makutus island

Caitlin loves looking at the fish Cameron, Ellie, and Cody off and playing

such a goofball

snack time All the kids got free tshirts when we got there for registering w/ the kids club. We had such a fun day up there but I have to say I like going during the week when it isn't so busy. All of the kids were so good though especially in the car.

ballet

Caitlin has started doing ballet class. Her class is on Saturday mornings and there are at least 20 kids in the class. She always wants to go but the last couple of times she has been crying in there. She will start in a couple of weeks to go on a different day w/ a lot fewer kids so hopefully she will do better. They all look so cute in there little outfits.

randomness

I woke up to find these owls in my front yard that a very sneaky neighbor who is also on PTO thought I deserved. They are very cute and will make a nice addition to the front yard until the next person gets them Cody enjoying some McDs while watching the Hannah Montana movie at our lighted schoolhouse event.

Cameron

Cameron on spirit day for school. All the boys in the class chose to wear jean shorts, spiky hair and a favorite character shirt. This is the face he wanted to make for the pic.

McD's

I rarely take the kids inside McD's to eat an play so they get very excited when they actually get to go. We spent a good couple of hours here, a good way to pass the time in the summer when it is 105 degrees but to cloudy to go to the pool.

dentist time

I took the boys to the dentist for their cleaning and check-up. Cameron, of course, has been several times so he was trying to tell Cody all about it and to not be scared and the best part is getting a new toothbrush and picking a toy out of the treasure box. Well, poor Cameron may have to get 2 of his bottom teeth pulled because the new ones are coming through but his baby teeth aren't loose yet. He wasn't very happy camper. Cody was a champ, he did so great. The hygenist kept saying what a good job he did and she was able to do more than she expected at a first visit. He didn't even mind the "duck" mouth which I always hated when I was little.

caitlin turns 3

present time!!!She was such a good girl and told everybody thank you. She got everything she wanted, barbies, clothes, dolls(all pink of course)

trampoline fun

she loved everybody singing happy birthday to her. I made little princess castle cupcakes(pink of course) she wanted a pink birthday-it looked more like a baby shower but she wanted pink, so pink it was!!!

Cameron passed kinder!!!

Kindergarten is over and summer vacation is here!!!Camerons teacher has been out sick for most of the end weeks of school due to cancer. She did come in to give their kids their promotion to 1st grade. The kids were so excited to see her, she is such a wonderful teacher. I hope that she will be able to recover over the summer and be back this fall. Camerons last week of school was a busy one and I brought Caitlin and Cody with me every day to help out in the class. I planned the end of school party where I showed a video of the kids throughout the year, Wednesday was their water party outside, and Thursday and Friday we went in to help clean up the room for her. Caitlin and Cody should be ready for school when it is time for them to go. Congratulations Cameron, You are such a smart and good boy. We are so proud of you. We love you!!!!

bowling

Our friends suggested we go bowling last night. We had so much fun, the kids all did great. We were there until 10 and no meltdowns, I was impressed. Our friend Christi wanted to place a bet so we bet dinner on the losing couple. Well, Kris and I were the losing couple. In all fairness, I had a sore back and he had a hurt shoulder. Actually, we probably still would have lost regardless but we had so much fun!!! Caitlin loved when the disco lights came on and the music. She said "I'm a rockstar"

Mexico

Friday afternoon Kris called me to see if we could get the condo in Rocky point for Sunday night. It was available so we went down for a quick night. The weather was perfect and the kids had fun playing in the sand.

Cameron loved building and digging for the crabs

Although Caitlin loved the water she is terrified of seaweed, ladybugs (which were everywhere) and flies.Not exactly our nature girl.

easter

We started our Easter Sunday by going to church by the lake. It was a beautiful day. After church ther was another easter egg hunt.

look at all that loot.

so many eggs, so little time.

easter

We attempted an Easter Egg Hunt at Anamax Park. The weather was cloudy but it wasn't raining before we started the hunt. It started to pour with hail as we finished up. I picked up Cody and Caitlin and got to the car as fast as we could. That was a nightmare.

Cameron didn't care to much-he is always smiling.

coloring easter eggs at home

garden time

There is a place at a nearby park called Victory Gardens. You are able to have one of the spots to plant your own garden. I thought it would be a fun thing to do with the kids. Well, any of you who know me know that I can't even keep the hardiest of plants alive. My parents were out here for a couple of weeks so I had them help us get started. We planted carrots,beans,peppers,green onions and snow peas. To my surprise everything was growing really great but now all the rodents and birds come in and eat all of the seeds and anything that has just popped up.

Caitlin is planting her tree(it is a stick that she found)

Hopefully it will come back to life!!!

all in a days work

I know that I may have posted about Codys love for puzzles before but I think it may be somewhat obsessive. He did all 5 of these 100 piece puzzles in a day. Sometimes if he is playing outside he will run in the house to put a few pieces in or do an entire puzzle. It is amazing but at least he's not watching TV all day right?

what I love about SPS

One of the things that I love about the school in Sahuarita is that they sometimes do these "Lighted Schoolhouse" events. Sometimes it is a movie in the gym and this time they did an icecream social and v-day card making. They are always a family thing so it is fun to see different parts of the school where your kids go during the day and also meet some of their friends and families that you may not otherwise get to meet. These cards are a surprise for their daddy so SSHHH;don't tell.