May 18, 2012

Preschool Graduate



Our baby girl is finished with Preschool! I have to admit that I teared up a bit when I dropped her off for her last day of preschool this morning. Matt and I and Gavin came back to her school an hour later for graduation. She did a really great job with all of the songs, sign language, and stories.

I told her that she needs to stop growing up so fast and she said, "Mom, you knew when you had me, when I was a baby, that I would grow up!" hahaha. We are very proud of her. She is very excited for kindergarten. She and I went on a bike ride to her new school last night so she knows where she will be going in the fall. I can't believe that it's been 5 years since we were blessed with our beautiful daughter.  We love her with all of our hearts.


She is my best little girlfriend and we are very excited for this summer. Here is our list we made up this afternoon of our SUMMER ACTIVITIES.

o   Tumbling
o   Swimming lessons
o   Go on bike rides
o   Have a Tea Party with real food & Dolly, Harriott & Mommy
o   Princess Bubble Baths
o   Bake Cookies together (use sprinkles and icing)
o   Pop a big bowl of popcorn and watch a princess movie
o   Have a picnic
o   Go on a hike
o   Practice reading - Read books with Dolly
o   Pick out fabric and make matching skirts for Brynn & Dolly
o   Go to the library
o   Make Ice Cream Sundaes - Go get Ice cream
o   Write poems together
o   Play games on the computer
o   Start a journal and write in it every day
o   Do puzzles
o   Play a board game
o   Go up the canyon for a fire and smores
o   Complete the preschool-kindergarten workbooks
o   Make real juice popsicles
o   Make jewelry with beads
o   Sleep on the trampoline & watch the stars
o   Paint finger & toenails
o   Paint or Color pictures
o   Build a fort and read books with a flash light inside
o   Put the sprinkler under the tramp & jump
o   Fill pool in back yard and swim/slide
o   Have a friend over
o   Spend a couple of hours with Grandma
o   Go to the swim park
o   Play Hair Dresser with Mommys hair
o   Go Camping
o   Color With Side Walk Chalk
o   Go to the lake

May 9, 2012

Gavin's 2nd Birthday!

Gavin turned 2 today! He woke up to a bedroom full of balloons and Brynnlie and I sang Happy Birthday to him. He got out of bed and we danced around the room kicking the balloons up in the air. He giggled and immediately knew this was going to be a special day. I asked him how old he is and he put both of his pointer fingers up and said "TWO"! He ran into the kitchen and saw his birthday decorations and yelled, "BIRTHDAY!" (sounded more like BIR-DAY!) We took his new 4-wheeler off the table and he jumped on it and pushed all of the buttons and laughed.


We took Brynn to school and he sat in his chair and ate breakfast while I filled and iced his cake. (I made the layers last night and froze them so they'd be easier to ice... and it worked!) I kept singing happy birthday to him and after a few times he started singing happy birthday too. We picked Brynnlie up from school and ate lunch. Daddy came home early and we blew PURPLE bubbles outside (what a fun mess) and drew with his new side walk chalk all over the back porch.
You are a Cheeser Gavin!

This cake would win the Ugliest Cake Contest but it sure tasted Yummy!

Gavin and Daddy took a nap while Brynn went to her friends house to play and I went to get my hair cut. Gavin slept some more while daddy took Brynn to tumbling. After naps and tumbling we ate hamburgers at the park and played on the jungle gym and watched a soccer game. We came home and Gavin finished the dinner he didn't eat at the park. Every time he ate a bite he could get a sticker to stick on his face and arms. He loved that game. After dinner Grandma & Grandpa came over with a couple of aunts and uncles for presents and cake and ice cream. He LOVED his chocolate cake and ate the entire bowl! He played with his new toys while we talked. He got in his jammies and sat on Grandma's lap to read his favorite book "THE BIG RED TUB!" He laughed and laughed at all of her noises and expressions.






We washed his stinky feet and Matt and I took him in his room to go to bed. We said, "I LOVE YOU! and he said, "I WUV U!" We both kissed him on his cheeks at the same time and he smiled. We said a prayer as we held him between us and we thanked our Father in Heaven for this amazing miracle we have been blessed with. We could never have dreamed up this life of ours and how happy and blessed we are with our two beautiful children.
We LOVE YOU FOREVER & ALWAYS GAVIN! Happy 2nd Birthday! :)