My 5 Year Old!

Dec. 13:

Sunday afternoon, we celebrated Lyric's fifth birthday as a family at Jamie's house. She had been telling Jamie that she wanted a Hello Kitty cake, so that's what she got! My mom was nice enough to find lots of fun Hello Kitty decorations to put up. We made hogie sandwiches, per Lyric's request. Her initial request was Quiznos, but we settled on making our own :)

We sang Happy Birthday and then she got to open her fun presents. She was so excited to see what she got.

Dec. 14:

Monday was her actual birthday. She had the privilege of being VIP at preschool. When they are VIP they are in charge of snack, bringing something to share from home, and other fun things at school. I decided since it was on her birthday to do cupcakes. She couldn't wait to take them and share! She also brought her new Hello Kitty book to share with the kids that she got for her birthday.

After preschool, my parents took her out on her birthday date. She had been requesting to go to Chuck E. Cheese for quite some time, so that's where they went! Of course she loved it! One on one time with grandma and grandpa at Chuck E. Cheese, what more could you ask for!

After she got home, we had her birthday dinner at Quiznos. This girl loves that place more than the average kid!

She had a fun two day celebration of her special day. She is so excited to be five, especially since that means that kindergarten is around the corner! Everywhere we go, she loves telling people that she is five now.

Here is a cute little survey I did with her that I found on the blog of one of Jamie's friends.

• If you could have one super-power, what would it be? To be a water bender like Guitara
  
• What was the last chore you did? Cleaned the office
  
• What is your favorite song? I am a Child of God
  
• What's your favorite food? Turkey sandwich
  
• What's the nicest thing you've done for someone in your family lately? Give mommy a card
  
• What makes you mad? If someone takes away my birthday toy
  
• Where would you like to go on vacation next year? Seth’s house
  
• Who's the smartest person in your family? Mommy Why? Because you’re a mom
  
• How are you like your dad? We both like Castle Crashers
  
• How are you like your mom? We both stay home
  
• What's one thing that your dad had that you'd like to develop? He takes me shopping on my birthday
  
• What's one thing that you and Dad do together that you'll always remember? Playing games
  
• If you had a million dollars, what's the first thing you'd buy? Some food
  
• How do you know that I love you? Because you like me a lot
  
• What's your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms
  
• What's your favorite TV show? Phineas and Ferb
  
• What's your favorite vegetable? Corn
  
• What personal item that you would never give away? My birthday stuff
  
• What's your favorite game? My Princess Wii game
  
• What's your favorite book? The Elmo Book
  
• What food would you eat every day if you could? Oatmeal
  
• If you could choose a different name, what would it be? Lexi
  
• What's the scariest thing you've ever done? Go on Haunted Mansion at Disneyland
  
• If you could eat at any restaurant for the rest of your life, where would it be? Jeb’s (ice cream parlor)
  
• What's your favorite candy bar? Skittles
  
• What's the last thing that you did that you were proud of? Obey
  
• What's the best age to be? 11
  
• What's your favorite holiday? Christmas
  
• What's the best present you ever got? Dora Doll
  
• What's your greatest word of wisdom at age 5? Make a manger scene
  

Preschool Program

Dec. 6:

Lyric's preschool put on a cute little Christmas program. Jamie and her girls along with my mom and dad were able to attend. They practiced their songs at school for a few weeks.

Lyric was so excited to perform. She got up there with her class and sang her little heart out! She loves going to preschool and all the kids she gets to play with, especially now that cousin Peyton goes to preschool with her!

Decorating

Paxton was absolutely obsessed with the singing toys!

Nov. 30:

I'm so glad that Mike enjoys decorating the tree. I love a decorated tree, it's just not my favorite thing to actually do. I love decorating the rest of the house. The kids had a blast helping Mike. They love looking at all the fun ornaments we've collected in the past years.

I've always been against getting a fake tree, but this was the first year that it felt very tempting to do so! It's a lot of work getting the real ones up! But, Mike is still very much not with my same thinking on the fake thing, so we'll do real for now!

Getting Our Tree!

Don't mind how deathly I look, kind of a representation of how I felt :)

Nov. 28:

We have a yearly tradition of getting our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. I love the smell of it in the house. Mike and the kids love decorating it.We've had pretty good luck with getting healthy trees that make it through Christmas!

We ended up going on the Saturday after Thanksgiving this year. It was quite the stretch for me to be able to go, but I was able to push through. The kids loved looking at all the trees and picking one out.

Halloween

Oct. 28:

This year we went to our ward Halloween party. The kids had lots of fun. Unfortunately, that's when my "morning" sickness started coming on, so I wasn't feeling too great, but nothing like what it would turn into!

Lyric was a candy cane witch and Paxton was an FBI guy. On Halloween night, Mike took them out trick or treating to collect their loot.

Ready For the Ride.......

5w5d, ha, hardly pregnant!

Oct. 2009:

Well, ready or not, baby number three is on the way! We found out we were expecting October 16. It was planned, but happened a little faster then we expected :) I have felt so scared to jump onto this boat, but I felt like the timing was what I wanted. Paxton and this baby will be three years apart. For me personally, I didn't want much more than a three year gap, so I knew the window was small!

I had my first appointment on October 26 to confirm my pregnancy. My mom was able to come with me. My dad was nice enough to have both of my kids. Lyric was very brave to take a little swim in the chilly pool!

Little did I know what kind of a spin my life was going take!!!!!!!!!

His Latest

Paxton is now 27 months. He's never been into tv. From a very young age, Lyric loved Baby Einstein. I enjoyed this because I always knew it could buy me a little time.

So, I was surprised when something finally caught his interest.....Caillou. He has them all memorized and even does the funny laugh at the end of the intro song. He wakes up asking for it. He likes watching it right before bed, and any other time he can! We only have 12 DVR'd, so his options are limited ;) It's also on every morning. Lyric is such a nice sister and will often give into his impulsive, obsessive requests for it.

Mike thinks it's one of the weirdest shows around, but for some reason it doesn't seem to bug me much. Granted, his voice is a little annoying! And why is he bald? Anyways, I'm glad he's finally got something that will keep him quiet so I can take a shower knowing he's not using a screwdriver on the walls!

When sister's away......

....Packy will be in heaven getting into everything she would never approve of him touching!!!

Preschool!

Here in California, Lyric misses the cut off for kindergarten by about ten days. I know she would be so ready to go, but at the same time, I don't mind the extra year.

We decided to start her in the same preschool that her cousins, Jordyn & Lexi, both went to. Today was her first day. She will be going Mon, Wed, and Fri from 9-12.

She has been so incredibly excited to start. She needs more than just her mom and brother a few days out of the week! I dropped her off, and without any hesitation, she ran off! On Wednesday, I had taken her in to show her around. She met some of the teachers and got familiar with things. It is a little Christian preschool, so they are able to incorporate that into their teachings.

When I went to get her, she started crying. I was worried that her day didn't go as good as I had hoped. Well, the problem ended up being that she wanted to stay for lunch!

Dropping her off gave me a feeling that I have not yet experienced. It was such a strange feeling to just say good bye and go! I wanted to make sure everyone was nice, and that she would feel included, but that's just not quite possible to have control of every aspect of your child's life! I know this will be a very fun year for her!

Doctor Time

Today I took Lyric and Paxton to the doctor to get caught up on shots. Lyric is about to start preschool, so that was my motivation!

I had been prepping Lyric for a week about the shots. She is a planner and really likes to know things in advance. So, everyday she would say, "Mom, is it five days till shots now?" She did that each day, up until the appointment.

I had Paxton get his shots first. He got four of them. He didn't cry, he just got a little angry at the nurse. Lyric was next. She got two. She let out a very emotional cry. That surprised me, but it shouldn't have. That girl wears her emotions on her sleeve and has no problem showing them! She quickly recovered and we were on our way.

Paxton's Stats:

36 1/2" - 75th percentile

35lbs - 97th percentile

Lyric's Stats:

46" - 97th percentile

55lbs - above 97th percentile

Magic Markers

The Crime Scene:

The Convicted Suspect:

Facebook & Morro Bay

At lunch. It only took an hour to get our food!

Paxton was obsessed with Connor's binkie!

Lyric getting sand for her sand castle.
Paxton would not go near the ocean!
She loved running into the waves.

Paxton and Connor eating our Subway picnic.

The kids having a sand war!

Paxton and Connor pulling their boogie boards to the beach!

Earlier this year, I decided to join Facebook. About two months ago I got a friend request from a childhood friend. We had been really close friends, and then lost touch when my family moved after my freshman year of high school. I was so excited to see her on Facebook! She was someone that I had always wondered about. I have been able to find some people from my past that I have often thought about through Facebook!

Turns out she has two little boys that are my kid's age and she was married one day shy of a year after my anniversary! We met up and were able to catch up. She invited my kids and I to go with her to Morro Bay. Her inlaw's have a beach house there. So we loaded up our four kids and took off for three days!

It was a lot of fun. The kids got along great and the weather was awesome, 65 instead of 105! Can't beat that! We went to a fun park, the tide pools, Pismo Beach, and Avala. Of course we had to hit up a few stores for ourselves :) That was a fun adventure with the two year olds that didn't have strollers to sit in!

Sadly, we didn't get a picture of the two of us.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game.....

Tonight we were able to go to a baseball game with Jamie and her family. For $11 per ticket we got: hot dog & soda, a ticket to a water park, a ticket to miniature golf, and obviously got to see the game! The water park alone would have been $26.

It was so incredibly humid and warm, but we made a fun time out of it. We only stayed through the fifth inning. By 8:30, all five kids were ready for their bed. I think the most exciting part for the kids was the mascot!

Kiddie Kandids

Don't mind the bad quality, I took a picture of the original picture :)

On Tuesday, I took Paxton for his two year pictures. That is one thing I have tried to be really good at. So far I have taken both of them for all of their birthday pics. I also wanted one of the two of them together.

You can't tell by the pictures, but Paxton did not want to sit up there and cooperate. The lady was able to get him to smile by tickling him with a feather.

Blankie Boy

Both of my kids have their special blankies. I absolutely love watching Paxton hold his blankie. He loves to wrap it around his finger and rub it. Recently we were at Marshall's. I had stopped to look at something and looked over at Paxton. He had grabbed a soft shirt and started doing this to the shirt! He must have been really desperate for his blankie!