We love summer nights!

Today we went and watched Carson, the little boy I babysit, play in his Soccer game. It was so funny. He just turned three and has no desire to play. He ran on the field a couple of times, but that was about it. It was so crazy. The little kids had no idea what they were doing. When they didn't want to play, they just walked off the field and sat with their moms or take off to play on the playground instead of in the game. Kiana got out and played with his team, since only two kids were on the field, and she loved it! We were so surprised how well she did. We have never played soccer with her. Greg gave her a quick run down on how the game is played and she was off. After we got home, we all played soccer in the backyard. It was lots of fun! Thanks Callie for inviting us and for letting Kiana play in Carson's place, she loved it!

Summer Fun!!!

It is so nice to have the warm weather here, FINALLY!!!! We have been spending a lot of time outside. Monday we went to Wheeler Farm with a bunch of freinds and all their kids. It was fun, but really hot. The kids have also spent a lot of time playing in the water. They have been begging to get out the pool since March. They were really excited when we got it out last week and have been swimming everyday. We have also been playing a lot of baseball in the backyard. I think we are going to sign both Kiana and Kennedy up to play on a team. They are very good! I think they must take after their Great Grandma Bonnie. She played on the professional Women's League back during WWII. Greg and I agree that they most definatley did not get it from us! The girls and I decided it would be fun to do pedicures, so we went and bought some cute stickers and then I painted all our toes and put them on. They turned out so cute. Kaylee even let me paint and put a sticker on her toe. I put her in her high chair and gave her some pudding to eat while I did the other girls. She found it more fun to play with it than eat it, Big Surprise! Kaylee also has a new hiding place, the Dryer. She is such a goof ball! We Love our Girls!!!!

My funny Kaylee!

So Kaylee is becoming quite a funny little girl. She will be two in June. She is still very small, just barely reached 20 pounds, but is very smart and talks very well. She loves to make her sisters laugh, and will do anything they tell her if it means getting a laugh out of them. It is funny to watch her get on the toilet to go potty. I am always worried she is going to fall in because she is so small, but she won't let me help her. Luckily she is very coordinated and that hasn't happened, yet! She insists on doing everything by herself. She goes down the biggest slides at the park, jumps off the diving boards at pools, tries to ride the her sisters 4-wheeler by herself, but she can't reach the pedal so she gets mad and throws a fit. Her knew favorite thing is to stick her tounge out at you and wave her arms in the air and say na na na na na na come get me. It is so dang funny. She also loves to get into everything. Some of you may remember my earlier post back in October about the flour. Her latest thing is markers!!!! Thank goodness for washables! Her nice sisters gave them to her because they thought it was funny that she was coloring herself. Kaylee thought it was great they were laughing, so she just kept on going. After I got her all cleaned up, we decided it would be good to go outside and play, so they could burn of some energy. Kaylee got herself ready. Her sisters shoes, on the wrong feet, her daddy's hat, and nothing else. She wouldn't let me change her so that is what she wore.

Vegas Baby!

We went to Vegas over Easter weekend with the kids, and I must say it is still the biggest Hell Hole I remember it being from the last time I was there. If it wasn't for all the smoke and porn everywhere, I would enjoy it a lot more. We decided to go there because we thought the kids would have fun seeing all the lights and shows, and they did. I forgot, however, about all the wonderful flyers those nice men hand out to eveyone and the majority of them end up on the ground, visible to everyone, including my kids. Greg and I tried to keep there eyes focused up on the buildings, but that is easier said than done. Needless to say we used that as a teaching opprtunity as best as we could for a 6 and 4 year old about modesty and pornography. Greg and I both felt like we had exposed are kids to things that took some of their innoncence away. We were both just glad that we decided to talk to our kids about it rather than just try and ignore it and hope they forget about it. We both want to have a very open and strong relationship with all our kids, we just never thought we would have to talk to them about this type of stuff so young. When we asked the girls what they had seen and what they thought of it, Kiana our oldest said, well they don't dress very nice, that's for sure. We just smiled and said your right! Anyway, beside that and the fact that I turned 30 while we were there, we did have a lot of fun. I think the best part for everyone was playing at the pool. It was very warm on Sunday and Monday, so we spent most those days swimming. Oh how I wish it was warm here!

Easter 2009

My family decided to celebrate Easter a week early since our family and my sister's family were going to be gone on Easter Sunday. We did Easter at our house this year. We colored eggs, had an egg hunt and ate dinner. It was Kaylee's and Cohen's first egg coloring experience, and boy was it funny. Kaylee thought it was fun to paint everything but the eggs and Cohen enjoyed dipping the eggs in the dye and then licking them off, it was pretty disgusting, but he seemed to enjoy the wonderful vinegar flavor. YUCK!!! It was a lot of fun and it was nice and warm so the kids were able to play outside for a bit. Here are some pictures. I will post pictures of our vacation soon.