Good Morning Silly Girl

This is how I found Lylee this morning, stuck in her jammy top!

As soon as I rescued her from the crib, she followed Taylor to the dress-up box. She loves to try all of the hats.

The County Fair

We splurged on the big kettle corn.

Taylor got to sit in the race car's side car.

In case you didn't know there are a few things that we look forward to at the county fair every year: Hawaiian ice, kettle corn, the quilt show (really great this year!), the farm animals, the model trains and the racing pigs (who were not there this year :().

It was very hot, but we had lots of fun. Jacci, Pete and Hyrum got to go with us too!

Swim Lessons for Three

Taylor's the one with the goggles. He's grown very attached to them this summer. I have to admit that it is easier to find him in the crowd of kids across the pool. He loves swimming and has two really fun guys that teach this little group of four. Taylor thinks it's great, in the spring he was the only boy in his class.


You guessed it... I'm number three. Lylee loves the water too. She loves the one on one attention with me. We even have our friends Carter and Maegen in class with us. Lylee has great kickers and LOVES to blow bubbles!

Welcome to the Zoo!

We were lucky enough to have Grandma Cathy out for another visit. Taylor really wanted to take Grandma to the zoo and show her the tigers. Unfortunately for us, the tigers were in their cages while the kids who were having "zoo camp" were exploring and cleaning the tiger habitat. Taylor's second choice were the skunks. Their exhibit was closed too. We'll go back in the fall.

Amazing...

This afternoon, I'm sitting on the couch with my kids and we're just hanging out. All of a sudden, Taylor, who is 3 1/2, states "With liberty and justice for all!" Stunned, I look at him and ask what that is (to see if he knows what he's talking about) and he says, "That's the pledge of allegiance mom." Okay, I ask him where he learned that and he tells me, "Miss Aline and Miss Melanie". So I ask him if he knows the whole thing and he asks me to say it with him. What a WOW moment! He knew it, there were a couple of words that he needed help with, but WOW! The funny thing is that he was just as shocked that I knew it!

He also told me, "You know Mom, you're supposed to say it while you look at the American flag."

I'm so impressed, and I had nothing to do with it (except for paying for preschool and taking him twice a week)!

Yay for school!

It's Mine!

Look what I have! I can't wait to dig in! (Unfortunately I have to wait until at least this afternoon.) I just hope it's as good as the Twilight series!

School's Out!

Taylor's preschool had an end of the year party at the park yesterday. Each kid got a bucket full of goodies from their wonderful teachers. Here, Taylor is sporting his visor and sunglasses.

Lylee had fun trying to keep up with the other kids. This is another little sis, Alexa. It's been fun to watch the kids grow up together.

One of the moms brought a parachute. This brings back elementary school days! I loved when we got to play with the parachute! Taylor loved it too.

Taylor, Lylee and Jaida, our friend from across the street, filling their buckets with bark.

It's sad that there are hardly any parks with sand anymore.

Taylor, Marty (Jaida's little brother), Jacob and Nicholas... Here comes trouble!

The whole Spanger Preschool gang! The teacher sitting next to Taylor is Miss Melanie (T calls her Miss Emily). He LOVES her! The wind was blowing like crazy the whole time, but everyone still had a great time!

Taylor will be going back to Kaseberg next year and he will miss all of the kids that won't be with him! What a great year!

Now what are we going to do with him all summer?