SWIM CLASS

We are having a blast at swim class. I think the teachers may be a little tired of hearing the phrase, "look at me teacher." I think Kate says it at least 100 times a class. She is a little fish still. She is almost floating on her back. She has been seen swimming the crawl and even licking the side of the pool. I would say we are getting our moneys worth and more. She has two good teachers, Scott and Jessica. They are good with the kids and patient with them too.

What I learned in preschool.

I have tried to keep everything that Kate brought home from preschool this year. Some of it was edible and didn't make the camera, some was played with and is now in the place of lost toys...somewhere. I thought it would be fun to keep it all and take photos of it then maybe I won't feel guilty throwing it all away.

We have a really great teacher who is so creative and attentive to the children's needs. Kate adores Ms. Myrna. We are so lucky to be able to go again next year. It will be three days a week... (yay! oh was that out loud.)

She made an all about me book.

Practiced her name everyday.

Practiced letters.

Did crafts.

Stories.

Snacks.

Music.

Played.

Met a real bunny.

Made new friends.

Gave mom a break. (whoops how did that get in there;))

Don't leave the scissors in the drawer...

The other day Kate and her friend were playing out in the kitchen. I kept hearing the garbage can lid open and close. After the 3rd time I thought uh oh? This is what I found. They were so excited to show me their new hair cuts. I then told them they shouldn't smile what they did was bad and they were in trouble. (I was laughing inside though and sort of in shock)

We are lucky to have a gifted visiting teacher save the day.

Sunday we made necklaces for grandma to give to the youth in Yeravan, Armenia at youth conference. I enlisted some of our young women to help me. It was a lot of fun stamping the word courage on 90 washers. Here is a link to do them. Use a magic eraser to wipe off the sharpie off. They are not perfect but made with lots of love.

http://downloads.sugardoodle.net/images/stories/wn1.jpg

My sister gave me the cutes little vases perfect for my tulips. I just wanted to show them off. We really need the sun to show up for more than a day. I want to garden so bad. I can't wait to get started this season.

EASTER FUN

Dad and me.

Easter Dress.

The trail led to this.

Bunny POOP, ewwww!

When I woke up sunday morning I discovered Bunny poop in the hallway.

Saturday night we decorated our eggs with dye, stamps, glitter and stickers.

Friday we went to dads work and decorated cookies and had our face painted.

Possessed.

That last post is possessed. I swear. I have no idea how it got so big and published then unpublished.... sorry about that.

Fair time again.

This is my 3rd attempt at doing this post. My pictures will not upload. So if they do not upload again you will just have to imagine these pictures.

We went to the Clark County Nevada fair. I was a lot of fun. The kids all got to go to the carnival, the dads go to go on the rides with them. The moms ate fair food. Troy and I took the kids on a very short camel ride which was very cool. Then it was straight to the pony rides. Each kid had their own pony and had a great time.

yay it worked!

April 3, 2011

This is one of Kate's best buds. I caught them buck naked getting into costumes. Then once they were dressed they put on a performance.

"Strike a pose girls."

This is what we woke up to today, 5-6inches of it!

We had a fun dinner with the family too. I was the favorite aunt for supplying the caffeine free Mt. Dew. We BBQ'd despite the snow that was falling and ate a ton of 2nd favorite aunt Melissa's sugar cookies.

MARCH

We made bunny buns. It is from the friend magazine. I wonder why they put faces on the bunny buns but maybe the bunny is looking over his shoulder. Ours are just the "buns."

We got to spend the day with our friends. The play dough was a big hit. We (mom) made doggies for everyone, and a bed, and a ball, and a bone...

Kate came into my room asking for her "toes." I had no idea what she was talking about so I told her to go find them. She came back with her "tools" to fix my drawer like her dad fixes the truck.

March.

Princess

Dinner for a princess

Kate is a wiz on the iphone. It is one of her favorite things to do with her dad.

V is for volcano. Preschool craft. Edible cake volcano with frosting, candy rocks, toy dinosaurs and a tea candle to light.

The last month has been a little crazy. Kate has been a super big girl helping me. I did another IVF cycle but it didn't work, or we say the babies didn't grow. She understands a little and we all were very sad. It just isn't our time I guess.

(Inthetrenches-IVF.blogspot.com)

We have also been busy with gymnastics, preschool and playing with friends. At night we are reading our scriptures and Kate has her own little mini Book of Mormon. She likes to find a number three and says she is reading that scripture. She repeats after us and reads two verses a night. But everytime we say "wherefore" she says, "wherethree" and gets mad if we don't say it too. It cracks me up. Last night it was "where-eight." Kate's sense of humor is strong and she loves to joke around all the time. To our frustration sometimes, especially when we try to get ready for bed.

She loves playing the three little pigs. One of us gets to be the wolf and we chase her around the house. This saturday we are going to a production of Peter and the Wolf. We have watched the Disney version of it and we love to sing the music around the house. I think it is a ballet and symphony for kids. Kate loves music a lot.

neglect

This blog will be neglected for a few weeks as I work on a new blog. Feel free to browse.

inthetrenches-IVF.blogspot.com

Cinderella

We went to our first Ballet. It was Cinderella performed by the BYU ballet. It was lots of fun and we got to dress up, and attend a princess party before. The fairies gave the girls suckers. Kate did really good. She sat on her Dad's lap and I watched them. She asked tons and tons of questions. It was fun to see her beautiful little face light up with delight and wonder and she watched the ballerinas perform. It was a super fun night.

All the pretty princesses.

Kate with the ensemble and Fall Fairy

Winter Fairy

This is Kate's Primary teacher she was the Fairy God-mother

Grandma Pat

Saturday we meet a very special person. Grandma Pat. This is Kate's birth grandma. It was very fun to meet up and exchange pictures and stories. Grandma Pat made Kate a quilt. We put it on her bed and that night she said, "mom this blanket is very special to me."