MCKENNA'S KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION

A few weeks ago, June 3rd, McKenna graduated from Kindergarten!! It was a cute little program. They had a slide show, the Kindergarteners sang a few songs, and as the children received their diplomas the teachers read what each child wanted to be when they grew up. I was really surprised at some of the answers! There were a few VERY impressive answers; a marine biologist (...who wants to bet their parents coached them on that one for weeks before..), a plastic surgeon, and a cute little girl just wanted to be married when she grew up - LOL!! McKenna said she wanted to be a Disneyland worker - in the princess department...she would like to be Ariel!

Here she is lined up before the graduation procession line -

Here we are at the end of the ceremony - Kenna's "star" pose and Harrison's "deer in the headlights" pose - I cannot look at the pic without laughing at his expression! Kenna's grandpa Bean was able to be there at the graduation too!

McKenna with the classroom helper, Mrs. Smith -

McKenna with her teacher, Mrs. Dompier -

McKenna had a great year in Kindergarten! She is excited to go on to 1st grade but is a little nervous about eating lunch at school, so we've already set up a lunch date for the first day of school. We are so proud of our little graduate!

KID FUNNIES

I need to get these funnies recorded before I forget them?!?

MCKENNA

THE MAGIC OF ADVERTISING

I never realized how much my kids pay attention to commercials until recently when McKenna has decided to become our households very own "Pitch Woman"...

Yesterday I was getting some apples for the kids when Mckenna asked me:

"Mom, have you seen the green bags?"

I looked at her and said, "what are you talking about?"

She then said, "I saw these green bags for fruit on tv and they keep your bananas good for like 25 days!"

I told her I had seen the bags but hadn't ever purchased any...she then looked at me with this "look" and said, "So, you think you don't NEED these bags?!? You just don't care that our bananas are going to go bad?!?"

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Now a couple months ago, we were driving down the road and Kenna asked me if I use mascara. I told her that I wear it sometimes but I don't wear makeup everyday. She then went directly into "her pitch": "Well, you know mom, there's a better way! The new Mascara Twirl (or something like that) it curls and applies at the sametime! Don't you want that mom?!?"

STRANGERS LIKE ME

I remembered this one, when we were at the local zoo with McKenna's school. Back when Kenna was a little over three, we took our children to Hogle zoo. One of the zoo's chimps had recently had a baby and it was huddled in a little ball right by the window. McKenna walked up to the window, gazed down at the cute little chimpanzee and started to sing, " I want to know, can you show me..." (from Tarzan) it was so cute!

BRAVO, BRAVO

McKenna and Harrison were doing tricks for each other on the furniture (grrrr...) and after a very impressive move by Harrison, Kenna began clapping and saying, "PROVO....PROVO...PROVO!!" Translation: BRAVO...BRAVO....

HARRISON

THE BREAD

Harrison has made us laugh so many times when he repeats whatever he THINKS we've just said, and it's been way off! Well, the other night we had chicken cacciatore with salad and some french bread. Adam had told Harrison what we were having and to come to the table. I guess when Adam had mentioned french bread Harrison heard something different because Harrison politely asked, "Mom, can you please pass the 'MAN BREAD'?!?" So, from now on, french bread will forever be known to us as "Man Bread"!

The day after our little "car accident" in the garage, Adam had told the kids to watch out for any antifreeze they saw on the floor ....Harrison looked at Adam with this look of disgust and replied, "There's ANT PEE on the garage floor - SICK?!?"

SWIMMING POOL

Adam took the kids to his work the other day. While passing by a house, Adam saw a swimming pool out on the lawn (the 3 layer kind that's white, blue, white...know what I'm talking about?!?) and said, "hey guys, wouldn't it be fun to have a pool like that at our house?" Harrison replied, "yeah, only why would I want to swim in a pool full of whipped cream?!?"

WHO NAMED WHAT!

While we were at Bear Lake this last week (I'm working on the post) Harrison asked Adam this intriguing question: "Dad, why are they named M0-SKI-TOES and not "DRILL NOSE BUGS"? Very interesting question indeed!

I tell ya, I love my kids and their cute and hilarious sayings!

WHAT ARE THE ODDS...

That we would buy a house, try our best to keep it organized through and through (including loads of shelves in the garage), and after 5 1/2 years this would happen:

OUCH!!! We were putting the kids to bed on Saturday night, and heard a huge commotion in the garage!! We went out to find the shelves on top of my SUV... we have no idea how or why the screws that held the shelves up for so long decided to give way?!?

That was a fun mess to clean up, anti-freeze and all... and I'm sure the insurance co-pay will be just as "fun" to fix the front end of the car...

FULL-TIME CHILD CARE

What's the old saying - "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy"...or is it, "if the kids don't get a trampoline, ain't nobody happy"?!? After struggling with my "cautious self" and my "practical self" and after hearing enough whining to last a long time, we decided to get a trampoline! We had cousins over that evening, so Adam had plenty of help setting it up:

TA-DA! All ready to go!

Since the day we set up the trampoline, I haven't really seen McKenna or Harrison...who knew we could have full-time child care for such a small fee?!? LOL

and if the trampoline gets too crowded, there's always the box to play in!

TYLER IS 14 MONTHS OLD

So, I haven't been as good as I had hoped (surprise) with keeping up on Tyler's growth etc...I was hoping to post every month, but "it is what it is..." Tyler is now 14 months old and just keeps getting cuter and cuter - especially with his ever developing personality! Here is a quick rundown.

Tyler:

-Has 12 teeth - including 4 molars (ouch)

-Is walking all over the place, which has come about in the last two weeks!! I'm pretty excited about this one because of the summer season

-LOVES the outside!! When we get him dressed in the morning, he automatically goes over to his shoe basket and pulls out a pair and then says, "outside"

-Is pretty good at saying: hot dog, string cheese, drink, shoes, outside, sissy, duck, baby, book, and Tyler (atleast we know what he's saying...)

-Already has a good sense of humor. The other night he woke up crying; I went in to see what was wrong - he had woken up with the hiccups and so I giggled a bit (crying, hiccup, crying, hiccup) and then he just started to giggle right along with me!

-Has a mullet :( so as soon as I get his 1 yr pictures taken, I will be shaving his head!

-Knows and makes the sound of a dog

-Knows where his belly, toes, nose, hair and tongue are

-Is a growing up WAY TOO FAST!!

Here are some recent pictures of Tyler that just make me smile!

I usually don't like having my picture taken, but Harrison had the camera, I had make-up on that day, and Tyler has his cute smile on -

So messy, yet so cute?!? He does this move whenever I say, "aaahhhh..."

Another one of Harrison's pics with the camera - hillarious expression! :)

Tyler is obssessed with sunglasses right now -

Tyler likes taking a ride while dad exercises

Some cute pics of Harrison and McKenna, both with Tyler