Easter

We had lots of fun Easter activities this year. Hayden and McKall really loved coloring eggs! Hayden was much more organized in the way he did his eggs, while McKall was just dunking them in where ever sher could! It annoyed Hayden the way McKall was doing it. We also had a preschool Easter party at our house. No pics... we were having so much fun that I thought about it when the party was over :(  

 My cute kids all dressed up for Easter!

 Hayden on his egg hunt.... a little stressed about the hunt?? Love you!

 We went to Grandma and Grandpa Wyler's for Easter dinner and the kids had an egg hunt. Here are the kids looking at the loot!

 The weather was beautiful! Hayden took McKall around in the wagon- she loved it!

McKall ate chocolate nearly all day long, as you can tell by her really clean face!

I celebrated my 32nd birthday this year! Still feel young :) Mike and the kids took me to Olive Garden and got me a ding dong so I could blow out a candle ( I didn't want a cake!).  I got lots of fabulous gifts and had a great time!!

My awesome friends took me to Louie's and we had some fun afterward! This is myself, Katrisa, Chelsea, Kristen, Susan and Anjela (both sitting in the back) out having fun after dinner. Annie and Aja had to head home after dinner, we missed them.

I. Love. You

Some days I feel like all I am is a referee between Hayden and McKall. Ug. However, some days they play great together and have a great time! They were being goofy, and getting along this day. P.S. Most days they get along great!!

 

On another day I walked into the room to find them

 giving each other hugs and being so sweet to one another.

St. Patty's Day!!

To celebrate St. Patty's Day this year we had green milk and green shamrock pretzels (Mike ruined it for me and says they look like something else. I'll let you decide). We also had preschool at our house this week so we talked about St. Patty's Day, Leprechauns and Rainbows! 

That evening Hayden also got to go to an open house for students who will be starting kindergarten! He was so excited and proud. He got to take home a backpack filled with books, and school supplies.

Fire Station Field Trip

We took a field trip to the Fire Station for preschool. A very nice fireman took us all around the station and showed us the gear and trucks!

 Hayden exploring the fire truck!

 Oh... I could just eat this sweet little princess up!

 It is nearly impossible to get a good picture of both of them in the truck!

Afterward they got a firetruck cookie!

Jack, Rockwell, Gavin, Hayden



Pi Day {3.14. 2011}

 For Pi day this year I made a homemade Apple Pie! Yum!!

 In order to get a piece of "Pi" Hayden had to do some math problems with Daddy.

McKall wanted to work on some math too :)

On a non related Pi note... Notice my beautiful Polished Silver walls and chair rail in the background, and my cute lampshade I covered!

On another non related Pi note... as Mike was doing math with the kids he was also playing with his softball stuff. He is getting excited for softball season!

Valentine's Day 2011

For Valentine's Day this year we had a "fancy" dinner complete with BBQ chicken pizza, fresh salad and sparkling cider. I decorated the table and served Hayden and Mckall with terms like "sir, and madam." Hayden got into the whole "fancy thing" and replied back like " Madam, may I have some more pizza please," in a very proper voice. They thought it was really neat to have a "fancy" dinner and drink out of special cups.  After dinner we had a dance with the kids. They thought it was so fun. It reminded me how simple things can be so great.  I love my two little Valentines!!!

My Big Valentine. I {Heart} You.

Happy Birthday Mike!

Mike's Birthday is January 4th. Hayden has been a little trickster lately and he wanted to make this sign for Mike to see when he walked in the door from work. He had us all hide and surprise daddy after he had seen the sign, and walked into the house more. Hayden thought he was pretty clever. We had a little family party for him at home. He requested Navajo Tacos- yum! And of course white cake with chocolate frosting!

Typical Mike didn't want much for his birthday, so Hayden picked out a really cool kite for them to fly together and I got him a six pack of Root beer! Mike did finally break down and picked out a gift for himself... a new EVO cell phone. It is pretty cool and Mike is enjoying playing with it. We are all so grateful for Mike and all that he does for our family! Happy Birthday!!!

Christmas Time 2010

This year Hayden and  I were in the Treasure Valley Night Light Parade. We were part of a float for a new charter school we are trying to get in to. Hayden thought it was pretty cool that he got to be a part of it. We had fun, but we were freezing at the end.  

We had an early Christmas at Gary and Vanessa's, like we usually do. This is McKall who was really enjoying chocolate of some sort, obviously!





On Christmas Eve we made sugar cookies for Santa, and the kids both heard Santa's sleigh bells outside of the house! Hayden could would not fall asleep as he was a little bit excited! Hayden wrote a letter to Santa this year and asked him to bring each of us 100 presents. This is the kids in their new Christmas Eve jammies.

Opening presents on Christmas morning.... they were still calm.

I gave up trying to take pictures of them because they would not sit still with all of the new toys around. This is the quality of pictures the kids were giving me. New toys more important that mom trying to get pictures on Christmas morning? Just a few of our favorite gifts this year... Mike got me an Escali Pana kitchen food scale- yay! I made the most delicious rolls and I am excited to play with it! Hayden got criss cross crash from Santa, and McKall got a ton of baby doll stuff. Mike wanted a good one one this this year. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to fulfill his request, but he did end up getting his $8.00 stapler that he wanted so badly! Later that day we went to Grandma and Grandpa Barbour's. Amanda and Jeremy were here for Christmas.

For New Year's Eve we are off to spend it with some friends. This year went by very quickly! Here is to a great 2011!

Why do Policemen have guns?

Yesterday we were at Walmart grabbing a few things. On one of the isles Hayden picked up a bottle of cupcake sprinkles, accidentally dropped it, and broke it. I picked it up, kicked the sprinkles over and told him not to touch stuff in the store. I also told him that he could get in trouble if anyone saw him do that (gotta scare the kid- right). We moved on, paid, and went on our merry way.

A bit later, in the car, Hayden said, "Why do policemen have guns?" We explained why they have guns. He thought a bit and said, "Do policemen come for falling food?" At this point we weren't sure where he was going with this, so we told him that if the falling food was hurting someone the police may come. About 30 seconds passed and he said, "will they come if the falling food happens just once?" 

I looked to the back seat and he had a really worried look on his face. Mike and I then both realized he was scared about a policeman coming to get him in trouble for the sprinkles. It was one of those moments that we were trying not to bust out laughing and trying to comfort him at the same time. It was so sad and funny at the same time. I felt so bad for him, my sweet little boy.

First Big Snow Day!

We got a ton of snow, so the kids and I headed outside to build a snowman! The roads were crazy, and it took poor Mike 2 hours to get to work! I don't really like the snow and cold, but there is something about the first good snow fall of the year!

Princess McKall turns TWO!

This year for McKall's 2nd birthday we celebrated with Grandma and Grandpa Barbour at Idaho Pizza and then we all headed over to Chuck E. Cheese! One of the kids' favorite places. Hayden wanted to invite all of his friends to CEC for her "party" and we explained to him that they are his friends and that she could just have a party with her family. A little while later he had a solution... we had to invite his friends' younger siblings. One was little tiny Lucy McDonald who was like 10 days old!! He was so cute being concerned about his little sis' birthday and he wanted to make sure she was going to have fun!

We headed home for some cake and presents.

Yummy!

We are so grateful to have our little princess! She is the sweetest little thing. She is starting to say lots of new words and sentences and is keeping up with Hayden running all over the house to do what ever he is doing. She can also be a little trouble maker- one day the kids were having apples for a snack. I left the room for a minute to find that McKall had gotten a hold of the ranch dressing. She was eating it with her hands. On another day I was getting my wallet out of my purse for something and she walked over and held out her tiny had and said "money." She looks adorable in pig-tails! She still has curls in her hair, but the top part is starting to go straight. She doesn't eat much dairy because she doesn't do very well with it- but she loves it. She is very sensitive and dramatic. She loves her baby dolls, and tells us to be quiet when they are sleeping. About 1000 times a day she says "mommy, mere," "daddy, mere" (mommy, daddy come here). We tell her we are right there and she says "k," really loud.

Nice outfit! She loves to "dress up," and this particular day she had on pj pants, a striped shirt, silver shoes, and goggles. Love her!

This is my life...

...and I love it. Enough said :)