Life Imitating Literature

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Kindergarten Graduation

Well, he did it! My Itty Boo is now a big 1st grader! Jay's last day of kindergarten was on June 4th, but they had their ceremony on June 2nd. The kids sang a few songs for the parents, got their certificates then had a snack. That was about it. It was pretty cute, but they didn't do a big production by any means. Here is the video of one of the songs they sang.





If I could figure out how to edit video then I would post a short clip of him going up to get his diploma, but I won't torture you with the whole thing. Here are two more pictures. The first with two of his best buddies, Chancellor & Ethan and the other with his teacher, Ms. Krumpos.
Jay had a blast this year in kindergarten. He learned a lot, made some great friends and grew up too much as far as his mom is concerned. He had a great report card as well as having PERFECT attendance for the year! WAY TO GO JAY!! Love you the most buddy! I am so proud of you!!

*Sorry this took me so long to post. June has been a little crazy so far.*

What A GREAT Day!

Days like today are what my kids will look back on and remember when they grow up. We had so much fun ALL day today. I'm just bummed I left my camera at home.
To start off, Jay had a baseball game and the kids played the best they have ever played before. At the beginning of the season they were have a hard time hustling when they ran the bases. The coaches told the boys that if they didn't pay attention and RUN then they would make them wear a pink dress up to bat. Coach Brian actually went out and bought a dress and would hang it out in the dug out to entice the kids to play better. After they were consistent with their running, Brian promised the boys that if they ever scored 5 runs in an inning then HE would wear the dress. This morning Brian proved he's a man of his word. The first inning the kids scored 5 runs (Jay getting the last run in) and Brian put it on. There were a couple of wolf-whistles and the other team had no idea what he was doing. I am so glad that Jay is on a team where the adults enjoy being there with the kids as much as the kids enjoy playing. Being on a team like this is what childhood is all about. Not that it matters, but Jay's team ended up winning 13-2.
After the game, we went home and put Alyssa down for a nap. Jeremy was playing video games and Jay wanted to play on my computer. It was WAY to nice outside to play video games. I told Jay to get his swimming trunks on and we'd have some mommy/boy time in the pool. I had so much fun with him. We played sharks and rocket launcher (where I swim under him and then launch him into the air). Jay is getting to be a pretty strong swimmer. Today he dived to the bottom of the pool for the first time. We where throwing the keys in the water and he had to get them off the bottom...no feet allowed, only hands. After starting in the shallow end, he gradually went further and further to the other side of the pool until he was reaching the keys off of the bottom at the deep end. (It's only 5 1/2 feet, but that is still pretty good for him) I then taught him how to dive off the side of the pool and do under-water hand stands.
We got done swimming around 2:30, came inside and had a 2 hr nap. When we got up, we showered and changed then left for a birthday party at Peter Piper Pizza. They have a little indoor roller coaster and all the kids got unlimited rides. Jay would get off then run right back to the end of the line. Alyssa had fun on the carousel and the slides. Filled them up with pizza, cake, icecream and lots of candy.
On the way home, Jeremy said that he wanted to go see the new Pixar movie "Up". It was 9:00PM but we said lets get the kids in their pj's and go. I'm so glad we did. It was such a darling movie. The show at 9:25 was in 3D so it was an extra $3/ticket. I was not going to wait until the next regular showing at 10:20. Do for 2 adults and 2 childrens movie tickets for a 3D movie on a Saturday night after 6PM, it cost us $46. HOLY CRAP! That was expensive. Still, I'm glad we went. The kids were (mostly) good and it was such a good movie. We will definitely add this one to our collection when the DVD is released.
We are now home and the kids are passed-out! I am so glad we don't have 9AM church tomorrow. Not that we will actually be on time at the 11AM session anyway, but at least we'll make it! :)
And a little more good news (ok, FANTASTIC news) for those who haven't heard, Jeremy got a call from a recruiter for a job in Orem. He liked his resume and had Jeremy take some assessment tests on-line. Jeremy did pretty good on them I guess because the recruiter called back and said he wanted to talk to Jeremy next week about setting up a time for an interview!!!

Kissin' Cousins

Jeremy's sister and her husband came to Las Vegas for their anniversary this week. They also happened to bring along their 18 month old little girl. After Jay's baseball game last night, we went to their timeshare to hang out together in the pool. It was nice to just sit and visit while we soaked in the kiddie pool then floated around the lazy river. Jay had a ball and once Alyssa stopped clinging to us for dear life in the water, she had a good time too.
(Sophie, Edie, Alyssa and Jeremy by the lazy river)
(All done swimming)
After we dried off and changed clothes, Edie and Curtis played foosball against Jeremy and Jay while Alyssa was giving Sophie lessons in air hockey.
(Jay scored the winning shot. Is it sad that a 6 year old shows up the adults?)
(This gets easier once you can see over the table)

We all went back up to their room to visit a little more. The kids were climbing all over the bed that folds down from the wall, cuddling and "loving" eachother. We got a pretty good blackmail picture of Jay and Sophie about to kiss and Jay's mouth isn't closed yet so it'll be a pretty disturbing picture for them when they are older. We shared Edie & Curtis' anniversary cake then came home. It was a long night and I am SO glad Jay has a ride to and from school today so I can go back to bed after posting this message!
(If you keep them up long enough, they will put themselves to bed. Jay was sad that he didn't get to spend the night)
(Give us about 15 years and this picture will be the cause of many torturous moments for these two)
(Happy 4th Anniversary Edie & Curtis!)

Mommy's Little Helper

I must say Alyssa is quite a precocious little girl when it comes to helping around the house. I swear she could do the laundry by herself if she had a step stool to reach the knobs. This is a good thing since she isn't wanting anything to do with potty training except for wearing undies.
Yesterday she was begging to wear her big-girl panties. The particular pair she was holding happened to be the pair sitting on the top of the dirty laundry basket in the hallway that she had peed in earlier that day. I told her that she couldn't wear them because she peed in them and anything that has potty on it needs to be put in the laundry. I now know that I need to choose my words better when giving her directions.
This morning I went to wash Jay's baseball uniform. I usually start the water in the machine first then add the detergent and clothes. I am SO glad I opened the washing machine BEFORE I started the water today.
When telling Alyssa to put things in the laundry, I need to specify laundry BASKET or she will put it in the washing machine. When I say anything that has potty on it needs to be washed, I need to specify that any CLOTHES that are pottied on need to be washed. Not only did she put her dirty panties in the washer, but about 4 peed-in diapers she dug out of the bathroom trash can. Nasty disaster barely avoided today.

Christmas Carols in May

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth....

He loves his new straw hole. Tooth #2 took a bit longer to fall out than #1. It was loose for about a week, barely hanging on for dear life. Jay's teacher absolutely forbids kids to wiggle loose teeth at school. She says it is a distraction from learning, but honestly I think the idea of a bleeding mouth grosses her out. Much to her delight, it was still hanging in there when I picked him up from school on Friday. Sunday night, Jeremy was going to do the whole "tie a string around it and slam the door" bit but Jay was having NONE of that. Big time drama after that! The next morning I told Jay that I just wanted to hold it between my fingers to make sure is other tooth wasn't coming in crooked. (I thought this because the back of the tooth was completely out, but the front roots were still hanging on) Once he let me grab a hold of it, all it took was a light tug and it was out.

The Big Hair Cut=The Big Disappointment

I WANT A REFUND! Actually, I can't blame Tana, she did exactly what Jeremy wanted. I just feel gypped that after nearly 2 years of begging Jeremy to cut his hair, this is what we end up with. Yes, I know that I can't tell a grown man how he needs to cut his hair and if he wants it long, hey that's his prerogative. Jeremy's hair actually does look better cut in a longer style, but this isn't exactly (ok, not really even close) to what he usually does. Oh well, I guess we'll just go back to they stylist ever 8 weeks on a regular basis rather than 2 years! Here are the before and after shots. Really, it isn't a bad hair cut at all, he does look good. I just need to make him realize he can't go that long between hair cuts again.