gymnastics

the girls had gymastics this winter. 

they couldn't wait to go everyweek. 

i think they would have gone everyday if i would have let them.

here is olivia in the 4 and 5 year old class.

she did great.  she is a little apprehensive, but did a awesome.

the teacher, ms. joan, was AMAZING!  she knew just how to handle those little kiddos.ms. joan was super nice and actually taught the girls alot about proper form.  really great teacher! 

mallory is a little power house.  even ms. joan was impressed. 

we will definitely be doing gymnastics again and hope to have ms. joan as their teacher.

springtime photos

so i have a little confession...

i am trying to learn how to use my camera.

so, if you don't want to look at a WHOLE bunch of pictures of my kiddos

go no further. 

look at those eyes!

i don't know how i did this with my camera, shutter speed?

i love how liv is focused and everything else is blurry.

liv "helping" kale walk.

yes, i am a good mother.  i let him crawl around on the dirty ground.

he loves it.  he crys when i bring him inside.

what a BOY!

i love these 3 kiddos (most of the time)!

he loves this car.  i think he would stay in it all day.

very upset. i put him in the stroller to go for a walk.

the outside pants.

liv riding her bike.  we went on a walk and liv rode her bike.

she was so proud of herself.  too cute.

peek-a-boo

liv REALLY wants to climb trees.

she is actually kind of obessed.

here she is trying, just a bit to short.

mallory riding around with her pink boots.

DIRTY pants.

the girls love to play with kale through the window.  i got livy playing with him the other day.

 

we have some silly girls.

love, yellow and fires.

LOVE:

THIS BOY!

both brett and i just can't seem to get enough of this sweet boy.

he is talking up a storm now, not much of it makes since but it is adorable.

he knows some sign language, more, please, bath.

you know the important ones.

he is really close to walking.

he loves being outside, his blankie and milk.

LOVE LOVE LOVE HIM!

oh, he just got 2 new teeth on the bottom.  8 total now.

the kiddos are always playing my keyboard.

they sing and dance, even kale.

YELLOW:

olivia had color days at school this last month.

this is her yellow outfit.

she is really enjoying preschool and is well-behaved, much to my surprise.

FIRE:

the other night, we were all sleeping, 1AMish.  a siren wakes me up, they always go by our house.  we live on a busy road.  but this time it was different.  the sirens didn't go away and pass us.  they seemed to stop right by our house!

(if any of you remember, just a couple of months ago, i awoke to a car

on fire outside the SAME widow.)

i woke up, looked outside and a firetruck was in the neighbors driveway. 

the neighbors house was ON FIRE. 

how weird/crazy is that!

we watched in amazment for a couple of minutes then brett went over to tell the firemen the neighbors could come stay in our house if they wanted to.

the neighbors were ok and we went back to bed.

it was an electrical fire and everyone is ok.

isn't that just strange.

apparently we are bad luck for our street?

party on!

i asked mallory what she wanted to eat for her party,

of course she said pizza!

when planning this party, i realized mallory has all older friends.

only one other child was 3 the rest are older. 

i thought it was kind of funny.

aren't they all so cute. 

they were very good and played and played and had tons of fun.

here is the cake.

the party was all about bugs, since mallory loves bugs.

i kept on "bugging" the kids that the "dirt" was real dirt.

it was pretty entertaining.

the birthday girl with grapes in her cheeks.

it was much cuter in person.

the bubba's.  he napped for most of it, but got to come outside and play.

this is dr. madsen.  the horses were sick and he was looking after them.

this is josh. 

he is in olivia's preschool class and he loves her.

he has already asked brett if he can marry olivia!!  how cute is that!

BUT, mallory seems to love him.  adorable to watch them.

a little love line? (not the show).

princess outfits everywhere!

mallory got some really cool gifts.  she was very excited.

the whole crew.

aren't they so cute.  they were all very well-behaved and we all had a great time.

funny faces.

i forgot to take a picture of the best part of the party.  the treat bag.  i found a bug catcher at the dollar store and got one for each of the kids and packed it full of bug stuff.  they LOVED it.

the best part about having this party happened a couple days after when someone asked mallory how her birthday was.  she responded "all my friends got to come over". 

that made the 4 hours of crazy fun worth it!

big news.

mallory had a pluggie.  she loves pluggie.

she would bring the nasty thing out all the time and couldn't sleep without it.

well.  couple weeks before her birthday i took beloved pluggie away, just for naps.

she did great.

i kept on telling her, on your birthday you will not be able to have plug

because big girl 3 year olds don't have plugs.

she totally believed me!

so, on her birthday i took it away.

i know, what a nice birthday present!

she got up a couple of times the next 2 nights

but is doing great. 

she doesn't even ask about it.

DONE.

one morning, before we got rid of it, she came out with her plug.

i asked her "what is that?"

she did this...

isn't she so cute.

yay!  for no more plug! 

good job mal!

happy birthday mallory!

i can't believe this sweet, turning out to be VERY sassy girl is 3. 

she is our funny girl and is very tough.

we had a momma/daughter date right before i took her to the doctor.

we went to mcdonalds and had some breakfast.  it was nice to be with just her.

her stats:

height: 37 3/4 inches 75%

weight: 33lbs 75%

(on her 3rd birthday.  she was really excited about that).

she is such a sweet girl and is always thinking of her siblings, especially olivia. 

if we give her something, she always askes for one for olivia.

she knows most of her colors and shapes.  she even knows some numbers and letters!

she dies to go to preschool with olivia and has got to stay a couple times.

everyone who meets mallory loves her.  there is just something about her.

she loves nursey and charms all the nursey leaders. 

the leaders would take her home if they could!

she loves to coloring, play outside and loves her friends.

she is potty trained.  she just decided one day.  i had nothing to do with it. 

it was fabulous!

we love you mally girl!

thanks for being a part of our family.

doesn't mallory have the cutest smile in this picture.  she looks so grown up!

she is opening up her first present of the day.  i had just, seconds before, finished sewing it.

i made her this 3 shirt and the skirt.  she loves anything pink and ladybugs!

brett and i made her this sign to wake up to and we did the streamers on her door.

mallory with her haul.  this is just from us and the grandparents!

she had a great day.

i can't believe she is 3!

we are having a friend party this weekend. 

more about that later.