Crib re-purpose!

 So we have this crib...it has been part of out world for a very long time. 3 babies have used it.  When the last baby outgrew it....we didn't need it any more.

Mylee used it

Kaliah used it too!!

It was a great crib!!

I was excited to get to use it again..

and then baby MyKay took is turn in it 

It was a drop side crib so we couldn't pass it onto anyone else, but I could's stand to just trow it away!

So I saw this pintrest about making a bench out of an old crib

So Derek decided to give it a shot!

And ta da!!!  The finished product!!  I LOVE IT!!!!!
I get to keep the old crib around, but it is now BEAUTIFUL as a bench!!!!!

Ragnar

Derek ran the Ragnar for the first time this year! His brother came down from Seattle and ran it too! 

It was fun to be able to run with Eli!

He did really well and is running another in November!  

My boy, My little boy!

He turned 2!!  I really can't believe it!! 

 He LOVES his trucks, cars, trains, any kind of ball and puppy dogs stuffed animals!

He also loves ELMO!!  He got this little guy for his birthday!

He is such a big boy, he is in a big bed, no binkies, no diapers and he walks and talks like he owns this place!

He loves to say "banana" and "Ice" which he is CONSTANTLY asking for!

This is his silly face, he pushes his lower jaw forward. so cute

Some of his other favorite things is being outside, his blue push car he rides in, and playing on the ipad!!

He says multiple word sentences now like, "Hi blue car" and "what me!" which means "what about me" and "Ha-wit" meaning "can I have it" and many others

When I take his picture he insists he has to see the picture by saying "see!" and putting himself in front of the screen.

He still loves hats and has recently developed a love for his dinosaur helmet when he rides his bike/push-car outside with his sisters

He is such a sweet boy and LOVES to snuggle me...he still is a Mamas boy!!

He is Very daring!!  He climbed up a VERY tall slide while we were in Idaho and slid down with out even hesitating and also fed the horses by hand and wasn't the least bit nervous!

Here are the horses we went to see and Grammies house

He is feeding them!

He loves to tease his sisters, Kaliah in particular, but they all get plenty of teasing.  He loves to take their toys and run away and see if they can catch him, he also loves to come and knock down what ever they are playing with, part of having a brother, I guess! 

For his birthday he got a Thomas the train set, and I was trying to teach him the names of the trains and I said "This one is Percy, can you say Per...cy" and he looked and me and said "choo...choo" So I guess he doesn't care about the names quite yet, but he still LOVES the trains

His new train set!! he kept saying "opee" meaning "open"

He sat and played trains for a very long time!

I just love this boy! He is so sweet and so loving and at the same time, he is so much a boy, I couldn't ask for anymore in a son!! Happy birthday BK!!

The Production

So the girls put together a play of "frozen" one day all on their own.They had us some sit down and they started to act out, scene by scene the movie....costumes and everything!!

Here is Jojo as Olof....notice the rubber bands on her shirt to make buttons...I was very impressed with their attention to detail! Kenna is kneeling over there on the side as Anna while Olof sings. 

Here is kenna doing one of Anna's songs. Derek and I just sat there laughing at how cute they were and how well they knew the songs AND the script!  It was really impressive!

Saileen was Elsa....here in her cape and such

Then on the part where her outfit changes, she takes of her top outfit and THIS was underneath!!!  She may not have magic, but it was pretty tricky of her!!

Saileen and Kenna singing the frozen song in the ice castle. If you can tell from their faces, they were very "in character!"

Jojo and Bia as the Troll, "love experts" and Bk in the background like he is plotting our deaths!

Here is the cast!  Little Anna, and a troll was Kaliah, Little Elsa, olof, and the troll was Jojo,  Kenna was older Anna and Saileen was older Elsa. It was a great production!!  I give it 5 stars!!!!

And her is a random shot of MyKay watching t.v. like he owns this place!!

May days!!

The boy is potty trained!!!  He loves his "choo choo" undees!!!

What he doesn't love is when I tell him he can not play the Ipad..

As you can see, he doesn't like the camera flash and on top of not getting to play the iPad..he was pretty mad!

Derek went on another trip to Philadelphia this time. 

The grass is finally starting to fill in and we can walk on it now!

The primary did this for mothers day....very cute

She doesn't look thrilled about this whole deal

Makes me happy!

I am glad they know I love them!

Eating mothers day dessert, chocolate and marshmallow rocky road bars 

Just making them a little card with their picture so I have these mug shot!

The girls had an activity for mother and daughters!!  

It was fun to bring both of them!!!

Mom and daughter pajama party!!

Easter and Birthday pizza

For Easter we made these Maxi skirts for the girls.  Saileen pretty much made her own, with minimal help form me, and I made the others, It was a fun project, I would love to do it again!!

They got their Polly Pocket wall toy for their Easter toy! Lot of fun!  

Saileen chose fruit pizza for her birthday dessert!! It was DELICIOUS!!! Cookie crust and sweet cream cheese and fruit topping!!  Excellent choice!