June Recap

Another lost tooth

06/02

We yet another visit from the tooth fairy in august. Julia has lost a total of 4 teeth now.

Swimming Lessons

06/07

It was that time of the year again. I figured better do swimming lessons while I was still able to drive and move, before the belly got too big.
Julia started her level 3 swimming. Just like every year she seems to forget how much she really loves the water and what a good job she can actually do. By the end of her class she was able to do elementary back stroke, back float, and tread water for 30 seconds. We were so proud of her.

I signed up Andrew for a mommy and me class. I figure it would be a great way to spend some alone time with each other before the baby came.

1 hour after Julia’s lesson finished Andrew lesson’s was starting. Thank goodness there was a playground at Surf &Swim that kept the kids entertain while we waited. We had mini picnics every day until it was time for Andrew and I to go in the pool.
Julia and Josh were so great at cheering their little brother from the sidelines and behaving good while I was I was in the water with Andrew.

It turns out Andrew and I had a blast. He went under the water, blew bubbles, did back float on his own! and even loved jumping from one side of the pool into the water.

When it was time to jump into the water the teacher was warning the parents not to make them do it more than 3 times or they could get scare. My boy didn’t want to stop. I believe he jumped about 20 times into the water not even into my arms.
I really enjoyed watching him be fearless and have fun in the water.




Father's Day
06/17

The kids and I tried to surprise Spencer with a special breakfast casserole that morning but we run out of time and it didn’t turn out as good as I was hoping.

The kids and I went shopping for Spencer that day before and couldn’t think of anything else to give him but his favorite treats. We built a basket with skittles, root beer, juicy fruit and oreos. I know it wasn’t much but the kids had a blast figuring out what to get their daddy and I amazed on how well they know his taste.
After church we headed over Spencer parent’s house. It was a lovely evening spent with great food and great company.
I didn’t take many pictures, sometimes you just have to enjoy the moments and that is pretty much what I did. I have one of those moments when I realized how lucky I was to have found such a great daddy for my kids. I couldn’t have asked Heavenly father for a greater blessing than Spencer.

Happy Father’s Day

Andrew turns 2

I can’t believe it’s been two years already but I guess time flies when you are having fun.  We woke up early that day because we had a full schedule ahead of us.  Daddy made Andrew’s favorite breakfast Mickey Mouse pancakes and syrup, after that was straight to our living room to open presents. 

Andrew knew exactly what was going on because Julia and Josh had him rehearsing his birthday for a week. He was so excited to see so many boxes. His favorite though was his very own Dinosaur train  and Big Chuck truck which he keeps in his room.

After presents it was time to have some fun. Since Andrew can’t pick what he wants to do for his birthday we decided it was only fair to pick for him. We went to Chucky Cheeses’. We played and had some yummy Pizza.  Andrew’s favorite game of the day was shooting hoops, he was pretty good too. 

Syracuse Heritage Days Parade

06/30

After a long night getting ready for A.D’s party we woke up early to head for the annual Syracuse parade. It is a fun tradition of ours and the kids love filling up buckets with candy. It was so hot this year, by 10 am that the parade started it felt like it was 100 degrees already.

Josh and Andrew had a great time collecting candy but Julia got worn out by the heat fast, nonetheless they each catch about a lb of candy including Andrew who was really good at it.

It was fun to watch his eyes light up every time someone threw candy towards him, he yelled “nandy”, make a dive for them and then turned around with the biggest smile and look at me as he showed me the catch and put it inside his bucket.

  Andrew's Party
Andrew is really into cars and trucks and trains so I thought it would be the perfect time to have a CARS party. I am glad that I had made the invites months ago because I was feeling very pregnant by this time. So here is my invitation:

Andrew woke up that morning to a house looking like this:

After our fun morning and a nice nap in between it was time for our party. I had the kids play a couple of games.

We played a version of musical chairs, except it was played with a red balloon that had a stop sign on it. The kids had a blast passing the balloon as fast as they could between each other.

We also played where is Lightning? We had 3 cones and lightning McQueen was hiding under one, if they guess it they could get a special ticket to ride on the big car.
The kids went all outside and rode our  Power Wheels truck around the tramp. It was fun until the car’s battery run out.

    

After the games we opened up presents and we blew up the candles. As you can see in the pictures I don’t think Andrew liked the candles very much, he didn’t freak out or anything but he was definitely not going near them.  I was really happy that he liked his cake though, he kept saying cars and pointing at it.

We were pretty much worn out by the end of the day, but there was one more thing that we had to do. We went to bed after a firework show which conveniently enough could be seen from our front yard. As 10 o’clock rolled around we were nice and snuggle on our pj’s waiting for the show to start.

After 45 minutes and a spectacular finale we headed to bed except we discovered that Andrew had fallen asleep half way through the show.

and that was our June, hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to post about July