Sunday, April 24, 2011

Easter

The Easter Bunny came!




This year the Easter Bunny gave each child a set of books! There was a little bit of candy, too, of course. And a soccer ball for Ian! We hid eggs later in the afternoon and Adam and Emily and Breanne and Michael and Jane came over. We all played Dance, Dance Revolution on the Wii at Mom's house. It was really fun. My legs were killing me, but I couldn't stop laughing! Such a fun day. Unfortunately, my camera decided to stop focusing so the pictures came out terribly, but at least we had fun!







Aunt Amber let us borrow this cool puzzle where the outside pieces are bigger for little kids and the inside pieces are smaller for grown-ups. Kimball and the kids had a lot of fun putting it together.





Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Welcome Spring

It's finally warm enough to play outside!! The kids spent a good hour playing with some bubble toys from grandma. Not sure why they didn't stop to put shoes on . . .




Alex and Ella play so well together. She is very patient with him and has such a captivating imagination. Alex likes to have fun all the time, so he quickly agrees to any playtime activity she invites him to do with her. Here's a cute video of them playing with bubbles:


Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Will's big day!

Last Tuesday was Leadership Day at Will's school. Will got selected from his whole class to present a speech about the 7 habits. Their school has adopted the "Leader in Me" program developed by the Covey clan and the students regularly practice things like being "proactive", putting "first things first", and thinking "win-win." I think it has helped students to think outside themselves a bit and also provided a language for being responsible that is very helpful. Will really worked hard on this speech and I was so proud to see him do such a good job. He was very composed and looked at everyone and spoke clearly. Man is he cute, too.

And as if that wasn't enough... that night was Will's very first Pinewood Derby. Apparently it's pretty hard to do well in our ward, as we have very talented (and competetive) craftsmen and fathers. I guess one family has won for the past 3 years straight! There were about 20 different racecars. Kimball did hometeaching and learned about putting graphite in the wheels and spinning them with a drill. Then, I went visiting teaching and the mom I taught told me where to find weights to put on the car. I wasn't too worried about it, but figured I could go pick some up while I had time. Will took 2nd place! (I guess it pays to go home and visiting teaching!) We weren't expecting anything, so we were all very surprised! He won the first two heats and then went head to head with the reigning champ, who still reigns... But we were so excited for him! What a big day. He got a special badge and they also passed out unique awards for every car and Will got the "Most Innovative" award.

Monday, April 4, 2011

My Boys

Kimball took this beautiful picture of the boys snuggling on the couch. There's something so captivating about it. Maybe it's that they're all sitting still . . . at the same time . . . =)


I guess it's more that when I see this picture, I recognize how lucky I am to have these 3 amazing boys in my life. It is an honor and a privelege to be their mother and be able to raise and get to know them. They are each unique, special, and incredible and I am so glad that they are in our family and in my life.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Ian Turns 1!!

Hooray! Ian turned 1!




He got some simple and cute presents.



And pulled some even cuter faces...


This little toy is so cute because you can personalize it with your child's name and favorite foods and colors and it will sing songs for your child. The older kids actually were quite taken with it. It served as a good distraction for Ian on many occasions.


We tried giving Ian a little bit of a cupcake. He still eats very little solids. He has such a strong gag reflex that most of the things we give him he ends up choking on. Unfortunately, frosting had the same effect.




I think he liked the flavor, though.