Kyle's 1st Sleepover

Kyle had his first sleep over last week. Caleb and Ethan (our neighbor boys) spent the night
Ethan is 4, Kyle is 3, Caleb is 2.
All three boys slept on the floor in Kyle's room. All three of them have Lightning McQueen sleeping bags. It was pretty cute.
They took a while to fall asleep and I had to move Caleb out of the room because the older boys were keeping him up. But overall they did pretty good.

All tucked in and ready for bed.


Daddy reading a story to the boys

Ethan and Caleb's mom and dad went out on a date while we watched the boys. So really, the did not spend the whole night with us. They just went to bed at our house until their mom and dad got home and picked them up.

Maybe next time they can stay the entire night.

Red and Pink Day

valentine's day was a bit different this year for us.
Not very romantic :)
We hosted a Valentine's Day party for all the kids in our small group.
We had 8 kids total.
The kids dressed up, I made dinner (all red and pink menu items), we had a dance, crafts, games, decorated heart cookies, and had a movie.
The kids had a blast!
We were exhausted!


Jell-O Hearts


Bradie coloring


Janna and McKaden doing crafts


All the kiddos eating dinner


The spread: Mini Bagels with strawberry cream cheese, purple grapes, red strawberries, red apples, red peppers, red tomatoes, heart shaped grilled cheese sandwiches, pink milk (strawberry syrup), and of course heart shaped sugar cookies with pink frosting and red sprinkles!

Put Me In Coach!

Kyle joined his first Basketball team at the YMCA in January.
He cried the first day and would not play (or even put on the t-shirt)
but after that he did great!
Watching 3 year olds play basketball is more like hearding cats!
All they do is run back and forth down the court with some of the kids running the wrong way or laying on the floor looking at the lights.
Kyle was one of the younger ones on his team and he is also one of the shortest. But that didn't stop him. He got pretty good at shooting baskets and running fast down the court.
We have to work on dribbling though!
(I have more photos that will post later)
We were really proud of him and it was fun to watch him enjoy his first sports team experience.
I am sure we will have MANY more years of sports teams in our future!

The line up.


shooting



running (travelling)




Kyle and his teammate


Nice shot Kyle!


Good Game, Good Game (high fives)



We are so proud of our little athlete


action shot


Kyle was always ready for action

Girl's Weekend Away

I took a much-needed Girls Weekend to Camano Island with some friends!
(Tanya, Sara, Kelli, Lori, and Megan)
Kaden was the only boy allowed (since he is still breastfeeding)
but he won't share all of our secrets.
We walked on the beach, ate a yummy dinner (with no kids bugging us), stayed up talking, enjoyed a morning sunrise, coffee, a delicious breakfast, and more talking.
It was a great way to relax and get away! Here are some of the beautiful photos from the weekend:

sunrise


Christy (Kaden), Kelli, Sara, Megan, Tanya, Lori
Good friends.






ready for a chilly beach walk





God even sent a rainbow to make me smile :)

Kaden, 4 months old

Kaden turned 4 months old on February 7, 2010

At his 4 month check up:

He weighed: 13lbs. 6.5 ounces (20th percentile)

He was 25 inches tall (54th percentile)

He has a small head! (Only the 3rd perceintile)

He is a happy little guy. He is smiley and has started to laugh.

He sleeps pretty well. Most of the time he sleeps through the night. Sometimes he wakes up and I just give him a binkie and he goes back to sleep.

He has started teething which has not been fun for him (or me)

But he is doing great and we are so happy he is part of our family!

Blog Update: overdue

I am way overdue on my blog updates.
So.....here are a few things we have been up to lately....
(see above posts)