soccer is the best!!

playing a fun game of kick the cowboy!  the kids loved it!  we have the best coaches ever!

gooooooooooooaaaaaaaaallllllll!

ry ran around giving high fives and yelling boo-ya!!

Papa, Grandma and Mimi were all able to come to ry's practice.

it was a fun practice and a beautiful evening!

I am officially a soccer mom!!  Ryan had his first soccer practice tonight and it was so fun to watch!

Coach Caroline-she wanted to carry that clipboard around everywhere!

Papa came to Ry's practice, they were having a little post game chat!

let me tell you the reasons i love this simple little picture

well to start i love this little boy to pieces

i love the mop of curly hair, that draws alot of attention and oohhs and ahhs
i love that he traded nicely with his sister to get that book

i love that he is quite(my kids are rarely quite)

i love that he is intently looking at that book

i love the sunlight pouring in on him

and last but not least

i LOVE that he crosses his legs

i just think it is so darn cute, and he always does it!!

i love you rhino!
it's one of those moments that i want to freeze forever, to keep everything just like it is!

Caroline had a little fight with the concrete and the concrete won!

This weekend I went to an Amish Festival with my mom and we had a great time.

Thank you Steve and Joann for watching the kids all day I really appreciate it, it was a nice to get away.

This is where all the men folk were hanging out, the lawn equipment auction.

They were auctioning anything you could think of.

Even squirrels, which is so funny because my mom was quoting Rat Race on the way there because we got kinda lost out in the middle of no where.

low and behold we found a stuffed squirrel.

"You girls wanna buy a squirrel? They make crackerjack pets!"

 This was a generator powered ice cream machine-it was super noisy! 

A bored amish boy with his mama.

We finished our adventure with some wonderful homemade vanilla ice cream and blackberry pie.

Well we haven't really been up to much lately....Ry is in preschool two days a week, gymnastics and soccer.  So my life as a chauffeur has begun and I'm so excited because it means my little guy is BUSY!!  Gymnastic has DRASTICALLY improved over the last couple of weeks.  I think the first week the coach said his name 700 times, no exaggeration!!  This week I don't think I heard her say it more then 3 times, so that is awesome it means he is following directions and got getting into everything he's not supposed to be touching.

 i really like this coach, she is really firm and wants them to do it the right way-Ry so needs that!!  We are on the wait list to get into the Wednesday class, because Fridays are a little difficult.

 sorry for the picture quality i'm not sure what is up with my camera-this is Ry's favorite thing-they do stretches and they are all based around making pizza-his favorite thing right up there with chick-fila.  Can you see the concentration on his face? He is rolling out the dough.

the other day we went to lunch with my friend Emma(my kids were turds, sorry Emma-next time I will get a sitter) but across the street was a fire station with the truck parked outside so of course we had to check it out.  Carolines top was a dress from last year which I LOVE and i'm totally digging her skinny jeans!!

this was my first project in months!!!  my friend Jessica gave me this stroller today but the fabric was broken, so in 20 minutes start to finish i whipped up this new seat!  I love the Amy Butler fabric that i had barely any scraps left.  Hopefully Caroline will love it as much as I do.

Ryan was so excited to start preschool! 

he told me,"when i get to school mom i will give you a kiss and then i will go to my class."

such a big boy, i think we were both excited and neither of us cried!

he was apprehensive for a moment when he realized there were a bunch of kids in his class, but the teacher was great and asked him where his name was in the class room and he was hooked!

walking down the hall with his new awesome cowboy backpack! which he LOVED!

the day he got it he ran around the house filling it with all his toys saying,"i'm late, i'm late we've got to get to school!"  you think he has heard that a few times??

he's already forgotten about me!!

afterwards mimi and i went to pick him up, and he was so happy and so happy all afternoon.  at lunch he got out of his chair and came over and gave me a big hug and said,"mom, you are the best mom ever! i love you!"  i didn't cry when i dropped him off but that almost made me cry.  

i think he had a great day, we can't wait for more!!

MY SON KEEPS PEEING ON THE FLOOR IN HIS ROOM(IN THE NIGHT INSTEAD OF WETTING THE BED)

MY DAUGHTER HAS AGAIN DEVELOPED A KEEN ATTACHMENT TO ME AND WON'T LET ME OUT OF HER SIGHT(I WAS TEACHING SUNDAY SCHOOL, SHE DID'T WANT TO GO TO NURSERY AND THE BISHOP HAD A FRIEND BRING HER TO ME BECAUSE SHE WAS SCREAMING SOOO LOUD)

IT IS STINKING HOT OUTSIDE AND I AM OVER IT

MY HOUSE SELF IMPLODES EVERY DAY AND A HALF

I AM SUPPOSED TO BE LOSING WEIGHT, BUT THAT JUST SOUNDS LIKE ALOT OF WORK

BOTH OF MY KIDS(ONE OF WHICH IS USUALLY A GREAT EATER) REFUSE TO EAT ANYTHING I COOK

I AM SO OVER SNOTTY NOSES I COULD SCREAM

TOYS ARE EVERYWHERE AND I HAVE ALREADY  GOTTEN RID OF THREE RUBBERMAID BINS FULL OF THEM

AS OF RIGHT NOW CAROLINE IS WANDERING AROUND THE HOUSE SCREAMING FOR ME

HAVE I MENTIONED THAT SHE PUTS EVERYTHING IN HER MOUTH

MAYBE SHE SHOULD BE THE ONE STARTING PRESCHOOL ON THURSDAY

AND YES I KNOW I TYPED THIS ALL IN CAPS

TODAY I AM KINDA OVER IT!!

today we had another busy day!!

the mall has a new pet store that the kids are in love with!!

then we went to the doctors for the kids well checks-have i mentioned that ry LOVES his doctor, i have to threaten that if he isn't good he CAN'T go see Dr. Worsley.

Carolines stats first:  21 pounds and 33 inches tall  10% weight and 90% height

Ryan: 34 pounds and 39-1/2 inches tall  70% weight and 90% height

after the doctors we went home for naps, which took forever for them to go to sleep, by the way.

then we headed out to a school carnival with some friends-ry had a blast!

our friend Shane and their adorable baby Maggie

hopefully the last time ry is in the back of a cop car!

when we got home ry ran in the house and immediately started calling for me to come here, this is what he found

these little geckos are EVERYWHERE!  he thinks they are the greatest things ever.  caroline is fearless also, this little guy was crawling all over her and her shirt, she just wanted to put him in her mouth.

ry had such a happy day, no yelling(by me) no whining, happy, fun, loving boy.  it's so nice to have those days it just makes me love being a mom!  i read my friend carmens blog the other day and it was total inspiration for me right at that moment!  i used the sticker technique all day and it was fabulous-he was happy and i was happy-thanks carmen you are the best!!

last of all, i always have carolines hair pulled back in a ponytail or pig tails so you never see how curly it really is, so tonight i took a picture.  it is getting so long, i should leave it down sometime but it is still really thin and by the end of the day it is just flat and frizzy.  and she leaves the ponies and bows in no problem so why mess with a good thing-right? RIGHT!

so yesterday we had a cold front come through(95 degrees) and so we headed to the botanical gardens with some friends.  the kids had a blast and played until they dropped!!

Ry loves Nadia!!!!  He prays for her every night in his prayers and it melts my heart!

 smelling the flowers!

sweet nadia

burning off a ton off pent up energy!

having a blast throwing wood chips!

nadia was the mommy bear and the boys were her babies, sleeping!! 

this was taken a couple of weeks ago before it got to hot to step foot outside!  I thought it was just too cute not to share!!  they were having a great time together rolling around in the grass!

this is the same little stinker that while i was holding her the other day started to pinch her own cheek saying "ow ow ow" and then started yelling, "NO NO RYAN NO!!!!"

she was hurting her self and then blaming her brother-while i was holding her!!  you little stinker!!

In case you were wondering this is what we have been up to in the 110 degree heat!!  hey, what else is there to do?  I've had to lock the backdoor-it's TOO HOT to even play outside.  So pajama parties it is!!