, I know, the joke's on him right...

We decided to go to a pediatric dentist because we wanted Kyler to feel relaxed and not get traumatized and hate the dentist for the rest of his life. He had some minor work that needed to be done ( a couple teeth didn't completely seal when they developed, and a little cavity in between his 2 front teeth - thanks to all the apple juice he drinks). We choose to have Kyler sedated so we could do everything at once and he'd be sleepy and relaxed.

He couldn't eat before the appointment, so I made sure it was 1st thing in the morning. We got there at 8 AM and he had drank his "sleepy medicine" by 8:15. Now we just had to wait for it to kick in.

After the medicine he should have been doing this.....
but instead he was doing this....

Kyler had been listening to Jake and MaKenna all morning try to "joke" each other. I think he really caught on to the whole thing.

I kept hoping that the medicine would work, so I wouldn't let him walk around by himself - in case his legs were wobbly. Kyler kept telling him that he was a big boy not a baby and he knew how to walk - "I'll show you mom!". I even buckled him in the car and drove around with him... no luck. We tried nitrous - didn't work. Finally, they just wrapped him up, did what needed to be done. He relax a little except when according to Kyler "they kept getting water in my mouth, and I didn't want water in my mouth". They didn't even have to numb his mouth. I'm not sure it was worth the $$ to have him "sedated".

It took this little stinker 5 hours to go to sleep - and that was only because it was WAY past his normal nap time. He fought it so bad and so hard. Yesterday, we learned that he has a high tolerance for Choral Hydrate and Demerol (something like that). The only thing that medicine did for him was make him grumpy, irritable, and mean!

When it was all done, I thought he would come home, relax and sleep for several hours. Again... April Fools on me. He drank, ate, and watched Caillou. I had all I could take and loaded him up again and went for a drive to sleepy town. On the way home he started yelling like crazy that he wanted me to stop and pull over. I was a little scared and not sure what the problem was. After talking with him and telling him we were almost home he told me "You have to stop driving mom. My eyes are getting tired and I don't want to go to sleep". He did finally go to sleep when we got back home and sleep for a whopping 3 hours! Not exactly what I thought would happen.

On a happier note, I got the kids... I made them grilled cheese sandwiches for a snack after school.

It's really..... pound cake that I grilled then put frosting colored orange in the middle. For dinner we had "Breakfast" with purple french toast and scrambled eggs, blue hash browns, bacon, pink and blue milk, and an orange punch "drink" (jello).

Spring Break photos

Well, Spring Break came and went without major issues. Here are a few pictures.

SNOW! (not exactly the "Spring" I wanted)

Jake got a new Lego Set

MaKenna played dress-up (She loves her "ankle breaker" dress-up shoes)

Kyler has discover puzzles (he loves to do them by himself)

March Updates

Well, March was a pretty busy month. It went by so fast. It started with me going to Oregon. It was a short trip, but very nice. I was able to spend time with mom & dad and visit grandpa. It was awesome that Daniel & Laurie and the kids, and Joleane and her kids came down. We had a great time visiting and hanging out.

Jake and MaKenna had a spring wrestling camp. Every year the high school wrestlers put on a Clinic/Camp for the younger kids. It raises money for scholarships. Jake had an opportunity to brush up on some techniques, and MaKenna got to learn what wrestling was all about. At least those were the goals I had for them. At the end of the two weeks, they had a mini tournament. They each got to wrestle 3 times and show everyone what they knew.

Last Saturday we went to a kids Rodeo. Jake wrestles with a couple boys who ride, and invited us to come check it out. I signed Jake and MaKenna up for Mutton Bustin'. Jake loved it. He was the very first one. He had never seen it before (except a short U Tube video). He stayed on and scored 79 point. MaKenna was next... she got on the sheep, but when she realized what she was about to do, she bailed. She jumped off the sheep so fast and before I knew it, she has scaled up the gate and down the other side. I couldn't convince her to go for it. Kyler loved watching the calves, steers, and bulls. It was a lot of fun and pretty quick.

The kids are now on Spring Break. We've just been taking it easy and running errands. Not much of a spring break for the kids, but a nice time off for me. We've got plans to do something fun the next couple days. The kids have a whole list... laser tag, swimming, hiking, miniature golf, camping, riding, skating, park, movies...

Parent Teacher Conferences

Yes, it is that time again. The end of the 2nd quarter and time to meet with the teachers again.

Jake is doing wonderful. He is always happy and willing to help. He's moved up to the next reading level and is getting challenged. I told her that I would rather Jake get challenged then have things come easy to him. He can learn great things from working hard to achieve what he wants. Jake does his best work when he is sitting in the front of the class and on the end of the row. He seems to get distracted easily and then looses where he is and what he was doing. That of course is normal and he will outgrow it as he gets older. With his birthday being late June, he is younger then other kids in the class. He is a great leader and helps the other kids in his class if they don't understand.

MaKenna. MaKenna. MaKenna. She is, well, MaKenna. She is very bright and has the ability to do really well - IF SHE WANTS TO. All of her work depends on her mood. Sometimes she is more then willing to put the effort in and do well. Other times, she just doesn't want to be bothered with school and would rather visit or play. She was being tested on how far she could count - she counted to 38 or so and figured that was enough to demonstrate she knew what she was doing - so she stopped. When her teacher asked to keep going, she looked at her and said "no, I don't need to". The next time she was told she needed to count to 100. She counted part way, skipped to 90 and finished to 100. Her writing is the same way - sometimes she wants to do it and sounds the letters and writes nicely. Other times, she just randomly writes letters to fill the page. You would be surprised how many words have "kenna" in them.

Kyler is helpful like Jake and stubborn like MaKenna. He recently moved to the "big boys class" at daycare. He loves it and usually can't wait to go to school to see his new teacher Miss Stephanie. We've been working on his letters - other then the usual ones he yells each time he sees them. K! for Kyler, T! for Taylor, M! for Mom and MaKenna, D! for Dad, J! for Jake...