William's Preschool Graduation

William graduated from preschool yesterday.  He's just getting so big!

 

They had a little ceremony at our local library.  The kids all sang for us and then the teacher handed out little caps and "degrees".  Will did okay sitting up there, but eventually got bored and wanted to be done with it.  All of the grandparents and Aunt Erin came to watch.

 

 

 



Sweet Babies

I noticed something when I was posting pictures the other day.  The photo of Lilly from the Arctic Circle looks just like an old photo that I took of William at the same play place.

 

 

My sweet little babies!!

William's 5th Birthday!

William turned 5 on Sunday.  We had his birthday party the day before with all of his friends.  There were so many kids in our house!

 

When I asked William what he wanted for his party he told me a guitar cake, so we decided on having a "rock star" party.  The invitations where "backstage passes" and our house was decorated in stars and music notes.  All of the kids went home with a goodie bag containing various noise makers (sorry to all of the other parents out there), an inflatable guitar, a pair of black sunglasses, and glow sticks.  Basically everything that they would need to have a concert of their own.

 

 

 

 

 

It was difficult to get any clear shots of the kids because no one could stay still.  Everyone spent time playing together and then we played "pin the guitar on the rock star" and "freeze dance" for prizes.

 

William got tons of cool presents.  The biggest hit with the kids was a set of real bugs encased in acrylic squares that Grandma and Grandpa gave to him.  They all stood around squealing and acting grossed out.

 

We managed to finally get everyone upstairs for cake and ice cream.  The cake was really good but all the colors on the frosting made your mouth turn colors.  The kids loved it and had a blast when Grandpa Bob showed off this blue teeth.

 

On Sunday Will had a little party in his Sunday School class with cupcakes, and after dinner Grandma Nina had more cupcakes for dessert.  Tomorrow he is taking cookies to preschool for his party there.

 

By the end of the week I expect that we will all be sugared out!



Easter 2013

We had a wonderful Easter this year.  The kids had new outfits to wear to church, which they were nice enough to model for me.

 

 

After services there was an egg hunt in the park near our church.  The kids made a haul!

 

 

Even Paul got into the act.

 

We had lunch with mom and dad afterwards at Arctic Circle.  Lilly kept hiding in the toys.

 

Grandma and Grandpa also took William to buy his birthday present this weekend.  He got a new bike.  Lilly was not happy that she didn't have something to ride on (her feet don't reach the pedals on the tricycle yet) so we bought her a new scooter.  She loved it!

 

William had a little trouble riding his bike at first, but once he got used to it he took off like a shot.  I could barely get a couple of pictures before he took off with Grandpa running behind.

Next weekend is William's birthday.  We're having a party at our house on Saturday with all of his friends.  I've given out over 20 invites, so lets hope that Paul and I survive all those kids!

St. Patrick's Day 2013

Erin and I took the kids to the St. Patrick's Day parade in Salt Lake on Saturday.  It was a bit cold, but that was okay because the kids had their lucky hats to wear.

 

There were tons of people downtown for the parade and it was crowded.  Eventually the kids got tired of it all, so we took them to play and eat at McDonald's.  In the afternoon we took them to The Leonardo, a science and art museum downtown.  William really liked all of the cool scientific stuff.

Song and Dance

Lilly has been learning songs and singing them for us.

 

Here is "No More Monkeys"

 

This is "Itsy Bitsy Spider"

First Lost Tooth

William lost his first tooth yesterday. 

 

I got a call from Stacey at our daycare as I was pulling into work.  He was eating his cereal and said "ow!".  When they looked in his mouth one of his front teeth was missing!  It hadn't even been loose.

 

Luckily he didn't swallow it with his breakfast.  They sent it home in a plastic bag.

 

It was good fortune that he already had a pillow with a little pocket on it to use for the tooth fairy.  I hadn't thought that much about him loosing teeth yet, so I hadn't made him anything to stash them in when it happened. 

We helped him put it in the little pillow and set it on his desk so that it wouldn't roll out in bed.  This morning he found a shiny gold dollar coin in it's place.  The modern tooth fairy is a generous soul...