Summer School

Summer school has officially started this week for Jayden. I thought it would be like last year's summer school where I would drop him off at the school for a few hours, and it would be in a classroom setting with other kids. This time, I drop him off at the school, and he does one-on-one reading with his teacher, and 25 minutes later I pick him up. So I pretty much drop him off, come home, brush my teeth, and then go back and pick him up. Oh well. I know for sure Jacklyn's school is for two hours. Jacklyn misses her school bus and I think she's pretty excited to see her friends at school again. I don't think she is going to like the time she goes to school though- 9:00am. She is not a morning person. I usually have to drag her out of bed in the morning.

As for me, I have decided that everybody is getting potty trained this summer. I am going to get Jacklyn potty trained first, followed by Addison, and then it will be no more diapers for me. Yea! I have tried potty training Jacklyn, but she is being very resistant. Jayden wasn't this bad. So I have been buying some potty training books on Amazon to help me out. So wish me luck with all of that.

On last thing, Mary McAllister started a blog, Monkeys Galore, and I added her to My Blog List on the right hand side, so be sure to check out her stuff. With that said, everybody have a great week.

School's Out

School's out! And this is what we plan on doing all summer.

I have to admit that I was a little disappointed that Jayden didn't have a graduation this year like he did last year. I guess it is just for the kindergartners. They had real gowns and hats for them, and it was just adorable. Maybe I'll get around to posting his kindergarten graduation pictures since they didn't do anything fun like that this year.

Teddy Bear Picnic

Yesterday was Jacklyn's last day of Preschool, so Addison and I went down to her school and watched her graduation. It was a lot of fun and Addison really enjoyed it. First, the kids sang sons to us and then got their diplomas. Then we had some fun activities like giving your teddy bear a checkup, throwing beanbags and getting a prize, and "going on a bear walk" which was really an obstacle course. The kids all like that one the best. After the graduation, we all went outside and had our teddy bear picnic. We all laid our blankets out on the grass and started eating our lunches. While we were eating, the teachers passed out bear rice crispy treats and punch for everyone. Then it was time to say good-byes. Jacklyn's friend Mackenzie came over and said good-bye. Her and Jacklyn were the only girls in their class. Jacklyn was the only girl out of ten boys in her class until Mackenzie came, so they were best buds. Jacklyn's bus driver was telling me this. I told her Jacklyn was use to being the only girl, because at home she has no sisters and two brothers. Her bus driver thought that was funny and said Jacklyn gets spoiled a lot because she's the only girl. Jacklyn really loved going to school. I think she will miss it, but it won't be too long until summer school starts. All right, I need to go. I hope that everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend!

Happy Birthday Jacklyn!

Today is Jacklyn's Birthday. We went down to the store today and she got to pick out a birthday present from the birthday money that she got from Nana and Grandma Kendall. She picked a Snow White doll with the plastic clothes. She was very excited. Thank you for the birthday money everyone. Since Micah had to work late tonight we decided to celebrate her birthday on Saturday. It was really fun. I have posted the pictures for you to see. We got a birthday cake for her, and watched her open presents. She was very excited, even Jayden and Addison were excited. I think she had a great birthday. Thanks again everyone for the the birthday wishes.

Backyard Camping

We are all very excited at our house right now. It is spring. The weather has finally warmed up and we have been spending more time outdoors. Micah pulled the fire pit out of the shed last weekend and set it up so we could have cozy evenings by the fire. So on Monday night we decided for family night to sit outside and talk and make smores. Jacklyn and Addison loved roasting marshmallows and eating them. They weren't too found of the smores; they just ate everything separately. I think Micah and I ate a ton of smores though. We wanted to do it again this week, but we ran out of food. The next day Jayden told me while I was getting him ready for school that he likes hanging out by the campfire and talking. I told Micah and he was pretty excited. I think we are starting to like the idea of backyard camping more and more. Easy, cheap, near-by bathrooms, etc. Well, I need to go and get kids ready for bed. Bye.

Spring Break

Last week was Spring Break, so Micah, Jayden, and Jacklyn decided to go motorcycling in Moab with Grandpa. The kids had a lot of fun camping with the family, going to the hot tub, and just hanging out and having fun. Here are the pictures and you can see for yourself just how much fun they had. I hope everyone had a great Spring Break.

The Eyeclops

So the other day the kids were bored and wanted to pull a game out of the closet, so Micah was digging around and he discovered the Eyeclops that Micah's parents had gotten us for Christmas a few years ago. He decided to pull it out and play with it with the kids. If you don't know what it is the Eyeclops is basically a microscope in the shape of an eye that you can plug into your TV and can zoom in on stuff and look at things up close. Micah hooked it up to the TV and we started checking things out. We looked at all sorts of stuff and then we started zooming in on the carpet hoping to find a bug or something, but there were no bugs in the carpet. We were disappointed, but I was somewhat glad to know we didn't have critters lurking down there. Then Micah put the eyeclops on his hand and you could see sweat coming out of his sweat pores and then it would evaporate. It was pretty gross, but fascinating at the same time. So that has been the toy of week that the kids have been playing with and inspecting. Bye.