Rylee and Mommy Funday

One of my friends, Karen, invited me to go to the fair with her, so Matt and I decided Rylee and I would go and he and Nolan would go do something. Rylee was a little hesitant when we first arrived at the fair, but she is now in love with it. We started with checking out the sea lions and a juggling show until the rides opened, and once they opened we had to negotiate with her to get her off of them. She was so funny because before every ride she would ask, "Mommy, is this one fast?" She would be extremely nervous of the ride being too fast, but in the end all of the rides she liked the most were the fast ones. She also loved all of the fun houses and would sprint through them and then proceed to do them over and over again at least 5 times. After about 90 minutes of rides we took a lunch break, and then went back for another hour of rides or so. We then went to check out all the fun vendors at the fair, but Rylee was just too excited to go on rides, so we took her back to the rides. We did more rides until she saw a little girl with her face painted, so we went on a search for the face painter, and after 30 minutes in line we had a cute pink face. She was exhausted by the end of the day, but she behaved so well and we all had a blast at the Fair.

New Phone Cover

Rylee and I had a phone night the other night picking out a new cover for the kids iPhone. She wanted to get a pink one and then we found sequence covers and those were on the top of her list, but at the last minute I found the winner, a Tinkerbell phone cover.

Recovering

A few weeks ago Rylee had some work done on her teeth, and this is a picture of her trying to wake up from the anesthetic. She had to be completely put out because of the amount of work that needed to be done and because of how poorly she behaves for the dentist. She was so cute trying to come wake up from the procedure, but she just couldn't and ended up sleeping almost 5 hours total (including the surgery). When she did finally wake up all she wanted to do was snuggle Papa, and Papa was happy to hold his girl and let her wake up. Hopefully this will be the one of the very last times she has to go under anesthetic for a long time.

Skate Park

We live around the corner from the city skate park, which I am sure will result in an ER trip or two once Nolan is older, but Daddy took the kids to it for some fun yesterday morning. They went early before the big kids were there, and they had a great time. They would ride up as far as the could and then roll back down backwards. Matt says they fell quite a few times, a few really good falls, but they shook them off and got right back on. Rylee was so proud of herself because she got brave enough to ride down the hill, and was so excited to tell me all about it. Once they were done riding their bikes they would run up the edge of the ramp and slide down, well you can see how clean Nolan was when they got done!

I Guess We Were Being Too Loud

The other day Nolan was sleeping in the guest room, and when I went to check on him he was sound asleep with his fingers in his ears. He has become very sensitive to loud noises lately, and quite frequently tells me and Rylee things are too loud. So, I guess Rylee and I may have been being too loud while he was sleeping the other day, silly boy.

First Day of Pre-K

Rylee started her new preschool today and we are all in love with it. This is the first year she has attended a school not in someone's home and it is an amazing environment. They even have their own gym for cardio class in the winter, and their own goats that they have to feed every morning. This morning when I picked her up, I asked her if she liked her school, and she informed me it was "AMAZING!" She is doing so well with her speech and her hearing, this is going to be an absolutely amazing year for her I think, and I am so excited to watch her grow and learn even more. Her teacher is Miss Kristi, and she is fabulous. She has already asked me if she can go every day of the week, instead of 3 days a week! Hopefully, she will always like school this much :)!

She picked out her outfit all by herself the other day at the mall, and it could not be any cuter. This girl really is awesome I love her!!!

Alpine Slide

We had such a great afternoon up in Park City. The kids took naps on the way up, and Nolan woke up so excited to go slide and Rylee was a little hesitant as she woke up. The chair lift ride up was fun. The kids had fun watching the other people go down the slide below us and watching the zip line go past us, and the longer we were on the lift the more excited both of them got. Rylee wanted to go slow first to see if she liked it and all Nolan wanted was to go super fast. Rylee and I went together and Nolan and Daddy rode together, and we all had a blast. Nolan yelled "Whoa, Whoa" all the way down the slide and Rylee informed me that the slide tickled her tummy. We did the slide two times and the second time Rylee decided she wanted to race Daddy and Nolan down. Well, after about 5 really fast turns she decided we needed to slow down and Daddy could win. We had such a fun afternoon together!

Someone Got Glasses!

Last Summer we took Rylee to the eye doctor after our pediatrician recommended it, and we came to find that she had an astigmatism in both eyes and she was farsighted. The Opthamologist recommended one more year until she gets glasses We took her in last week to have her eyes examined and pick out a pair of glasses. She was so good and she was so amazingly cute trying to decided on her glasses. To start she told the lady helping us that she wanted pink glasses, so the nice lady picked out all the pink glasses they had and set them in front of her. We tried on about 25 pairs of glasses and on and we made a yes pile and a no pile. After she had separated the two piles we had about 10 glasses in the yes pile, so we then made a love it and like it pile. Once we were down to 3 pairs, Rylee looked at me and said "Mommy, can we just get all 3, I love them all!" Well, since these aren't $5 princess glasses at the Disney Store, I had to explain to her that we could only get one, so we finally picked one. After she picked them out she was very upset that she did not get to take her glasses home that day. She even told the lady, "You go get them ready, and I'll just wait right here until you're done please!"

Well, it was a very long week, but her glasses finally came in today. She loves them, but is really struggling to get used to wearing them. Her prescription is pretty strong, so it will be a gradual adjustment, but at least she looks cute while she wears them!

Love This Cute Kid

Posing For A Picture

Rylee's Glasses and Cute Case

The Swimming Pool

We spent at least 2 hours a day in the swimming pool every day we were at Grandma's house. The kids absolutely loved the water. At first both of them were a little timid, but within one day Rylee went from playing on the step, to wearing floaties, and then to jumping in. She would even try swimming without her floaties with Grandma's help and did well with that. Nolan was a different story. He was so timid the first day he wouldn't get off the first step in the pool, and then for the next 2 weeks he would not let us put floaties on him. Grandma finally got him to wear floaties and that was the end of his timidness. He was jumping, splashing, going under, and swimming with the big kids! They had the cutest tans when we got home, and we have already gone swimming at some friends pools since we have been home. We sure do miss Grandma and Papa's Pool.

Staying on his step

Swimming on Grandpa's back

Just swimming

Getting dropped in by Daddy

Taking a popsicle break

Getting ready to jump in

Still under water!

The Zoo

One afternoon we spent the day at the Zoo with our cousins. The kids have so much fun together, and it was nice to give Grandma some alone time! The Zoo is the perfect size. We spent about 45 minutes looking at animals, and then they got to ride the train two times. We had so much fun playing with our cousins, and we miss them every day. Just today Rylee asked me when it was going to snow because she and Bryson were planning some kind of a get together in the snow!

Ice Cream and Treat In The Pool

The kids loved that whenever they were in the pool the ended up with some sort of a treat, normally popsicles, but one night Grandma had Drumstick Ice Creams for all the kids. The kids made a humungous mess, but it didn't even matter because they just rinsed off in the pool. Rylee at the ice cream on her cone and then decided it was time to get back in the pool and had no interest in eating the cone, but Nolan ate every single bit of his treat and then helped finish some of the other cousins too!

Train With Cousin Wyatt

There is a little train out at an outdoor mall by Uncle Jason and Aunt Heather's house, so we took the kids to ride it together one day. They had so much fun hanging out and playing while we waited in line, and then they got to go on the train by themselves and that made them feel so big!!

First Nail Fell Off

Nolan's first finger nail fell off after a minor incident that involved the same fingers being slammed in a dresser drawer by an unnamed sister. These poor fingers don't look good, but are doing much better now.

Nolan's New Bike

While we were in California Nolan decided his tricycle was no longer adequate for him, and he needed a big boy bike. I thought at first he was a bit too young and maybe wouldn't be able to ride it, but he proved me wrong. We went to three different stores to find him a bike and he was very patient while we looked, but once we found his bike all he wanted to do was get back and ride it. He also got a new helmet and he loves it, and it also fits his daring personality so well. I cannot believe how well he rides his bike. He gets on it and off of it by himself, and only every now and then does he need a little push to get started, but besides that he has it mastered.