oooo, lets see....

• aaron is rollin' over and is giving baby kisses! little chunk is 4 months old and 15 pounds!
• randomly found the lost lost tooth (on the floor, of all places, while vacuuming last night...and yes, i have vacuumed multiple times in the last few weeks since the lost tooth was lost)...and that was fun to say.
  
• poor aige has had a fever for the last couple of days. even getting up to 105°! thankfully he's eating and drinking and responding to meds. this kid has hardly been sick in his life! seriously, he's 6 and is still figuring out how to blow his nose cuzz he's never had to.
• while watching Wild Kratts and snakes hatching, Evelyn excitedly is saying "oh! oh! oh!, they're so cute, i really want a baby kitten!" uh???
• my little sis just had her baby boy today! can't wait to see him in a couple of weeks. he just happened to come on his big sister's birthday!
• my parents received their mission call! A family and church history mission in Salt Lake City! any ideas for things we can do with the kids to help them understand/be involved in what grandma and grandpa are doing?
• my nephew (the oldest one not the youngest :) ) is getting married this summer. he's only 4 years younger than myself. while this is all great and really, no need to rush on my account, but i've been looking forward (for quite a while now) to the day i can call myself a great aunt, which is something you picture with a really really old lady, not a gal in her 20s.
• speaking of age. Aige and i were talking about age. (oh my). and how old i am. i said, "i'm 28, and on my next birthday I'll be 29". He then asks, "and then you'll be 90? :D some think so.

Closing the door...

So I'm thinkin' that I'm gonna go private. (see who actually cares to read what i post...did i just say that?) So ya'll know the drill, if you want invited, make sure i know it...by, oh, let's say....Saturday.

Here we go again!

• To make a long story short, I opened up my new my laptop Friday night to find a big crack in the screen. I wasn't too upset because I'd had issues with it. But, apparently, we didn't purchase the right type of warranty to cover it. (insert angry feelings toward customer service girl) yeah, just about cried, since we bought it in November. Then, a wonderful manager decided he'd be nice. Had us "return" our laptops, then we purchased them again, with the right warranty (which, btw, saved us a little money because they are currently on sale). I was then able to return my broken laptop and picked out a new one. So far so good. phew.
• My bro from Mississippi was out here on business. When he comes, the rest of my family drives over from Rexburg to see him. So I had family here this weekend. It was great! I just hope they don't catch my cold... And I might add it was the best time to have to get a new laptop. My dad and brothers speak computer, like, fluently fluently.
• Who knew duck duck goose could still be fun as adults?
• Lane was suppose to fly out while everyone was here. His flight got canceled! :D
• Aaron is 4 months old! And totally trying to roll himself over...for like the last month. Love watching him grow and trying/learning to use his arms and hands as he reaches for toys.
• No. I have not made anything yet with my silhouette. This last week I've wondered when I've found time to breath.
• Oh, completely stoked! I'm borrowing my sister's violin. Do I play? well, kind of. I took for a couple years... like... ya know... back in middle school. So it's been a LONG while since I've even tried. Gonna re-teach myself so I can play in a stake "orchestra".
• Sometime I'll post pictures. sometime.

i did it again

so i'm attempting to be a little more postitive (yeah, i really am cool for making up that word) :). i have all these little thoughts that i think, hmm, i should use that as a status update on fb, then i change my mind. here's to some rambling thoughts...

• i've decided that 3 1/2 - 4 months old is a perfect age. Aaron is all chunkin' up now (75 percentile!) he's sleeping pretty good at night, he's totally coming into his own little smiley happy personality, and (best) he's not teething just yet. i can't get enough of him.
• aige lost his second tooth. and, btw, we did find the first, which was successfully taken care of by the tooth fairy. unfortunately, tooth #2 came out sometime at night, when he was in bed, and we'd been out on a date the night before, and therefore, lost. wow, we've really got to stop loosing lost teeth.
• i realized today that in the 7 years that lane and i have been married this is the first time we've ever had a vehicle in the shop. (something about head gaskets and lots of money and time to fix) not that we've just had amazing luck with our not so new vehicles. its i'm super lucky to have married a mechanic. back 7 years ago, i didn't realize the value of a man that plays in grease. :) and now that he's not in automotive, it's a job that he doesn't have time to do...say 12 hours or so (and he's probably happy to not be doing it, too)
• and speaking of 7 years we just celebrated that anniversary too! i'm thinking it's time for a cruise again.
• most exciting is i got a silhouette! i did this "I'm gonna buy it!" and then "no, i don't think i should" for like, 2 solid weeks. and then, the deal i was following was suddenly out of stock and no longer available. and i did a "dang! i should have bought it when they had it!" for some reason i decided to go to the sellers website and low and behold they did have it, and on sale, and with no shipping. a much better deal that i did not hesitate to buy. :D now just time to actually use it...which idea to do first?
• i suffering from post-partum clothing crisis. but am having a hard time getting out to go get me some new clothes. doesn't help that this baby spits up on me faster than i can change, and really i don't have enough clothes to keep up with him. how he grows when so much ends up on him, me, the floor, him, and me again, it's a mystery.
• and best of all, i must say i have an awesome husband, and we are surrounded by other awesome people. somehow, all the men in our ward managed to plan, prepare, decorate, and surprise all us girls with an excellent valentine's dinner party at the church on friday night. i don't know how we did not put 2 and 2 together when at playgroup we talked about how our husbands had plans for us on friday night but we didn't know what it was. i even remember saying something about it, and then it was like, whoosh and that thought disappeared. it was sweet though. when we got in the car lane had me blindfolded. pretty sure that i was the only one blindfolded, but once we were with everyone else it was obvious that i wasn't the only one feeling like i was the idiot who got suckered into being blindfolded. the meal was delicious. seriously. awesome. and so glad that lane took me. oh, and they even had a slide show of pictures from each of our wedding days. not quite sure how i didn't notice the missing picture frame...
• and if you read all the way to the end of this post, you might as well leave a comment. i like them.

Phew! That was hard!

Man! Am I a slacker! I feel like I've lost my blogger buzz (anyone else??) I find myself wondering at why have a blog and a facebook account...so if you have a good reason, share it with me. So, here's a quick recap of the last three and a half months:

• spent a week with Aaron in the NICU. It was tough. I was able to exclusively breastfeed him (apparently a rare thing for those babies). But that meant I was up at the hospital every three hours. It was good when I was with Aaron, and it was good when I was home with Aige and Evelyn...but the 20 minute drive to and from left me too much time to miss my kids.
• I was a bit sad that I didn't get to have some comical pregnant Halloween costume.
• Was a complete Nazi about letting people see Aaron for quite a while. And didn't care what anyone thought about me for it.
• felt husbandless for the entire month of December as Lane started traveling again, plus going to classes (as he is going to be an investor in real estate). When he was in town he was at the church doing tithing settlement.
• Aige turned 6!! We made snowmen cupcakes and surprised the kids by taking them on the North Pole Express. (like, a real train ride). It started to snow just as we were boarding. Felt like I was in the Polar Express movie. We met Santa and Mrs. Claus...they very nice.
• I did do all the fun Christmas stuff that I wanted to like bake a gazillion types of cookies and make candy (for the first time in my life! thank you, tawna!!)
• successfully spoiled the children for Christmas....sidenote...I'm usually quite childishly excited for Christmas morning. Having a newborn waking up to nurse really didn't help me sleep as I would lay awake excited all over again. I was relieved when the kids woke up at 5:30. (and Aige heard Santa...I heard something too, seriously.)
• spent the week after Christmas in Rexburg. Went on a sleigh ride and had to sing jingle bells. My mom and Evelyn fell off. And it was all funny.
• Aige lost his first tooth! then we lost it. then we found it. and still need to remember to give it to the tooth fairy before the next one comes out. (btw, what's the going rate these days for teeth?)
• And the rest of January just flew by leaving me wondering how adding one small baby to the mixture creates so much laundry.
• Land and I just celebrated our 7th anniversary. 7th!!!
• Some days I think I'm going a little crazy.
• Aaron is growing like a champ. He's well into the 75th percentile on wait. totally my little chubbalubbums. He's pretty darn cute!
• Just realized I've said nothing of Evelyn...she's now a sunbeam! And has transitioned into primary very nicely! I've passed her in the hallway and she's pretty cute walking with the rest of her class, arms folded and a HUGE smile.
• I've recently realized how nice it is to not be pregnant and to feel like I can actually do some things again. To not have a constant sick/tired feeling. I'm ready to get back into decorating my bare walls and to planning out the garden. Really. So glad to not be pregnant.
• Ready for a new year. I don't know about the rest of you, but the last two have completely sucked. Harsh. I know. But between Lane breaking his back and my pregnancy, I'm ready to have a year where we don't go to the ER, or meet our deductible in the first few months of the year. Really hoping for a better year.

And for your enjoyment...a picture. I took it a couple days ago.

Told you he was cute!

Baby Aaron!!

this will be short as i want to go to bed. :) but, for those who haven't heard, we had the baby on thursday, the 21st. getting him here went fine and I feel pretty darn good. but, since he- Aaron, was 5 weeks early he's in the NICU. he weighed 6 lbs 9 oz, and is 19 inches. So not too tiny, but getting him home is a SLOW going process. I don't expect it to be for a few more days.

"I kinda liked being on the bus for a lot"

So today was Aige's first day of kindergarten! It was such a good day!! Really, it was nice to get up early and have breakfast with Lane, (OK so we've been sleepin' in since Evelyn was born). The kids were both happy to be up to wave him off to work. Aige was dressed and ready with extra time to spare before we headed off to the bus stop. He kept asking if it was time to leave yet. Really, a great start to a day. It has been fun getting him all ready for school...he had fun picking out his back pack, shoes, AND clothes. He, yes, he found this shirt at Gap by himself...(even on the sale rack). It was definitely fun to get his opinion on what clothes he liked.

Sportin' his hot wheels back pack...he really wanted one that had wheels and the handle so he could pull it around. Not sure where or when he ever saw one of those, but, the only ones we could find were small, like for a three year old to pull around. :(Can't leave out Evelyn...Waiting at the bus stop with some awesome friends! We were all so glad/relieved when we found out that Aige got into the school (for those not in the Boise area, it's a magnet school (I hear one of the best in the area), with a lottery system to get accepted. We first thought Aige didn't get a spot-tonz of people apply to get in- then in May the school called and said they had a spot for him! We were beyond excited since all our other friends who'd applied got in, and then a couple weeks ago we found out the kids were all in the same class!! Whooo-hooo! hope they don't cause too much trouble. :) While Aige was at school Evelyn and I made some chocolate chip cookies, well, A chocolate chip cookie (you'll see). This funny little girl, though, doesn't like to eat the cookies. She loves the dough, but not with the chips in it (at least she'll eat the chips by themselves). At least she's loves the dough, so we set a little chipless dough aside just for her, my "special helper", who was a little sad when she watched Aige and all the kids run to the bus.I'd seen on How Does She? this idea for the first day of school to make a big cookie. I thought it looked like a fun thing to do. I was surprised at Aige's reaction to it. He LOVED it, I guess why not? But it was obvious that it made him feel very special. He's showing a picture he made at school, too bad ya can't see it.So while he had a slice of his massive cookie, I asked him all sorts of questions about how his first day went. His thoughts on riding the bus ride (best part, right!), to recess, his teacher, friends in class, everything I could think of. Then as he answered I wrote it all down. But, I'm really glad I asked so specifically because I think it helped him to remember more than just how fun it was to ride the bus. Seriously, a great day. He loved school, I loved him being there, and even though Evelyn was a little sad, the two of them need a break from each other...I need them to have a break from each other :)

Salt Glitter

With all the down time I've had the past few months I feel like the kids have been enjoying too much tv, (although, thank goodness for it, netflix, the wii, and a super smart little boy). So to encourage some creative play without me having to use any energy, I've been on the look out for easy/cheap kids crafts and projects. I got this idea from the Crafting Chicks. I absolutely love these ladies.

So here's what we did today.

Put a little glue on some construction paper...

Then add some homemade glitter (salt and food coloring)

And some more glue and glitter...

And we have some happy kids and a cool art project, too!

Just Not In The Mood

That's right. I've just not been in the mood to update this ol' blog. But with good reason, as I've not been feeling so great for over two months now. Yeah, that's right. We're pregnant. Sorry, no exclamation point at the end of that sentence. Not that I'm not excited for a baby. But that I really really hate being pregnant. I've completely forgotten what it feels like to not be sick all day, everyday. In fact, a month ago I had to go up to the hospital to get an IV and get some fluids back into me. And, does anyone else find it somewhat annoying when everyone you talk to (regardless of how well they know you) gives you some "advice" for morning sickness? I usually listen politely while thinking something like how I'd like them to shut up. (lets blame my moodiness on those prego hormones, ok? :) ) It was so fun to tell Aige and Evelyn! Aige is always asking how big the baby is. The other day Evelyn gave my stomach a kiss and said, "Mommy, I really love the baby in your belly". So, we are 15 weeks along, due Nov. 21. And if this babe comes early like the other two, it could share a birthday with Lane and Renae. And yes, upon realizing that, we made sure there is only one baby, not two.

One Year

This is what happened, 1 year ago (yesterday)...

And then he walked around with this thing on for a while... And what a year it has been! So to answer what most people ask ... He's doing pretty good. He doesn't seem to be in much pain anymore, or maybe I should say, he tolerates pain pretty well when he has it. He's back to doing things like before (and has for quite a while). And yes, he will have rods and screws in his back for the rest of his life. I'm sure he completely expects to be out water skiing this summer. In fact, as I was going through pictures, I found this; last summer he layed some new flooring in our kitchen (which, just happened to be free!)

And then, I decided (in order to save myself some taping) that I'd paint the walls before he put up the baseboards...When I first started puting the paint on I began to freak out thinking how dark it was. If you can picture a milk chocolate bar all warm and melted...that's my color. But once I got it on the entire wall I really like it...now just to get some decor on - well, more than what I currently have on it.
And to think, this is what the ugly place looked like before...

Now, creamy-white cabinets, new countertop, and a stainless still, single basin sink (I hope that's what it's called)...and yes, I LOVE having only one, not the double sink that most everyone has.

Got rid of that stove for a new (well, new a year ago) black glass top one. And, the microwave Lane had just installed on Valentine's Day. Yeah, over a year ago Valentine's Day, the day we began "remodeling" the kitchen. I had just been pulling down the cabinet doors to clean and prime when Lane broke his back. =( I couldn't find any other pics of it's current state besides the ones of me painting (sorry, not going to go take any right now...I'd have to finish cleaning my kitchen! ;) ) We still have one cabinet to paint/build and I'm pretty sure Lane threw away the paint. Still working on what to do about that. And of course, a couple other minor things to do in there as well. But, at least it looks a heck of a lot better than it did before!

Oh-yeah! I've still got a blog!

We are going to play a game. It's called pretend. We're going to pretend that for the last couple months I've been updating you all weekly on all the fun and unique things the Christensen's have been up to. And while we're doing that, we'll also pretend like it's been the most exciting two months and it has just flown by. WOW! Wasn't that fun? OK, it's pathetic really, even Lane said, "you haven't updated the blog since Aige's birthday?" It must be bad if he noticed. Really, though, nothing extraordinary has been going on, besides Christmas, New Year's, anniversaries, new church callings (I'm back in the Young Women's...secretary again!), and everybody getting sick in between. But we did have a little Valentine's potluck/playgroup yesterday, talk about fun! One thing I love about our ward, we've had a consistent playgroup since before we even moved in. We all had lots of fun!

This morning Aige and I finished up the Valentine's for his preschool class party and I thought it turned out cute and took a picture...of course, Aige (in his pj's) wanted to be in it too!

Happy Valentine's Day!! and hopefully it won't be another two months before you hear from us again!

You've Had A Birthday, Shout, Hooray!

Friday was Aige's 5th birthday!! It really does seem like we just brought him home from the hospital. I absolutely LOVE this boy! He is still my cuddly little guy. He loves to climb into bed with me every morning, and many days will come and ask me to come cuddle with him on the couch. He loves to build and create things. And is actually a help when Lane is out working on a car or his sand rail. He figures things out that blow me away. He understands all things mechanical and his preschool teacher tells me he is one of the top two kids in his class! He is super funny and very caring and thoughtful. He's always drawing pictures of me and him with a heart next to us (and I just can't bring myself to throw any of them away, even though I have quite a few). He is such a good kid and hardly ever causes any trouble!

Thursday we took cupcakes to preschool and when I picked him up afterwards he was excitedly wearing a birthday crown his teacher had made him and she had even given him a gift! seriously...love her! She obviously "gets" him and knows what he likes because she gave him a trasformer. He didn't have one (yet...Evelyn was gonna get him one for Christmas) but he's talked about them...a lot. I'm so glad that she made a big deal out of his birthday. Lane and I have worried about it being so close to Christmas and we've tried to not let the two mesh and keep them both as exciting and special as they would be if they were six months apart.

Happy Birthday, Aige!

A little help....please.

This year I decided that I want to make most (remember I said want, not will) of the gifts we give to the kids for Christmas. So far some of my ideas are pjs, bingo, puzzles, fake make-up, hair clips, jewelry and a card table fort (seriously, I've seen so many cute ideas, that the only thing that might be difficult is knowing where to stop). I'm looking for ideas and wondered if any of you had any or have seen anything on some of the blogs that are out there? Thanks, gals! You're all awesome!

duh...duh...duh....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

So a week late, but, Lane doesn't check our blog regularly so he wouldn't have noticed! But .... it was his big three-0 birthday last Friday! The guys at work took him out to lunch at Hooters (think what you may...he doesn't really like the food... or the boobs:)). I totally wish I would have been there because the restaurant usually has the birthday person do something embarrassing. Lane got to waddle around the restaurant and quack like a duck at all the tables. (One of the guys took a video on his iPhone and so as soon as I get ahold of it it's going online for all the world to see!) Saturday he and some friends spent some time racing go-carts. From the sound of it, it was quite fun. I met Lane when he was 23 and I've been teasing him since that he was almost 30 (when you're 20 30 seams really old...yeah, not so much anymore and i guess i can't use that one anymore). So HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LANE! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RENAE! Wish we could have been with you guys to celebrate the day together!

yes, there are 30 candles on the cake, I love how it shines, it also started melting the cool whip!

OctOber!

Oh, My! More than a month has gone by! We've had such a busy month...Aige played soccer, my sister came and played with me for a week while Lane was out of town, then I went to Rexburg to take her back and go to my niece's baptism. Plus we went to Bear World. Lane's parents came for a visit, my birthday, a field trip to the fire station with preschool, and of course, Halloween! I love October! Not just because it's my birthday month, but I LOVE fall! The colors, the smell, candy corn, and all the spooky-ness of the haunted holiday!

Once Aige figured out the game of soccer we had a blast! Our really awesome friends, the Fleshers, were the coaches. We've been friends for forever! Met them while we were in school and ended up living in the same apartments for almost a year in American Falls, and we are lucky enough to end up here together! I think I can safely say that Aige and Malee have been each other's oldest friends! They are only three weeks apart in age and many of the pics I have back in Aige's baby days have Malee in them too! So it was so fun to have them on the same team! And Aige even scored a goal! (of course, I got sick of recording and then he scored, but at least Rick and Terry were there to see it! )

Aige and Malee -we've been asked many times if they were twins!

Lane's parent came for a visit! We were so excited for them to come! I absolutely love Rick and Terry and we had so much fun while they were here! We carved pumpkins, and Terry made me a birthday cake!

And then half my month was consumed with making the costumes! That's right, this year I finally made them! I've been wanting to do it for a couple years. Aige was none other than Speed Racer! I wish you could see the "M" on his back. I think it looks better than the "M" on the helmet (which was purchased and a whole other long story).

Evelyn was dancing princess. Her favorite movie is Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses, and lately she has been all about being a princess. I kind of tried to copy parts of the dress of the main character on the show. This dress was quite a learning process for me. It's the first dress I've ever sewn, it's satin, and well, it's the first dress I've ever sewn. It did give me flash forwards of sewing a wedding dress....crazy, I know. But, I did it, and she looked beautiful! Just as I was about to take the pics and head us out to the ward trunk or treat the elastic on the sleeve broke, so I pinned it up and took the shot and fixed it later. Now I don't think she'll ever take the dress off. Oh, and can I say how fun it was to put make-up on her and curl her hair!

So, after all that, I'm ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas...and hopefully a little break from all the sewing!

Fear Factor!

Warning, it's a bit of a rambling type story, and a little long...

Well, a couple days ago I went out and picked our grapes. Actually, I attacked them because, mostly since it would be easier than trying to get through my massive tomato plant (no joke), and also because I knew in that area of the garden/yard there have been lots of spiders. And, as I had started cutting the grapes off, I'd noticed quite a few spiders nests, which, thankfully, must have already hatched. So, being somewhat already creeped out, I left the grapes in the garage during the night as my "just in case" plan. Yesterday, I went out to the garage to get the bowls of grapes to juice them and was happy that the garage wasn't covered in baby spiders. So, I brought in my first bowl, dumped them into the sink and started washing them and taking off the stems. I only had a couple of earwigs and a few lady bugs. I got the first bowl juicin' and brought in the second bowl and dumped them into the sink, when, I see big black movement, plus more movement. So, standing there at the sink trying to figure out what would be the best way to finish the grapes without getting attacked by a big black furry spider. I decided to fill the sink up with water, and hopefully, let all in it drown. I used a wooden spoon to get the drain stop turned and then watch it fill up. And then I see quite a few earwigs emerge, a few lady bugs, then a few more smaller spiders, and of course, the big black furry one. I slowly began to panic. How do I get rid of all these bugs? Then as each of them get closer to the sink wall, they try to climb up it! So I shoot them down with the sprayer. Then the spiders get near the earwigs and attacks them, and that would be the point that my rational mind left. I called my mom hoping that she knew of some type of chemical that I could use to kill the bugs and spiders but leave the grapes OK. But of course, she didn't. I call Lane, really hoping that he could just come home in the middle of the day to save me. Which, was completely unrealistic. Plus, to make it all worse, I notice in the garbage a spider trying to climb out. That means, that spider was at one point in my hands! Now, if you could all just picture me, standing in front of my sink, big wooden spoon in one hand, the other clutching the phone, staring at a sink full of grapes (I no longer care what happens to them) and earwigs, spiders, and poor little lady bugs. It feels like my skin is trying to crawl off my body. Have you ever heard of the fight or flight response? I did think maybe I could scoop out the insects and toss them in the garbage. That would be fighting my fear. My instinct when it comes to lots of spiders is flight. Yeah, I just want to run away. The more I stood there and watched the sink, the worse it got. But I couldn't just walk away as then they'd all climb out of the sink and then I'd be in a worse mess if I didn't know where they were. Realizing that I needed to talk to someone, I then call my sister, Ann, she doesn't like spiders and bugs either. And of course, since she is my loving, big sister, I start to cry. I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to do anything, but I HAD to do something. So, in talking with her, we came up with saran wrapping the sink, trapping everything in it until Lane could get home to take care of it for me. I also taped around the edges, but since the counter was wet from the first bowl of grapes it wasn't sticking very well, so I put knives around the sink to hold down the plastic. As the first stretch of saran wrap went across the sink, I immediately started to feel better. And of course, in the middle of this bug/human war, I thought, I should go post something right now! So now you all know my secret that has really never been a secret. I'm an arachnophobic person. I absolutely hate spiders. Now I'm a little more crazy about it. I told Lane that if he ever chased me with a spider on a tissue that would be our end (told him that when we were dating, and he is probably the only boy I know that has never done that to me!) So, here is my hero, saving me from the scary sink:

(isn't he cute! and yes, i need to update our kithcen project)

He thinks I'm silly. Maybe now he really knows how much I hate them. And look at him! With his hands in the sink full of spiders and earwigs! AGH! I could only stay in the kitchen to take the picture and then I had to leave. Oh, and that's not the end of my traumatic day. Cleaning up after dinner, I turn around to find a big black furry spider on the floor, that decides to then go into an offensive position! And, yes, there's an and, a little later, I find another earwig! At least I know these were brought into the house, and not just finding ways in! *sigh* I now have 9 cups of grape juice.

Uh, Lane, could you PAH-LEASE come home from work early?!

I'm still calming down! Any guesses as to why I would saran wrap the sink?

(and no cheating if you saw it on facebook!)

ABC-123!

So this post is a few weeks late! But, better late than never, right? Aige started up preschool again just after labor day. We were all pretty excited! It's with an LDS lady who teaches out of her home and she only lives a couple miles away. On the official first day of preschool the moms were invited to stay for part of class so I took advantage of that with the camera.

All the kids got their own school bag with their name on it!

Isn't he cute, and gosh, he's growing up so fast.

When the kids first arrive they get to practice writing their names.

Each child got their turn during share time (show and tell). Miss Cheri had given each of them a bag at our orientation meeting that they were to fill with things about them to share on the first day (hence, why all us moms got to stay). In Aige's bag we put: a red paint brush - since red is his favorite color and he loves to paint, the Speed Racer movie case - favorite movie, a plastic baggie filled with dirt - anywhere there is a sandbox or just dirt to dig in, it's his preferred choice of entertainment, then one of Lane's screwdrivers - he loves to help Lane when he's working on his sand rail, or wave runner or pretty much anything Lane's working on. And, the last thing was a picture of him and Evelyn. So, each kid got their turn to stand up and show all their things to the class. So here he is telling about him and Evelyn.

He did a great job with his share stuff. I thought this little activity was great. Aige is such a fun little boy, we had a hard time narrowing down everything we wanted to put in his "all about me-bag". He has been loving preschool, and I'm glad that I still have him for another year before he's off to REAL school.

5-6-7-8!

I have been so stinkin' excited for this post!!! A couple weeks ago I found (through a friend) a dance studio that has a Mommy and Me class and I got Evelyn signed up immediately. It works out to be right when Aige is at preschool! Anyone that knows Evelyn (and me), knows that we both love to dance. I've danced my entire life, literally. It's my passion, and I honestly get a little teary eyed to see Evelyn loving to dance as well. After I got us signed up, I told Evelyn that just she and I were gonna go dancing. She excitedly gives me a hug and says, "thank you, Mommy!" And every time we talked about leading up to the first class, she'd always say "YAY!" So here are a couple pics from our first dance class:

Right before we left for the studio, see that excitement!!

For part of the class, each of the little girls danced with a little ballerina teddy bear, which, also got to go bouncing on the parachute!

So, it was an awesome class, I love seeing how naturally she is picking things up and we are both excited to go to the next one.

Part of Summer! a small part...

So, I finally uploaded some pics from the summer, and picked out just a few of my favorites. I got Aige into swim lessons, not even thinking about Evelyn, (well, kind of, but that's a dumb long story), and of course it was all I could do to keep her out of the pool, and thankfully, they were able to put her in the class as well!!--thanks, Kara and Stacey! Of course they both loved swimming!

During the couple weeks we spent at Lane's parents house the kids had all sorts of fun like riding on the lawn mower with Grandpa!

This was actually the first time I'd been up in Fairfield to experience Swim Day! It's basically a town holiday with a parade, and games and food in the park to raise money for the swimming pool. This years theme was Dr. Seuss, and Aige got to be in the parade with his cousins Cooper and Ayden. When he joined up with us at the end of the parade he saw the last few floats throwing candy, and said to Terry, "Look! There just throwing candy on the ground!" I guess that's one thing you miss when your in the parade (throwing candy), instead of watching it. I almost had to tie him up to keep him from picking up every piece of candy he found on the ground!

And, when I can find the cord to my camera, or get my real computer working (so I can just put my card in it), I'll upload the rest of the pics from our trip!