Getting bigger

We turned Kieran's carseat around this last week. I didn't think much about it really, he's such a good natured little guy, he never complained about facing backwards. But, Daynen didn't like the way the carseat rubbed up against the front passenger seat, so we turned him around. He was so excited. Infact, he is still excited. Every time we put him in his carseat now, he gets a big smile on his face and starts waving to me in the front. I know I say this all the time, but he is such a cutie!
Kieran has also learned how to navigate the steps like a pro, walk 10 steps at a time, climb on and off the couch by himself, say "uh-oh" when he drops something and has weened himself down to one nap a day!




Grammy and Grandpa came to visit this week. The kids had lots of fun spending time w/ them. They especially liked going swimming at the hotel with Aunt Britney and when Grammy and Grandpa came over and read stories to them. This was my favorite picture of the kids w/ Daynen's parents. So much love!



Mommy Moments:
All boy...
While walking in the store Dannik looked at me and said just out of the blue, "Mom, if Spider-man, the Transformers, and the Ninja Turtles combined forces, they would be unstopable!"

Too cute not to share

Sorry, I know this is my 2nd post for the day, but I was deleting the photos off my camera and I saw this and just had to share! Yesterday we went to SLC to visit w/ some friends. We went to the park to have lunch and play while there. The kids had a lot of fun. I got this picture of my friend's little girl Megan feeding Kieran. She is about 10 weeks older than Kieran. Just had to share 'cuz it was so cute.

Birthday and more

Saturday, we had a small birthday party for Kieran w/ my brother-in-law Shane and his family who were in town from Oregon. Debbie was very sweet and made the cakes for me since I still do not have an oven. They were very cute. Thanks Debbie! Kieran had fun destroying the cake and opening presents etc. He is my 1st one to actually get really messy w/ his cake. The other 2 kind of picked at the cakes, or just ate the frosting off the top (Markay still will only eat the frosting about 70% of the time).

Dancing with my stars

We love to read!

We have been practicing Dannik's reading every evening with scripture study & having Dannik sound out and read the small words from the verse. Thursday night during story time, instead of me reading his story to him, he read the whole book to me! It was so amazing to watch him read it and figure out the words. He had very little help from me. I was also impressed at his comprehension of the book. I can't believe how fast he is growing up.
Not to be outdone, Markay wanted to read her book too. She had me read the words & she repeated them like she does during scripture study. I love that they are both so excited about reading!

I'm 1 today! June 11, 2008

Kieran turned 1 today! We are planning a very small family party for Saturday. He took his first steps on Friday! He's so funny, he will take a step or two towards me and then just fall forward into my arms. And he's so proud of himself! We will say, "Good job, Kieran!" and he gets a big grin and starts to clap for himself. In fact, any time you said good job, no matter who you are talking to, he stops where he is and starts to clap. Too cute.

Dancing Fools

One of our current television favorites is "So You Think You Can Dance", and the kids really enjoy it as well. Any time I put on music they get excited and dance around. A phrase heard often around our house lately is, "Mom! Watch my moves!" I took this video of them dancing together to the song at the end of a movie we watched. It was so cute. I was disappointed I didn't get my camera out fast enough and missed him twirling her.

Mommy moments from the week:

Dannik was fascinated while watching a show on Animal Planet this week about two-headed animals. Later on that day I heard him playing in his room and yell:"I am a two-headed super-hero!" Guess when fighting crime, two heads are better than one.

Another one from Dannik... I came into the bathroom to find the toothpaste out on the counter & toothpaste in the sink. I asked, "Dannik, were you playing with the toothpaste?" Dannik said, "Mom, I was fighting decay!"

Markay got out of the bath the other night, looked down at her hands and said, very concerned, "Oh no! Mom, my hands are ruined!" She was very upset until I convinced her that they would eventually go back to normal.

Dinos & More

Last week we studied Dinosaurs in our co-op pre-school. The kids had fun reading stories, learning information and making fun dinosaur crafts all week long. Camie (my friend that does pre-school w/ us) and I decided that since it is only 20 minutes away, we would take a trip up to Eccles Dinosaur park in Ogden. The kids had a blast looking at all the dinosaurs and playing at the park. We took sac lunches and spent 5 hours in total exploring and learning.

Dannik is my little ham (wonder where he gets that from?). The minute he saw this dinosaur, he walked up to it & made this scared face! I just had to get a picture.

Kieran loved going down this slide. I would put him at the top & he got all excited & started scooting up little by little until he started going down. It was perfect for him because it went right to the sand with no drop off. Such a little cutie.

The kids had fun being paleontologists, digging in the sand to find bones. I couldn't resist getting this picture of Markay's "plumber's crack". She's so skinny, she has the hardest time keeping her pants all the way up!

Mommy moments from the week:

Markay has started using a phrase often this week that melts my heart & truly makes me smile (and sometimes feel a little sheepish)...especially when she says it right after or even during getting scolded. She looks right at me and says, "Mama , You're the best!"

Today I was teaching Dannik how to sing the alphabet song in French. Kieran LOVES music and was singing along saying "Ah, Ah" the whole time. It was very cute. Later Dannik looked at me and said, "Mommy, I think when Kieran starts talking, he's going to speak French!"