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Park Hopping Anyone?

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:56:39 +0000

Usually you hear this question in reference to hitting multiple Disneyland Parks in several days. My friend, Racquel, and I decided we were going to take this to the extreme and take our kids to 10 parks around the American Fork area in ONE morning. I made our list and we loaded the kids in to the van and started at the Northern most AF park. The kids each had a camera and took great pictures from their point of view at the parks. We spent about 15 min at each park and had a blast. We made it to 7 parks in a 2 hour time period. We went to some parks that we have never been to and revisited some that we don’t get to very often! The end result: tons of pictures, parks we want to go back to and spend more time, sprinklers coming on in one (in the middle of morning–LAME!), tired mommies, happy kids, and lots of fun memories! Here are a few of my pictures of Spencer, Josey, Kira and Olivia:

MISSING: One Tooth!

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:49:59 +0000

He did it! One lost tooth! After months of telling me he had a loose tooth (thanks to the unit on teeth in Preschool) and then weeks of realizing he finally did have a loose tooth, wiggling, pushing with his tongue and hanging on by one little root. I told him to take a deep breath and I was going to just push it back into place, but I pulled it forward quickly instead and it popped right out! He was so very excited to go through this right of passage! To celebrate we had to read the book “The Night Before the Tooth Fairy” at bedtime and he wrote a note to the Tooth Fairy telling her where his tooth was hiding and went to bed only to wake up and find a silver dollar under his pillow! He was thrilled!! He had to call the grandparents and tell them all about it. Grandma Teeter couldn’t believe the going rate for teeth now a days. “Inflation!” she said. Then for the next week he would walk up to people and pull his lower lip out to show them his missing tooth…he was just a little enthusiastic!

Tee Ball Anyone?

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:43:39 +0000

Every parent has to go through the tediousness of t-ball for the sake of a kid learning a sport…you have to start somewhere, right?!? Spencer’s team was the St. Louis Cardinals. He learned to bat left handed and half way through the season he figured out how to bat without using the tee and wasn’t happy when he had to use it to hit during the games. In fact he preferred practice to the games. He complained that the games were TOO long! They were sure cute though. I have decided that Spencer is too busy of a kid to play t-ball…too much standing around time. He is a kid that needs to be on the move all the time!

The Graduate!

Fri, 21 May 2010 06:27:52 +0000

Preschool is over! Sad! Spencer came home yesterday from his last day of preschool. I asked if he was sad it was over and he said, “Mom I only cried a little!” ABC Preschool was such a blessing for Spencer this year. Miss Annette is AMAZING! She harnessed all of his energy and directed it in such a postive and loving environment. He loves school! He loves to learn new things and he’s reading! (Not that that was the most important thing, but is pretty cool none the less!) He is so incredible at memorizing and was so cute with his part for the program. I am really sad that preschool is over and that he’s big enough to go to Kindergarten in the Fall.

1st Time Skiing!!!

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:42:39 +0000

Spencer did it! He figured out skiing his first day trying! I am so pround of him!!!!!

Our friends, Jason and Shelley, invited us up to stay with their family at Iron Blossom Lodge at Snowbird for the night. I thought it a great opportunity to give Spencer the opportunity to learn how to ski. I have wanted to get him up on the slopes for the past two years and we finally made it!

We woke up to find that it was snowing this morning…which makes it a little harder to teach because you get cold faster, but we had today and had to make the best of it! The first hour was REALLY frustrating for both of us. Spencer cried a lot and I had to take a lot of deep breaths, but when we hit the chairlift life got good. The first few runs down the hill were a little challenging and he HATED the “edgie-wedgie” (bungie cord aprox. 4 in long that link the tips of his skis together), but by the third run Spencer was getting the hang of it. We took a break and had lunch at the lodge. We shared a hamburger and hot chocolate and then we got back out on the slopes! I asked Spencer how many more times he wanted to go down the hill and he said, “Just two and then can we go back and go swimming?” I said yes, and when we finished the two runs, he said just two more? We had a great time and the last several runs he did it all by himself without falling down, and he said at the end that he was glad to have the “edgie-wedgie” on his skis. He was so proud of himself and I have to say I was really proud of him too!

Secret Agent Man…

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:41:32 +0000

So at 7:15 am this morning I was sitting in the living room on the love seat reading my scriptures with my book light and all the lights off. 5 minutes later I hear Spencer getting up and sigh because he usually sleeps in until 8 or 8:15 giving me my much needed morning quiet. I hear him go to the bathroom and hope he will climb back into bed, but a few minutes later I look up and see him sneaking down the stairs quietly. He gets to the second to last stair and stops. (Our bottom stair creaks when you step on it.) He carefully steps over the bottom step and does this spy pose at the bottom. I am watching all this unfold and trying not to laugh so he wouldn’t know that I am there. I wait to see what he’s going to do and hear him pull the stool over and he is rummaging around in kitchen. I say in a rather loud voice, “Spencer! What are you doing?” I hear him get startled and he says timidly, “Mom is that you? Where are you?” He gets off the stool and comes around the corner and finally notices me sitting on the couch. We had a good laugh together!

What a funny guy he is and SCARY that he already knows how to skip the creaking step and he is only 5 1/2!!! We are so in trouble when he is a teenager!

Letter to Santa

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:34:51 +0000

Spencer has been saying, “I want…this toy or that toy” for the last several weeks whenever he sees an ad on tv or in the paper. We finally told him that he had to ask Santa for what he wanted because Christmas was coming and if he didn’t write him a letter he wasn’t going to get anything. Tonight he made me sit down with him to write his letter and this is what he came up with… (He dictated and I told him how to spell things, he did the rest.)

One of the many things that I LOVE about Christmas is the childlike innocence and belief in Santa Claus. It is so magical and mysterious and quite touching! Love my little guy!

My Little Cowboy!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:45:57 +0000

Spencer bedecked himself in Daddy’s halloween costume boots (that are a size 12), found his dress up cowboy hat and rope and was galloping through the house yelling “YEEEEEE-HAWWWW!” at the top of his lungs! I love my little guy!

1st Snow of the Year…in OCTOBER!!!

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:59:22 +0000

Okay so we got snow on October 27th, not just flurries, but snow that covered the grass and dropped the temps 20 degrees! Spencer went out to play in the backyard with Duke. He came in and told me he had made a snowman and that I just had to come and see it, so out I tromped and it was cute, then he came in a told me he had made his first snowman a little sister. He played outside for 2 hours and had so much fun. I am just not sure if I am quite ready for Winter.

Pumpkinland Field Trip

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:56:38 +0000

Spencer had a field trip to Pumpkinland at Vineyard Gardens in Orem. It rained all night last night and most of the morning…we were really worried they wouldn’t be able to go, but right before we left the sun came out and shined the whole time there and then started raining on the drive home afterwards, what a blessing! We had so much fun! We were with Hannah Carr, Kira & Olivia and Racquel. These 4 lOVE being together!!!! Here are some cute pictures from our adventure in the mud and the muck!