Preschool Graduate

Cole graduated from Preschool at the end of May. 

 They had a little performance and sang songs for all of the visitors.

 Cole and his good buddy, Mac.

 Cole's teacher was Ms. Mallory. She did such a great job and we are excited for Cole to go to her again next year.

 Cole picked Chuck-a-Rama for his celebration lunch.

 My kids are so blessed to have so many people who love them. Both Grammy and Grandma Woodland were able to come to Cole's performance and lunch.

 We love our sweet Cole baby. He is such a sweet, fun, hilarious little boy. We especially love that he starts all of his jokes with "knock knock', even if they aren't knock knock jokes!!

We have had a struggle potty training this boy. He will be fine for a week and then have 3 accidents in a row.  

On his graduation day, he hadn't had an accident for 2 weeks straight so we let him pick out a new bike. We got his old bike for free, and it served him well for over a year, but it was getting a little pathetic. Cole is so excited to have a super fast racer bike now!

St. Patty's Day

 St. Patrick's day was on Sunday this year, so we wore our green for church. Ryan wore a green tie. I've noticed that I've been in a lot of pictures and there aren't so many with Ryan in them. How did that happen. I'll be sure to catch him more often from now on!!

The Leprechauns left the kids jars of skittles and marshmallows and a four leaf clover glow stick necklace.

And we had the traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner. Adam and Shylo started us on this tradition 4 years ago, and it's been so fun.

We had a very fun and lucky St. Patty's Day!

Dutch Days

 We went to Thanksgiving Point during their Dutch Days. We always love going to Thanksgiving Point, but this day was cold, rainy and wet. But we made the best of it.

 We ate lots of yummy Dutch treats Ryan remembers from his mission. He said they were pretty close to the real thing. The kids got to make tulip headbands and paper windmills.

Of course, their favorite part was rolling down the huge hill.

Someday we need to visit Holland and check out the real Dutch life!

Busy Brooklyn

 Brooklyn has been super busy over the past few months. Here's what she's been up to-

 Helping with the dishes

Sleeping with her bum in the air (this is how she usually sleeps)

 Taking a bath (she LOVES bath time)

 Playing in her crib

 Being silly

 Eating Cheerios

 Playing with Hayden and Cole

Being adorable

Hanging out with Mom

 Having lots of photo shoots

 Showing off her first pony tail on May 4th

I had to add this cute picture of Hayden in her princess dress with  a princess hairdo

 And Standing up (she started standing at about 9 months)

She is growing up so fast and doing new things every day!

Ski Bunnies

Ryan and Jeffrey took Hayden and Cole on their first skiing adventure a few months ago. They went up to Sundance. Ryan and I thought the kids would get cold and tired fast. We expected them to be done in a couple hours at most. But, they skied  ALL DAY, and didn't want to leave when it was time to go.  Ryan and Jeffrey tied a rope around the kids to help teach them. Ryan was really impressed with how well they did. They even advanced beyond the Bunny Hill and took the lift. I foresee lots of skiing with Daddy next season!

9 Months

 This little princess turned 9 months two days ago. She is so fun! She loves to smile, laugh, and play. Isn't she the sweetest?!

 She started doing the army crawl a month ago and has gotten super fast. Yesterday she got up on our first stair, and she has started pulling herself up on things. Her two top teeth just broke through. So, she's up to 4 teeth now. She loves to eat puffs!

 Mama and Daddy can't get enough of her. However, she is a major hair puller, as Daddy learned the hard way.

 She says "da da da da" "ba ba ba ba" and "ga ga ga ga".

She was sick a few weeks ago, and it was so sad. She had a fever of 102. I called the doctor to see, if I should take her in. The nurse said to watch her and if we couldn't keep her fever below 102 with medicine to take her in. She threw up twice and was just miserable. She cuddled and slept all day and then was much better the next day, thankfully!

She had her 9 month check up last Thursday. She had a slight ear infection we didn't have a clue about. Also, the doctor said she has a heart murmur, but they're not worried about it right now, and they'll just keep tracking it.

Other than that she is perfectly healthy!

Here are her stats-

weight- 17lbs 4oz- 25 %

Length- 29in- 93 %

head- 17 1/4 in- 48%

So, she's tall and skinny, just like our others.

We love our little Princess, Brookie!!

PetSmart

 Cole's preschool class had a field trip yesterday. We went to PetSmart. We got to carpool with his buddy, Mac, and Cole thought that was so great! The kids got to pet a lizard, snake, turtle, and chinchilla. They also got to feed the fish. I asked Cole which animal was his favorite. He said "All of them!"

 

Brooklyn hung out in the stroller, and was her usual happy self!