Colby's new game!

 Well Colby has a new favorite game to play with Lacey and honestly she made the mistake of laying on the floor!  Once she did that all bets were off!!

 I will be in another room and you will all of a sudden hear "Colby's pulling my hair! Colby stop! Stop Colby!" and Colby's response ---laughter!  Lacey doesnt really like it but she is just getting back a little of what she dished out to Abby and Dylan!!

Fresh Air!

We finally got some cooler weather and the kids were able to got play outside for a while-it was so nice to have them running around laughing and playing!

Back to School!

 Abby started 3rd grade and Dylan started 1st grade yesterday.  They have been waiting all summer for this day.  They have been counting down the days for about the last six weeks!  Dylan got in the car after school with a big huge smile and said that his day was awesome and so much fun and Abby got in the car with a "way too much to tell and way too much to remember".  She had fun and was most excited about all bookshelf full of chapter books--seriously she talked for about 10 minutes about all the books and titles she saw and wants to read!  So here's to another funfilled school year!!

Water!!

Lacey and Dylan got to play in the water on day before it got way too hot to be outside and Abby was off at a friends house.  Lacey and Dylan thought it was cool that they got to play in the water and Abby didnt-oh the joy of sibling rivalry right?!

Colby is not a fan of the sprinkler!  He just got to be alright with pool I dont really know what the difference is but he was happy to stay far away from the water and play in the grass!

 and apparently Dylan and Lacey both felt that the water was more fun to drink than to really play in!

Colby and the sit and spin!

So Colby found the sit and spin and although he hasnt quite figured out how to do it the right way he has certainly found a way to entertain himself!  The difficult part was keeping the other kids off so he could play with it!

Swim Lessons!

Abby decided that she didnt want to take swim lessons this year "Its just not my thing mom, dancing and soccer those are my things, swimming is just not my thing". But after entertaining Colby and seeing the other two in the water she sure changed her tune real fast!! Lacey was in level 1 and it was her first year, which she totally loved!! She is totally awesome!

Dylan was in level 2 and was way better at just jumping in the water than he was the last time! He had a great time!

On the last day of classes Lacey got to jump off the diving board. She was a little hesistant but then gathered her courage and became the fearless Lacey we all know and hopped off the board! She also got to go down on the slide so she was one happy girl!

Dylan got to hop across the lilly pads. He was so excited and thought it was alot of fun!

So Lacey passed level 1 and Dylan was so close to passing level 2, all he had to do was swim 5 strokes using his arms and legs together on his front and back. I really wanted him to finish level 2 and Abby really wanted to take lessons so I signed both Abby and Dylan up for level 2, Lacey also wanted to take more lessons but I didnt think it was fair to the swim teacher to make them have all 3 of them in the same class! So she will just have to wait till next summer!

At the end of their lessons they got to go on the diving board. Abby went off a couple times and then she was done, Dylan woud have just kept going if they let him. He even did a cannonball-he was so excited!! They also got to go down the slide, alot and they loved it!!

The Fourth!

Flash back to the 4th of July-we went to the parade here in town-the kids loved it and got a ton of candy and popcicles. They were handing those out left and right, it was so so hot that day! Colby really got into waving at everyone! (I know he still has that dang pacifier but for that day I figured it would make everyone around us happy to not have in screaming the whole time! but it will be gone by october!)

Abby and Bryan waiting for the parade to start-they look happy huh?!

They were all excited to see the horses. Lacey was jumping up and down laughing, she loved them!

Say cheese-well everyone but Lacey I guess.

Take 2-and thats as good as it got because Colby wouldnt stay sitting down!

Spring Recital!

Alright I know I have a lot of posting to do but first I have to give a majorly huge shout out to my awesome Dad who fixed my laptop and saved all my pictures when my hard drive decided to die!! Thanks so much Dad, love you tons! So since I dont have anything posted since the end of school I have alot to do about summer!--Just kidding we didnt really do that much! But I am going to be done posting it all by wednesday, thats when Abby and Dylan start school! So anyway I am starting with Abby and Lacey's spring recital! I think Lacey enjoyed taking a dance class although I think she needs something a little more physically demanding! She loved her teacher Miss Crystal and had fun dancing and being silly but could really care less about actually learning the dance! I had a cd with her music but man I couldnt get her to practice for anything!! The pics and videos for both girls are from the dress rehearsal since you are not allowed to take any during the actual recital. Lacey actually did alot better on recital night although she had her tongue sticking out the whole time! I am just hoping it was was more of a concentration thing!

Abby took ballet and jazz this year. She wanted to try out jazz and I was a little hesitant because I know they sometimes do moves that arent age appropriate but I figured with only being level 1 that we would probably be safe and for the most part it was alright. The first day they were learning their routine they had to learn how to do chest pops and Abby came out and said "mom, that move is so inappropriate!" It was pretty funny. She never quite got it down because she wasnt really comfortable doing it and that is aright with me! Luckily she has other classes she wants to try this next year. She did good at rehearsal but she did way better on recital night-not so much looking around at other people to make sure she was doing the right moves!

This year the Ballet number was "The Help". I thought at first that it would be kinda fun but soon changed my mind. The younger girls dance is really short and they kinda get lost in the shuffle. It seems like more of a showcase for the older girls. So that is annoying and I dont really get the ending. It is kinda abrupt and weird. And I apologize now for the close up view of the video, I wanted to get it close so you could see Abby but to get the whole stage I would have had to stop the video and start again since my camera is stupid and wont let you use the zoom while filming-also super annoying!

ok well i guess blogger doesnt want to upload Abby's ballet video, I have tried like 20 times. So I will try again later but decided to go ahead and post this now.