Planet Play

On memorial day we went to Planet Play and spent the day eating and playing.  It was so nice to have a whole day together as a family.  The kids love skeeball.  Notice Wyatt walks right up to put the balls in.  He wanted to play any game that had a ball on it.

The kids love the mini bowling alley. Poor Caitlyn is having such a hard time with school ending.  It is funny that at the beginning of the year she was crying because she didn't want to go to school and now she is crying because she doesn't want it to end.  She has such a hard time with change and goodbyes.  I hate to see her having such a hard time.  She has been crying all week.  I hope she is okay on Friday, the last day will be hard for her. 

Wow, Jonah looks old in this picture.

Here is Wyatt's excited face after he threw the ball down the alley.  It was so hard to get him to wait until the pins were set up again before he threw the next ball.

He had a hard time waiting for the balls to come back up.  He would stick his head in there and then look at me with his arms up and say "ball?" 

Love these three!

Wyatt loved the little kids area.  He rode the cars and the merry-go-round over and over again.

Jonah was so excited to ride in the race car with dad.

Caitlyn loved going for a ride with dad too.  Poor Wyatt wasn't tall enough and had the saddest look on his face when I told him he couldn't ride. 

I love the looks on their faces on this picture.  This is one of those rides where they watch a screen and see themselves on a giant roller coaster or a jet while their seats are shaking and moving around.  They love this ride.  We had a great day.  We were all in need of a fun day out together.

22 Months

Wyatt has passed the 22 month mark.  There is nothing really significant about that, but these last few weeks he has sure seemed older.  He is talking all of the time now.  He will repeat most of the words I say.  I love hearing that cute little voice saying new words all the time.  He is getting more and more opinionated on things.  He was determined to play soccer with Jonah's team a couple of weeks ago.  I thought if I gave him a ball and let him play off to the side he would be content, but no such luck, he had to be on the field.

Keith is the coach so I'm on my own with Wyatt during the games.  It is so frustrating for me because I want to watch the game, I don't want to chase Wyatt.  This nice man took pity on me and played with Wyatt for a while.  It was so great.  Wyatt did a great job kicking the ball to him. Wyatt loves balls.  That is always his first word as soon as we step outside.

The other night Wyatt was all smiles and I got some really cute pictures of him.  Wyatt also loves hats.  He is constantly putting some kind of hat on his head.

I love that cute smile.  He is doing well in nursery now, only a quick cry at drop off.  He no longer lets kids take toys from him, he will hold his own and put up a fight. 

He has started making this cute face a lot, usually when he is really proud of something or wants to show something off.  He loves animals and loves to make all of the animal sounds.  He loves books, especially ones with animals in them. 

He loves to be independent and get Caitlyn and Jonah to do what he wants to do, but he still loves to play with them and loves the attention they give him.  Here they are bowing after they acted out a scripture story during family home evening.  Wyatt loves to play outside and is starting to like riding bikes or big wheels.  He loves to make us all laugh.  He has such a fun personality.  He fits right in with Caitlyn and Jonah!

Pre-school Graduation

Jonah had his pre-school graduation today.  He has loved pre-school and said he is really going to miss it.  He had a great teacher and made some fun new friends.  The morning started off a little rough.  Jonah was really cranky and I could tell something was bothering him, but he wouldn't tell me what it was.  In my scatterbrained state, that is becoming all to common these days, I didn't have us leave early enough to get there on time even though we were all sitting there ready to go.  We walked in late so everyone was kind of waiting for us and staring as we walked in.  I thought the other kids would be dressed up so I dressed Jonah up a little and I was a in a dress (only because that is the most comfortable thing for me right now) and Keith was dressed up for work.  We also had a big plant for his teacher.  Well we were the only ones that dressed up and brought a gift for the teacher so it was pretty awkward as we were walking in front of everyone. 

Once the program started I relaxed a little and enjoyed the show.  Jonah knew all the words and did a great job.  I love the smile on his face.

Jonah seemed very comfortable up there and did a great job.  Jonah is very outgoing when he is comfortable, but very shy and quiet in new or scary (to him) situations.

I finally found out what was bothering him when it was time for Jonah's role as the big bad wolf in The Three Little Pigs.  His teacher had a full body wolf costume for him and asked me to help him get it on.  I could tell he was trying not to cry so I asked him what was wrong and he said, "there are too many people."  I tried to reassure him, but he couldn't hold it any longer and started crying.  His teacher said he didn't have to wear the costume and he immediately calmed down.  I could tell he was still a little nervous, but he got up there and said all of his lines. 

Here he is blowing down the house of one of the little pigs.  I asked him later what he was scared of and he said, "I was scared people would laugh at me in my costume."  I'm always caught a little off guard when Jonah is worried about something like that because he is usually so confident and loves to make people laugh. 

Jonah was also the lion in The Lion and the Mouse.  He did a great job and didn't seem to have any nerves on this one.  He also loved doing the hokey pokey, he smiled through the whole song.

Here he is getting his diploma.

It was a fun program.  His teacher has been great.  He has learned a lot and had a great time.

He wrote his teacher a sweet thank you note and gave her some flowers.  She told me that she will miss Jonah and what a fun kid he is.  She also said it was fun having someone that read so well to keep her on her toes.  While we were talking to her Wyatt went ahead and stacked up all the kid's chairs.  I had to stop him from pushing someone out of one so he could complete his self assigned task.  After we took Jonah to lunch.  It was fun to spend some time just focusing on Jonah.

Mothers Day, soccer games and school programs, oh my!

I had a wonderful mother's day. Keith and the boys surprised me with a clean house while I was in Caitlyn's class on Friday.  That was my favorite gift.  I'm so tired lately that not having to clean was exactly what I wanted!  Keith made me breakfast and the kids gave me lots of cute notes and little presents. Keith has given me a few presents over the past few months.  He surprised me with a kindle fire and I told him I wanted this dress I was wearing for mothers day. 

 I'm so grateful to be a mother. I love these kids so much. I know I make a lot of mistakes as a mother and sometimes I wonder if my kids are going to make it out okay and then one of them will do something so sweet and I think they might have a chance after all!

I'm so grateful for my family.  I love when we can all be home together. I am very protective of our family time.  We have to make it top priority with Keith being so busy.  I love spending time together and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Last Saturday Jonah's team played a really tough team.  Jonah ended up making the only goal for his team.  He was so excited when he scored.  I wish I could have captured the huge smile on his face, but for once I didn't even try, I just enjoyed the moment. 

Caitlyn had her first grade program this week.  They did such a great job.  Caitlyn (always the poser) looked adorable and sang her little heart out. 

All of the songs were so cute.  One of the songs they sang was "I'm proud to be an American" which always makes me cry, especially when kids are singing it. 

I love how she kept a smile on her face while she was singing.  I will never forget her pre-school Christmas concert where she scowled through the whole thing.  She has come a long way and now she is quite the performer.

We checked Caitlyn out of school early (much to her disappointment) after the concert and went and got slurpees.  I have had a sore throat this week so a slurpee sounded great.  I shared mine with Wyatt and he was pretty happy about it.  I can't believe that we are down to the last couple weeks of school.  I am amazed at what Caitlyn has learned this year. We love her teacher.  She has helped Caitlyn in so many ways.  She has helped Caitlyn with her self-confidence among many other things.  We sent her teacher a gift card and a letter thanking her during teacher appreciation week.  She sent us the nicest letter back saying that "kids like Caitlyn are why she loves teaching."  Every parent loves hearing that.  She has sure set the standard high, I hope Caitlyn's second grade teacher can measure up!

Wheeler Farm

Caitlyn and Jonah both had a field trip to Wheeler Farm in the last couple of weeks.  Caitlyn's was first and Keith was able to go with her.  It was a great chance for them to spend some extra time together and it was a great excuse for me to stay home!

They started off with three-legged races.  Caitlyn had been counting down to her field trip.  She was so excited the night before you would have thought she was going to Disney Land.  I don't think she was disappointed.  I think she had a great time!

Caitlyn has made a lot of great friends this year.  I hope some of them are in her class again next year.  

Caitlyn's class did the tour so they got see a blacksmith work, take a wagon ride and feed ducks.  She loved every minute of it.  Keith is so good with kids and loves to tease so he always has all of the kids laughing.  Caitlyn said, "I'm sure lucky to have such a funny dad."  I'm glad she knows how lucky she is.

This week was Jonah's turn.  He got to do the same tour.  He was surprisingly shy during the whole thing.  I asked his teacher if he was that quiet in class and she quickly responded with a no.  Jonah only had two other boys in his class.  He really hit it off with Lincoln from day one. 

We went a little early and let Jonah and Wyatt walk around and play.  They had fun looking at the animals.  Wyatt loves to make all of the animal sounds.  He loved the horse until it got right in Wyatt's face and made a loud noise.  After that he stayed clear of the horses.

Jonah loved the wagon ride. 

Wyatt wasn't so sure about the wagon ride and wouldn't get off of Keith's lap.

At the end they got to feed the ducks.  It was a nice day, but I'm really glad I only went once.  It was a hot day and I started getting really swollen and was ready to go home! I can't believe this school year is almost over.  Sometimes days might move slowly, but the weeks and months sure seem to fly by.

Soccer!

It is soccer season again and Jonah is thrilled.  He is with the 5 and 6-year-olds this year so the games have been a lot tougher than last year.

This is pretty much the normal scene for little kids playing soccer, all of them in a huge bunch around the ball.  Jonah really stood out last year because most of the kids were pretty young and were more interested in playing with the grass than playing soccer, so if you had any ball handling skills you looked like a star.  This year all the kids have been pretty aggressive. 

I was worried Jonah would be intimidated, but he has done a pretty good job of being aggressive and not being mad that he hasn't scored any goals.  Jonah is very competitive so not being the star is really hard for him.  It is also very good for him. I've been really happy to see him play hard and not be concerned with just scoring goals.

This year they have goalies, which also makes it harder to get goals.  He played goalie for a few minutes on Saturday.  I don't think goalie is really his thing and it was driving me nuts because instead of charging for the ball he was sitting back in the net waiting for them to shoot.  He didn't let anyone score though, so that was good.

Keith is coaching Jonah's team again and he is doing a great job.  Their team has done well and has quite a few good players.

Caitlyn loves having her grandmas and grandpas there to play with during the games. 

She loved having grandpa chase her and tickle her. 

Grandma got in on the fun too.  Caitlyn spent this week playing the animal guessing game with grandpa Loosli.  Wyatt spent the whole second half crying (more like screaming) because he wanted Keith.  That was fun!

Jonah also got to go on a grandma date last week.  We had to postpone it a couple of weeks ago when the flu was going through our family.  I found Jonah in his closet crying after I told him that I told grandma that it wouldn't work that day.  Poor kid, he was so excited for it.  This week made up for it.  He said grandma bought him "the hugest ice cream cone ever" and they went to the park and played baseball.  Jonah told me he hit 36 home runs.  I love my strong, confident Jonah!