Better late than never!

I finally got around to taking some pictures of the girls in their 2 year old glory.  They are 2 years & 4 months in these pictures. 

 

Rylee (at 2)

Weight 25.25   38%

Height 35.25   82%

Head 48.3   70%

 This little girl has a lot of spunk!  What is interesting is she gets so shy around other people, but when she is at home in her comfort zone she is so fun.  She is ALMOST potty trained 100%!  She loves to eat pizza, peaches, tuna fish sandwiches, oatmeal, yogurt, cereal & ice cream.  We are working on learning colors & letters right now & she is very smart.

 Taylor (at 2)

Weight 26.25   45%

Height 35.5   86%

Head 48.3   70%

Taylor has such a sweet little personality.  She is soft spoken & loves to be held.  She isn't interested in going potty yet - but she gets so excited when Rylee goes.  She loves to eat pizza, bananas, grapes, cereal, yogurt, ice cream, string cheese, & yogurt covered raisins.  Taylor is also doing great on learning her colors & letters.  I have some smart kids!

 

I have tried everything I can think of to rotate this picture.  It makes me so mad that it won't turn right!!!!

 We are also working on being happy.  Can you tell??

 They also can be sad, surprised, angry, scared, silly & cute!

Shhhhh....

How come kids are so freaking cute when they are all ready for bed - or just sleeping soundly? 

Rylee went through a phase where she had to have her baby wrapped up in a blankie every night & handed to her.  ADORABLE!

Caleb looked so comfy & cozy & cute this night.

 Taylor & Rylee have started sharing a queen bed.  No more cribs for them!  Grammy came over one night & let them comb her hair before they went to bed.  Caleb thought he was being pretty funny by hiding, but letting his puppy be in the picture.

 Taylor was all ready for nap time about an hour early the other day & just went & put herself down.  DARLING!

 

 I went to check on the kids the other night & Rylee had crawled into bed with Caleb.  Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.

 THEN - one night Taylor & Rylee were sharing a pillow.  O-ja-ba-doh!  I can't freaking stand all of the cuteness :)

My 1st Preschool Graduate

Caleb has graduated preschool!  Here is a picture of his class the first week of school.

 And 9 months later - a genius.

His teacher was Kaylee Walker Cook.  I actually went to High School with her & she happens to live a few blocks away where she teaches class.  I loved her as Caleb's teacher.   I hope that she is still teaching when my other FOUR children are ready for preschool.

Receiving his diploma.

Congratulations Caleb!!!  We sure love you!



 Kaylee asked each student what their favorite part of the year was & Caleb's was fire week.  They made awesome fireman helmets & had a field trip to the fire station.

The first Wednesday of every month they had a field trip to the Bird Refuge where they would learn about different animals.  Caleb LOVED going there!

Kaylee took a lot of pictures!!  It is wonderful to have them.  

Here is Caleb & Allie decorating a Valentine.

I can't believe that Kindergarten for this little boy is just around the corner.  He is so smart - sometimes too smart for his own good.  He reminds me of an adult trapped in a tiny body.  

 

Here is his class towards the end of the year.

 

Randomness

Caleb helping Casey prune the cherry tree this past March.

I think I have a picture of Caleb in this with costume in practically every 'random' post.  My made it when her kids were little!  Caleb loves it.  If you can't tell - he is actually riding a broom in this picture.

These two girls are NEVER in the way when I am attempting to cook.

Caleb & I after a cool whip fight!

Here is one of my cuties (sue me...I'm not positive who it is) sitting in her stroller that she got for her birthday from Angela. 



This is Rylee playing on the kindle.  I took the picture because look at how freaking cute her feet are!!!  I need 2 more kindles.  It causes everyone way to much stress.  I guess it teaches sharing.

Rylee LOVES this alligator!

Taylor likes to think she's being sneaky when I put her into bed with a book in her hands.  This time she fell asleep mid chapter it looks like.  Adorable. :)

Mother's Day

Mother's day was a fabulous day.  I was pretty ornery though....I'm blaming heat & hormones.  It's been REALLY hot the past few days!

 

Casey & the kids got me a bunch of solar lights, a turquoise butterfly wind chime, and a beautiful purple orchid.  To make the day SPECTACULAR - Casey made my favorite meal for lunch AND cleaned it up.  Ribeye steak, a baked potato, corn & popcorn shrimp.  It was so good.

 

Two of my solar lights are HUGE!  I placed them in some flower pots keeping my fingers crossed that little hands will stay away from them.  Taylor & Rylee love them.  We are currently working on colors and they love that it changes.  They even give it kisses.  I love my weirdos. 

The Saturday before Mother's day we met Casey's family at Card picnic area in Logan Canyon for some dutch oven cooking.  They boys planned it & cooked.  Ribs...potatoes...cobbler...green salad & rolls.  Yummy!

The girls loved being somewhere different & couldn't explore enough!

Caleb found some animal bones & carried them around.  He is into insects, bones & extinct animals these days.

We ended Sunday night with a visit to my parents house.  We got my mom a cute charm necklace - I made an okay lemon cheesecake dessert - and the big highlight of the day was getting to Skype with Dylan!  He is doing great...getting skinny...and is still the same Dyl Pic.  He's been on his mission for 8 months already!  It's weird to think that when he comes home, the new twins will be 1 already!

 

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