Memorial Day Hike

We went hiking with some friends on Memorial Day. It was actually more like a "walk" than a hike. Eric is a science teacher so he taught us stuff along the way. This hike is gorgeous in the fall.

School's Out

Shaylee graduated 1st grade. Mrs. Brown was her teacher. Grandma Lorna is retired so Shay won't be going back to T.O. Smith Elementary. She was so sad the last week of school. She said she cried when she realized she wasn't going to see her friends at that school anymore.



Shaylee made the "Wall of Fame". Or they call it "Citizen of the Month."

She was also selected for the "Academic Award in Language Arts." Only one girl and one boy from each class is chosen. This is her receiving the award at the assembly.

Eggs.....sunny side up!

A few weeks ago, Kate and Tyler got out 4 cartons of eggs and had themselves a pretty good time cracking them on the kitchen floor. Now this photo doesn't do justice. You can see the egg yolks, but what you don't see is the egg whites smeared all over. And the towel in the back, is their attempt to clean it up. They also threw some out the glass sliding door and onto the deck, but some of them missed and broke on my carpet. The house stunk of eggs for days after. Took me all morning to clean it all up. I had to mop....twice. One day I will laugh at this. One day.

Happy 7th!

Shaylee turned 7 last week and she wanted to go to the Mayan for her birthday. It's her favorite restaurant. She got a bike and the zhu zhu pet play-town. She got to play with her cousins and eat our favorite cake from Lee's marketplace. The best birthday cake we've ever had! Mother's Day was awesome. Aaron and the kids drew me some pictures and made me dinner. Then I woke up this morning and it's raining on my day off. This lawn is never getting mowed.

I wish.....

So I realize that my blog is pretty boring and I don't write much....last night I was driving home from work and I was thinking about all the things I wish I could change in the world - besides world hunger and world peace - so here are some things I wish......

I wish I had taken that trip to Europe in High School

I wish I had never quit piano

I wish it was legal to keep monkeys as pets

I wish Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory was real and that there really was a river of chocolate

Sometimes I really wish that I was Walt Disney

I wish messes cleaned themselves up

I wish you could always leave your doors unlocked

I wish there was no sickness

I wish I was as convincing as Frank Abignale

I wish land really was "FREE"

I wish insurance covered EVERYTHING.....I would look a whole lot different if insurance covered everything!

I wish kids came with cages and remote controls

I wish tomatoes were in season all year round

I wish I had more to say....

THE END

EASTER

Shaylee got this Zhu Zhu pet in her easter basket and the cat chased it around the kitchen floor.




We caught the Easter Bunny red handed!


Kids are funny. I had to force Kate to pick up the eggs. She didn't want to.

HGTV

MY ROOM BEFORE.....



....AND AFTER.




I've been watching too much HGTV, so I finally decided to decorate. I'll finish the rest of the house next winter.


Winter has kept me inside all day so to keep from going crazy I painted the girls room......GREEN! It's super cute. I still have to make a window seat cushion for the girls room. We'll see how that goes.

Shaylee's haircut

Shaylee got a haircut and it is darling. I thought she would cry when she saw it, but she was sooo excited and now she acts like a grown up girl.

I took the kids to Layton park last week since the weather was so nice and they all feel asleep on the way home. My plan worked.


You know the part in the movie "Marley and Me" when Jennifer Aniston finally gets all the kids asleep, and then she collapses on the bed....desperate for a break? And then the dog starts barking and wakes everbody up? I think we can all relate to that part in the movie. For example, the picture above.....only instead of a dog.....it's Kate. She is the first to get up every morning....comes bouncing into the bedroom "I have to go potty!" Then she stomps back down the hallway yelling at everybody. The second Tyler hears her loud voice, he wakes up "Kay....Kay!" Then she goes back into her room and starts bossing Shaylee..."Shaylee, talk to me!" Yes, this is every morning. I could write a book called "Mornings with Kate." Afternoons are better.

They are so cute, it's all worth it.

Little Stinker

.....and this is why I don't get on facebook anymore!

This is what we call Tyler's "O" face.

And this is what happens if you rest your head on the floor.


Who could get mad at such a handsome little boy?

And this is what happens when mom makes you get your picture taken.

The end of another year!

This is Shaylee's new insulin pump. She chose blue because that's her favorite color. We all love it. It came with a remote control glucometer and so the other day we were in a movie and Shaylee was eating snacks, so I pulled out the remote and gave her some insulin from two seats away! I love this thing.


This is Tyler right after we put up our Christmas tree. Only a few ornaments survived the Holiday season.

And this is Tyler opening his jammies which he hugged and snuggled all morning long.





Christmas jammies
We had a good Christmas. Kate got "all the babies" and is absolutely thrilled with them. We've been busy baking cupcakes and making hamburgers out of playdough. Next blog we will talk about those New Year's Resolutions. Shaylee says that one of hers is to give everyone presents every day. Kate's is to get "all the babies" again. I'm excited for New Years and am looking forward to starting a brand new year.