June recap

I need to catch up with Daniel. He has grown so much in the past couple of weeks he jumped from a size 9 months to 2t. His personality is definitely showing up more.

Field Day

Two weeks before school gets out, Julia's school has their field day. They entire school walks over to the park across the street and they have fun and play different activities, all of which involve water,
This is the most anticipated day for the kids. I don’t think Julia was able to sleep that night just thinking about it. All the students made t-shirts this year. Julia’s class was team “Pawsome”.

Pee Wee Sports

One day at Josh’s baseball game Andrew approached me and asked me how come he never did sports? I felt so bad so that night I went straight to the computer to try and find and activity for him to do.

Most of them required the kids to be 5. Andrew was almost 3 so I found pee wee sports at the Clearfield center. He was by far the youngest kid in his class.
The classes began and wouldn’t you know it he loved it. He was so excited to be doing something but I am afraid the excitement only lasted 20 minutes. His focus ran out after that and he just wanted to hit the cones. So that’s why you don’t do any sport yet my love.

 

 Andrew had a great time. He got a Medal and a popsicle after his last class. He was thrilled... about the popsicle. 

Last day of school

As tradition demands it we had to have a ‘last day of school photo’. Julia’s school had a free dress day that day so she was so excited to pick out the clothes she was going to wear

Summer activities have begun

With school being out it is hard to entertain these kids. After just one week I was done. This is what they were becoming until my hormones kicked in.

Spencer says I am crazy for taking the kids to do all these activities, but lately I have been thinking about how much longer do I really have until they are the ones telling me that they don’t want to go.

I love the stage they are on right now. It is fun, exciting but still innocent and sweet. So here is my crazy schedule.

The libraries this year have some really fun activities going on for the kids. Prizes, movie day, learning activities, shows, but the best part was that they were all free.

 

 I love this picture. The boys didn't like that snake, so Julia comforted them

We also went to Salt Lake City for their annual “Read today Event”. We rode the train to Salt Lake and walked over to the mall. We had such a great time! They had a scavenger hunt, free cotton candy and popcorn, rides, music, prizes.  Curious note, most of the prizes were won by spinning a wheel. Julia got lip gloss every time and then there was Josh getting the top prizes everywhere. We came home with 4 free t-shirt, balls and books. That kid certainly has a lucky hand.

 

 If you were able to complete the scavenger hunt you were allowed to go to the free fair games section. They had a table where you could fill a bag full of candy and dozens of games where kids could play as much as they wanted for free. Julia wanted her face painted, so while I stayed in line to save our spot they went around the booths playing games.

There was one booth which main prize was a stuffed animal. Julia really wanted to win it but the game was rather difficult to play. She went time and time again without such luck. She approached me with a very sad face saying that there was no way she could win that game. Right then Andrew approached the booth and on his first try guess what he got? He ran over with the pink teddy bear towards Julia and gave it to her. Julia in return gave him some of her candy.

We really had a great time, before it was time for us to come home we stopped to have a picture with the “bee” and also play in the fountain for a bit. Ah, we were exhausted by the time we made it home but it was definitely worth it.

Splash Pad

Just a little play date with the cousins

Monster’s University

This was a blast! With the new Monsters movie coming up, they had programs to help promote the movie. The Farmington Cinemark was hosting one of those parties. We were there for 4 and ½ hours and we didn’t feel the time go by. They had games, free bouncing houses, contests and face painting. Julia ended up winning a t-shirt and josh won a monsters Inc. pedz dispenser. Fun times and made it back just in time for Julia’s piano lessons.

Build & Grow

I found out that Lowe's and the Home Depot offer a free do it yourself clinic for kids. We got signed up and were ready to build. The kids loved the little hammers they had available for them to use and had so  much figuring out how to put together their "toy"

Just a random day with no running around. Relaxing on the hammock enjoying some ice cream cones

Syracuse Kid’s night

Since June is the international day to celebrate children, our city has a day were day have free rides and games for the kids. Free fun only 5 minutes away from home is what I call a treat.
 

We left with a bag full of treats and a smile on our faces.

Brewers Update

The fun continues. Joshua has been able to catch a couple of hits. Still, he is more interested on the how’s and why’s of the game rather than the game itself. I can often hear him asking the coach some really serious questions about baseball.

He is improving a lot on his batting but doesn’t really care about catching the ball. He rather be playing with the grass or looking up the sky.

Pony ride

One of Julia’s friends from school invited her to her birthday party. She was so excited because the party was at a castle park and they could ride on ponies. I got introduced to some ladies that happen to be from Ecuador too.

Daniel is 11 months

There should really be a rule forbidding your last kid to grow up too fast. I am not happy about how grown up he looks.

May Recap

At last we are about to be done with school and with our soccer season. So of course we have to push harder to make it to that finish line.

Mothers Day

It was Wonderful day as always. I woke up to have cards on my night stand, I got to sleep in and relax until it was time to go to church. My kids made me feel so special and my hubby made me feel like a queen. How blessed my life is because of them. I love you all with all my heart.

I got the best presents ever: a bag of peanut m&m's, the most gorgeous daisies and MIB 3(loved that movie, makes me cry every time).

 

Baseball

This was a first in our home. We totally skip T-ball with Julia but then again she was more into dancing back then.

Joshua got to be #9 on the Brewers team. He looked absolutely handsome on his uniform.

Joshua is a very social person but sometimes he gets intimidated by new situations. So far Baseball had not held his personality back.

He enjoys batting more than he enjoys catching the ball. All the kids dash to get the ball and there’s Josh watching them as he asks the coach why in the world are those kids doing that.

I guess he wasn’t able to get a satisfying answer because when the next inning came he was more interested on looking at the planes and pulling the weeds from the grass where he was standing.

 

End of the season for the Blue Whales.

Julia had a great time this year in soccer. She has grown so much a player and has developed a strong kick that helped her score a handful of goals from the middle field.

Our last game was cancelled due to the rain but we met later that week so the girls could get their award. We had an end of the season Pizza Party!

I thought they had to wear their uniforms but I guess I was wrong. Poor Julia was the only girl wearing her soccer shirt. She still looks beautiful though.

Preschool Graduation

I can’t believe Josh is all done with preschool. Next year he will be going to the big school as he calls it. He is so ready for a challenge.
We had his ceremony at the Syracuse Community Center. It was so cute and simple just perfect for him. The kids sang songs we had practiced throughout the year, recited the pledge and dress up as something they wanted to be when they grow up. Joshua was a firefighter of course.
It is sad to see the end of preschool with him. We had great times and I am glad I was part of his learning experience. I will cherish those memories forever.

 

Memorial Day

We were so glad to have Spencer home for the holiday. We had fun at his parent’s house. The kids played with the sprinklers, in the playground and even had a game of basketball.

Andrew

Andrew is a sweet boy, he is very open about his feeling and very sentimental. He is a great big brother especially when Joshua is not round. Daniel loves him to pieces. They spend hours playing with each other

But, he is by far my hardest kid to figure out because what works for him one day may not work the next time and what you may think didn’t work the first time ends up being the solution to the problem

It feels like with each kid I procrastinate more and more to help him achieve milestones, so with that in mind I am giving myself one month to teach him a couple of new things before he turns 3
                   #1 to ride a bike by himself
                                 #2 to spell out his name
                                                   #3 to propel on the swings by himself
                                                                             #4 potty training!!!

I spent an hour pushing him around on the bike teaching him how to get it going. With a sore back and hurting feet I was about to give up when all the sudden he took off all by himself! Oh the freedom, he was so thrilled about being able to go up and down the street on his bike.
 Goal #1…checked

I decided to spend more time helping him on the computer so he can practice the Upstart program. we practiced spelling hi without any success. One night at Smith’s he sees a sign that said WOW. He yells back at me "two W’s mommy like my name A-N-D-R-E-W". So the letter W did the trick. who would have known.

  Goal #2....checked

Goal #3 is a work in progress but there is still plenty of sunlight out there to practice

now #4 is a different story and I am not even going to start with that yet.