Happy Birthday Lindsay ...

the self proclaimed favorite Aunt. I couldn't ask for a better sister, or friend. Not just anyone can make up such awesome dance routines to Chicago. Love you sister!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Grandpa Jeff & Grandma Sherrie! Your secret is safe with us. We won't tell how old you are.

Kindergarten Update

I said before that McKay had gotten off to a rough start in Kindergarten. Citation in the first week is not great. I am happy to report that he finished off the second week with 3 Green slips in a row. Now more than half the way to 5 greens = a toy. In the words of McKay "3 greens in a row, I can't believe it!"

Apples and Bananas

Mmmmm, Cantaloupe! Ellie is my fruit lover. She gets excited for Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Strawberries, Grapes, Apples, Bananas, all of them. I just wish she would rub off on her brother.

Big Boy Bike

We have had this bike for a year and a half, but it has seen very limited action. Now that McKay is finally riding it, it is almost to small already. Well thanks to Dad we have adjusted the seat and it should last at least till next summer. Ryan and McKay took a father son trip to the park with McKay riding his bike. I had done it a few days prior with him but I thought it would be great for the boys to have some bonding time, plus it let the three girls take a nap.


McKay has been resistant to ride his big bike. He was very comfortable and confident on his "noisy bike". I have pretty much outlawed the tricycle and he is adjusting very well.



He felt a lot more confident after he mastered the brakes. Now going down the small hills on the sidewalks are no problem.

GOOD JOB MCKAY!!

DISNEYLAND

I am so excited!! We are going to Disneyland! We are not going until November 4 when McKay is on break from school, but I can't wait. The kids are very excited too. They keep asking me if we still have our tickets. This will be our first family vacation just us. Ryan and I have gone on trips. We have taken the kids to Utah and Lake Powell with family. But this is our first trip as a family just us. I guess this make us official. CAL-I-FORN-I-A here we come!

First Day of Kindergarten

Ready for his first day of Kindergarten. To make a day of it we went to the new local McDonald's, with indoor playground, for lunch to celebrate. Then headed to school. He has been so excited to start at his "new school". Well the day finally came and every night he asks me if he gets to go back. I think he likes it.

McKay has had a little bit of a rough start. Each day his teacher, Mrs. Kirch, gives out colored slips based on their behavior for the day. If you ask my kids: Green = Happy, Yellow = Time Out or Little Trouble, Red= Big Trouble. So far he is Green:2 Yellow:3 Red:1. I know he'll get the hang of it eventually.

Showing off his new Spiderman notebook. His teacher thinks it is important that the kids work on grownup things. So he got to pick out his own lined paper notebook. Ellie had to get one as well . . . of course.

Ellie was feeling left out of the photo session. So we snapped one of her. This is Ellie on McKay's first day of Kindergarten.

McKay and Ellie playing on the Kindergarten playground.

In front of his classroom door.

At 12:35, 5 minutes till class, Mrs. Kirch opens the door and all the students line up.


Enjoy your first day McKay! You have quite a few more years of school to go.

Tutus & Turtles

My sister-in-law and I started a new blog. We just started it as a way to keep track of all the things that we love, or are on our wish list. Check it out! Let us know what you think, and by all means email us anything you think should be included.

6 months

How can you resist that face?

I love her eyes and her staight across smile.

Happy 6 month birthday baby!

Magic Saucer

I thought it was about time that we pulled out the saucer for Clara. This is one of the only items that has been used for all three kids. It was quite dusty from being stored in the garage for 3 years so I enlisted the kids to help clean.


It worked well at first until they started having too much fun and pouring sand in the bottom. I had to reclean it.


Ellie hard at work making sure everything gets clean.

Clara now has a newly clean saucer to play in. She enjoys it for a few minutes at a time, and I like that she is up off the ground where she won't get trampled. Hopefully it will grow on her.

Back Off!

McKay loves to get in Clara's face. I always tell him "Not so close". On this occasion, Clara decided to take matters into her own hands. I think McKay got the sign.

New hot couple alert Dermot Mulroney and Kate Bosworth

Cutie

Just a cute picture of our baby!

Where does Ellie come from?

So we are getting ready to go to one of the kids friends birthday parties. It is going to be Pirate themed and at the park.

Ellie: Can I bring my backpack to the party?

Me: Sure

Ellie: And my dog?

Me: Only one.

Ellie: OK. I will bring my dog but I will have to cover her eyes 'cause she doesn't like pirate parties, just princess parties like mine.

Me: OK

Ellie: Or maybe I will just bring my backpack because my dog doesn't know how to walk and she is too heavy.

We've been tagged!

Holly gave me the idea of tagging Ryan. I decided to take it one step further and tag McKay and Ellie as well. For them I had to come up with some different categories that applied better to them. These are their answers.




Ellie

Favorite movies/shows
1. Dora
2. Lion King
3. Diego

Favorite friends
1. Naomi
2. Alexis
3. Mom
4. Clara

Favorite food
1. PB & J
2. turkey sandwich
3. fries & milk (kids meal w/ chicken nuggets)
4. mac & cheese

Where would you go on a trip
1. Grandma Judy's
2. Grandma Sherrie's
3. Sea World to see Shamu
4. Toys R Us

Favorite books
1. The Grouchy Ladybug
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
3. My animal book


McKay

Favorite Movies/Shows
1. Diego
2. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Favorite friends
1. Daniel
2. Dad
3. Ethan

Favorite food
1. Mac & Cheese
2. PB & J

Where you would go on a trip
1. Target
2. On a cloud to Disneyland

Favorite books
1. My car book
2. The Grouchy Ladybug

Ryan

4 jobs I've had
1.Restaurant owner (Bajio)
2.Project Manager (Toll Bro.)
3. Slave (Jeff Hill Const.)
4. Ski Instructor (Sundance)

4 movies I can watch over and over again

1. Dumb and Dumber
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3. James Bond (Any)
4. Knights Tale

4 favorite TV shows
1. Studio 60
2. 24
3. Gray's Anatomy
4. Alias

4 favorite hobbies
1. dirt bike riding
2. skiing
3. wake boarding
4. making Mexican food

4 places I have lived
1. Reno, NV
2. Las Vegas, NV
3. Lansdale, PA
4. Provo, UT

4 places I have been on holiday
1. Caribbean
2. Hawaii
3. Mexico
4. Disney's private island

4 favorite foods
1. Lasagna
2. Chocolate (Any)
3. Mandy's homemade raspberry jam
4. PF Chang's

4 websites I visit daily
1. email
2. break.com
3. wells fargo
4. you tube

4 places I would rather be right now
1. Thailand getting a $7 an hour massage
2. On a motorcycle trip with Dad and brothers
3. In a hammock on a beach in the Caribbean
4. Heli skiing in Europe

I've been tagged!

4 jobs I've had
1. Dental Assistant
2. Abercrobie & Fitch
3. Parks Sportsman
4. Bridal Veil Falls Gift shop

4 movies I can watch over and over again
1. Pretty Woman
2. When Harry Met Sally
3. Return to Me
4. The Burbs

4 favorite TV shows
1. Gray's Anatomy
2. So You Think You Can Dance
3. House
4. Gilmore Girls, Felicity, Friends, Studio 60 (all which are no longer being produced)

4 favorite hobbies
1. blogging
2. watching movies
3. napping
4. cooking

4 places I have lived
1. Reno,NV
2. Las Vegas,NV
3. Lansdale,PA
4. Provo,UT

4 places I have been on holiday
1. Caribbean
2. Hawaii
3. Europe
4. Costa Rica

4 favorite foods
1. Pizza
2. Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
3. Dessert (almost any kind, usually chocolate)
4. Bajio...of course

4 websites I visit daily
1. my blog
2. holly's blog
3. email
4. playhousedisney or nickjr(for McKay)

4 places I would rather be right now
1. taking a nap
2. having a girls night with my friends
3. on a tropical vacation with Ryan (no kids)
4. at Disneyland or Sea World with the kids (minus Clara, sorry babe you wouldn't be any fun)

4 people I would like to tag
1. Lindsay Catano
2. McKensie Bingham

Sorry that's all the people I know that blog besides Holly Hill but she is the one that tagged me.

Baby Crocodile

On Saturday Ellie was saying that there was a baby crocodile over by the swing set so she wouldn't go over there. I thought that she was using her imagination and played along. The next day she was looking out the front windows and said "Mom, the baby crocodile is back!" This is what was out on the front patio, a lizard. Could be a baby crocodile, they are both reptiles. We went outside and got as close as we could before it scurried off into the bushes.

Starting Solids

Clara has started eating solids. She isn't quite sure if she likes it or not, and she is still figuring out how to keep the food in her mouth. She has just had rice cereal a handful of times but I'm sure she will get it the hang of it eventually. She has a lifetime of wonderful food to look forward to.

pink,Pink,PINK!

Ellie loves pink. If her pink glasses, pink shorts, and pink shirt didn't clue you in.

She likes to eat out of a pink bowl. She likes to drink out of a matching pink cup. Carries around her pink princess purse. Good thing her room is pink.

It's never too early...

to start exercising that is. McKay has taken a liking to our elliptical machine and has a new favorite song, Lollipop by Mika. This clip combines both. He's feeling the music so much that he lets go with one hand to try and dance more but the results aren't great. Also notice Ellie trying to sing along in the background.