Easter 2010

I know, I know. Easter was already 4 weeks ago, but I am just now getting around to posting about it! We spent the weekend in St. George. Here's a glimpse of what we did:

Park




Easter Eggs




Egg Hunt




Dinner and UNO with Grandpa Don and Grandma Elaine








Lava Rock Hunt


My Hot Ride

Well Child

Well Child Visit Stats (03-10):

Jack

7 Years Old
52 lbs.
49" Tall

Healthy as can be.

Nixin

5 Years Old

45 lbs.
45" Tall
2 shots

Ready for Kindergarten!

Cohen

6 1/2 Months Old

18 lbs. 12 oz.
28" long
3 shots

Growing like a weed!

Five

I can hardly believe it, but Nixin is already 5 years old! We celebrated with an "Under the Sea" theme, chosen by the always creative Nixin.


His friends came over to help us celebrate. We played games, including: "The Shamu Shimmy" (an altered version of the Hokey Pokey), "Dive under the Sea"(kids dive under a sheet and come out with a sea creature), and "Going Fishing" (using fishing poles with magnets on the end, they fish for paper fish with paper clips on them). We also served an awesome lunch of Hot Dog Octopus's, Sea Shell Mac and Cheese, and Ocean Water.


On the guest list: Hobie, Sawyer, Blake, Nixin, Caleb, Max, Braxton, and Jack.


And what party would be complete without a pinata? Not this one! The pinata was filled with the guest's goodie bags.


Nixin had a great time. Thanks to those of you who let your children be a part of it!

The following evening we had our family over for a "Pasta Bar" dinner, cupcakes, and ice cream. It sure was nice to see everyone!


Nixin with Aunt Laura:


Nixin with Grandma Miles:


Uncle Chribbis choking Nixin:


Jack, Grandma Becky, and Nixin:


Great Grandpa Bob, Nixin, and Patsy:


Trick Candles:


Happy Birthday Nixin!

Green

It was about a week before St. Patrick's Day when my boys started to remind me that "Next Wednesday we need to wear green so we don't get pinched". They had planned out exactly what they would wear on the big day and made big plans to catch leprechauns. We had a couple of friends come over to play after school and I looked outside just in time to see the five of them "dancing a jig"!


Cohen was super sick! Look at his sweet little snot face, so lovable!


Aunt Laura came over and helped the boys with their leprechaun trap. They almost caught one! Unfortunately he must have heard them open the front door and ran off before they could catch him. The good news was that some of his dollar bills fell out and landed right in their trap! They thought that part was awesome.


I made Green Fettuccine Alfredo for our special dinner, because I thought that the kids would think it was cool. They did not think it was cool and complained the whole meal instead. We finished our day up with a trip to parent teacher conference for Jack. He is doing great! He had all 4's (that's a great thing) and is reading at a level K. Happy (late) St. Patrick's Day!

5K

I'm working hard to catch up! Last month, on the 27th of February to be exact, Chad and Jack ran the Fafard 5k together. I chickened out, not knowing what to do with my other two boys in the cold weather. Chad said that maybe a quarter of the way into it Jack was asking if it was done yet and said that he was ready to go home. Chad didn't let him quit though. They walked a little and ran a little and finished the race in 43 minutes and 30 seconds. Way to go guys!

LEGOS

Okay, so it was over a month ago but I have obviously not been on on a great blogging streak. Jack had his 7th birthday! This year it was all about LEGOS. We invited his friends over for a LEGO themed birthday party, invited our family over for pizza and LEGO cake, and bought him a great set of LEGOS and a LEGO Star Wars video game for our Wii. It was a very eventful day. Jack had a great time and grew his LEGO collection, which is just what he had hoped for.

3 at 6

Everyone askes me if Cohen looks like his brothers looked when they were his age. I ran into a few pictures of Jack and Nixin when they were 6 months old. What do you think?

Jack 6 months:


Nixin 6 months:


Cohen 6 Months:

February in a Nutshell

In an effort to get Favorite Aunt Sarah to blog, keep my promise to Grandma Becky that I would blog, and as a confirmation to my cousin, Hollee that I am not MIA, here I go:

Our baby is growing so fast!


Jack received the "Principal's Pride" award from school:


Nixin taught himself how to blow awesome bubbles in the bath:


Cohen is getting more and more adorable every day:


Jack finished up his basketball season:


A little bird found Nixin's homemade bird feeder:


Cohen loves bath time:


Jack visited the book fair at school, he LOVES to read:


Nixin has a new favorite hobby:


And this little face just melts my heart, I'm so happy we have him!