A New Bike

I picked this bike up for Presleigh. I found it on craigslist, and she was very excited to be getting a new barbie bike. I tried to help her ride it when we got home but she was a little nervous. And now she is refusing to ride it. She says it is "very scary." Noah would like to ride it and tries to climb on it, but he's way too little.

Call me Kassie!!!

Yesterday Presleigh wanted to play baseball. So she picked up the hose nozzle to my vaccuum and a miniture stufffed soccer ball and asked me to throw it to her. I was pleasently surprised how well she could hit the little thing. Then we changed it up and played catch with Noah's Buzz bouncy ball.

She was talking my ear off about wanting to be a dragon when she grows up, and then told me to "Call me Kassie!" I asked her why Kassie and she told me that is the name of one of the dragons on Dragon Tales. I agreed and started calling her kassie. Then she wanted me to call Noah ork. It's funny because ork is what Wayne calls people who or being dorks, but anyway. She then asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up. I told her a mommy. She gave me a funny look and then I said, ok how about a doctor. She then started calling me doctor. If Wayne or I called her Presleigh she would yell in a silly voice "Call me Kassie" It was a fun little game.

So then while sitting in Sacrament meeting later that day Noah turns to Presleigh and says "Kassie" Presleigh turned to him and in a not so reverent voice says "I'm not Kassie, I'm Presleigh" She had us quite confused about who she was at which time.

The weeds are growing like crazy in our yard. This is perfect for Pres, because she thinks dandylions are beautiful flowers. She likes to pick them and put them in her basket.

The kids got into the sunscreen the other day, and made this wonderful mess.

Cousins came over for some dessert on my birthday. Of course we love when they come and visit us.

Noah, hanging out with the boys. I can't remember what they were doing, but Noah was laughing at them.

Noah and John having a moment

This is proof that my kids are playing well together these days. Presleigh took blankets and all sorts of toys outside to play with on the lawn. She put pillows down and her and Noah pretended like they were sleeping under the stars. It was very very cute even though it was a pain to clean up. They are the best little friends:)

Our kids love to do pull-ups. Noah asks quite often to get on the pull-up bar in our doorway and then tries to pull himself up. He says pull-up so well and it's stinkin cute. Here they are at the park hanging on the bar above the slide.

Noah is super brave and has conquered the bars at the park:)

Happy birthday to me

Last week we celebrated my 26th birthday. I wasn't very excited about turning 26 this year because i'm officially over the mid 20s hump. I think I feel super old because I work with a lot of young people. The day was a good one though. I took the kiddos to the outlets for a little shopping. Then on our way home Wayne surprised me that he was coming home from work early. He made me a yummy cake and then we headed out to Tucanos for a delicious early dinner as a fam. Wayne had attempted to make me an ice cream roll cake the night before, but it didn't turn out. The Lewis family came over that night for some cake and ice cream. It was a pretty low key birthday, but it was perfect for me:)

Easter

We had a very nice Easter this year. On Friday evening we were able to attend The Easter Journey as a family. Easter Journey was a production put on by our 3 wards in our stake. They decorated the church building so that it looked like Jerusalem and took us into different rooms where there were people who taught about the last 3 days of Christ's life. It was an amazing experience. I am so glad that we decided to go. Our kids struggled a little bit, but it was so worth it. The spirit was so strong there. I hope that we get to enjoy this every year.


Sunday morning the kids dove into their baskets. Noah wasn't cooperating, so here's a picture of Pres with her's.
Here are the little one's all dressed up and ready for stake conference. If you click on the pic, you might be able to see Noah's new spiked hair.

Noah got a buzz lightyear in his basket. As you can see in both of the pics he is holding onto him. He loves to throw buzz on the ground and say "buzz broke" he also says "infinity and beyond" as he holds buzz up high. It's kind of hard to understand the infinity part though:)

We went over to the Lewis' home for Easter dinner. It was so yummy!!!!! The kids played outside a lot and I ate a lot of delicious homemade rolls. I hope we get to enjoy this every year too:)

First Haircut

We decided Easter morning that Noah was in need of a haircut. He had long strands of hair all over. I didn't want to cut it because I thought it made him look more like a baby, but we decided that it was time. So after our yummy cinnamon roll breakfast (which is all over his face) Wayne got out the hair clippers.

At first he showed Noah the clippers and how they work.
Then Noah wanted to try.

He did pretty good throughout because he had his new buzz toy. I was sitting in front of him trying to distract him. He didn't really mind until Wayne started using the scissors. He got really nervous when he saw the scissors.

I had to jump in the shower by the end of his haircut so I didn't get an after photo. It turned out really cute though but he doesn't look like my little baby anymore:(

Neighborhood egg hunt

I got to help out a little with our neighborhood Easter egg hunt this year. I pretty much just help set up a little and then manned the 1-4 year olds. This is how the hunt went for our kiddos this year.

Mom gives the go ahead for the little ones to start picking up eggs

Presleigh and Noah just stand there and watch all of the other little ones.

They continue to just watch. When I tried to help Noah go pick some up, he flopped on the ground for a little fit throwing.
Emily, the head of the egg hunt put some eggs into Pres' basket so the kids went home with like 7 out of the 24 eggs that I had put out for them:)

It was kind of funny watching all of the kids hustling to get their eggs, and then our little ones just standing there. I think it was a little overwhelming for them. Maybe next year we'll have a better return on our eggs:)

Easter Traditions

Monday night we decided to make sugar cookies and dye Easter eggs. It was so fun to help the kiddos cut out the cookies. And then watch them try to put frosting on them. Well Noah pretty much just put frosting in his mouth. I love that my kids are able to enjoy things like this now that they are a little older. Presleigh was so good about cutting out the cookies. She would get very proud after each cookie she cut out.

I love to dye Easter eggs:) Noah wasn't very interested in dying the eggs. His attention span only lasted through the cookie part of the night. Presleigh was very good about the eggs. She would bathe the eggs with a spoon, pouring the vinegar water over the egg until it was the color she wanted. We didn't really do anything fancy this year with the eggs. We just made them extra bold, and then I forgot to take a picture of them all done:(