Kindy 500

For the past few years in Kindergarten the children have been invited to make a car out of a card board box.  I believe that Morgan's year was the first year our school did it.  Back then each student was assigned a certain state and you needed to decorate your car to represent that state.  Morgan had Texas so we put Long Horns on the front of her car and made it have big wheels because "everything is bigger in Texas", right?

Well this year is Owen's year, a few things have changed.  The kids are no longer assigned a state because sometimes kids didn't get the state they wanted and it caused problems...so kids/parents were given creative freedom.  Owen asked for "The Bat Mobile" at first I wondered how in the world we were going to do it.  So I searched Google Image and together Owen and I decided what he wanted on his car.  He choose the back fins and the side bat signs.  When we got to building it we decided to put little bat signs on the front and back, added headlights and the tail pipe.  We were all very happy with the outcome and he was so excited to parade it around the school.

After they parade around the school they learn all about America.  They have to drive their cars to all the different places were they learn about The Statue of Liberty, The Bald Eagle, The White House, The Liberty Bell, Mount Rushmore, The Flag, and Abraham Lincoln.  At each place they received something to remind them of what they learned.  Everyone had fun.  We can't wait for two more years when it's Reagan's turn!

 Bruce putting on the last finishing touches.

Owen getting ready for the parade.

 Owen parading around the school.

Axeton, the cute boy we babysit with his Lightning McQueen car.

 I decided to put some pictures of Morgan with her car since I realized I never blogged about her Kindy 500.

First time roller skating

For Activity Days the girls had a mom and me night and we went to Classic Skating.  Bailey and Morgan were super excited because they had never been skating before.  It was much harder than they imagined!  Both of them fell many, many times but they were good and kept a happy face on.  I was thankful that one of the girls helped Bailey and the leader helped Morgan.  I took Oakley so I really couldn't help the girls much.  Bailey started getting the hang of it and Morgan was improving but she did keep falling a lot.  I could tell she was close to tears so I went around with her a little bit. 

Then a boy came up and asked if she was my daughter and I said that she was.  Then the boy proceeded to tell me that Morgan just punched his cousin.  That was the last straw for Morgan.  She cried saying she didn't.  And I really don't think she did, that isn't my Morgan!  I think that she probably lost balance and flung her arms and accidentally hit him.  I explained this to the boy and he was very understanding and apologized, I think her crying must have freaked him out!

After that Morgan was ready to leave, Bailey's feet were hurting so she was ready to leave.  They had fun but I don't think that they would want to go back, at least not on the dollar night, it was crazy!

Oakley at seven months

Oakley turned seven months on December 30th.  We love this little boy so much!  I can't imagine life with out him, I love all his little expressions and I love his sweet personality that is starting to emerge!  Here are a few fun facts about this adorable seven month old

*He LOVES mommy so much (my favorite part)

*He will smile at everyone but if anyone tries to take him from mom, watch out!

*He still has the best toothless smile and is starting to squint his eyes sometimes.

*He has no sign of a tooth at all, which I am just fine with!

*He love to try to feed himself cereal, he can pick it up so good in his hand but then from hand to mouth he can't quite figure out how to let go of the cereal!

*He loves XBOX paddles and will do anything in his power to grab one

*He also loves phones and he knows a real phone to a fake one any day!

*He can almost get from the sitting position to the crawling position he just always has one leg stuck underneath him.

*He still isn't rolling but he is almost there...

*He still isn't sleeping the greatest but will do one 6 hr stretch and one 4 hr stretch

*He has to be cuddled to get to sleep.  I know I ruined him but he is my last so I want to cuddle him all I can!

Triplets Thanksgiving 2010

I came across this picture and realized that I never posted it!  Kim took it when she was down for Thanksgiving!  The girls are finally so happy to get their picture taken!

Good Job

You know Santa did a good job when you catch them sleeping with one of their gifts.  When I made my nightly rounds Christmas night I found Owen cuddled up to his DSi!

Christmans Day

The kids always ask Santa if he can hide the presents.  Once everyone is awake the kids go straight to their stocking to find out which one is their wrapping paper.  As soon as they find out they are on the hunt!  It's so fun to see them running around looking for their presents and the older ones helping the little ones find theirs!

 Oakley just laid back while all his presents were collected...

When they couldn't find anymore then we sat down to start opening them, everyone had a similar shaped box so I suggested that they all start by opening that all together, they were all DSi's.  Everyone was so excited and happy!  I LOVED all of the reactions I got!

 The aftermath...They all were happy with what they got...now where to put it all!

Christmas Eve

Every Christmas Eve the kids get to open two presents.  One is always new jammies and the other is a present from a sibling (they all draw names and give a present to each other)  I always am happy to see a good expression that tells me I did good!  The kids did not disappoint! 

They all were happy and excited with their new things.  It's fun to see a taste of what is to come in the morning!

Best snow on earth!

On December 21 we woke up to 18 inches of fresh fallen snow on top of the previously fallen 6-8 inches.  In the first time that I have ever known (or at least remembered) school was cancelled because of the snow. 

The kids had so much fun helping Bruce shovel and Bruce appreciated the extra hands helping, it was a lot of snow!  I was happy to know that we would be getting a white Christmas but sad because I knew that it would probably be sticking around for quite a while...