Daddy's little helpers

Last night Layne was lucky enough to have two little helpers. Or should I say... Brecken and Alainey were lucky enough to go for a little horse ride!


*Brecken on his buddy Nate* *Alainey is all smiles! She gets so excited when she sees a horse....she jabbers on and on and claps and giggles.

*Our Haylee is just content to watch in the warm car with a yummy sucker* Sounds good to me!

Close Encounters

We went to the zoo with Brecken's preschool group on Thursday. On the way to the zoo I asked Brecken and Haylee what animals they wanted to see most. Brecken's response was of course a tiger, and Haylee was looking forward to seeing the zebras. The tigers were being very cooperative for a picture, coming up close and being fun and active. The zebras however, thought that their lunch was more important than snapping a good picture for Haylee. Oh well, the kids had fun regardless! And I had my hands full trying to keep track of a curious little Alainey!

My little boy is growing up!

The time has come to be a brave mom and send my son off to Kindergarten.(Tear)On Tuesday I signed the papers! Thank goodness I still have a few more months to process this before he will be starting this new chapter in his life. Brecken is actually very excited to start Kindergarten, which is a change from 5 months ago. He is five years old now, which according to Brecken, is "as old as mom and dad and just as big." I hear people say how fast time flies by and I am hear to say that I totally agree with that statement.

"Peanut Butter and Jelly" Doctor

Last week we took Haylee to the allergist, or as she calls it, the "peanut butter and jelly" doctor. This visit was just a yearly check-up to see if she still has an allergy to peanuts and to refill prescriptions. In order to test her, the nurse applied drops of each highly allergenic foods on her back to see which ones she would react to. She had a significant reaction to peanuts, which meant that for 10 minutes I had to do all I could to keep her from touching her back. I turned into quite the silly mom, doing all I could to take her mind off her 'mosquito' bites on her back. I was so proud of Haylee..she was my brave little girl! Before coming to this appointment I had a small hope that she might have grown out of this allergy. We have sure tried our hardest to keep her away from peanuts. But according to the allergist most kids will not grow out of it. Haylee is so smart and she knows to check foods and tell other people that she has a peanut allergy. She got to pick out a fancy new ring at the allergist and she couldn't wait to come home and show her daddy!

A few of my favorites

As I promised yesterday, today's post has a much happier tune to it. I am feeling better, my girls are feeling better, I was able to switch phones, and today was a sunny, warm day! Here are a few of my latest, most favorite things that I wanted to share...



Spring time weather! Limitless possibilities of backyard fun!

Even though the days are getting warmer the nights are still cool. I love the warmth of my heated blanket! Layne on the other hand doesn't like the heated blanket but it works out because mine is only a twin size!

Makes clothes smell awesome and cleans like no other!

Loaded with fiber and Alainey eats this cereal like candy!

Phone frustration!

So this morning I pick up my cell phone, open it up to make a call to Layne, and low-and-behold I'm looking at a blank screen! The phone was turned on but I couldn't see who I was calling or who was calling me. Talk about frustrating! Especially since we don't use a land line so I get all calls on my cell phone. Tried to jimmy with it for a minute with no success. Luckily we have an old phone that we have hung onto so I'll be off to the verizon store in the mornin for some switchin!
Also speaking of frustrating things.....is anyone else just simply disgusted with how our government is spending carelessly and bailing out big corporate companies (AIG). Wonder what would happen if all americans decided to stop paying taxes....what would the federal govt think about that....
I know this is probably a pretty gloomy post...but sometimes you just gotta vent....Tommorrow I will most definitely post much happier things!

Quotables......

Isn't it interesting to realize the things that kids pick up on?....My friend Callie watched my kids today while I taught a piano lesson. When I went over after the piano lesson she told me Brecken and Haylee had been telling her all sorts of fun stories. Such as this quote from Brecken..."my Dad has been turning the boy cows into girl cows." (Brecken just recently got to watch his dad castrate some bulls) And this one from Haylee..."my dad was starting the cows on fire." (Haylee just recently watched her dad brand some cows) I just had to chuckle about how kids process what they see and then relate it to others. Gotta love em!