GOAL!!

Tonight was the first game of the spring season of soccer. However it was nothing like spring out there. We froze our behinds and everything else off! But Jenna scored the very first goal of the game!( I think that she was motivated by the donut I promised her! but hey whatever gets her going right?) She was right in front of the goal surrounded by the other team and just kicked it in!Go Blue Cans! ( So every week the girls get a turn to pick the team name for the week. This week it was the Blue Cans?! Jenna said it was so we can recycle the other team. Apparently the girl who picked it wants to go green! Unfortunately the Blue Cans lost 5-3) She definitely has improved so much. She was not afraid to get in there and kick the ball. She had several good kicks, blocks and stops! She just wanted to keep playing and told me that the game had been too short. Not for us fans with it being how cold it was! At one point Kira wanted to get down out of the blanket and she refused to get back in until she started shivering, even then she wasn' t happy that I made her cuddle with me. She just wanted more treats from Grandma! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Plowman for coming even in the cold! Luke had a great time playing on the playground with his friend too. He was very proud of his sister and told her several times great job on the goal!
We went to Smiths Marketplace to pick out the celebratory donut. Unfortunately Jenna got her decision making skills from me and took like ten minutes to decide whether she wanted a donut or a hostess Zinger! She decided on the donuts but told me several times that next time she scores she will get the Zingers! Yummy, rewards are sweet!
Today Dave took the day off so that he could help out at the NCAA tournament tonight. So because it was my week to teach preschool, Dave go to join us. We had a great time and Luke loved having his daddy at preschool! We played with a parachute and made kites. We tried to fly one but it was too gusty to fly well. It is certainly fun to have Dave home on just an average day, it makes it not so average.

Yahtzee Boy!

I love Chocolate!! I just love this cute messy face! I think that this was after we had Girl Scout Cookies, YUM!
So, I love Sunday afternoons. We get out of church at noon and after lunch we have lots of fun family time. Well Dave and I try to get naps in but that usually doesn't happen! So last Sunday we played some board games with the kids. They are getting older so it is so fun to play games that the adults enjoy too. After a rousing game of SORRY, which I won by the way, we taught the kids to play Yahtzee. They loved it! They didn't quite get all the scoring, well Luke especially, but they had lots of fun. Luke had the best game ever! He got THREE Yahtzees!! He was so excited. Now he plays our electronic handheld game all the time. Jenna got a Yahtzee as well. We had such a fun time playing together.









Luke and his three Yahtzees!

The latest update...

The other day Luke and Grace were playing play dough and he was reminding me of the time that Kira ate play dough. So Luke says, " I never ate play dough when I was a baby because play dough wasn't even invented yet!" I had a good laugh with that, Luke certainly makes me laugh everyday!

So here is the update for the past few days. We went to baby Jane's blessing on Sunday. Cleadus did a wonderful job, it is such a sweet experience to see a baby being blessed. It's a good reminder just where our little ones come from and that they have such great potential. I need that reminder often!
So I am going a little project crazy these days. I am going to make a quilt for my bed. I was at Joann's yesterday and I couldn't figure out the fabrics to have them all go together. I saw these two women just talking and they looked nice enough to help. So I asked them their opinion and they were so sweet to offer their advice. They were total strangers but they cared about my quilt. Now I am super excited about the colors and everything so now I just have to start cutting! I know that it will take me a while, but it should be a fulfilling project for a while. I will post pictures as a get it started. I also bought the cutest fabric to make matching skirts for my girls. They will be very cute and springy! ( Kira keeps playing with the mouse and typing things on the computer so this entry is taking longer than I hoped!) I am also in the planning stages of our next primary quarterly activity. They sure are a lot of work! But I love primary! Those kids are so full of the spirit and of love! It certainly is a lot of work, but wonderful. I have the best presidency to work with too. We all work so well together and we are all friends, I love it! Well, this has been another thrilling update I am sure. But I am really trying to keep up with my goals! I am so grateful for my life!!

Don't you just love her?

I was finishing up laundry and Kira wanted to get into the basket. She couldn't quite do it herself so I helped and of course it was the a perfect photo opportunity! CHEESE!
A few days ago, Jenna and Luke were playing and Kira was messing everything up, which happens often! So I distracted her by painting her toenails. She loved it! She kept looking at her toes and I think trying to say pretty but who knows with that babble? Don't those toes look delicious?
Kira admiring her beautiful toes!

What a great Saturday!

This is Luke being tough before getting on his bike

Last Saturday was such a beautiful day! Jenna and Luke could not wait to go play outside. They wanted to ride their bikes. Jenna is still on her training wheels but she is finally learning to turn around on her bike instead of getting off of the bike and turning it around. She kept saying "this is the best Saturday ever! I love riding my bike!" We hope that by the end of the summer she will be riding with no training wheels. ( We hope!)

Dave had to do some work to get Luke's bike up and running. So when it was finally ready, Luke couldn't wait! He learned that it is harder than it looks to keep peddling so that you can actually go somewhere. He kept saying how strong he was! He still has a little bit more practice and maybe a little more growing, then he will be riding like the wind! Dave was very patient to help him too.

A proud moment for Luke!

We Love Mondays!

So every Monday we have the opportunity to watch my lovable niece Grace and now her sweet sister Jane. Luke always loves to have someone to play with (other than boring old mom!). Thus far Jane has been sleeping the whole time. Last Monday we got to hold her and play with her a little. Grace was very cute and protective of her baby sister. Kira couldn't get enough of Baby Jane! She wanted to hold her and kiss her and poke her too. She LOVES babies! I had to watch her carefully so that we don't love Jane too much!

DId I mention the word crazy yet?

So Big! Kira got up on the stool all by herself yesterday! She had been trying to do it for several day s now, so it is quite the accomplishment for her! She was so excited that she did it with no help. She is getting so big lately! She has this look of mischief often on her face but she just too darn cute to get into trouble! She isn't speaking too much probably because she has Luke and Jenna to speak for her. She certainly can tell you what she does or doesn't want! Often it is in the form of a screaming fit! She also points and nods her head. She also LOVES brushing her teeth multiple times a day! That is usually the only way to get her hair done in the morning too. She is also going through this phase of daddy don't come near me! She is so attached to me it is crazy! If I am in the building and she knows it then she will cry and scream until she gets me. But if I am gone, then daddy is great! Hopefully we will leave this phase soon! Gosh....she sure is cute though!!
So our news about Snips is that she is finally spayed so we can let her outside! She has been a very crazy kitten. She climbed up on my hutch and swatted at a piece of a tea set that I have and it smashed to the ground, I was so mad I want to throw her out on the street! So thankfully getting her fixed has calmed her down quite a bit and that she can get some energy out in the great out doors! I actually like her now!
Yesterday, I taught preschool and my house and the kids were a little crazy! I think they all have spring fever, I know I do! So my house was a little messy and I was going to vacuum. Luke needed something to do so he decided that he wanted to try vacuuming. He loved it! He thought it was the funnest thing. Either he really enjoyed helping mom or he was really bored! Whatever it was, I certainly didn't mind it! He vacuum for like a half hour, doing the upstairs and the living room. I emptied the can and said, "look at all this gunk!" Luke says " yeah that is gross gunch" He felt all proud and said he wanted that to be his weekly job too, he also said you have to be strong to vacuum. It was a proud moment for me! Kira just liked tagging along, she thought it was great because Luke did.
Last night Jenna and I went to the Mom and Me and the school. They had a petting zoo. I use that term very loosely, it was several hundred moms and kids crammed into the lunch room to see a few animals, with the lady loosing her patience with all the noise! Perhaps she shouldn't go to elementary schools if she can't handle it! They did have a few cool animals, Jenna's favorite was a guinea pig with really long hair, it was pretty cute. She touched a snake too. There was this little iguana that had gotten burned and his tail broken by someone. That was a little sad. There was also this HUGE white fluffy dog, it think it was bigger than Jenna. It was cute! Because of all the chaos, I couldn't get hardly any pictures, I will have to steal some from Hallie! So this is the best I got. We also got punch and a cookie. We had fun together, it was a great date night for us!