End of the School Year

Summer is in full swing around here and already flying by...too fast at that!  I can't believe we're almost in July.  Whew!  Well last month, the kids finished up the school year and I always like to see how much they've grown over the year.  So here it is, Landon on the first and last day of school...







Landon ended third grade with a stellar report card and thoughts of becoming a vegetarian.  His teacher (who was AWESOME) was a vegetarian and made quite the impression on Landon, so much that he has asked about maybe trying it.  I'm still maybe thinking about it.  :) 

Here are the girls on their first and last days of school...














Obviously they both grew a ton throughout the school year.  Poor Lynlee had a rough start to pdo but pulled through and is a champ...especially at cleaning up.  You just start singing that song, and she drops whatever she's doing to put something away!  :)

And Lucy started the school with a little pdo experience under her belt.  She LOVES school!   And is already missing the routine of things.   Let's see Lucy can write her name and is pretty rocking at math herself...sure hope that will stick around!  :)  Her favorite colors are pink and purple and everyday for lunch she wanted pb crackers, grapes, yogurt, and cheese.  She could love off that meal. 
ALL of her friends are boys and I guess she fits right in.  They all sit together for lunch...all the boys and Lucy!   Sure hope that doesn't stick around.  :)  lol
So, school year was a success and although I too miss having my kids having somewhat of a routine, I sure am enjoying our summer days together!!

Sunday Soccer

Some more catching up...  Back in April we signed Lucy up for Sunday soccer.  It was the same program Landon played in 6 years ago!!  Can't believe it had been that long because it seemed literally like just yesterday.  Everything was the same, location, feilds, shirts, etc, right down to the snowcone truck parked after the games.  Ahhh, sweet memories that now we have even more of with goosy! 





















So I really had no idea what to expect from Lucy and a sport.  I wasn't sure if she would enjoy playing, being dancing on the feild in oblivion or whining to sit out.  But to my surprise she was a competative little thing.  It took a time or two for another player (usually on her own team) to steal the ball from her before she had enough of that and started battling for the ball.  She was awesome and ended up scoring 3 or 4 goals.  This was the first game.



















Two things that impressed me a lot were the fact that she knew to look up while kicking the ball so she could aim for the goal and she knew which goal to run towards.

















By about the fourth game she was kinda done with the whole thing and ended up resorting to the dancing on the feild...ha!!  That and asking about her snow cone before we even got the feilds to play.  :)  We had a blast watching her and can't wait for another season!!

My Wild Woman

I don't know why, but the other night I went back and started reading old blog posts.  It was a sweet experience remembering little things that I had forgotten.  But one thing stuck out in particular and that was Lynlee as a baby.  In one post, I talked about what an easy easy baby she was, content just sitting around, taking everything in quietly (cue the fastforward sound) and I'm doubled over laughing yelling "yeah right!!"  I'm not sure what happened to the quiet serene baby Lynlee, but she is one loud, stubburn, stong willed, wild woman.  She brings extra spice to our life and although some days, I am seriously pulling my hair out wondering why me, we are blessed with her rambunctious self and love her to peices. 

She's not afraid of a thing and is the biggest daredevil.  She can and does climb anything (as indicated below) and she can now climb out of her crib, unlock doors, open doors, drag chairs to wherever she wants...we have our hands full and am thinking about baby proofing the house again!Here she is climbing from the highchair onto the buffet table and then having no idea how to get down...ha!



She is a great eater and will try anything.  Some of her favorite foods are oranges, grapes, cereal (she loves Lucky Charms and Fruit Loops), macaroni & cheese, popcorn, and currently loves any sauce, ketchup, fruit dip and even salsa!


Lynlee is the ultimate fan sitting on the sidelines for football, basketball, lacrosee and now we can add in Lucy's soccer and ballet!






Have I mentioned yet how photogenic she is...this girl doesn't take a bad picture!



She loves to get into anything, opening boxes, bags,and  secretly hiding out in spots with her "loot"





And she LOVES dogs.  She runs right to them yelling "ogg" and she's not afraid one bit.  The dog can be bigger than her and she'll still go right up to them. 



And she has an endless amount of energy.  The picture below is when we all went to the skating rink and while everyone else skated, she ran.  Until she would plop down to lay down for a qsecond before racing off again to run laps!  :)



Some other things about this silly girl.  She is 20 months old and already talking pretty well.  Her favorite word already is "NO" and she thinks "pease" is an automatic given to anything she wants.  She calls Lucy "cece."  She loves her momma, still takes one bottle of milk at night, and still sucks her thumb...all the time!  She LOVES babies and will rock them  and stroll them all day long.  And she loves to dance and sing.  Her favorite song is  "ABC's".  She has a hair raising scream which she does umpteen times a day or whenever she doesn't get her way, but quickly snaps out of it and gives you a sweet as sugar smile and kiss.  There's a country song out now with the lyrics "there's a little bit of devil in her angel eyes, she's a little bit of heaven with a wild side"  And that pretty much sums up my Lynlee girl!

LAX

We have lax fever in this house!  For those that don't know what I am talking about, lax is short for lacrosse.  Up until a year ago, I would have though LA airport...ha!.  It's a  fast growing sport here and a fun one at that.  I knew nothing, zilch, zero, nada about the sport a year ago. And although I know more than I did, I'm still pretty illiterate about it still.  However,  I can tell you that Landon plays middie and he is pretty good at it... :)








This year his team was undefeated and made it to the state championship game!










Being on a winning team is a lot of fun!!  :)  That was a nice change of pace after being on a slew of different teams that were not winning and our coaches were awesome!!









During the middle of the regular season, Landon was asked to tryout for Bamalax.  We didn't know much about it, but thought it would be fun for Landon to at least try out.  During the regular season he played U9, meaning all of the players were 9 or under.  Bamalax starts at U11 meaning players are 11 or under by a certain date.  So, we gave it a go and let him try out.  I prepped him a little to make sure he knew what he was getting into.  The boys were older and a lot of them were quite a bit bigger than Landon, but he held his own and made the team!!







We are so proud of him!  He is one of the smallest on the team and is the youngest by a year, some of the boys are already 12!  But he is doing great, learning a lot, and has already been a starter in a tournament game.  So now we have another 3 months of lacrosse on the books!  :)    He loves the game and the game loves him and I have a feeling this is just the beginning!

Happy Birthday Lanman

Still catching up from February for what was probably the most important thing we did.  My sweet boy turned 9 and we celebrated for a full week.  First with family...















and then with friends.  Landon wanted some friends to spend the night for his party but I helped it along with a theme.  :)  I went with army/camo and it was so easy.  The day before the party, I went on the hunt for anything camo and ended up buying camo face paint and found the boys camo tees that were on sale at Academy for $2.33...score!! Then I found other cheap goodies like glow sticks, mini nerf guns, headlamps, etc.  And decided that would be the grand prize from the scavenger hunt.

 

I don't know if it was technically a scavenger hunt per se, but close enough.  I set up clues that would lead to a "boot camp" station where Ash and I would lead them in some drill...They LOVED it!!

 








After they completed their "drills" and got their prizes, they got dressed in camo and had a nerf gun fight outside.  They finished that pretty quickly since they couldn't see the nerf bullets to reload...oops!





So we headed inside for some pizza and cake and let Landon open his presents.  Boys will be boys so dinner was rowdy to say the least.
















Our gift to Landon was a laser tag kit that was immediatly put to use along with all the nerf guns and a few more nerf bullets...although it was too dark for any pictures.  But I did snap some afterwards of some very sweaty stinky boys!










This is probably the only sleepover where kids had to take showers, but I was so grossed out by the thought of them sleeping like that, that I insisited!  ha  After they were all cleaned up, they headed down to the basement to play some more and finally sleep.




 Party was a success and my sweet boy is another year older.  I have to say that this was the hardest birthday yet because I realized that in just another 9 years, Landon will be leaving my house...what!?!?  These first 9 years flew by and I really got choked up by that thought.  So my daily prayers now consist of time slowing down!  :)  He is growing by they day and is the sweetest, most considerate, smart, funny, witty, etc etc son/brother/cousin/friend.  I am in owe of his maturity and his ability to handle situations flawlessly.  I think I may start going to him for advice.  :)  He loves school and excels in math and science.  He loves to read and is currently reading Harry Potter.  At almost any given point in time, you can find him playing any sport there is, but this past year he played football, basketball and lacrosse.  If he's not physically engaging in sports himself then you can bet he's playing it on his some sort of game device.  I love this boy more than I could ever even try to describe in words.  He is the light of my life, the apple of my eye and I am humbled that I call him my son.  I love you Landon!!