A trip to Grandma's and Grandpa's (home now)

The kids and I decided to take a mini trip to my parents house. I know it's only 45-50 min. away but it's summer and cousins live near by and with gas prices... we thought we'd take a few days and just have fun.

We started our adventure on Monday night by picking up g'ma and g'pa at the airport. Their flight was supposed to leave Denver at 5:22 which incidentally was when I thought they were getting to SLC. So by the time we got them at 9:10 since their flight had been delayed our kids were hyper to the gills and beyond excited. They had been so grouchy at home WAITING to go. I finally told them that mom was having a time out just to get away from them :).

They all talked a mile a minute on the ride home, even Abbey, which if you know her well takes FOREVER to warm up most of the time. She told me she was going to be nice this time and WOW she didn't stop.

Porter wanted to watch Yightneen Queen as soon as we got there which was a NO. It was time for bed, so he grabbed the toy car and brought it to be with him. Well at about 5:30 AM both Porter and his car were up and raring to go. AHHHHH this kid never does this. I heard him over there in bed saying. Abbey ni-night, Tucker ni-night, Mama ni-night, Porter awake. And awake he was, not even snuggling in my bed worked. So I figured I should get up with him before he woke up the rest of the house, especially g'ma and g'pa.

Well we were not the only guests I soon realized as I turned on a show for the little guy (CARS if you didn't guess) I could hear a bunch of banging and rustling above my head, and my parents have a rambler which means whatever it was was in the attic. I then remembered my dad barricading it from raccoons recently that they could hear in their bedroom, well I doubt he'll be very excited when he wakes up and I tell him they have moved to the family room.
(dome to find out it was the chimney)

Well that's it for our little mini trip so far considering I should still be asleep like everyone else. Gotta love those cute excited minds right?

BASEBALL

Today was Tuckers first ball game, he was beyond excited!!! He did however try to sleep in

so he could "have his strength." I wouldn't call 7:30 sleeping in.... but that's just me. All morning it was "is it time to go yet?" it was the same for his first practice. I'm hoping it will lessen the more he plays but I really doubt. (if you look closely at the pictures you'll see he has his tongue sticking out.)

The other team only had 5 players show, do to weather I assume, so they played a bit different and just let everyone rotate through. Not that there was much of an order or anything but it's all just for fun and to teach the kids the basics anyway.

He did get a few hitters in and Tim said he got clocked in the jaw once when he was up at bat. But for a kid who's never played before and seems slightly nervous about a white ball flying at his face I think he did great! He has a great arm on him! He wants to be able to catch it while it's still very far away from his face, he must get that from his mother. He is more than willing to slide into a base if needed which he definitely doesn't get from me.

After his game he asked if we were going to go celebrate. Wow did he think this day was HUGE. Abbey and Porter were content to play at the playground during the game. So I spent most of the time running back and frorth between the sidelines of the field and making sure Porter didn't need a third set of stitches. (I don't know if you can see from the pics but this climbing thing is pretty high up!) I had been to the Dr. twice already this week and didn't want to go again. However that was not to be avoided. This time it was Abbey's turn to go. She has had a cough (so have all the alergy people at our house) and last night it was pretty bad so I gave her some albuterol which seemed to help. But this morning she said "mom remember you said if I didn't feel better you'd take me to the Dr.?" she also asked " do you think the Dr. will be able to help us?" Well by half way through the game I knew the next stop was defintely going to be the Dr.'s office. Abbey had climbed in the stroller to lay down because she was tired. At 10:30 in the morning!!!!

Porter didn't want any help on this crazy thing and he wouldn't stay off of it! So I would just stand near by with my hands under him in case. He only halfway fell once and that was after that cute pic of him and Abbey. He turned that way just after I had taken a picture and asked to "see Porter" and of course I took another since it was so cute! As I helped him move back he slipped a bit but it didn't make him want to stay off that's for sure. It was incredible how good he was at it for such a little guy. (I took this last picture just to freek out the Grandma's)

Tim and the boys dropped Abbey and I off at the Dr.'s office while they and took the car to get inspected. Long story short, she wasn't getting enough air at all. Her blood oxygen level was 86. I nearly started to cry as I saw that number, the levels need to be between 95-100. Needless to say I was glad we were there. He decided that they would do a treatment (nebulizer) and if it didn't help alot then do chest x-rays. The next time her level bounced between 90-92 and she sounded much better to him. So he gave us some steroids and more asthma meds and we wer off. She hasn't needed this kind of stuff since 2 summers ago just before she had her tonsils out. She is feeling much better tonight but she also knew when she needed another treetment. And we got her to bed early.

Sprinklers

one day the neighbors sprinklers were on while Porter was scooting about and he LOVED it, he got so wet his pants wouldn't stay up!

Fun Pictures

Just some fun pictures of the kids

Porter loves the tramp, he thinks he is awesome.

Tucker like this picture of him in the air.

You do realize that if you wear wings while jumping it's just like you were flying. or so I'm told.
This one is my FAVORITE!

Last day of school

.The kids and I went to Cabella's to watch the fish get fed, it was fun.

We also went up to the shooting range, they liked that the best. Porter didn't know what to think. He loved going in the museum area and making the guy talk. He stood on the bench forever pushing the button over and over thinking he had made the best discovery in the world!

Blahs

So today I feel like crap! There is an upside though... My Tucker sure enjoys taking care of people. I heard him in the kitchen and thought Oh great a mess.... well then he walks into my room with some toast. So sweet! And he got "the kids" cereal for breakfast. "mom you don't have to worry about feeding the kids breakfast." My tummy is just all rumbly and yucky. (And no I'm not pregnant for anyone who is wondering.) Another plus is he is not arguing about anything I ask or tell him today. I said "do I need to be sick everyday so you won't argue with me?" I think it made him think, a little :) he is only 7 but such a sweet heart.

I was so excited to get a lot done today, it was going to be the first day this week with nothing going on, oh well it will all still be there tomorrow that's for sure!

Yesturday I took Porter for a speech evaluation (which he doesn't qualify for anymore) and then I saw a huge rash all over his torso. And his breathe reaked! Great I thought strep. So I'm thinking how I've probably contaminater 2 more homes since the big kids were at friends houses. So I have great friends who said take as long as you need and I took him to the reg. Dr. on the way home. He ran a strep test twice! He couldn't beleive it was negative. But his little tonsils were HUGE so he gave him a prescription anyway. Just glad we didn't have strep to share.

Okay that was about the most boring post EVER but life isn't always "cute"

OH the things kids say

Abbey: I know why you want to clean the van.

ME : Why? (this is full of Abbey logic I can just feel it coming!)

Abbey: because you want it clean!

I'm telling you she is BRILLIANT!


Tucker: When is Grandma going to die?

Tim: not for a long time.

Tucker: well she's in her 60's. Most people are dead by then.



oH kids are so great aren't they? they keep you laughing that's for sure!!!
Today the kids did their jobs so well!!! Whoa the meanness has paid off! Then we went out to play, since there is no backyard I "get" to go with them or at least keep bobbing back outside every second. So today I decided to finally clean out the van while they played. It took forever but it looks soooo nice almost as nice as when we bought it! Perfect for starting summer off. I would've let the kids help wash the outside but it's going to rain tomorrow anyway and I had an appointment for Tucker to have physical therapy. He has a spasming muscle in his neck and he's all kinked to one side. poor kid, the therapy seemed to help and he has stretches to do at home until we got back.
That sums up our day I think and the weirdest part was ALL of our kids were in bed earlier than they would have been during the school year, so weird but they were tired and willing and we weren't about to stop them!

Summer fun?

Well summer is here and my kids are busy.....cleaning! YES its true, they both got in trouble yesturday (for various reasons) so no friends for today and I thought WOW helpers!!! I think they have learned, I have a cleaner house, we ran errands and the day is still not over!!!
We did go to the library and get some books so that was something FUN they got to do. I guess I should have taken pics of the "slave labor" but I didn't think of it.

Scooter

This will explain P's poor little shoes in a previous post. And he isn't even going as fast as he used to go, he learned to slow down a bit.

Abbey's Gradution

If any of you have or have had a pre-schooler you know how HUGE it is to graduate!!! It's the biggest thing ever. Abbey is a bit disapointed that she doesn't start kindergarten until AFTER summer, she was ready to go right away.
Porter didn't need any help with the refreshments, he had a cookie in had before any of us were even close to the table. And he snuck a second one after that.

Abbey loved singing all the pre-school songs with ther friends. And she loved her teacher Miss Mikki, I'm going to have to try really hard to go to just Mikki instead of Miss Mikki.
Can that smile get any bigger?

Trampoline/ weekend

I LOVE jumping pictures. pure JOY on their faces.

On Saturday the kids were so excited to go pick up our trampoline mat. And then antsy as we ran errands that they had to wait to play on it. Once we got home Tucker was to busy helping dad with 4-wheelers to jump though, kind of ironic. I got some fun pics of Abbey though, and Porter was sleeping much to his dismay.


Abbey sat down and just smiled for the camera.

Sunday afternoon Tim bounced the little eggs.

That night we decided to have a cook out in our campground of a backyard, unfortunately I forgot to take pics. Our friends the Logan’s came over and the kids had so much fun playing and getting DIRTY. They even got a turn on the 4-wheeler. Porter Buck’s (they have a Porter too) smile couldn’t have gotten any bigger. Tim said the fun meter was how dirty they got, well they reached the limit.
Our little Porter got bounced to high and hurt his little ankle, but it’s fine now. We wrapped it up in a mini ace bandage and he walked just fine. By Monday he didn’t even need it. And I’m sure glad for that.

Sunday afternoon we went to Roy to visit Tim’s dad and Anthony came over too. The kids played outside and fed the horses watermelon rinds. Tucker ate 4 huge pieces of watermelon and then felt to sick to have any dinner.

blue from M&M's I thought they melted in your mouth not in your hands, you should have seen his hands. I berely got a pic he kept moving and my phone only likes still shots

Then we headed to Kaysville to sleep over at my parents’ house, it was late when we got there because of a freeway closer, sure glad that was the only reason.
I was helping Porter learn to add the filler words in his sentence i.e. of, is. After he was done I asked him a question and he said yes, well I repeated “yes” back to him. He looked at me and said “very good mom, very good” My mom and I laughed so hard. They learn everything we do; it’s so scary to think of sometimes.

We played with the Schleich cousins on Monday and went to McDonalds for lunch. It was something to do with all that rain. Porter did play in the gutter and had so much fun splashing and getting all wet of course.
Abbey finally warmed up to everyone about and hour before we left Monday night. She is so delightful and fun once she warms up, she just takes a long time for it to happen. To bad she doesn’t have a pre-heat button.

New set of brakes

Porter loves riding his scooter!!! or should I say he loves riding Abbey's scooter. He has his own fire engine scooter but prefers this one. It must have a larger engine! He can ride so FAST on it. He tells me so all the time. He goes up the street and turns around and cruises down the little hill even making the turn at the bottom into the culdesac, it's pretty amazing and a little scary for a mom to watch, but what do you do? He also uses his shoes for brakes as you will see in the following pictures. His little shoes are DONE for so he and I went shopping and found the cutest new shoes for him, I hope they last longer that his others! He also takes his little dinosaurs with him EVERYWHERE!!! Sarah and Sharp tooth. He love them! I'm thinking it will be a dinosaur birthday this year for sure, if you have any ideas of where to get some great ones I'd love to know.

I'm not sure if you can tell but the bottom of the shoe isn't even the same shape anymore, that is a straight on view of the bottom of his shoe not sideways at all.