Mary Poppins

We went to Mary Poppins last week. It was fabulous! We loved it. The dancing was fantastic and it had the most elaborate sets I have ever seen. Take your breath away. Stunning, entertaining, awesome!

Broken What???

Ty broke his nose this week. This is a picture on Day 2. Some of you may remember that when Luke was two he did the same thing. How does this happen to two of my kids...? I wouldn't think it is that common of an injury to children.
Anyway, Wednesday afternoon we were at the park playing with friends. The boys were "podracing". Not exactly sure what that entails. They were around a corner and kinda out of sight. Then I heard Ty screaming and the other kids were coming to get me. Ugh. What a horrible feeling.
Ty is such a tough kid. Hasn't complained at all. He looked in the mirror and exclaimed, "Mom, look at my face!" But thats it. What a trooper. It has to kill.

Day 1


...and here is Luke with his broken arm. Yup thats right. In the last month they have both broken something. He did this on August 27th. Again, we were at the park...(starting to think its bad luck there) and Luke was trying to do the monkey bars. He slipped and fell and tried to catch himself. He broke his humerous (the big bone in the top of the arm) through is growth plate and broke the tip of the ulna (little bone in the bottom part of the arm). He got his hard cast off this week and is now in a soft cast. For now we will just have to watch him and make sure there are no complications from the top brake. Keep your fingers crossed.

He never complained about his cast at all. He didn't love getting it off however. But he is starting to be willing to excercise his arm when we take the soft cast off for baths. He is supposed to have to off more and more over the next three weeks and do exercises all along the way. Man. What a month!

First Days of School

Luke's first day of school was July 27th. Here he is sitting in his first real desk. Sporting his new "nerd shirt" as he calls it. He wanted to get a new shirt for school, but it he said it had to something cool like a nerd shirt. This means Star Wars, Mario, Harry Potter, Superheros etc. He got a Star Wars one--go figure :).

I love this boy!! It is totally weird to have him gone all day and yet totally normal. Thats the weirdest part about it. I hate that there are now parts to his day and life that I am no longer a part of or even understand. He is really growing into his own person with an identity outside of our little family unit. It is wondeful to see the boy he is growing up to be. But I have a hard time letting go of my baby.

Ben started his Junior year at Clearfield High School. He wouldn't let me take his picture! :)

He really seems to be settling in, making friends and starting to make Clearfield his home. We love having him here with us!

This is Ty's preschool class. Ty's first Day of School was today Sept. 6th.

His first backpack. Lego Ninjago.

What a handsome boy! So excited to be big like his brother and go to school. I am excited too! But as I pulled away I started to cry. I didn't think it would be hard at all so it totally took me by suprise. I can't believe how big my kids are getting!

Angry Ty!

Happy Birthday to you! Ty loves to play games on Jake's phone. So we thought this was a fitting party theme. It was a ton of fun to get ready for and the kids all had a great time. Clean up was easy, not a lot of prep. Turned out perfectly. Thanks Sarah for helping me keep the chaos managed :).

The Games:

Target practice with real eggs. Hit the King Pig and get 50 points!!

Ty goes first.

Knock down the pigs!

Each kid got to take our angry bird plushes (thanks to his aunts and Grandma Ball who bought them for him for his birthday. It made party planning so much easier,) and throw them at the blocks of wood. Then all all got a turn setting it up for the next person. I was suprised how well this worked. I was worried the wood wouldn't fall just from the kids throwing a stuffed animal at it. But it worked like a charm. So awesome! Plus we then had a purpose for some of our scraps from finishing the basement this summer :)

My super talented friend made this shirt for Ty. Thanks Britt!

Coloring Angry Birds pictures.

Goodie bags. I thought they turned out so cute!

The cake!! Love the way it turned out. I wasn't sure if I would be able to pull it off. It is the most elaborate cake I have made yet (just from the standpoint of all the fondant creations.) He loved it and the kids loved each getting to eat one bird or pig.

*The white bird and the pigs turned out the best I think.

Birthday Times Two

Another successful year of the double birthday's. Ty turned 4 and Lily 2. They are such a joy in our life and we are so grateful for them. We had a really fun day. You know how sometimes you have one of those days, peaceful, happy, everything goes great. That was their birthday this year. One of my favorites days with them yet.
Princess shoes!! She loves them.

Thundercats, HO!

Captain America!

Going to Chuck-e-Cheese

In the morning I took Ty and Lily to Krispy Kreme for doughnuts. Ty is so my kid and doughnuts are his favorite treat. Lily just likes to eat :)!

Watching them make the doughnuts. They loved this. They spent at least 35 minutes watching the doughnuts. What a hit! Mom was looking pretty awesome for this fun outing. What's even better...Krispy Kreme gives kids a free doughnut and drink for their birthday. How awesome?!

I never realized how much they look alike until I saw these pictures. You can totally tell they are brother and sister. Its funny, the older Lily gets the more they look really close in age. She is catching up to him in height too...

Buddies :)

Lily always says, "Its so yummy!" when she is eating. I love it!

Lily's Tangled Birthday cake. Super easy and she loved it!

Ty loves Ninja Turtles so I made these cupcakes for him. He thought they were pretty cool. He mostly was looking forward to his angry birds party the next day.