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Monday, June 13, 2011

playing catch up...again...apologies!!

Since the last post was for January, I have some catching up to do! I apologize for taking so long, I guess I'm just not one for keeping up, lol. 

Lane is doing very well lately, he has gotten most of his teeth in and did much better in school over the last few months. He got A's, B's and only one C on his last report card of the year. He must have my math brain, he struggles there, just like me. But all in all, he will be going to 3rd grade next year! Weeee! He is a fantastic big brother, puts up with so much from the girls, and is a huge help to me. He doesn't seem to grow very much, he will be 8 in August and can still wear some 6's but mostly 7's. Such a beanpole! The way he eats you would think he would be bigger, lol. 

Kayleigh is turning out to be as stubborn as Josh. She dotes on Lane and fights like hell with Kate, but still wants to be with her all day long. She is trying to stay dry at night and sometimes she is good for days, then she will be wet for days, So frustrating, but she is trying. She is growing like crazy and can wear some 4t things already! She talks constantly and says very little that you can't understand, she will usually tell you exactly what she is thinking. She has recently learned to swim without her arm floats, she just decided one day that she didn't want them! I have been helping her learn the survival basics so she will be safe. She loves it! 

Kate is the most stubborn of the kids, and looks the most like Josh. She loves Lane and Kayleigh and wants to do everything they do, even though they fight all the time. She is a little daredevil, she climbs everything she gets near and is trying to figure out how to get down without falling. She is quickly learning to talk and her favorite words include 'no', 'I hab a bite?' (I have a bite?) 'Keewee' (Kayleigh) and loads more! She is showing loads of signs of being ready to potty train and takes her diaper off any time she doesn't have pants on over it. She is also growing like mad and wears 2's and 3's now. 

I'll start with some pictures from February and move forward. I took some of them with my cell while we were outside so some are pretty bad quality. But cute :) 

Make your own pizza. They love doing this, and I can slip all kinds of good things in. They just like the idea of pizza, so everyone wins. 

 These are some outside cell ones. Josh was cleaning the driveway so the girls played in the water table and rode trikes and scooters while Lane played across the street. 
 Kayleigh was bringing back leaves and sticks and anything she found interesting. 
 Kayleigh scootering along. 

 Horrible quality, but it was zoomed with my phone and taken all the way across the street. 
I needed a picture of him! 



 I don't know what was so exciting, but it was cute :) 
 Nothing says summer like a popsicle dripping down your arm. 
 Kate agrees. 

Kate and Daddy, bedtime snuggles :)


 Lane got this Paper Jamz guitar for Christmas. Kayleigh LOVES it!


 All the kiddos, and the kids from across the street, watching some TV and having a snack before bedtime.
 Lane being Lane. Silly boy. See all his new teeth!

 Did you know spaghetti was better smeared all over your face? Try it, Kate recommends.
 Kayleigh is a much cleaner eater.
 As is Lane. I love this picture :)

 For some reason, the girls thought breakfast on this day was only proper with sunglasses.
So sunglasses they wore. For all of breakfast.


Now on to Easter!  

Kate's basket. 
 Kayleigh's basket.
 Lane's basket.
 First seeing their baskets. Please excuse the orbs ;)













 If it wasn't candy, Kate didn't care about it until the candy was all gone.





 Peeps on a stick! Best idea ever! Nobody really needs to eat a whole box of peeps so these were perfect!

 Daddy wearing Kayleigh's new hat :)


Dinner time! 
We try to make all the normal stuff, including a ton of pea salad because we all love it :) 



 Time for egg hunting!











 The haul.
 They had a blast! Everybody loves an egg hunt :)




A few days later, eating some more Easter yummies :)



That's the end of Easter.

Now, onto some more random pictures and daily stuff :)

The girls were being rowdy and there was a whole lotta giggling going on!

 Pure mischief.
 Kayleigh looks so grown up in this picture.





 Kate can get herself onto the pony now, and boy does she go wild!





Breakfast at the kid table :) 

 Kate snuggling with Daddy

 and 3 seconds later she is on to something else. Sigh, she can't sit still.


 Random picture, popsicles :)
Ok, and these are from today. School is out and we're trying to fill the days. Some slip n' slide and bubbles sounded good to the kiddo's. Then they had dinner outside and we went to the pool for some swimming. 










Onto some bubbles :) 
 Kate kept licking the bubble wand, and her fingers, and anything with bubbles on it.
She eventually decided they didn't taste good.


And that's the end. I swear I will try to be better at this!!
Love you all!