A GAP!

We reached a big milestone around here. On March 20th, 2010 Tyler lost the first of his front two teeth...
then, the very next night, he lost the second.

SERIOUSLY, could he be ANY cuter????????

Here is how it looked after losing the first one.
RIDICULOUS!  it was JUST hanging there.
However; he got out the first one himself, and he didn't want me to touch the second...

He couldn't eat, because it hurt as he would hit it when he chewed...and I just couldn't stand it.

So after joking with him all day, I told him to go get the floss so I could show him how easy it would be to get out.

He got it, and I TRULY wasn't going to pull it, I was going to let him do it...

I was just going to loop in on the part that had detached...but I tightened the floss and he pull away...all at the right moment, and it just fell right out.

So we went to work and made the tooth fairy a welcoming sign.

Tyler was concerned that she wouldn't like to have to come and give him money TWO DAYS in a row.

So......He wrote her an ADORABLE letter with a picture, and I drew on the driveway.

We thought it "might light her way and make it easier to find us"

He told me, verbatim, what to write!  And he signed his own name.

He was so proud of himself...

He knew he looked adorable....

Plus...the kid LOVES money...so he was all over that part of it!

Time goes so fast!  In just a few weeks, my little boy turns SEVEN!  S-E-V-E-N!!! 

How DID that happen???

I adore the look of a child when they have lost those front teeth...there is just NOTHING cuter...but to me, that is the end of the baby or little kid look.  After those big front teeth grow in...they just attain that "older" look.  It changes their face, and they cross that threshold into "big kid". 

Really, don't know how that has happened. 

Seems like just yesterday he was holding on to things to stand up...or needed training wheels...or started preschool.

How is he about to finish first grade?  About to turn 7?

Oh, but that smile with no teeth????  I would take that any day!

Indoor Soccer

Ty is kind of a big deal in soccer.
He is GOOD!

However, around here...we only have outdoor soccer come summer for his age group.

So this year, for the first time, we decided to give indoor a go.
I wasn't sure if we would like it because it is, well, indoor.
However....HE LOVED IT!

For indoor, there are NO out of bounds....you just keep playing off of the wall.
There is never a rain-out...
No muddy fields...no chasing the ball to the other field....
Just good-ole....SOCCER....

(Granted...the floor is a little harder if you do happen to fall.)

He had a great season.

I would have posted far more...but anyone who knows pictures, knows that INDOOR, in a gym no less, makes for HORRIBLE pictures!
These are literally the best I got all season long!

He plays like a champ, no matter the field.
Indoor, outdoor....doesn't matter.
HE JUST LOVES SOCCER!!!!!

He takes the sport pretty seriously...at least as seriously as you can take it at the Y.

He has come so far in his love for the game...his control, and probably most importantly his teammanship.

This is our coach...coach Juan! (the one bending down) We just love him. He is incredible with the kids, and gives SOOOOOOO much of his time to them!
This is our 3rd seson with him, and Tyler really enjoys being on his team!

For party day...they had pizza....
And I made cookie sandwiches....chocolate chip cookies with frosting in the middle. YUMMMY!
Here are the trophies, and the pictures....
Again....WITH THE LIGHTING!!!

Oh they are such a cute group.
All those boys (and a couple of girls) sporting those lavender shirts!
Gotta love it!

Good season HUSKIES!!!!

We are very proud of you Tyler!

Oven Roasted Broccoli

Oven roasting broccoli gives it such a nutty taste.

I love it!
Plus it is so easy.
And healthy.

Seriously....look at that color! It just makes me smile!

I just tossed together about a Tablespoon of Olive Oil, salt, pepper, two cloves of fresh garlic, and some parmesan cheese.
Roast it for about 10 minutes at 350!

That easy....put it in, forget about it while you get plates ready or chop a salad, or whatever.

It really does give it a different flavor too!
YUMMY!

Two....

Our best friend's son turned 2!!!!

Crazy.
Seems like just yesterday I was holding him in the hospital, wishing he was mine.

They had a car birthday bash.
He loves him a good car! I mean really, who doesn't????!

They played Red Light, Green Light!

We couldn't have gotten better weather, had we been able to plan it that way!

Tyler and Makylie had a great time!
They decorated license plates...and had some of
THIS...

YUM!

They basked in the sun and soaked up all of the play time they had together!
It was a really fun day!

Happy Birthday little Mason!

We love you!

A preschool concert...

Makylie finishes school this Thursday.
I can not believe that her first year of preschool is over.

It went by SO fast and it leaves me feeling a bit overwhelmed by the constant reminder of how fast time goes.

She had her end of the year concert.
It was SO cute

She was so different today, then she was in the spring when she had her other concert. That one was cute too of course, but she was so shy and very intrigued by watching everyone else.

This time though, she participated.
She did the hand motions and sang the songs...
AND EVEN SMILED (some). :)

She is still unsure about the crowds...
But she is coming into her own....

The kids look so much bigger...

Maky doesn't quite understand that she doesn't get to go back to school until September...she doesn't know what summer is.
She LOVES school, and is going to miss her friends, and her teacher...
but I think she will enjoy summer with mommy too...

Momma*

So...I have noticed over the last few days that I have, somewhere in the line of evolution, become a MOMMA.

I don't think I have heard Mommy in a while.

I think, I have officially become a momma, and I don't know how I feel about that.

For me, that there was never anything better then being called mommy. It was that kind of honor that I had been longing for, for so long...and when it is one of the first words out of your baby's mouth, and you have worked SO hard to hear them say it...it is the peak of that melting moment! That time when the whole world could stop and you wouldn't know it....
That is how it made me feel.

Because of the age that we got Karman, I didn't have it very long with her, before it switched over to mom...
Tyler calls me mommy when he wants something...like..."mommy, will get my lego bi-plane down"...

Makylie was the baby. She was so tiny for so long, and she had her speech issues, so I think I felt like she was going to stay that "baby" forever...but, like all things in the course of time...she has grown into a little girl...and suddenly, is calling me Momma.

It hit me this morning, when she said...."momma, it warm enough for short pants?"

Momma just doesn't have that same ring, I guess.
It is another badge of honor....
I just don't know if I am ready to not be a "mommy".

Ballet...

Makylie wanted to try out Ballet.

She is so funny....she is very sporty, and holds her own QUITE well when playing with Tyler....but she has also got that girly girl side about her.
I think, she is going to be very well rounded.

So, having her dabble in Ballet, I didn't really want to pay the price that those studios charge.
Then, our new YMCA opened, and they had a beginners program...that lasted longer, AND cost less then our local studio...so
We signed her up!

We think she is the youngest one in the group, and she is DEFINATLEY the littlest one.
She tries really hard to hold her own though.
But, let's face it. She JUST turned 4. There is really no organization or order to the class...
However, she is getting her feet wet, and testing the waters to see if she likes it.

And, for now, she does LOVE it!

And is VERY cute, if I do say so myself.

She has the little body for dance, that is for sure. I just think she is going to be more sporty than "dancey"....but who knows. I will let her decide!

Ummmm, seriously...

Could she be cuter?????

They have a recital mid-June.

That one, is going to be interesting. :)

Idol...

In a sea of mediocrity last night....
Was THIS.....

I just L.O.V.E., love, loved...this performance!

Hoping for my Lee to win! I have loved him since his first audition.

He reminds me SO much of my brother Eric...it is insane!

I so wish I had a good picture to post a side by side. :)

The Sickies...

The Sickies go around.
Sometimes more then once.
Somehow (at least in my house), by the grace of God, mommy manages to stay healthy. One would wonder how that is possible, because it is in fact, MOMMY, who is waiting on every ones needs and cleaning up after them etc.

So mommy does everything in her power to make sure that everyone else is comfortable, and as happy as possible during their stint with the sickies.
Just attempting a calm within the storm.

Everyone in the house gets sick...
They get to sit around, watch TV, wear their jammies, eat Popsicles all day, get waited on, stay home, sleep a lot, get cleaned up after, get lots and lots of hugs and attention, and sometimes they just cry, for no apparent reason at all.

WHY???
Why is it then, when mommy does finally catch whatever bug has invaded her, otherwise, peaceful household, that time doesn't stop and stand still for a while?
Why when mommy is sick do the kids still have to be fed, taken to school, helped, loved, fed some more, bathed and hugged when they sometimes cry for NO apparent reason? Why is it that the house still has to be picked up, and dinner still has to find its way to the table?
When does mommy get her day to lay on the couch under a blanket, with popsicles and not have ANY guilt...or go to bed at 6pm cause she just can't take it anymore.

As I sit here,
my fever is raging, and I just cleaned the kitchen after making dinner. The kiddos are getting ready for bed, and then I will read to them, because my wonderful husband just went to the store to get me some ice cream.
My day went on, just like any other day. Nausea, fever, tired...but all was done in the manner it needed to be done.

No, this isn't a pity party....
I just feel yucky....and wanted to whine a little, because no one in my house really wants to hear it. :)

But really more to point out that
**Mommies are amazing.
Mommies from the beginning of time to now
did what they needed to do to make sure everyone else was OK.

I do it today, I will do it tomorrow...
I will do it as long as my family lets me...

When tomorrow comes, having the privilege of taking care of everyone else, is what makes me forget about the fact that I feel yucky today...