Ben Lost His First Tooth

On May 14th my sweet Ben lost his first tooth.

 He was pretty nervous about losing his first tooth.  Ben's tooth was so loose for days, but he didn't want anyone to touch it.  However, once his tooth came out, he was fine.  Ben was pretty excited for the Tooth Fairy to come and put his tooth under his pillow before he went to bed for the night.

  Ben also received a note from the Tooth Fairy and one dollar.

  Ben thought it was pretty awesome to have one hundred cents! Ben even uses his dollar for a bookmark. It is pretty cute. 

Just a side note, all three of my kids lost teeth that week.  I think the Tooth Fairy is going broke.  Also, Ben and Emmy both lost their first tooth within a short period of time from each other.  Ben and Emmy have done everything within a couple of days of each other since they have been born. 

Emmy Lost Her 1st and 2nd Tooth

On April 26th, I was making dinner when I heard this cute little woohoo from Emmy.  I thought she let out that excited noise because she won the game she was playing with the boys. I was mistaken.  Emmy enthusiastically and proudly came into the kitchen to show me the tooth she lost. 

She was so excited!!

 
 I could hear Ben mumbling about how Emmy would have more money than him now.  It made me laugh.  Emmy made sure to put it under her pillow that night.   The Tooth Fairy did not disappoint, in the morning, Emmy found $1 and a note from the Tooth Fairy. Emmy felt rich and it was fun to see her excitement and thrill at finally being her turn to have the Tooth Fairy come for her tooth. It was so cute to hear Emmy in the following days tell everyone that she lost her first tooth and show everyone the missing space in her mouth.

Around May 19th Emmy came to me with a bloody mouth and showed me her second tooth that she lost.

Once again, the Tooth Fairy came and left Emmy a $1 for her tooth.  Emmy is quite the rich lady now.  I know Emmy was so excited about this right of passage for a child, but it makes me sad that my sweet Emmy is growing up to quick.  We sure love that girl!

Fun in the Tent

Earlier in the month of May, I took the chairs from the kitchen table and blankets and made a fun fort for Ben and Emmy to play in. The kids were so cute bringing in their toys, notebooks and other fun things. Ben and Emmy had such a fun time playing in their tent. Their favorite is for me to be the monster and pretend to come and get them.

Ben and Emmy even had lunch in their tent that day. Lucy and I even joined in on the fun and had lunch with them in the tent. It was such a fun day just to enjoy being their mom and spending some time treasuring these moments of their childhood. I consider myself so lucky and blessed that I am able to be a stay-at-home mom. 

Sprinkler Park

We went to the Sprinkler Park today with some friends. The sky was a little over cast, it made it the perfect heat for me, but a little cold for the kids. However, it didn't stop the kids from having a fantastic time.  The kids loved playing in the sprinklers and filling up water balloons and then throwing the balloons at each other.

 Lucy looked adorable in her new swimsuit. Grandma B. gave her this one.  I loved how the lady at the park called Lucy thighs gravy. Lucy does have some adorable cheeks, thighs, smile, you name it. She seemed pretty content when I would take her to the sprinklers that were slow flowing and have her stick her pudgy hands in them. 

The sprinkler park will definitely be something that we will miss when we move as well as the fun friends who went with us.

Hyrum's Art Exhibit

On May 1st, Hyrum's school had an open house night to showcase the fantastic art work the students had done during the school year.  Hyrum was so excited to bring us to his school and show us his cute pieces that he worked so hard on in art class. He had two different pictures in the exhibit. I thought he did a wonderful job.

I LOVE seeing the fun things that Hyrum creates at school and I LOVE how excited he is to show us his creations. Ben and Emmy are always so excited to go to Hyrum's school whether it be going to eat lunch with Hyrum (which we did about every other week) or going to something like the art exhibit.

Of course, Lucy came too.

It was fun and quick activity to celebrate Hyrum and some of the neat things he has done at school this year. 

Marshmallows

I know that I am WAY behind on posting on here.  We just have had so many things that have happened recently. It seems like our life keeps getting busier and busier.  Hopefully one day I will be caught up.  Until then, I had to post about this silly adventure that happened today. This morning, Emmy was creating various letters with  Lucy's yogurt melts.  I then got the idea to break out the marshmallows to make Bubble Gum/ Sight Words for her to read. Emmy or myself would write out a word with marshmallows for the other person to guess. Of course, she was promised that afterwards she would be able to eat the marshmallows.  It was cute to see the little words she came up with.  The BYU she created made me smile. She did a fantastic job creating her words and guessing the ones I created  (Didn't do her hair yet for the day before the picture...)

  While Emmy and I were enjoying our impromptu game, Lucy snagged the bag of marshmallows and dumped them EVERYWHERE!

  She was in HEAVEN eating those tasty treats and so proud of herself.

  I wish I would have left the mess until I took pictures of her with her big accomplishment.

I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I saw her. We love our Lucy! 

One Year Older

I had a fabulous birthday this year. My parents were able to celebrate with us. To start the morning off, all FOUR of my kids came in and snuggled me in bed.

 
Next, we went to Sophie's Donuts to grab some donuts to bring home fore breakfast.  Of course, we stopped at Kroger to get some chocolate milk on the way home. After dropping the kids off to school, my parents took me to a local Mexican Restaurant for lunch.  Then, after we picked up Ben and Emmy, the girls went to go and get pedicures. Next, my dad and I went and saw Hunger Games together.  After we picked Hyrum up from school, we went to Chuck E Cheese and then to Stevie B's. 

 To finish the night we came home and I opened presents. I was completely spoiled. Brandon was so cute and left stuff around in various places for me to find throughout the day.  Sean and Tracy gave me some wonderful smelling things for our house and car, which I have loved.

I also received money from Grandma and Grandpa B. and Ethel and Richard.  My parents gave me some cute clothes and some books.


It is safe to say that I had an awesome birthday.

Poor Brandon. He has gotten the raw end of the deal for his past two birthdays. For his birthday last year, I was sick with Lucy and this year I had mastitis on my birthday.  I had such plans for his birthday that didn't happen.  I was so disappointed. Hopefully next year things will work out better.  However, I did make him orange rolls for breakfast. I also went shopping earlier with the kids to pick out some treats that he likes as well as some new dress shirts for work.  The kids were so excited to pick out presents for their dad for his birthday.

Brandon also was given some movies that he has wanted.

Brandon also received money  from his parents and Grandma and Grandpa B. My parents gave Brandon some new shorts and socks.

Also, I can't forget the Nook that my Grandma N. and Uncle Nate gave us for our birthdays.  We have loved that thing!

So, here is to another year of love, laughter and happiness for the both of us.