365- Week 25

06/18/11

Chris went to AZ to see a baseball game so we went swimming ALL day at my mom's house. We stayed for dinner and the kids were playing restaurant in the patio. I was their waiter and took their order.

06/19/11

Happy Father's Day to an amazing dad! We love you!!

06/20/11

Aubrey's hair is getting pretty long on top. It didn't look so cute curly, but she sure does look cute with the rollers in!

06/21/11

We have been swimming almost everyday so far. And while we are swimming popsicles are a MUST for my kids!!

06/22/11

Amber has been going to the M pool for a while, so we decided to tag along and see what all the fun was about. The kids had a blast and didn't want to leave.

06/23/11

After Aubee had her birthday breakfast she spent the morning pushing her BUMBO around and climbing in and out of it.

06/24/11

All the cousins(minus Jeremy's 4) at the park to feed the ducks.

"Field Trip Friday"- Sunset Park

We continued with week 2 of field trips by going to Sunset Park to feed the ducks. There weren't nearly as many ducks as I thought there would be(which is probably a good thing!!). But none the less, the kids had fun throwing the bread in. There are so many big trees that in the shade it wasn't too warm. I think there were 10 of us moms and between us we had 30 kids!! The kids played Red Rover in the grass while the Moms got to talk. It was another fun day!

Aubrey's Party

We had lots of family and friends come over on Thursday night to help celebrate Aubrey's 1st Birthday. Although she did have her 2 naps she was kind of fussy.

I guess it was her party and she can cry if she wanted too!!

Aubrey pushed Makaylin around in Chloe's little stroller. It was quite funny since she is so tiny she can barely see over the handle. She has done it before, but has never been so insistent on doing it like she was that night. Normally it goes too fast since it is too light. I told Amber that we needed to put something heavy in it since Aubs doesn't walk so fast yet. And so she set Makaylin in there. What cute girls!!

Aubrey wasn't too into her presents. She did get spoiled though!! And I had a fun time opening all of them, it kind of felt like my birthday!!

We sang "Happy Birthday" to our little birthday girl and gave her the go ahead to dig in, but she just cried. So I took her out of the high chair and I put her on the counter by me while I dished up everyone else's cupcakes and ice cream. Jenny was walking by with her cupcake and Aubrey stole it. I guess she is just so used to eating on the counter, but she ate the whole thing and had a second. Makaylin joined her . They were pretty cute!

And then it was straight to the bath for these little cupcake monsters!

Aubrey is still a baby and probably didn't care too much about her party, but I am thankful for all our family and friends who made it special. Thanks!!

Happy 1st Birthday little lady!

I was uploading pictures to work on Aubrey's scarpbook and these 2 photos popped up next to eachother and totally caught me by surprise. What happened to my tiny baby??! I can't believe her first year has already come and gone and I have a one year old. It makes me teary eyed to just type this! I L.O.V.E. watching all of the new things that she learns each and everyday I just wish it would slow down a bit. I know it isn't going to happen, but I will definitely snuggle her a little more(when she will let me)!!

She is officially walking!! She loves to push Chloe's baby stroller around. She thinks she is a BIG girl! She says Mama, Da-da-a, and Nit (Nick). She is still the best sleeper ever! She sleeps about 12 hours at night and still takes 2 2-3 hour naps. She loves smoothies! I have to get her her own whenever I go to Tropical Smoothie. She loves fruits and veggies, and would eat bananas, strawberries and peas for every meal I am sure! She is a drink stealer, especially if it is an ICEE or a shake. She definitely has an attitude and has started to scream like her big sister used to. She is a climber(mostly me)! She loves to go up the stairs and lucky for me she learned to go down too. She loves her blankie and is getting pretty attached to her binky too! Aubrey is such a little love and we are lucky that she is part of our family!

Happy Birthday to my 1 year old little lady!!

Aubrey had her 1 year check up 6/27/11. She had to have 3 shots which she was not to happy about.

Here are her stats at a year old:

weight: 20.28 lbs. 25-50%

height: 29.5 in. 50-75%

head circ: 18.75 in. 90%

"Field Trip Friday"- Anderson Dairy

Some friends and I decided we should have a little outing every week for something fun to do this summer, so we are going to have "field trip Friday". For our first week we had a tour at Anderson Dairy. They have some talking animals that explain things to the kids, we saw where they actually make the ice cream, we watched a movie on the history of Anderson Dairy with some fun facts and last but not least we got to eat ice cream!! It was fun to get out and see so many of our friends! Nick was at baseball camp, but said he didn't mind missing since he has already been on a school field trip.

365- Week 24

06/11/11

My Cooper friend at Nick's baseball game.

06/12/11

Before we moved in.

And now after Chris has put lots and lots of hours into this yard. The grass is still a work in progress, but the kids love having somewhere to run and play.

06/13/11

One of the reasons I love summer so much is for the most part we can do what we want! We can have lazy day and just hang out!

06/14/11

This picture was taken at about 7 o'clock in the evening. Just Aubrey and I having some dinner together after a busy, busy day. Nick was with Josh at the gym and the other kids were playing with Everett and Jordyn.

06/15/11

Everywhere we go Nick wants to run there!! "Can you let me out and let me run the rest of the way?" Everyday I hear this! So here are the boys running to Grandma's house to swim.

06/16/11

Chloe and Alex having fun in the amazing pool at Nick's baseball party.

06/17/11

Happy, Happy Birthday to the BEST MOM in the whole world!!!

2nd Place

Last Saturday was the last game of the tournament, it was the Rookie Dodgers vs. the Braves. They also played the night before and won BIG, so I think they were a little worn out, but they put up a good fight and lost by 2 runs to take 2nd place. The boys had a great season, their coaches were awesome, and they made some new friends. It was a nice way to end the season! Yay Dodgers!!

I am addicted!

Subway art is really trendy right now, I have been seeing it everywhere. I found a site that you can make it super easy and made the kid's teacher end of the year presents. I made some for Chris for Father's Day and now I am trying to think of more reasons to make some. But I guess naptime is over for today, so time to go swimming!

365-Week 23

Life seems to get busier and busier the older my kids get! School is out for the summer and baseball is almost done, so now maybe we can take a break for a bit and relax, maybe!
06/04/11

My little baseball man! He hit the most awesome home run ever! Too bad nobody was on base because it could have been a grand slam. Nick was to third base before they even got the ball.

06/05/11

When we came home Saturday afternoon Mater's dad was in our garage! This is Chris' new love! He plans to totally rebuild this car with the boys.

06/06/11After Chloe's awards assembly on Monday we came outside to watch Alex for a minute while he was having water day.

06/07/11 After I picked up Alex and Cooper from school on Tuesday we went to the park and had a picnic lunch. They boys played for a bit before we had to go home and let Aubrey have a nap.

06/08/11I couldn't pick just one picture for this day! I took the kids home from school early after Alex's graduation. They played so well together all afternoon! Mostly Nick & Alex and Chloe & Cooper.

06/09/11 I told the kids to get all their stuff out of the car when we got home from school and without me asking they pulled the vacuum out and went to work. Alex even got the Windex out and cleaned the windows. They are good little workers! Cooper not so much, he was inside coloring!

06/10/11 We enjoyed our first day of summer vacation at the pool with lots of friends (family too, but they are friends!).

[Kindergarten Graduation]

Class of 2011. Kindergarten, that is!

Alex with Mrs. Yacubovich

Today was Alex's kindergarten graduation. He has been counting down the days for about the last month. He has been telling me that he is learning songs to sing for me, but wouldn't tell me anymore, he wanted it to be a surprise. We got to school early today so I could get a front row seat to watch my boy sing! And he did! He was so serious too. Anytime that he saw me about to take a picture he would go stone face and I could not get him to smile either! They sang "First Grade, First Grade" to start off. Nick and Chloe sand this song at their little graduations too, but it made me a cry a little. I can't believe that Alex is old enough to be going into first grade next year. He is too little to be there all day! They then sang "I am a Pizza", "What a Wonderful World", and "Time to Say Goodbye". We watched a little slide show and then all the kids received their certificates for completion of kindergarten. We went out to the courtyard for cookies and cupcakes, and of course we all had to have our picture taken with our graduate!

First Grade, First Grade

Start spreading the news

We are leaving today

We want to be a part of it

First grade, First grade

We've worked very hard

We're ready to go

We're going to be a part of it

First grade, First grade

We know our ABC's and our 1,2,3's so well

We've worked at sounding out words and stories to tell

Just ask us to rhyme

We'll say tens and pens

We've learned to share and get along with all of our friends

So now we made it there

We'll make it anywhere

We're on our way

First grade, First gradeThe other day I told Alex that his graduation was just a couple of days away and that meant we were going to go on a date, he and I to get a new outfit for graduation and an ice cream. He just shakes his head and says no. I want to wear jeans and my gray shirt. Okay! This kid knows exactly what he wants! We celebrated today by going to Buffalo Wild Wings. Not his first choice, but this kid loves BBQ chicken! Alex is definitely a special boy and I am glad that he his mine!

{A B Honor Roll}

Nick with Ms. Campbell

Monday I attended an awards assembly in the morning for Chloe and in the afternoon for Nick where they were both recognized for being on the A B Honor Roll for the entire year. I am proud of both them for working so hard and doing so well! It is crazy that these two are going to be big 2nd and 3rd graders in just a couple of months.They both have had great teachers and have had great years.

GO Nick and Chloe!! Woohoo!!
Chloe with Mrs. Guttman

365- Week 22

05/28/11 Jenny and Katie spent the night after Chloe's party. The next morning we got up and went to IHOP for breakfast and then went to see Kung Fu Panda 2 with the kids.

05/29/11
All ready for church bright and early!

05/30/11

Swimming on Memorial Day. Jordyn was nice to smile so cute for the camera.

05/31/11

No Picture

06/01/11
Sucking down some smoothies before school. "Hurry!! We are going to be late for school!" .
That is the story of my life right now! Always rushing!!

06/02/11

I have forgotten alot, but I am pretty sure Aubrey is my first baby to do this. She is a climber! I think I am going to be in trouble!!

06/03/11

Another bath picture!

Field Day 2011

Field Day was very busy this year! Aubrey and I spent Wednesday morning running around like crazy trying to watch Nick, Chloe and Alex in their different activities. Nick and Chloe were out on the main grass area and Alex was in the kindergarten area so it was a lot of walking back and forth. Of course Nick loved field day! He loves to be outside and is so athletic! Things were a little chaotic and he wasn't able to participate in a lot of the activities, but I think he still had fun!
And then we have my not-so-athletic child, Chloe. She doesn't like to be sweaty, so I think her favorite part of the day was the water activities and getting snow cones!

Kindergarten had their own field day. Alex loved all of it! He had a permanent smile on his face all morning. One of their activities was to get a bowling pin from laying down to standing up using only their legs. It was pretty difficult for the adults demonstrating and after watching most of the kids not be able to do it, I just figured Alex wouldn't either, but HE DID! He was the first kid to be able to do it and I think only 1 more did it after him. Pretty impressive!

While I was outside watching Alex, Cooper's class got to come out to have some fun in the sun! It was fun to see him playing with his friends.

and Aubrey was along for the ride! She did pretty good for missing her morning nap too!