Mother's Day and BABY Chicks!

This post is a little late....but we did have a great Mother's Day!  Fred had taken the kids to Wal Mart and let them pick out whatever they wanted for me.  Kreighton picked me out a PINK diamond ring and Kyle decided on tractor underwear...well he could not find the tractor underwear so just got me underwear!

The kids were so excited to give me their presents!

Then we had brunch with Mom, Dad, Sissy, Grandpa Glen, and Great Grandma and Grandpa (Grandma Marilyn was gone).

BUT the biggest surprise for the kids was Fred decided to get some baby chicks!  Kreighton has been asking to get animals for a long time!  So we are now proud owners of 8 baby chicks!!!!

The kids' "hand project" made for Great-GRANDma

The chicks!

It was a great Mother's Day!

Sissy Graduates!

Last Saturday Shannon (Sissy) graduated from Kirkwood with a Occupational Therapy Assistant Degree!

Happy Graduate!

With Mom and Dad!

The sisters! My kids did not go to commencement because of lack of tickets AND trying to get my kids to sit through a two hour commencement ceremony would have been a recipe for disaster!

Out for lunch!

The kids' shirts say "Way to GO Sissy"  and had bandanas on that said Sissy!

I love this picture of the two of them!

She starts her new job tomorrow at Covenant in Waterloo!

Napless Tuesdays

Tuesday Kyle fell asleep in the tractor in the morning for a brief nap...so I decided instead of fighting him to take a nap I would just let him stay up and I would plan something fun for him, myself, and Kreighton to do while Kael napped!  Sometimes I feel it is hard to sit down and do stuff with just the older two because I am always chasing Kael around!  It was a great afternoon and the older two had so much fun having me to themselves!  And better yet ALL three kids were asleep by 6:30 so it was absolutely worth it! So I decided that every Tuesday I would let both older kids skip their nap and plan something fun for us to do!!

Cheers! Tea Party...both kids loved it!

I am sure the reason they loved it is because I served them jelly beans and cheetos!

I am sure when he is older he will be so happy to know he participated in a tea party with his sister!

65 Years Married...and 5 Years Old

This weekend we had two celebrations...My Grandparents have been married for 65 years and Peyton Youngblut turned 5!  Saturday night we went to mass for my Grandparents...they had reserved seats for us in the first pew...4 kids 4 and under (Nolan was there a well) in the FRONT pew in a mass that lasted over an hour it was oh so fun!

By the end of the mass ALL of the kids were outside!  Thank goodness we had lined Grandma Marilyn to pick them up (taking 3 kids 4 and under out to eat at 6:30 at night is also a recipe for disaster)  However Fred and I had a great time celebrating with family and not having to chase kids around was extra nice as well!

Here is the happy Couple!

I had hopes of getting pictures with Grandma and Grandpa and the kids....but that did not happen!

Then Sunday Kreighton got to go to Peyton's Birthday Party!!!  It was at Chucky Cheese's and Kreighton was all about getting as many tickets as she could...I kind of felt bad because she thought if she got enough tickets we got to go to Disney World!

Chucky and the Girls

She LOVED this game!

All of her tickets!

Playdate...and then no camera for 4 days!

Kelly, Allison, Dana, and I have been best friends since....well forever!  When our kids get together they have so much fun! It is crazy no fights or anything...they just have fun being silly!

All out wrestling!

Pure Chaos!

I love this picture of Abe...with his mullet/mohawk and his facial expression in priceless!

Emee has some wrestling moves!

And Kyle was still recovering from tonsils/semi fall so he loved playing by himself!

And such great friends!

We all went home after Dana fed us a great supper....it was then I got the text that I had left my camera in Jesup...ahhhh I take pictures almost everyday of my kids!  I felt like I missed so much!

1. We went on picnics...I love picnics no lunch mess to clean up and it wears the kids out before naps!
2. It was on one of these picnics that Kyle took off his shorts and put them in a mud puddle...so he ran around the rest of the time in his shirt and underwear!  Before I had Kyle I totally would have judged a mom for letting their son run around at a public park in their underwear!
3. It has been raining in Iowa so Fred can't be in the fields so he started on our new DECK!  I am so excited and have been waiting on this since we moved in!
4. So last minute Fred and I took all 3 kids to Menards and it was up to me to keep all 3 kids entertained while Fred talked "deck" with the Menards men!  BUT they have forklifts in Menards which kept Kyle entertained!
5. Kyle has spent most of the week naked...the kid hates clothes I put clothes on him and he takes them off...outside, in bed....wherever!  
6. We have a sprinkler ball the kids LOVE...
7. Kyle's face looks awesome...I can't believe how fast it is healing!
8. There was a backhoe at our house...Kyle was so excited, but was still a little punked from tonsils and wanted to come in the house....but so mad I missed getting a picture of his face when he saw it!
9.  I loaded the kids up to and took them to Cedar Falls to get our oil change on our van...a free one at the dealership we bought it from...AFTER they did the oil change I realized I took the van to the wrong dealership....who knew Mark and Dan Deery were different dealerships a block apart!  I had to pay $50.....for my oil change!
10. However since I had to drive to Cedar Falls I was able to stop in Jesup and pick up my camera!

Kael-8 months!

Kael is 8 months old already!  He is my fast moving, drawer opener, toy snatcher, paddy caking, loud talker, almost always happy boy!  He LOVES exploring in the kitchen getting drawers open is his daily mission, and pinching his finger and then looking at me with his sad face like mom why did you let that happen!  He loves to eat...but not to be fed...he would much rather feed himself and he thinks baby food is for babies...and in his eyes he is as old as Kreighton and Kyle!  He even got a hold of chips at our picnic and LOVED those -I am pretty sure Kreighton did not get chips until she was at least 18 months!!!!

He and Kreighton have developed a special bond and Kreighton loves playing with him and making him laugh!  She will actually pick him up and carry him to her room so they can be alone and play!  In her words "Mom it is just easier so Kyle doesn't bother us!  And outside she is always on mouth patrol making sure Kael doesn't put things in his mouth!  The other day she actually was brooming off the driveway before Kael got out there so he didn't put anything in his mouth!  

Kael-I would have to agree with most people that he looks like his Aunt Sissy!