All I want for Christmas...

Take a look at Ryan below in the first picture. Notice anything?? Look closer.....around his mouth....his right upper lip. Swollen. The little stinker was holding a bucket and I think running at daycare and fell. The bucket won. Ryan got up and had a nice bloody mouth and a swollen lip. I haven't told you the worst part. Look at the last picture. You can see he has a cut in his gums by his two front, top teeth. Yes. He knocked them BOTH and now BOTH TEETH are loose. One of them has been just a little bit loose for almost a year now, but now they are both REALLY loose! :( Poor kid...he is going to be without his two front teeth for YEARS!

He is doing okay with the pain right now. I think it is tough for him to eat....but he is making it through. And, at swimming last night, he told his teachers that he couldn't do a bob since he hurt his teeth. Excuses, excuses. At least he got over that and was back under the water before we knew it.

I hope the pain goes away for him...he doesn't like it and I don't either. Poor guy!



Oh, and Hailey is NOT PLEASED that Ryan will likely loose his 2 front teeth before her! :) I think I saw her wiggling her teeth to speed up their departure! :) The race is on.....

Summer soccer camp

This week (6/15-19) Hailey is able to go to a church-sponsored soccer camp in the mornings from 9-12. I was nervous dropping her off yesterday ... she only knew one girl and she was in a different age group. However, last night she told me that she just LOVED soccer camp! :) That just made me smile!!! :) She was excited to get a new orange jersey to wear ... and a new water bottle. It is fun to see her have fun, meet new kids, and enjoy being active. She really does enjoy soccer ... which is great! :) Guess she will be playing again in the fall!

Here is the sign she made for today (the other side of it was from yesterday.....it said "first day of soccer camp" and she made the paper look like a soccer ball) -- updated to say "Second day of soccer" (she told me after I took the picture that she forgot to put "camp" on there :)). And, a picture of Hailey ready to go to soccer camp!!

Sleepovers

So, I would have bet money that Hailey would be the first one to go on sleepover at a friend's house. It isn't like she doesn't want to. However, Ryan's friend McKenna wanted him to sleep over on Saturday night (6/13) and he wanted to go...so we let him! :) Hailey, of course, was NOT PLEASED with this. However, I was able to deal with her since she had a birthday party at the Reef (waterpark) AND a tea party with friends on Sunday and Ryan didn't have anything. And, I think she was pleasantly surprised how much fun she had being the only kid home! :) We made cookies, played a lot of games, went for a bike ride/walk, and goofed off! :) She even told me that she liked it when Ryan was gone :)

OH...and Ryan had a lot of fun too! :) He made it through the night and enjoyed his time at their house. In fact, I think he wanted to stay longer! :)

I have a .....

FIRST GRADER!!!!!!!!

Friday, June 5th was Hailey's LAST day of kindergarten!! How on earth is that possible?!?! She is so ready though. Her teacher said the same thing too. We will continue to practice her reading and writing this summer. She is reading at a first grade level and hope to only improve that over the summer too. And, she LOVES to write little books/stories with actual sentences and a story about something too! They are fun to read! :) So, if anyone needs something to get her for her bday, she would love a ream of copy paper, a journal, books, etc. She loves that stuff! :)

Hailey, my dear girl, Daddy and I are SO PROUD of you and cannot explain how we love to see you grow and learn. You are doing so good at school and we love that you get excited to go every day. Enjoy your summer and we love you so very much. Thank you for being our special little girl! :) WE LOVE YOU! :)

Here is a picture of Hailey with her cake (she loves the little graduation cap on top of the cake) and also a picture of her cards and gifts. I didn't get a picture of her balloon....oops :) I cannot believe she is going to be in FIRST GRADE! :)

Last game of tball

Wednesday, June 3rd was Hailey's last game of t-ball for this season. Next year won't be tball anymore....but will be coach-pitched all season! She had a great season and really did improve on her throwing and hitting the ball too. It was a new experience for her to have Chris as a coach, but they both got through it :) Here are a few pictures from the last game.


She even got to be the catcher for one inning (these pictures are for you Uncle Tim! :) ).

More action shots.....

And, a group picture with BOTH coaches and ALL the players before they all attacked me to get one of these cupcakes! :)

Good job to Hailey, Chris and the entire team! :)

Candy Town

On Sunday, May 31, the whole t-ball team was able to go to Candy Town courtesy of the sponsor of our team (Photo Creations). The kids loved getting together again to just be kids, and of course loved their sundaes or floats!! :)


I know she doesn't look happy, but she was!! Look at that root beer float....how could she NOT be happy!?! :)


After the ice cream treats (which I thought was ENOUGH), they also got to go pick out 1/2 pound of candy that they wanted!! (Ryan too) That was fun for the kids to pick out anything they wanted ... and they sure picked out some fun things!

Here a cute picture of Hailey with her friends Morgan and Ella.

This place is now a MUST GO TO when new kids come to Billings. So, Kris, we WILL be going there when you are here, and Owen and Mason...next time you are going too! :)

Hailey's "Un-birthday"

Hailey has been waiting and waiting and waiting for her "un-birthday" at school. Finally on Friday, May 29th it was her day! She was very excited and woke up knowing it was her "un-birthday" and she even got to use her birthday plate for breakfast!

At school she got to wear a crown all day long, use a special chair at her desk (see both in the first picture bel0w), be the line leader all day long, and just little things like that....all that mean the world to a kindergarten-er! :) She also got to bring treats in!! :) She wanted to bring ice cream, so we got little cups for the class. She passed them out (and got to pick helpers for the spoons and napkins!) and then walked around the class to ask if they wanted sprinkles on it or not. It was a HIT! :) Then, after snacks, Mrs. Jensen brought out the "birthday cake." Complete with lit candles and singing of "happy birthday" it was so nice. Then she got to open the cake and pick out a present from Mrs. Jensen.

I think she had a great day! :) What a special way to celebrate all the summer birthdays!!!

Happy "un-birthday" to you Hailey! :)

Soccer awards

On Wednesday, May 27th we had one last gathering of the soccer team. What a surprise when EVERYONE showed up (again...minus Seday, but we knew she wouldn't be there... :( ). The girls all got to sit together, eat their pizza and have a fun night. Then they all got a metal and a certificate. Ahhh....what fun things for a 6 year old to get!! :)

Great job again Hailey!

Memorial Day fun

After the tball game, we spent the night playing in Billings, and then everyone went up to the cabin on Saturday (didn't go home until Monday!). The kids had a great time.....doing what you ask??! Here, let me show you! :)

We went to the zoo to check on our "friends" that we haven't saw since the fall. We had to find the bears (Bo and Blueberry) and our favorite Levi the coyote! :) They were there and the kids were excited to see them. Too bad it was SO WINDY and COLD outside! It was actually colder in town than it was at the cabin (I think that was a FIRST!). They also painted "coyote prints" on the kid's cheeks and they thought that was very cool!

Looking at and trying to feed the deer! :)

There was some quiet time in the cabin and Ryan introduced Owen to the Leapster. Hmmm...maybe a bday gift idea?!?! :)

Then, on Sunday afternoon, we had a "party" with Tim, Owen, Kari, Grandma, Papa, Great Grandma, Maureen, Jeremy, Carleen and Rich. It was so FUN to have all of them up there and just visit and play! :) There were many games of "horseballs" and a little drinking too ;). Hailey was excited when she saw Carleen working on knitting a scarf and she wanted to try. God bless Carleen's heart....she let Hailey work on it for a looong time. Hailey loved it and I think I know what she will be getting for her bday ;). My little crafty one!!! Doesn't she look all cute!?!? I also look at this and remember my Grandma Buckhouse too. She would have been proud of Hailey as well.

Carleen also took time to play with the boys ... bowling on the deck! :) The 3 kids were busy outside ALL DAY long. When we finally put them to bed at 9:00 they all CRASHED! It was a fun day, full of good times, lots of laughs, and fun memories. Perfect!

Tball with Ryan and Owen

Uncle Tim and cousin Owen were able to come to Billings for a fun weekend over Memorial Day weekend. Hailey and Ryan LOVED having them here and had such a fun-filled weekend! :) Friday night Hailey had a tball game so it was fun that they got to come to that (they were able to come to a game last year too and she LOVES having fans there!).

Here is a picture of the coach (ha ha....Chris) pitching the ball to Hailey during the game. Click on the picture to enlarge it and look for the ball. :) She did hit it too!!

After the game, there was a little playing and practicing with Ryan and Owen too. They used the pink bat, but didn't seem to care too much. I didn't get a good picture of Owen hitting (sorry buddy!), but here is one of Ryan. He LOVES to play "baseball" and asks to play almost nightly in the backyard. Next spring he will LOVE being in tball!! Watch out everyone!! :)