The Rest of February

Sorry I've done so well lately updating our blog.  Here is the rest of February:

This boy loves his vegetables, especially salad.  I made lasagna for dinner and all he wanted was a big pile of lettuce.  He dished it himself and ate the whole thing.  

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Game Day

The kids and I had a fun day.  No cleaning, no work, just play time.  We played our Curious George Hide and Go Seek Animals Game.  JJ wasn't so sure about the masks but Dex and I had fun.  She had fun hiding and seeking though.

We also played Elefun.  A butterfly catching game.  Apparently JJ thought the net was a better alternative to the mask :)

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Happy Birthday Dear Sharky?

Dex threw a birthday party for his shark.  They were served quite the assortment of things and I think all guests enjoyed themselves immensely :)   Dexter setup the whole thing and even gave Sharky his own cushioned, elevated seat.

I love how Sharky's plate has fish on it, Dexter's has fruit, and Jules' has-- a giraffe hoof.  Such a silly kid.

Sharky and his host

Happy Birthday Sharky!

Children's Museum

With Ashton having been off for 6 weeks around Christmas, we were able to go to the Children's museum a lot.  At the beginning of the month, I finally took the camera to show Dex and his beloved "Hashbrown" he totes around all over that place.  Hashbrown is the giant dalmation.

Juliette is my super strong girl.  She is always carrying big, bulky, heavy things.  

  Dex loves operating this bulldozer as well.  Surprised?  Nah.

Jules stole hashrown for a minute and she was so excited.

in the police car

driving an ambulance

Juliette also finally got a turn in the semi truck.  She had been trying to get in there all morning.

My cute little firefighters!

Juliette also decided to wear a "pretty".  She is really liking bracelets these days.

 Kinda crazy to think that we will only be enjoying the Children's museum for a few more times.  I can't believe we are at this point already.

Playin' in the Snow

We opened up some Christmas presents a little early this year.  We got a snow storm and we just couldn't wait.  Thank Aunt Alissa, Uncle London, Orion, and Apollo for the sled and shovels!  We have had a blast.

Juliette had a little trouble staying/getting up in her snow suit.  She was stuck like this a lot!

 

This picture of Dex is priceless.  And yes, all that snow landed on his head.

Having fun in the sled.

Clifford LIVE!

Ashton and I took Dexter out to see his first play.  Ash scored some really cheap tickets to Clifford LIVE! that was playing at the Orpheum in Omaha.  It was so much fun.  Dex was a little nervous, but loved it all.

The play was very interactive so he had a fun time help call for Clifford, find Clifford, and I think the best part was his reaction to when Clifford grew.  The play started out with Emily Elizabeth (Clifford's owner) looking for a dog for Christmas.  Clifford was a runt and so small.  In the play, Clifford falls asleep with Emily Elizabeth, lights go dark, and in the morning, when the lights came on, Clifford is huge!  Dexter's face was priceless!  The magic of the theater definitely worked, and made this experience so worth it.

We got him a Clifford dog and wasn't very happy that I was making him take this picture.

I tried to take a picture of he and I during intermission while Ashton was getting water.  This is as good as it gets.  He is such a 3 year old.  There are a lot of funny, fuzzy outtakes.  Maybe I'll have to post them another time.

He also liked walking on the skywalk between the parking garage and the theater.  He thought it was cool to be walking above the cars.  Here he is pointing to the "C" on Clifford on the sign.  Lucky for us, this came on "C" week, so he was finding all the "C"s he could.

He enjoyed himself immensely.

The Sweetens watched Jules for us.  I was so nervous about leaving her, that I almost let Ashton just take Dex while I stayed home.  She had never been left by herself before.  She did awesome.  Serene said they just had to hold her and she wimpered the whole time, but no tears, no screaming.  So much better than the last time I left her even with Dexter with her!

We had such a fun time.  I'm grateful for Ashton and his dreams for his little family.  This was all his idea, and  a memorable one at that.

"The Green Park"

Earlier this month, we went to "the Green Park" as Dexter would say, with our friends Serene and Lainey.  "The Green Park" is actually Big Lake Park.  It's toys are green colored, and that is how Dexter differentiates between the parks that we go to.  The park in our complex is "the 'lellow' park", the one with the baseball diamonds is the "pink park"--although it is red and blue (goofy kid), and Big Lake Park is"the green park".  It was a nice day for a walk and we were all itching to be outside.

Serene is an amazing photographer.  She is the one who did Juliette's 8 week photo shoot.  Check her work out here  .  She was sweet enough to take some random pictures of my kids while at the park.

Dexter is obsessed with "giant excavators" right now and couldn't get enough of this toy.  

I love this.

And how can you not love this munchkin?  She was so content in the swing.

Saturday fun in Boise

During the summer months, all of the towns in the Treasure Valley have a farmer's market. It is a lot of fun. They all shut down a section of town and allow the vendors to set up start selling. We like to go to Boise's. It is right downtown on 8th and Idaho. You can buy anything from fruits and veggies, meats and breads, flowers and honey, dog treats and jams, delicious foods, to pottery and paintings, and anything in between. There is a band playing, fountains going, and lots of activities for little kids. It is pretty cool. If you do go, bring some cash and an empty stomach. We finally brought cash with us and Ashton bought a round of sourdough bread and I bought a bouquet of flowers. It was fun!!!

Tough Enough to Wear Pink

So yesterday at work, we had a pink wearing contest. We were celebrating breast cancer awareness (the Tough Enough to Wear Pink Campaign) and the Boot to Buckles Stampede Rodeo, fundraising event. They said who ever wore the most pink, won two free movie tickets. Guess what, I WON!!! Kind of hard to believe this was coming from a girl who used to hate pink. I guess I've kind of out-grown it.



As you can see, I have two pink shirts, pink pants, a pink cowgirl hat, and I also wore my pink bracelet, necklace and earings that DeeAnn made me. I didn't realize how much pink I actually owned. It was awesome!

Happy 4th of July!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

This 4th of July Celebration was a lot of fun. We invited the Castillo family over for shish-kabobs. There was a lot of good food (thanks Ashton)! After which, the guys played a game of Master Mind and then we moseyed over to the future home of ISU's College of Pharmacy in Meridian to watch the fireworks. Ashton and Leigh went for a "campus tour" and are now creating plans for a basketball court in the parking lot for when they both are accepted next year into ISU's Meridian Campus Pharmacy program (fingers crossed).

We watched the Meridian fireworks (yes, even Meridian has fireworks hee, hee ;) ). They were shot off from the Meridian Speedway. It was actually a pretty good show. Ayla was kind of scared but eventually learned to like all of the colors. It was a lot of fun!