Houston, we have a problem...

...Maddy has learned to stand in her crib. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Kneeling

And she's up.

The problem with this is she screams because she cant get back down. :)

Parking tickets

Ben has told the kids time and time again not to park their bike/trikes behind the cars. He says that if the bikes get left behind the cars it is a $5 fine. Well the first day of summer this year guess what the kids did? Yep they left there bikes behind the van.
This is the front view of the bikes in question

Here is the back view of the bikes in question. James bike and Cole's Trike

And here is the tickets and what they say.
Ticket:
$5.00 fine
If you are the owner of this bike/trike please bring this ticket in person to dad. A court date will be scheduled.

It ended up that being the first fine and it being their friends that left the bikes there James and Cole only had to pull the weeds out front for payment. :)

Kaycees family birthday party

Since we don't have family down here in Texas we have a family party with our good neighbors the Hazels and the Blacks. It is always noisy and very fun.
Here is Kaycee opening her gifts form her brothers and sister. Its a Hannah Montana secret pillow. She LOVES it.

This gist is from Uncle Mike and Aunt Erin. A littlest pet shop you can decorate

This is from Grandma and Grandpa Woffinden. Kaycee, Dad and Cole like to play Dr. So mom and dad got Kaycee a Dr. set and Grandma and Grandpa sent her the scrubs. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa. :)

Dr. Sally. (Thats her play name. :)

Opening up the gift from the Black family. It was fuzzy posters and fuzzy stickers

The gift from Mr. Gary, Mrs. Sharon and Even. 2 sets of Polly pockets with accessories

Kaycees cake. Not exactly how I would have done it but it was fun having Dora over and letting the kids help make it. Kaycee wanted a water cake. So we made the bottom of the ocean

The jelly fish.

Sea turtle

Kaycee blowing out the candles

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAYCEE!!!

Kaycee birthday party

Kaycee turned 6 this year on June 9th. For her friends birthday party we went to the aquatic center park to play and get in the water. They have a splash pad there. I think all the kids had fun
This is Kaycee with her friends. Most all of the kids she invited this year were from her kindergarten class at school

This is Bethany, Kaycee's very best friend.

Kaycee with her friend Megan.

Kaycee with her friend Kaitlyn.

Kaycee with her friends Kristen and Kennedy (sisters) Of course I would have to say this was one of her favorite gifts. A TON of Littlest Pet Shops. :)

Advancments

Wow, I cant believe how fast this past school year has gone. It seems just like yesterday I was waking up early to get the kids off to there first day of school. All three have really grown in so many ways this part year. Kaycee started school for the first time ever and did great. Matthew went in reading great and came out even better. And at the end of last year James was diagnosed with dyslexia. It didn't seem to stop him. He made the A/B honor roll. I'm so proud of my kids and the things they accomplished.

Here is Kaycee going up to get her certificates.

Kaycee with her teacher Mrs Thompson and her best friend Bethany.

Kaycee and Bethany with their certificate saying they both advance on to 1st grade. Way to go girls.

Matthew with his certificate

Matthew and his room teacher Mrs, Milner. Mrs Milner taught reading, writing, and spelling

Matthew and Mrs. Fanian. Mrs Fanian was Matthews afternoon teacher and she taught, Science , social studies and math. Mrs. Fanian was also James 1st grade teacher.

James and Mrs Baker

James and his awards. A/B honor roll, Texas readers, and perfect attendance for the past 4 years. Wat to go James

Projects

A while back my Relief Society Pres. Wendy, had asked I would come over to her house and show her mom and her moms friends some material for bags. I took over some material I had and had them choose what they wanted. This is what they choose and how the bags turned out.

This bag and the next bag is for Wendys mom



This bag is Wendys. I LOVE how it turned out. So cute.

Bottom view of the bag. Showing the dangles

This bag is also for Wendys mom. I really like how it turned out as well.



The most challenging part, but not that hard was finding a closer. They both wanted 4 pockets inside with 1 pocket able to close up. They both also wanted the whole bag itself to close up top. I found some really great heavy duty Velcro to do the trick. I think I will do a closer on all my bags like this for now on

Randomness

Ok so last Sunday Kaycee and Cole got a hold of my camera and this is what I found.

This is a picture of the bathroom at Coles level. :)

This I think is a close up of our dog Jessie. I'm sure Cole took this one as well. :)

These next two are of Maddy trying to grab the camera.


Maddy in her crib

Cole looking studly

Now for these two pictures. Words can not describe these. All I know is they are of Kaycee. :)