The Greens: May 2012

Fun day

Saturday was a pretty fun day!

In the morning we went down to the farmer's market before it got too hot to walk around and see all the fun stuff. We stopped at our favorite cheese stand and bought some co-jack from them. Yummy!

Dustin also got some more honey since we had long run out from last year's farmer's market.

Grace enjoyed seeing the water fountains, people playing music, and trains. Kyler was just kind of happy to be outside and sitting in his stroller, which he loves!

In the afternoon, Grandpa and Grandma came to take Grace fishing for the first time! Grace has been bugging Grandpa for awhile now so she was super excited!

It was incredibly hot and windy so we didn't know how much luck we would have at our tiny little lake a couple miles from our house.

Grace got to use the fishing pole I used when I was her age. Cool.

Grace did not want anything to do with the worms. Kyler wanted to eat them or pull them apart. So grandpa put them on the hooks and cast so Grace could just stand, watch her bobber, and reel in the string.

And here she is with her first fish ever!

Kyler thought the fish were pretty cool too.

All in all, Grace ended up catching 6 fish in about 45 minutes. Of course they were all little things we threw back, but it was perfect for her!

When we got home, Kyler wanted to show Grandpa his flowers that he likes to pick for mommy. Unfortunately, mommy doesn't like them being picked. He behaved and just pointed this time.

That evening we went to a Saltdogs game! Got to get a picture of the kids on the ball, which is one of Grace's favorite things to do! This was also Kyler's first game!

Note Kyler's awesome gel mohawk...:)

Before the game started some of the players from the other team came walking by. This player saw Kyler holding a baseball and stopped to play a little catch with him!

This was a long game! We left around 9:30, 2 1/2 hours into the game, and it was only the 7th inning! Grace was getting a little tired....:)

The kids slept good--it was a fun and busy day! Or as Grace said, "The best day ever!"

She's 4!

Sunday, May 20, 2012 marked the day my baby turned 4! Hard to believe!

At four years old, she has become such a little girl with such a big personality and attitude!

This past year has been such a challenge in learning how to handle her defiance and intelligence. She can be such a loving, sweet, obedient girl one minute and then flip to defiance, anger, mouthiness, etcetera. I can only imagine what life will be like when she is a teenager.

But, no matter how mad she makes me, I love this little girl, my first baby.

Here she is at four years old, loving her favorite dog, Mack.

And one of those rare, sweet moments getting along with her little brother. This picture just makes me see how beautiful she is. Not because she is my child, but she actually has a lot of beauty in her. Her face is just very beautiful. Now I know it's my job to ensure her inside and heart reflect that same beauty. I pray she becomes just as beautiful on the inside as she is from the outside.

We had her 4 year doctor appointment today.

Weight: 36.8 pounds--50-75th percentile

Height: 41.2 inches--75th percentile!

BMI--15.32--50th percentile--perfect!

Blood pressure--104/50--a little high but they said it was fine because she was really amped up!

Pulse--104

We always have to fill out a sheet to make sure your child is developing properly. As usual, I was able to mark yes for everything. Some of the questions included:

Stand on one foot for 2 seconds

Ride a tricycle

Speak clearly

Draw a person with three parts

Go up/down stairs alternating feet

Hop in one place

Copy a circle

Copy a cross

Name four primary colors

Wash and dry hands--Yes doc, we had this down years ago! :)

Brush teeth

Dress self

And for fun, a montage of pictures from each year of her little life:

Newborn

1 year

2 year

3 year

4 year

Grace, I love you so much. You exasperate me to no end, but I can at least say you never, ever bore me. You are so incredibly smart. Again, not because you are my child. You truly are one of the funniest, smartest, most logical little people I've ever met. You are so one of a kind and I enjoy learning more about you every day. I love your imagination and that you now have an imaginary friend named Daughter. You can talk and talk for hours about her. You have started loving to pick up your room and make your bed to surprise me. You sure know what makes your mama smile! You are also starting to become curious about Christ and what He did for you on the cross. You haven't reached the point of knowing Him and making Him your savior, but I pray that you do someday. We will keep teaching you and I hope you never lose that curiousity and hunger to learn!

Love you sweet girl!

Grace's 4th Birthday party!!!

We had Grace's 4th birthday party at Lost in Fun this year. It was a great time had by all!

I had found a Dora cake pan at a garage sale last summer and bought it for Grace's 4th birthday. Had I known how difficult it would be, I may have changed it. The instructions were horrible and I had to freehand most of the entire cake. But, Grace liked it and it turned out looking like Dora, which was all that mattered!

Here we are with it and Grace holding up her four fingers to show how old she is!

The old pro blowing out her candles.

Showing a little cousin love.

And then the crazy fun began!

We really had a great time and loved getting to celebrate Grace's birthday with so much fun stuff to do!

The next morning on her actual birthday, we gave Grace her present from us after church. She was super excited to get her bike with training wheels!

She hopped on and rode away like a pro...

Lately...

I haven't been doing a very good job of keeping up lately....

But here are some from the last couple of weeks!

I am shocked by the below picture. Dustin is always saying Kyler will be gay because of this or that, liking flowers or whatever. He loves shoes and was trying to put these on the other day. Dustin went ahead and put Grace's dress shoes on Kyler for him! I personally think it's cute....:)

Haven't done one of these pictures in a long time with them in the recliner together. My, how he's grown since I was doing this with them when Ky was an infant!