Hide and Seek

Not too long ago Ryker and Avynlea were invited to go play at a friends house, Trevor Howell, with whom they have not played with in a long time. My friend Mary, Trevor's Mom, said that she would come and pick them up. Once I told Ryker and Avynlea what was happening they immediately got ready and planted themselves in front of the window to watch and wait.

It cracks me up that they were sitting behind the blinds watching and waiting for there ride to come. I think it is cute that my kids get so excited about things and are not afraid to show their excitement.

Nope not a game of hide and seek, just two kids excited to play with a friend!

Pinewood Derby Time

So the time has come for Rykers very first Pinewood Derby. He was pretty excited and could not wait to get started on his car. Kefford helped him come up with a design and once he got it cut out Ryker spent lots of time sanding the wood. A paint color was picked by Ryker and once it got all done it was a nice looking racecar.  

The Racetrack was a professional Pinewood Derby racetrack (who knew?) and it was all hooked up to a computer so that every racecar was timed as it came down the track. Ryker was a little disappointed that his car did not come in first but he got over that really fast and just had fun. I was really impressed with the good sportsmanship all of these boys showed. They really were just excited for each other and were there to have fun!

Rykers car is the cool green one with the Nike sign on it. Definitely had his Dads influence!

Every kid got a "gold Medal" and some type of award. Rykers award was for "Best Workmanship".

Overall it was a fun night with lots of rowdy and excited boys. I really thought it was going to be more competitive especially amongst the Dads, :o), but it wasn't, everyone was there to just have a good time. After it was all over Kefford talked to the Guy in charge of the racing and they managed to figure out that Ryker came in fifth out of the fourteen racing. Not too bad for his first time in the Pinewood Derby!

My Brave Cutie Patootie

This is the super cute outfit that Rylee got for her birthday from her Grandma Bonnie. I think she looks adorable in it and it is the perfect outfit for my little girlie girl princess!

On Tuesday March 30th Rylee had her 4 year old well child check up. I had decided before hand that I was going to have Rylee get her Kindergarten shots, just to get it done with and so we don't have to worry about it anymore. I talked to her about it and told her what was going to happen and she seemed to be OK with it. I told her that she was going to get some pokes and that it was going to her a bit but after we were done she got to have a sucker. While we were there waiting Rylee told me that she was going to be very brave. She was so cute and seemed totally unconcerned with everything.

Her four year old statistics are:

Weight: 37 1/4  75%

Height: 42  90%

After that they tried to check her vision but it was a little bit hard because Rylee did not know what some of the names of the pictures were. But the nurse determined that her vision was about 20/30 which she said was where it should be.

Finally it came time for the shots. the nurse gave Rylee a sucker to start sucking on because she said it helps to have a little bit of sugar in them. Rylee laid down on the table and was told to cross her arms over her chest. I stayed by her head and helped to hold her arms down and then the nurse began. Rylee flinched a little with each shot, a total of five, but never made a peep. She was so brave. I could tell by the fith one that she was probably going to lose it if she had to have anymore but luckily they were done.

Dtap

IPV

MMR

Varicella

Prevnar 13

Everything was fine until later that night when Rylee started to feel what was done to her. She got a fever and her legs were swelling up a little, all completely normal. She was crying pretty hard saying that her legs hurt and so I gave her some Tylenol so that she could feel better. She woke up 2-3 times during the night with a fever and in pain so I would give her more Tylenol. Finally I let her get in bed with me so I could help her a little better.

Despite all of the pain I am glad that we got this done with now so we don't have to worry about it ever again!

Happy Saint Patricks Day!

The night of Rylees Birthday I took the kids to go see Tangled at the movie theater. After we got done and were on our way home I remembered that the next day was Saint Patrick's Day and that I had forgotten all about it. So I made a quick stop at Zurchers to purchase some chocolate gold coins. I didn't remind the kids about the next day because I wanted the next morning to be an even bigger surprise so they went to bed unaware.

The next morning when the kiddos woke up I reminded them of what day it was and after they put on their green they all rushed downstairs to check out what mischief the Leprechauns caused at our house. Those crazy Leprechauns turned furniture upside down, switched the couch pillows, put chairs on top of tables and counters and even left green tinkle in the toilet. Lucky for us he dropped his chocolate gold for us to eat! ;o)

For dinner that night we had green jello, green mashed potatoes, green rolls, green kool-aid and Ireland's own corned beef. Yum, yum, yummers!

Unicorns

Unicorns are perfect.  There is nothing better than a unicorn.  Except, maybe, two unicorns.  Because then you can name one of the unicorns Hitler and the other unicorn Mussolini and then you can have 'em fight each other.  To the death.  Then whichever one dies you can pretend it was the evil dictator and not actually a perfect unicon and then you get to drink the unicorn blood.  Except you probably shouldn't drink the unicorn blood because it tastes like lime KoolAid with a little to much sugar added plus unicorns have all sorts of nasty diseases and you don't want none of that.  In conclusion, I guess my summer vacation was pretty rad.

Awesome guest post written by J. Frankenstein.

Happy 4th Birthday Rylee!

I cannot believe that my baby is now 4! Where have the years gone? Sometimes I think this little girl looks more like a 6 year old then a 4 year old. She is getting so big it's crazy.

Rylee has been so excited for her birthday to arrive and when it finally came she was ready to party! The day before her Grandma Alison came and took her and Kenedy clothes shopping for their birthday. I stayed home with the other two kids and let Rylee and Kenedy have fun with their Grandma. they both came home with some super cute clothes and accessories. I told Rylee to pick one of her new outfits to wear on her special day and she chose this pretty dress.

 Doesn't she look beautiful?!

 this is another outfit that she came home with that she wore on St. Patricks day.

Kefford came home from work a little early so that we could start celebrating Rylees birthday. He had meetings that night so we had to start early. First up we let Rylee open her presents and boy did she get some great presents.

Grandma Bonnie sent her a strawberry shortcake toy, along with a super cute new outfit and a bunch of packages of M&M's, her favorite candy.

 She got a card from Great Grandma Marge that had $5 in it. Pretty nice!

I bought her a Rapunzel Polly pocket that I thought to get that day. Once she opened it I told her that I got her that because after we had cake I was taking all the kids to the movies to see Tangled. they were all pretty excited about that one!

 After she was done opening her gifts and while she was starting to dig in and play around with them I went into the family room with my camera and called for Rylee to come in. Once she did she saw the dollhouse that Keffords Dad helped us to get for her. She stood and looked at it in amazement for a couple of seconds and then immediately called for her siblings to come in and take a look. I think she was pretty happy with the house!

 My friend Heidi decorates cakes and is really, really good at it. Rylee told me that she wanted a Princess cake and so I was talking to Heidi about how much it would cost to have her make a Princess Barbie cake for Rylee. During our conversation about it she told me the cost but then said that she could give me the tools she uses and that I could do it myself. I was intrigued with the idea and was really surprised that Heidi would be so generous with her stuff and ideas. What a good friend! I decided to bite the bullet and just go ahead and do it myself, I think it is more personal for Rylee for me to do it and more fun.

It took some work to pull it off and it does not look as fancy or amazing as if it were professionally done but Rylee absolutely loved her cake and I was pretty pleased with how it turned out.

This picture got a little bit of order but when I asked Rylee what she wanted for her birthday dinner she told me chicken nuggets. When she saw me adding french fries to the baking sheet she said "but I don't want french fries, I don't like them". I assured her that she did not have to eat them that they were for everyone else. She was satisfied with that answer and ate her yummy dinner of chicken nuggets and a roll I added to give her a bit of variety. :o) She got to eat on the special plate and that made her dinner extra, extra special!

Rylee's Favorites:

Food: Chicken Nuggets

Treat: M&Ms

Church Song: My Life is a Gift

Song: Twinkle Twinkle little star

Color: Dark Pink

TV Show: Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go

Movie:The Little Mermaid

Thing to do: Play

Place to go: Jaylynns House

Toy: Barbies and the dollhouse

Book: Beauty and the Beast

Friend: Mommy :o)

Want to be when you grow up: a Doctor and a Ballerina

favorite thing about being 4: Having Birthdays

5 Reasons I love Rylee:

1. Rylee is a sweetheart. She loves to cuddle and loves to give kisses and hugs. Sometimes her kisses are a little awkward because her height makes some of her kisses land on my behind but she is so sweet and I love her kisses that land on my face.

2. She loves all things girlie. I love watching her playing dress up and dancing around the house. She comes with me to my dance class and she spends the time doing her own dancing to the music. It is fun to watch her dancing around the room.

3. She likes playing with her siblings but she is also very content to play by herself. In fact I think usually she prefers it to be only her. Nobody to fight over toys with her tell her she can't play. It is fun to watch her imagination in her playing.

4. She loves being with me. I love that Rylee says I am her best friend. I am sure that feeling will not last forever but for now I am perfectly content being her bestie. She is my little buddy and we have a lot of fun hanging out while the other kids are at school.

5. She is always happy to volunteer to say family prayers and I love listening to her talk to her Heavenly Father. She gets a bit silly sometimes but is quick to do better after we talk to her about being more serious. She brings a special spirit into our home and we are all happy to have Rylee here with us.



Working on my Autograph!

OK so click on the Babes in Hairland blog that is on my sidepage under other blogs I read. Once on her site click on where it says to click here to see the winner of her bling thingie giveaway. OK now that you are there read the post about who the winner is. Sadly I was not the winner, boooo,  but, I am the one who entered the giveaway by saying I would bling out my boring bras! Seriously that is totally me! Of all the comments she got she mentioned MINE! MINE was the best! What a great feeling. I didn't need to win, although that would have been fun, I feel like a winner just by being mentioned as best comment! I am feeling so famous right now. I do feel just a bit slighted by her not wanting to mention who I am. I think that she thinks that the mention would embarrass me but clearly she does not know me! HAHAHAHA! YES!!