Saturday, March 11, 2017

Good-bye February and Hello March (And it finally looks like spring has arrived)

Our kids cannot eat food without getting it all over their faces...at least they are cute


Smiling with his sippy
How is it possibly to sleep with a bike helmet on? He didn't even complain the next morning that his neck hurt
This is what it looks like when Lyza has been happily playing in her room
Village People auditions
Kim took me to Red Robin's for a birthday lunch
We had a family home evening recently about different types of treasures and those that we should be seeking
How much for the baby?
The cute little preschool bunch
Nixon loves when Kim does preschool because he gets to be involved. They learned about planets and how they orbit

Mason has been attacked by laundry
Our cute little astronauts

This is Nixon's first discernible drawing. You can see he is pretty proud of himself!
We love when this guy is happy

Mason is 8 months...how did this happen?

These three can be so cute together when the stars align
Nixon has taken an interest in folding laundry. Lyza was trying to get him to play with her and he would keep telling her that he needed to fold the laundry first. Good boy!
Morning snuggles with Mason
We took the kids to Cabela's to look at all of the taxidermy animals and the big fish tank. That was lots of fun 
They also had some little pop guns for the kids to play with
Nixon got a Spiderman birthday card (that plays music) and he has loved it!
Nixon's crazy hair after playing outside with a toque on
and his crazy hair in the bath (he needs a hair cut)
The blog is now caught up from missing a week after Nixon's birthday. Now it's time to fill you in on what has happened this last week...well, not a whole lot
This picture sums up our last week
Each of the kids has been sick on and off (but mostly on) this whole week. Kim was also sick too, but I will spare her the picture ;)
Despite being sick and not doing anything fun, there are a few pictures I would like to share
At church last week Lyza looked so cute and grown up in this outfit. I really love this picture!
 Nixon asked me to pull out the tipi this week and it was amazing how much more fun simple activities (like puzzles) are when you are in a tipi!
 Not too sick to play with the felt board
 If there is anything good about being sick it is the extra snuggles 
 When Nixon and Kim were feeling better they got to go on a "date" together to the grocery store. Nixon was SO excited. He doesn't get a lot of one-on-one time with his Mom. He was so excited that while at the grocery store he would point to couples together and ask Kim if they were on a date. What a cute boy.
 I think Kim has some preschool withdrawal so she did some preschool activities with Nixon and they both had a lot of fun. He takes a different approach to learning than Lyza does, which is a nice change (he is a perfectionist and Lyza likes to master the basic concept and move on)
 "I'm stuck, I'm stuck" he screams as his mom first gets the camera to take a picture...
 You know it is time for spring when the kids stare out the window wishing they could be outside
 Bath time for this cutie
Well, having everyone sick for a whole week has been miserable, but maybe that means that everyone can be healthy now and enjoy some warmer weather. 
I think spring is finally here and I am eager to get the last of the snow melted and spend some time outside.
Take Care





Sunday, March 5, 2017

Happy 3rd Birthday Nixon!

At dinner one day Lyza made some comment about the island that we live on and I knew it was time for a little geography lesson. The next family home evening we talked about the creation of the earth and had a little geography lesson. It was fun to show her where we live, where he grandparents live, and where her auntie Hannah is serving a mission

Mason had lots of fun playing with this globe
Mason really likes eating solids. Bananas are a  favorite.
He ate fresh apples until he fell asleep
Nixon was SO excited to get this super hero birthday card from his Aunt Terry
Nixon playing doctor...of course he is performing a foot amputation
Nixon can be really fun doing puzzles
The night before Nixon's birthday we set up a few decorations

He was super excited to see balloons hung up, especially the Spider-Man balloons


Before breakfast Kim did a birthday interview with him. It was so adorable.
Here is some of the interview
Nixon also got to open up one present


I think that face says it all!
His new Spider-Man didn't leave his side all day



Nixon is lucky to have such an amazing mom who will take on the challenge of making a Spider-Man cake for a boy who never really likes cake (he prefers the ice cream)
He LOVED his cake
New Spider-Man shirt for his birthday
Yummy icing
We asked Nixon what he wanted to do for his birthday and he has said unequivocally that he wanted to go to the bouncy house. The ironic thing is that when we first got there he didn't want to go on any of the equipment because it was too loud (with all of the air blowers). Once we got him over the noise he had a blast

There was even a little area for Mason to play on
Lyza was fearless right from the beginning
She was the first to go on the biggest slide
Nixon started using the second biggest slide right away
And he eventually worked his way up to the biggest slide
They had a lot of fun at the bouncy house. We went at lunch time and Nixon was exhausted from all of the fun. That made his reasoning and problem solving skills a little weak at times
Nixon got to choose all of his meals for his birthday. All he wanted was cheerios and pancakes. So he got cheerios for breakfast, dinosaur chicken nuggets for lunch, and we did pancakes for dinner.
After dinner we opened some presents and it was so fun to see his smiles and excitement
He got a Spider-Man flashlight (he LOVES flashlights)

He got a Spider-Man tie (are you sensing a theme yet?)
Nixon also got a Spider-Man scooter (that required assembly of course)

Nixon and Lyza knew what to do with it

What a happy boy!
Happy Birthday Nixon!

What a great bunch I have been blessed with!
Surprise! The inside of the cake is blue. Nixon actually liked eating this cake and had several more pieces in the following days
Google hooked us up with a nice little memory video of baby Nixon
We had such a fun day for Nixon's birthday. The best part was seeing him so excited about everything and having lots of fun. Sometimes it is hard to share the spotlight with siblings, but for that day he was the star and we all had a lot of fun. We LOVE YOU Nixon!
A few days later Kim found this super awesome dinosaur helmet on clearance at Wal Mart and we had to get it for our little dinosaur lovers
I took the kids out for a walk the other day and they enjoyed climbing on this huge mountain of snow
Have I ever mentioned that Kim is an awesome mother? Who else would act so silly just to entertain her kids?
I mentioned that Mason has been eating solid foods, which means that he gets to try lots of different foods. We found out that he really loves blueberries
Take care