Dance Baby!

Lyla is getting to such a fun stage right now and starting to really love hanging out with her big brother and sister. I turned the music on the other day, got the camera out and captured this...

She is my 80's rock star baby with her very inspired hair do.

More Birthday...

Miya requested that we put this picture up because she took it.
Here are a few videos we took yesterday when Cannon got his bike for his birthday. You can tell how brave out children really are in the second video. I am sure it had something to do with me getting angry on Saturday when they ran the car into the garage door by taking off the emergency brake and putting it in gear. We have a downhill slope to the driveway and learned what that meant the hard way. They seem to be doing better this morning.

My little guy just turned 4!!!

So my little Cannon turned 4 today. He had lots of questions about the day he was born and if he was squished in my belly and if that is why he came out early. He loves the idea that I gave him his belly button and with that a promise to always love him, even when he does something bad. (which seems to happen quite often)
A few weeks ago I asked him what he wanted for his birthday. He told me he wanted a birthday just like last year at Grandma O'Brien's house. He wanted the little 4-wheelers and motorcycles and a pinata. Well I was heartbroken that we wouldn't be at Grandma O'Brien's house (because we all want to be there really) but we did have a pretty good day.
Actually it started the day before his birthday when he got this great card in the mail from his awesome Primary teacher, Sister Fischer. He played with it all day and he has kept it in a special safe place so Lyla couldn't get her hands on it.
It was a beautiful day and the kids went swimming. They are getting pretty brave and now make it about 75 yards out into the lake.
Aunt Jenny and her boys came over for a little dinner party...
Followed by a pinata. Hitting anything with a bat is great for little boys.
Topped off with brownies and ice cream. It was a great day. Plus we got calls from lots of singing family members wishing him a Happy Birthday. He loved it!!!

Summer

Of the many great and exciting things of summer one of my favorite is...

how tired swimming makes kids. Cannon hasn't taken naps for awhile now, but yesterday he swam like crazy in the lake and this is how I found him when I went to get him from "quite time".

Preschool Graduation

Miya and Cannon had their preschool graduation yesterday and they were super excited about it. They loved decorating their caps and practicing the songs they would be singing. Then the time came to put on the caps and Cannon was not happy. First he was not happy about using "girl hair clips" to keep his on (I even brought blue because I thought it might go over better). Second his hair is so short even the clips weren't holding his cap on so then he was mad that it kept coming off. Finally he was not happy about not getting to wear it all day. Luckily they got these really good granola bar/cookie things after the ceremony so his attention quickly shifted. Who said food is not a good bribe/solution to most problems, never had kids of their own!