Naughty Girl

Pyper is naughty!  She has moved into a toddler bed and now won't stay in bed for anything.  She was my good sleeper, but gets up constantly now.  On this night, we didn't hear her for a while which was unusual.  I went to check on her and found her sound asleep at the top of the stairs!

Good Citizenship Award

Field Elementary has a Pride Assembly about every month where a couple kids from each class receive an award saying how great they are.  Kensley finally got chosen for this award and she was sooooo excited!  When your child is chosen, the parents are also invited to attend the assembly.  When the child's name is announced, they get to run around the room and through a "teacher tunnel".  The teachers all line up with pom poms and cheer the kids on.

Pyper wanted to be with Kensley and we finally let her go sit with her.

Spencer Thomas was the other child in Kensley's class who also received an award at the same time.  His dad used to be the Biship in our ward so that was kind of fun.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day from us!  I have to admit that this Valentine's Day was somewhat of a dud.  Probably my fault, but my heart just wasn't into it this year.  I like to have fun traditions for every holiday that we can look forward to.  Usually we have a nice dinner and then have a chocolate fondue for dessert.  Well, Stephen is in school and doesn't get home until after the kids are in bed so I just didn't feel like doing it.  It was a busy day anyway.  Cupid visited the night before and heart attacked the house.  This almost didn't happen since Cupid couldn't find last year's hearts that were saved in the holiday drawer with care.  Thankfully I had some hearts leftover from the Activity Days activity and the heart attack was saved!  Since I wasn't doing the fondue, I figured I needed to do something.  Stephen left early in the morning and bought us some heart doughnuts for breakfast.  So we were able to start the day off right.  While Kensley was in school, I decided to make a recipe I had seen on Pinterest.  Heart shaped cake mix cookies with cream cheese filling.  My hearts turned out seriously lame even though I followed the directions exactly!

After two pans of cookies turned out similar to these rejects, I gave up and made round cookies.  At least they were pink!

Kensley had a great day at school and immediately dumped out her loot when she got home.  Pyper was pretty happy about the stockpile too!

Valentine's Day also happened to be the 100th anniversary of Arizona becoming a state.  Kensley's school had what they called "A Night at the Field Museum" to commemorate the event.  There were all kinds of displays and things celebrating Arizona.  I was able to sample some fresh squeezed orange juice and squeeky cheese.  It was so crowded, though, and I couldn't wait to get out of there.  All the Kindergarteners sang "We Love You Arizona".

Kensley stood like this throughout the entire song!  She doesn't really enjoy being the center of attention.

Soccer!

Kensley is loving soccer and it is really funny to watch.  She runs up and down the field and as soon as she gets close to the ball, she hesitates before trying to kick it.  So, it is usually gone before she can kick it.   She is having fun, though, and getting some excercise and playtime in!  These pictures are from her first game a couple weeks ago.

Deja Vu

I think this has happened to us before....Yesterday, my new plan for my life was in full swing.  I have been setting my alarm to get up earlier than everyone else to excercise.  Yuck, I know.  I have done it for two whole days now. :o)  I am a nerd, but I decided the best way to accomplish all the lofty goals I have is to write them down.  So, I bought a notebook just for the occasion and before I go to bed, I write everything I need or want to accomplish for the next day in my trusty notebook.  So far, for two whole days, it has worked perfectly and I have checked everything off my list.  So, Stephen had just left for school and I was laying on the floor doing situps.  Pyper was sitting next to me on the floor eating a banana.  She tumbled over somehow from a sitting position and her head bumped into me.  It seemed like a harmless thing and I didn't think anything of it until she started screaming hysterically and wouldn't calm down.  I picked her up and she just wouldn't calm down.  She had a mouthful of banana and the rest clutched firmly in her hand.  I thought maybe she bumped her nose or something, but looked fine.  Then, I realized she wasn't moving her arm and would cry whenever I moved it.  I called Stephen after she had calmed some and would start whimpering at the slightest movement.  He came home and we headed to her doctor's office.  This entire time, she was clutching her banana and would scream if I tried to take it away.  She finally relinquished it at the doctor's office. They sent us to the Urgent Care in the same building which probably worked better since the Urgent Care waiting area was empty and the doctor's office was overflowing with people.  They made me sit her on a scale to weigh her which sent her into a fresh batch of hysterics.  She was fine as long as I was holding her and not moving her around at all.  The doctor finally came in and felt her arm a little, but it made her so hysterical that he decided she needed an x-ray.  I was surprised since I figured she just pulled out her elbow like Kensley used to do all the time.  So, then I worried there was something more serious going on.  I guess he was worried because of the trauma and said moving it around if something was broken could cause more damage.  The x-rays were traumatic to say the least.  It was pretty awful.  Of course, the doctor didn't see anything on the x-rays.  So, then he decided it was just nurse maid elbow, which is what I figured.  He came in and took her arm and had it popped back into place in half a second.  She was immediately better.  I really need to learn how to do this procedure!  The main reason he was concerned it was something else is because it usually happens when you grab your kid's arm and pull on them, like if you are in a hurry.  Since I told them she fell over I guess he thought it was something else.  I guess she fell just right!  I guess next time, because I am pretty sure there will be a next time with our track record, I should just start moving her elbow around even if she is screaming bloody murder until it pops back in itself.  More likely, I will probably just take her in again!

Look What I Did!!!!

I am so proud of myself, I can hardly stand it!  I watched a youtube video on how to make this and just followed along.  Usually, when I sew, my mom is standing behind me telling me what to do.  I did this all by myself (If you don't count the online directions :o) )

Soccer!

Kensley posing for the camera right before her very first soccer practice!