Oh What Do you Do in the Summertime...

When all the world is green?

Do you swim in a pool

To keep yourself cool?

Is that what you do?

So do I!

We also like to explore some of our old Provo Stomping grounds

This is the bus stop where Carter and I would catch the bus back when we only had one car

I spy two little kids!

Carter and I used to love walking the Provo Temple grounds

Taylee always prefers running

No summer would be complete without falling asleep before lunchtime... if you're Taylee at wake at 5am!!!!

Oh Daddy-WE LOVE YOU!

Worn Out

After a super busy May, we're all pretty much exhausted. Carter and Tay both fell asleep like this within 20 minutes of each other...and during early afternoon.

Now we've been hit with a bug! I was in urgent care first thing Saturday to get on pain meds and antibiotics for strep throat and after fighting it over the weekend w/o meds, Ty decided it was bad enough to see a doctor this morning. We're really praying it doesn't hit the kids!!

Princess

Tay's fascination with all things girly just keeps growing. A typical day finds her dressed up in any of her princess clothes (like this nightgown) and princess dress-up shoes and accessorized with her babies

A true princess cannot sleep without her high-heeled Giselle shoes (she wasn't put to bed like this...this is how we found her as we were going to bed)

Sitting upon her throne...I'm hoping she'll really catch the knack of this one soon

Memorial Day 2009

For the last 3 Memorial Days, we have been able to meet my grandparents in Springville and visit our ancestors' graves and learn more about our family history. This year, many of our extended family members also drove down and we were able to spend a nice Sunday afternoon learning about our ancestors and having a family picnic at the park. Taylee and Carter loved running around all the sites with flowers and flags. We kept losing Taylee, she blended in so well with all the red.

PS-My grandma is awesome...check her out on that swing!!

Sleepovers & Storytimes

A few weeks ago, we watched our good friends while their parents were out of town. We had a blast together. The triplets are 5 and the girls were very willing participants to have "salon day" and get their hair done up and nails painted. Taylee was beyond excited to have "sisters" that share her passions for the day.

We kept ourselves busy during the day by going on a nature walk to the library for a pirate-themed storytime, eating popsicles by the window, having an afternoon movie and popcorn, and building a giant fort with tents

Preschool Graduation

May 28th was the preschool end-of-year program and graduation. The theme for our program this year was protecting our bodies and minds from harmful things. I followed the Brite Music Safety Kid songs and included songs such as:

All you gotta say is no-different ways of saying no if someone offers you harmful substances
Go for a natural high-had a lot of questions from parents about this one :)...but it's really very innocent...it talks about ways to help ourselves feel happy and excited about life by doing natural things like riding a bike, dancing, running, swimming, etc
Designer Genes-take care of the body you've been given and be proud of it
Everybody needs to feel love-help everyone feel loved and included
I can forget-it's easy to forget some things, but harmful things we look at can stay in our minds
Pollution of the minds-pollution in many forms is regulated (sound, air, water, food) but bad things that can pollute our minds need regulation too
I'm in Charge-even if others are putting bad things out there, we can choose not to fill our minds and bodies with it.
Turn it off-if you see or hear something that's not good for your body or mind, look away or turn it off
Make the World beautiful-this was the song sung by the 12 preschool graduates...singing to their parents, teachers, adults, peers.

We had class numbers, group numbers, duets, and solos. For the graduating kids, I gave them each a Book of Mormon embossed with their name and their sight words highlighted in the first chapter, a diploma, their class journal, and a keychain with their color-coded sight words. All the kids did so great. I could tell that they really touched a lot of hearts...with their sweet personalities and Spirit and with their message.

I didn't get a pic of my own kids the night of the program, so this'll have to do

In the days leading up to the program, the house was filled with many shirts to be labeled with names and sight words to be cut and assembled

Since the program, I've been bombarded with all kinds of goodies from my sweet preschool families. Cards, books, gift cards, treats, flowers, aprons...ThANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!
These got dropped off last week and my kiddos and I thought they were pretty awesome...personalized M&Ms!