To the zoo with Lexa

Two weeks ago we went to the zoo with my friend Steffanie and her daughter's Lexa and Clara. I didn't download the pictures until now so they are a little old but still fun. Ethan and Isaac love playing with Lexa and hopefully in a year or so Lizzie and Clara will be good friends. We saw the baby giraffe wondering what the peacock was doing with his feathers outstretched; the only problem was that I didn't get my camera out in time to get the perfect shot; don't you hate it when that happens.

Girly Lizzie

Today Lizzie woke up from her nap and saw her sparkly pink gloves on her dresser. She immediately wanted to wear them, and she wanted to wear her pink tutu. Then I asked her if she wanted her fairy wings and of coarse she did. Then she wanted to dance on the bed and look at her self in the mirror. So of coarse being the mom that I am I took pictures. A while ago she was wearing my shoes around the house, so cute!

My Boys are 5!!!

So Ethan and Isaac turned 5 on Wednesday! To celebrate we went to the Drive-in on Tuesday night and saw "Up". Lizzie did not want to go to sleep because there was to much going on around her. So we had to leave right after Up was over at 11:15. The boys love the Drive-in and all the treats that we buy before it.

The next day we Daddy took their birthday off of work, yeah. We went to the Greeley Fun Plex. The boys went a while ago with Daddy, but I was sick and could come with. So, that is what they wanted to do for their special day. They had so much fun and Lizzie actually put her head back in the water and didn't really mind getting splashed by all of the kids above. They loved the water slides.

This week they will have their actual birthday party with family. They wanted to wait until Grandma Moogie was coming up to have cake.

Soccer season ended in a fun note

Ethan's second goal

I think Ethan and Isaac really got into soccer the last two games when they understood the pushing more and started making goals. The Saturday makeup game Isaac scored 3 times and Ethan scored once; then Monday Ethan scored 3 and Isaac scored twice. They are a whole head taller so they can really push their way to the ball. Grandma even came to see them play during Monday's game; and afterwards we went to 7-11 and got some Slurpee's since they did so well. Saturday's game we went to Cold Stone for ice cream.

At the end of the game on Monday (their last game)
Their coach gave them a goody bag and a MVP certificate.

Easter

It took me forever to upload the pictures from Easter but here is a video of Lizzie getting eggs that were left in our living room by the Easter Bunny. She got a beautiful pink dress from Grandma for church that she looked like a beautiful princess but I just couldn't get any cute pictures of her in it. Hopefully soon I can take some with the good camera!

Soccer

This is the way the boys always pose together for pictures!

The boys soccer team is banana yellow close to the yellow shirts they had last year.

Ethan almost getting the ball in front of him. Look at the size of the boy on the right, he's as big as Lizzie.

Last Saturday Ethan and Isaac started spring soccer. Last spring Derek was their coach but we thought maybe they would do better if this year he wasn't. The first Saturday of April was suppose to be their first day but it snowed and today they were suppose to play again but it has been raining continuously since Thursday afternoon; so far only last Saturday they have had a chance to play.

Since the boys are so tall and almost 5 they were a full head taller than some of the other kids on the 3-4 year old league. They were great at getting the ball, but it was keeping it in front of them that was hard. Isaac got the ball once on a straight away and trip on the grass. I promised them ice cream if they got a goal during the game, so Isaac, sneaky little man that he is, took the ball when it was out of bounce near another field's goal and made a goal in that field. I was so proud that they only fell to the ground and cried 3 times each, their getting better. Just like any 4 year old all they need is practice, but that's one thing they don't like to do!


After soccer last Saturday we had Ethan and Isaac's pre-school teachers, Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Sheppard, over for dinner. They boys wanted pizza so pizza it was. They just get so excited when anyone comes over, so it was doubled because it was their teachers and they love their teachers.

Butterfly Pavilion

Last weekend Derek's sister Ashlee came to town with her husband and 2 boys, Collier and Brennan, that are close to Ethan and Isaac's age. Saturday Derek's family decided to go to the butterfly pavilion in Denver. Last time we went was in August when Derek's sister Megan was visiting and I was not able to do much after the transplant the month before. Where the butterflies are is very humid and I couldn't be in a humid environment then, so I enjoyed it a lot more this time. I even held Rosie the tarantula, since Ethan was excited about me doing it just like him. I had so much fun taking pictures this time of the butterflies.

An Amazing Child

Lizzie is just amazing. She is now 18 months old and talking up a storm. Saturday night I gave her a bath and I always after a bath put lotion on her and sing "Baby Massage" (I made it up for the boys when they were little), this time in the middle of singing I hear, "Baby assage" "Baby assage" she is nodding as she sings too. It was so hilarious. Then she starts laughing because I am laughing and I decide to change the sound of my laugh to see what she does, she then changes her laugh to match mine.

Every morning I also ask her if she is poopy and she usually nods but this time she said very poopy. She just keeps saying things that I didn't know she could say or ever knew.

Home Improvement and Random Stuff

I am getting excited about home improvement right now. Actually I just couldn't stand how dirty the old faucets got so I got new ones on Overstock. I am so proud that I was able to put them in without help.







This morning Lizzie was getting into the amoire and taking out all of the things in the bottom self, so much fun! She usually cleans but sometime she just is the best at making messes.



















Ethan and Isaac love making funny faces so I thought I would capture them on camera. Ethan's in red, Isaac's almost always in yellow.




















My Mom came up last week and loved having Lizzie lay in her lap and Ethan was so excited to be next to her so I took some pictures.

Lizzie's growing up

I just can't believe how fast Lizzie is growing up. On March 4th she will be 18 months! She is already repeating everything that we say. She is running and trying to do everything that the boys do. Since I always call them "the boys" she waddles after them and says, "boys, boys". She is starting to be so much like Derek's sister Ashlee. She loves to clean and pick up Ethan and Isaac's clothes. The other night I asked Isaac to put his clothes in the hamper and Lizzie went over and picked them up and put them in the hamper, then she went and took Ethan's. Last night Isaac was on the bed and was changing and putting his pj's on and before he could put them on Lizzie took the pj's to put them away and Isaac started to cry, so I asked her to give them back to Isaac and she turned around and gave it to him with a hug, which is a side headbutt. A while ago she helped me sweep out the garage and she threw a fit because I wouldn't let her bring the broom in the house, since it was the garage broom.