I Hate Cleaning These!

I think it is because they get dusty again so fast. Wish there was an easier way than wiping every singe individual blind. I've tried other ways but it never seems to work like the good old fashioned way. Oh well someday I will be rich enough to own an maid and never do it again. 1 down 16 to go!

Girls just want to have fun

We had a great day filled with fun and mostly girls. I started the day with a hike later than usual but it was good. Then off to the store to buy some last minute things for Jason and Tanner's father and sons camping trip. We saw them off then headed to our friends for some playtime. Paige and Kylie had so much fun playing with 9 other girls. I picked them up and we headed home to eat some lunch then head to the pool. We got there and met 6 other friends and kids at the pool. We had a great time. Kylie is a little fish and loves the water, and Paige was a animal in the water. Jumping in and having a great time. It scares me that she loves it so much I really have to watch her because she is fearless. I need to put her in swim lessons with the other 2 but we will have to wait till next year. We had our fill of swimming so we headed home for a nap for Paige, but it didn't happen because we had to leave to see our movie an hour after we got home.

Of course Paige fell asleep in the car, and slept while we got our tickets and popcorn and sat down in the theatre. We were the only ones for a while, and then a few more people trickled in. We saw

and it was really good, and Paige was really good (Kylie woke her up from her nap too soon!) until the last 10 minutes or so. Such a bummer we had to leave because she kept yelling and crying "GO" "GO". But Kylie said she liked the movie and of course wants to go back.

We then ran to Walmart for some groceries, and picked up pizza for the girls favorite, picnic in the living room. It was a good day and I had so much fun playing with my girls....but I was happy when they fell asleep because I was exhausted!

Lazy Day

Yesterday was so nice, the weather was perfect and we didn't do much of anything....it started off kind of crazy with dance followed by soccer. Kylie is doing so well leI learning her dance to Lion King. I am excited to see her perform in June. And Tanner is LOVING soccer. I haven't had the chance to see him play the last two weeks but we were able to make it for 1/2 of the game yesterday and he loves to slide and hit the ball. Unfortunately he sometimes will trip the other kids around the ball and so the game had to stop while his coach and ref told him to stop sliding. I don't think that will be easy since the kid was made to slide....he slides in T-ball and has loved sliding playing soccer. We will just have to teach him to go for the ball only and not to hit other kids. I love watching him play he has lots of energy. I started taking pictures and forgot to watch Paige and she ended up on the field too, so maybe next time I will do better at the picture thing!

After the game we headed home and had lunch and I took a nice long nap while Paige was sleeping and Jason was watching basketball. After we went and enjoyed the nice day and went on a small bike ride and played at the park. After dinner we headed back outside and we stayed there till after dark. It was a great day and I would take many more days like this but I think there is a possiblity that we will reach 100 this week! Yuck so not looking forward to that. So I am just enjoying the perfect weather now.

Easter

We had a great Easter, although I wished we could have been with family it was a good day. We woke up and the Peter Cotton Tail left them. We rushed off to church and were actually on time for the 1st time in months! We got soft seats it was great.

We got home and we started the prep ffor our Easter dinner. Jason made his first pie, crust and all and was really proud of himself. We had a relaxing rest of the day, ate dinner, and then went for a walk.

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rain

It was raining this morning when we woke up which resulted in Tanner's cancelled soccer game. So we went as a family to dance, and then headed over to the HOA's annual Easter egg hunt in the gym. It was really crowded and a little chaotic but we had a good time. The kids loved getting Easter eggs, and Paige warmed up to the idea after seeing what was in them. They jumped in the bounce houses and then we took off. We had some grocery shopping to prepare for our Easter dinner, and then went home and watched Bolt. Tanner loved it, and afterwards we dyed Easter Eggs. They had so much fun and I guess I should have boiled more eggs because they were disappointed when they were all gone.

We had a good day and it was a nice change to have some rain and some cooler weather.

Caught red handed

We were sitting watching conference and I realized that Paige had been really quiet for a while. I asked Tanner to go look in her room and see if she was there. (Me being the lazy mom didn't want to get up!) He reported that she wasn't in her room that she was in the kitchen. I get up thinking that she is into something, and sure enough she found good stuff. She had pushed the kitchen table chair to the counter and climbed up and was helping herself.

I couldn't get her to smile....she had chocolate all over her hands too. Guess she inherited her mom's sweet tooth!

She is getting so big or she seems like she is anyway. I put her down for her nap this afternoon and she lays down on her pillow and has her cup of water, and her pink monkey, and I cover her with her blanket. I tell her I love her then she likes to call me back 2 or 3 times to finish her conversation. I rest my head on the crib and listen to her say gagaggaga. She really thinks she is communicating with me it is funny. But she won't let me leave until she is finished, and then I go and close the door and she sleeps.

There is a picture on my cell phone of her when she was a baby, and every chance she gets she takes my phone and shows me that baby. I try to convince her that the baby is her.....maybe one day she will get it.

Another great accomplishment was to get rid of her binky. Kim you would be so proud! She didn't even really miss it, maybe it was more of a crutch for me than for her but I am as glad that it is finally gone. She does just fine without it and hasn't had it now for a week. Now on to the potty training....hmmmm we'll see how that one goes!

I love my sweet moments with her, it totally makes up for the not so sweet ones. I love her so much, and can't believe that my baby is getting so big!

7 years

Monday was our anniversary. I can't believe that it has already been 7 years....Jason says its only been 7 years....and does he really have to renew the contract?

I am grateful for Jason and all that he does for us, and I am glad that he has a lot of patience to put up with me. He is a great dad and a wonderful husband I couldn't ask for more. He plans and makes sure that we will be okay in the future, puts our family first, and loves me! Here's to another eventful year.

We need to get more pictures together as I couldn't find any recent one. Guess we will have work on that one.We had planned to go out last Saturday, but took Tanner to a birthday party instead, and so Monday we just relaxed and really didn't do much. Jason gave me some makeup, and he is going to get some new basketball shoes. We are really exciting I know. We do get to go on a date tonight which will be really nice since we don't get to go out all that often.

Happy Anniversary!