Kick This!!

Brenna started playing soccer and has been having a blast.  The first few games she had a hard time, partly because it was cold an partly because she has never played before.  she would kick the ball once and stand there and not chase after it.  She even had a few meltdowns right on the field.  But by her third game she was awesome!!!  She scored 4 goals and was the only one on her team to score.  she was running up and down taht filed after the ball and didn't ahve one meltdown.  She had a blast!  Her first goal, I did get it on camera but because I was so excited I forgot I wa sfilming so all you see is grass and sky swirling about and me screeching. (yes I have turned into the annoying mom that schreeches at the games).  I did get a few of her other goals though. =) I lov ethe one where she throws the ball in.  No one is open so she throws it down field and gets it herself =)

Outside fun =)

Every once in awhile Mother Nature has decided to give us actual spring weather.  When this happens, the kids usually spend all day outside. 

Ian loves to swing with his sister.  Brenna is liking that Ian is finally getting big enough to play more with her.

This is Ian's version of playing soccer.  He was hitting Sasha's chew toy with a bat.  I guess this is baseball, golf, and soccer all rolled up into one. =)

Ian loves to jump on the trampoline.  When he first got on there all he would do is sit.  Nobody could jump or bounce or do anything.  Jason would get on with him and gradually got him used to bouncing, he especially loves it when Jason falls down and goes "boom." (that's when he lands on his butt) 

Now he's turning into a pro, at least as much as a 2 year old can do.  He loves to get on with Brenna, as long as she doesn't jump too high.  Brenna will spend all day on the trampoline.  I wish I had their energy to do as much as they do.

Grandma and Grandpa came to town =)

 Jason's parents came up for a quick visit last weekend.  The kids were so excited to see them!  We didn't tell Brenna they were coming, just said she would have a surprise on Saturday. 

Brenna loves to show off her new kindergarten skills to Grandma.  One thing that they always do together is read.  Now Brenna gets to help read parts of the stories.

Ian was being a total Grandpa's boy the whole time.  They had lots of fun =).  Grandpa always brings his bag of gadgets and gizmos and that kept the kids entertained for hours!

Uncle Dallin came to visit too.  He is the kids' favorite play toy.  This is Sasha's old kennel.  I think even Sasha was in there with them at one point.  Such a fun uncle!  (and he's single =P so if you know any great gals.......)

She finally lost it =)

Brenna has had a tooth loose for about 3 months now but she has refused to let us help her get it loose or pull it out.  Finally, one day when I was helping her brush her teeth I noticed how that it was hanging by a thread.  She still wouldn't let us pull it.  So, we did the mean parent thing, pinned her down, and got it out.  The whole she was crying and screaming and carrying on.  You would think we were pulling her arm off instead of a tooth.  She didn't even notice that Jason got the tooth out.  All he had to do was barely tug it.  Once she saw it was out, she was doing the half laugh/half cry thing.  She was so excited to have it out and couldn't wait to show her friends.  Now you would think that she was a pro at pulling teeth the way she goes on and on about it.  She thinks it's the coolest thing now.  I can't believe how big my little girl is getting!  I'm not sure I'm ready to let her grow up.

Future Superstar!

Brenna loves to sing!  I hope she didn't inherit my not-so-wonderful singing ability.  All I know, is that she already sings better than me so that must be a good sign.

Brenna's school had a "rockstar" reading night.  She was so excited to dress as a rockstar.  I think she makes a pretty cute one.

 The teachers got up and sang a song too. It was to the song "Tonight's Gonna be a Good Night," I'm not sure who sings it, I think it's the Black-Eyed Peas.  They change the words to be about reading so the main line was something about "it's gonna be a good book."  They had several classroom set aside for the kids to play games and do activities.  Plus, we got free dinner =)  One of the games, the kids got a coupon for a free kid's meal from costa vida. 

Fixin' stuff

Ian has been doing so good at sleeping in his bed lately. When it is bed time, we take him downstairs, tuck him in, and he goes to sleep all by himself.  Since he is doing so good at this, I figured it's time to make his bed a big boy bed!  (I love having a convertible bed that I can do this with and not have to buy a new bed!)  Of course once he saw daddy get his tools, Ian had to get his tools out and "fix" it too.

He was concentrating so hard.

I love his little look here.  Doesn't he look so pleased with himself?

Here is my big boy sitting in his bed.  I just hope this means he won't get up in the middle of the night and crawl in our room.  He's growing up so much!!!

Happy Birthday Ian!!!!!!

I can't believe my little guy is already 2!!  Where has the time gone?  He loves Buzz Lightyear so we threw him a Buzz party.  

 My cake didn't turn out quite like i wanted. It was supposed to be gray, but somehow when I mixed black food coloring with white frosting, it made purple.  Then I went to smooth the frosting and put craters to make it look kind of like a moon, and the frosting didn't cooperate and look like craters.  Oh well.  It still had Buzz on it so he was happy.

The cupcakes turned out pretty cute though =)

We had lots of family and friends come celebrate with us.  There were lots of kids playing.  I had a few games for the kids to play, but they were more occupied with playing with each other and playing outside.   I was a slacker ad forgot to take pictures of everyone playing, but I did snap some shots of him opening presents.

He got very spoiled from everyone!  He got lots of Buzz stuff, coloring stuff, puzzles, clothes, and toys.  Lucky boy!!

"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!"

This is the shot I got of him when I wouldn't let him grab his cake before we sang to him.  He actually blew the candle out himself too!  After he was done, he tried to shove his own face into the cake.  I caught him before he could....I didn't want to clean up that mess.

It was a fun day  to spend with everyone!  My little guy is growing so much!  He is definitely our little character.  He pulls the craziest of faces when he gets excited over something.  He is such a goofy little guy. I can't wait to see how much he changes this next year.  It's a good thing Jason works at the hospital, just in case have to make trips there since he has no fear!  He is doing so good at talking now.  We can understand most of what he says and he's talking in sentences now.  Except when he gets really excited, then his voice gets high and squeaky and gibberish comes out.  So cute.  His favorite things right now are typical boy things: Cars, tools, Buzz Lightyear, coloring, books, movies, and dinosaurs.  His favorite foods are cheese, fruit snacks, hot dogs, and pizza.  He loves to follow his sister around and do everything she does.  He loves playing outside.  He loves to play with Sasha, at least until she tries to get his "bobo" (his blanket).  We are getting ready to start his potty training soon.  He's gone #2 on the potty a few times, so now we need to get him to go #1.  He loves to sit on the potty, but doesn't really do anything yet.  Now that life is settling down I can really start working with him on it.