We had fun celebrating Jeff Beatty's birthday with Bubble Soccer. What a blast! It was hard to see and breathe in these bubbles, but an awesome and fun idea.
May is our big month with our anniversary, Alexa's birthday, Kyle's birthday, and Mother's Day.
For our (7th!) anniversary, Melissa graciously watched the kids while we went to get a couples massage. It was Kyle's first massage and he's now converted. Then we grabbed a Mediterranean dinner at Cous Cous and reminisced about our trip to the Middle East. Afterwards, we got ice cream with the kids.
We celebrated Alexa's birthday by making Princess Leia cupcakes for school, letter 'A' sprinkle pancakes for breakfast, and then she wanted Dad to grill burgers for dinner. I took her the next day to get pedicures together and her big birthday present was a leotard and gymnastics lessons. We let her pick between horseback riding, soccer, gymnastics, or dance and she chose gymnastics. We had her party at the Provo Splash Pad in June.
I happened to tell Alexa about my pet turtle Rocky that I had as a kid, and she thought it would be awesome to get a turtle for her birthday so she could name it Twilight Sparkle and then call it Queen Sparkle.
For Kyle's big 30th birthday he got all of the Star Wars movies, the kids got him some ninja knives and light sabers, and I rented a Harley for a day to ride around the canyon together. He would love to own a motorcycle, but I chose a rental instead :). It was a big, heavy Harley Touring bike with all the bells and whistles. I was scared to leave Tad with a sitter since he can be spazzy, but he did well.
I laughed that Alexa wrapped Kyle's present in a princess bag and that Tyler's bday card for Kyle was literally a drawing of a birthday card.
Kyle brought Thai food to work so we could have his birthday lunch together and we did a surprise Los Hermanos dinner and Comedy Sportz improv night. And, we left our keys at Comedy Sportz and they closed. So that was fun. Luckily, the amazing Beattys came to the rescue and took us home. It was stressful.
One of the things we want to do more of after a prompting in General Conference is to have more one-on-one time with the kids. We're shooting for date night Thursdays, although we've been pretty spotty so far. I went on my first date with Tyler and asked what he wanted to do--go to the library and pick out fun books to read together, get ice cream, go to a new park or playground, jump on bouncy houses...? His response "eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches together!" Simple joy. Best date ever with the sweetest boy. We also pretended to be ninjas, rode down slides, and he took these pictures of us at the end of our date.
The kids had a great Mother's Day program at preschool. We got to sing and dance and they made cute flowers. As you can tell from the videos, we had no idea what we were doing on the dances. They started the music and gave no instruction whatsoever. And Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in Spanish was completely different than the English version.
On Mother's Day they joined me for breakfast in bed, which was fun.
VIDEOS
Mother's Day song
Mother's Day dance #1
Mother's Day dance #2
The kids graduated from preschool at the end of the month. We debated between putting Alexa in Vineyard (the school she should go to and where she could ride the bus, but no one in the neighborhood goes to it), Cherry Hill (has a great gifted and talented program and Spanish immersion starting in 1st grade), or Noah Webster (local charter school). After a lot of deliberation and waiting lists, we decided on Noah Webster because it's such a good school. So we need to be better about practicing Spanish with her at home! I hope we made the right choice--being a parent is hard.
The kids and I spent Memorial Day up in Provo Canyon hiking, exploring, and throwing rocks in the river. Kyle was helping a friend re-roof their house. Tyler loved the rolly polly bugs. We brought a picnic and had a great time. Also, it is noteworthy that I am now able to put Alexa's hair in pigtails again! It's deja vu to when she was 2 1/2 years old and it was finally long enough for pig tails and Kyle laughed at me. He laughed at me again but it makes my heart happy. Her hair is slowly growing!
Alexa and Tyler are both great helpers. Here are some pictures of them making lasagna with me, keeping Tad entertained with fun stories and ninja moves, and just being their adorable selves.
Video of Tyler's ninja skills
Tad shared a booth with Tyler and I at a Chinese restaurant. He grabbed a hold of Tyler's shirt and held on almost the entire meal. Tyler thought it was neat and I thought it was absolutely adorable.
Stories of the month:
After dropping off Alexa at preschool, Tyler and Kyle got into a foam sword fight.
Tyler: I will slice through your sword!
Kyle: Think again buddy, my sword is made out of diamonds! You could never break it!
Tyler: Oh yeah?! My sword is made out of... uh... WATERMELONS!
The kids were asking about nicknames and we explained that we call Alexa "Lexi" or "Lexi Bug;" Tyler is "Tyler Man;" and Tad is "Tadpole", "Taddy Boy", or "Tadamathy" (Tyler almost exclusively calls him Taddy and it's awfully cute). Then they asked Kyle and I about our nicknames as kids and I explained that my Dad called me "Magoozle" and Kyle said his siblings called him "Kathleen Bobalu." Kathleen Bobalu?!! We all laughed.
May is our big month with our anniversary, Alexa's birthday, Kyle's birthday, and Mother's Day.
For our (7th!) anniversary, Melissa graciously watched the kids while we went to get a couples massage. It was Kyle's first massage and he's now converted. Then we grabbed a Mediterranean dinner at Cous Cous and reminisced about our trip to the Middle East. Afterwards, we got ice cream with the kids.
We celebrated Alexa's birthday by making Princess Leia cupcakes for school, letter 'A' sprinkle pancakes for breakfast, and then she wanted Dad to grill burgers for dinner. I took her the next day to get pedicures together and her big birthday present was a leotard and gymnastics lessons. We let her pick between horseback riding, soccer, gymnastics, or dance and she chose gymnastics. We had her party at the Provo Splash Pad in June.
I happened to tell Alexa about my pet turtle Rocky that I had as a kid, and she thought it would be awesome to get a turtle for her birthday so she could name it Twilight Sparkle and then call it Queen Sparkle.
For Kyle's big 30th birthday he got all of the Star Wars movies, the kids got him some ninja knives and light sabers, and I rented a Harley for a day to ride around the canyon together. He would love to own a motorcycle, but I chose a rental instead :). It was a big, heavy Harley Touring bike with all the bells and whistles. I was scared to leave Tad with a sitter since he can be spazzy, but he did well.
I laughed that Alexa wrapped Kyle's present in a princess bag and that Tyler's bday card for Kyle was literally a drawing of a birthday card.
Kyle brought Thai food to work so we could have his birthday lunch together and we did a surprise Los Hermanos dinner and Comedy Sportz improv night. And, we left our keys at Comedy Sportz and they closed. So that was fun. Luckily, the amazing Beattys came to the rescue and took us home. It was stressful.
One of the things we want to do more of after a prompting in General Conference is to have more one-on-one time with the kids. We're shooting for date night Thursdays, although we've been pretty spotty so far. I went on my first date with Tyler and asked what he wanted to do--go to the library and pick out fun books to read together, get ice cream, go to a new park or playground, jump on bouncy houses...? His response "eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches together!" Simple joy. Best date ever with the sweetest boy. We also pretended to be ninjas, rode down slides, and he took these pictures of us at the end of our date.
The kids had a great Mother's Day program at preschool. We got to sing and dance and they made cute flowers. As you can tell from the videos, we had no idea what we were doing on the dances. They started the music and gave no instruction whatsoever. And Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in Spanish was completely different than the English version.
On Mother's Day they joined me for breakfast in bed, which was fun.
VIDEOS
Mother's Day song
Mother's Day dance #1
Mother's Day dance #2
The kids and I spent Memorial Day up in Provo Canyon hiking, exploring, and throwing rocks in the river. Kyle was helping a friend re-roof their house. Tyler loved the rolly polly bugs. We brought a picnic and had a great time. Also, it is noteworthy that I am now able to put Alexa's hair in pigtails again! It's deja vu to when she was 2 1/2 years old and it was finally long enough for pig tails and Kyle laughed at me. He laughed at me again but it makes my heart happy. Her hair is slowly growing!
Alexa and Tyler are both great helpers. Here are some pictures of them making lasagna with me, keeping Tad entertained with fun stories and ninja moves, and just being their adorable selves.
Video of Tyler's ninja skills
Stories of the month:
After dropping off Alexa at preschool, Tyler and Kyle got into a foam sword fight.
Tyler: I will slice through your sword!
Kyle: Think again buddy, my sword is made out of diamonds! You could never break it!
Tyler: Oh yeah?! My sword is made out of... uh... WATERMELONS!
The kids were asking about nicknames and we explained that we call Alexa "Lexi" or "Lexi Bug;" Tyler is "Tyler Man;" and Tad is "Tadpole", "Taddy Boy", or "Tadamathy" (Tyler almost exclusively calls him Taddy and it's awfully cute). Then they asked Kyle and I about our nicknames as kids and I explained that my Dad called me "Magoozle" and Kyle said his siblings called him "Kathleen Bobalu." Kathleen Bobalu?!! We all laughed.
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