Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Kate's 4th

Kate turned four in July and we had lots of fun celebrating. We went to the zoo the day before and had fun hanging out with Tyler during the day. On her actual birthday we took Kate out to dinner at Granny Annie's for her favorite food--pancakes! We then went home to open presents and eat chocolate cake. The next day was her party. It was her first year getting a friend party and she loved it. She wanted a Dumbo circus theme so I did my best to satisfy her.


Blowing out the candles


Party invitations


Opening presents


The bird show at the zoo


Kate's favorite: the elephants


Riding the train


Obligatory Hogle Zoo pic


Watching Dumbo while waiting for friends to arrive at the party. I was originally planning on doing the party outside but decided it was way too hot


The table


Bean bag toss


Ring toss


Group 1: Kayla, Kate, Raimana, Shem, and Grace D.


All the friends with their tickets


Pin-the-feather-on-Dumbo


Friends


Group 2: Brynlee, Ada, Grace T., Berklie, and Nixon


Ada at the photo booth. Some people were scared and didn't want to participate


Shem


Raimana


Grace


Nixon


Kayla


We blew giant bubbles since, you know, Dumbo gets drunk and blows funny bubbles






Morgan and her girls. We are indebted to Morgan, Jordan, and my mom for their help


Some preferred to play while we blew bubbles


Opening presents







Big top cupcakes, drinks, and popcorn (we forgot to bust out the ice cream)




Kate blowing out her candle


Kate hitting the elephant pinata


Berklie


Grace T.


Raimana


Shem


Brynlee


Nixon


Kayla


Grace D.


Ada


The loot

 
Grace tossing a ring
 

Nixon tossing bean bags

Monday, September 17, 2012

Categorically Speaking

Latest obsessions

Tyler: Cross Me (phone game); the Utes (always); the PAC 12; his Volt; watching football

Alison: Spider Solitaire (another phone game. I'm kind of embarrassed to admit this...); the Cougs; watching football; wishing for cooler weather; thinking about politics

Ada: Watching, playing, and drawing My Little Pony (AKA The Ponies That Jack Has, since they first watched it at their friend Jack's house); drawing pictures of any and everything

Kate: My Little Pony (see Ada's obsessions); chocolate milk (and anything else chocolate); climbing on and jumping off of things

Lyla: playing with markers (lids on); Mama; throwing her cup and food on the floor; playing in the tub; other babies

Latest events

Tyler: attending Ute games; family vacations to Houston in June and Orlando in September; turning 31

Alison: playing church volleyball; family vacations; turning 31

Ada: turning six; starting first grade; starting soccer; family vacations

Kate: turning four; starting her second year of preschool; starting soccer; family vacations

Lyla: family vacations; turning 11 months

Updates

Tyler: trying to catch up at work from all the vacations; studying for an upcoming test for work; enjoying the horse head he got for his birthday

Alison: in denial about Lyla's upcoming birthday; adjusting to the new role of soccer mom; still adjusting to having three kids

Ada: she's still adjusting to waking up early and going to school all day; she can make Lyla laugh like nobody else can; she doesn't love school but she likes eating lunch there and seeing her friends

Kate: she loves preschool and wants to go every day. She has a hard time waiting for the noon start time; she wakes up ridiculously early every day and makes it difficult for me to feel well-rested (that pretty much never happens); she's getting better at drawing and will write her name if she's in the mood to

Lyla: she's getting closer to crawling. She can scoot backwards on her back or her tummy but doesn't move around much (no complaints here!); she babbles a lot and makes lots of new sounds but not really any new words; she likes to go to bed early and usually takes two good naps a day, but she also likes to wake up early. At least she goes back to sleep after I feed her; she always wants to eat what we're eating instead of baby food

Pictures 

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Lyla: