Kindergarten Program

Friday was Letty's Kindergarten Program. It was 45min. of five year old entertainment. It gave us a taste of what a typical day/week is like (examples of class time, singing time, etc). She had a solo part that you can enjoy below. Her teacher said during practice Letty came up with her own choreography and she didn't stop her, "that's just Letty" she said. We don't know where the hip shaking comes from :) We started to be embarrassed by it all but then figured it fits with her non-conformist behavior and decided to laugh instead.

T-man perfromed as well this week and you can read about it here http://www.fundinguniverse.com/blog/2010/03/03/a-tale-of-two-entrepreneurs-we-saw-the-best-of-pitches-we-saw-the-worst-of-pitches/

The fun and the not so fun...

We have had a fun weekend full of activities.

Saturday:

S went running

Letty went to Birthday party #1

After the party we came home to get Gracie and T-man and went to another birthday party, Fun!

From the party #2 we went to the BYU basketball game where we lost by 2! :(

From the game we headed to the park for a while

Then home for dinner while S went out with her friend Campbell

Fun day!!

Party #2

Game..."where's Cosmo?"

Park fun

Sunday: About 30 minutes into church Gracie threw up all over herself and T-man. This morning she woke up really thirsty and drank a ton of milk and water. Well she apparently over did it and the gallon she drank decided to come back and visit us. Needless to say T and Gracie had to go home. It was kind of gross. I bet the people behind us were thinking "I'm glad that is not me."

A conversation that Letty and Gracie had this afternoon. I don't know exactly what it was about but it went something like this:

L- Oh Gracie it's so sad she died
G- Yea!!
L-No Gracie it's sad you are suppose to say oh no!
G-OHHHH NOOOOO!
It was kind of funny.

A couple of pictures from last weekend.

Enjoying Temple Square

Nothing like watching a "tooney" with goggles.

Bubbles

After a long time of wishing and hoping for a pet Letty finally got her wish. Welcome Bubbles to our family! He is a cute little Betta fish. "I've waited for this my whole life" says Letty. Her REAL wish was for a dog, but Bubbles will do for now. She has been pretty excited and enjoys checking on him often.

On the topic of our big migration this summer... After many hours of painstaking thought and conversation (no rock was left unturned)we had decided that New Jersey (Summit area) will be our home residence. It basically came down to schools and much cheaper housing. I had been talking to a friend who lives in the city and the school situation there is complicated and stressful plus I missed some testing deadlines back a month or two. We are excited about this decision and feel it is the best thing for our family. T-man will have a commute of 50-60 min. each way but at least he can sit down and work on the way in and out (unlike the standing room only on the subway). We will be open for visitors and would love any and all of you to come and stay with us.

Not ready for this...

Gracie has been climbing in and out of her crib for a while. She seemed to have figured it out but then stopped doing it for a time. After a night of her staying up until 10 climbing out we decided it was time to take the side off, as to prevent an injury. So here we go! Entering the world of in and out, up and down, and the FREEDOM to roam the house, ahhhh let the fun begin!

Tender Mercies

I had been dreading this week. T-man went out of town early Wednesday morning and will return late Sunday night (tonight). I just was not excited to be going solo. T-man used to travel with his old job and I just hated it every time he left.

I just had to write today and share my tender mercies. The whole week has been so much easier than I thought it would be. We have had some fun "girl" times, and they have enjoyed getting to do some special things. As I sat in church today I felt so strongly that the Lord was watching over me and helping me this week. They were super good in church (better than normal). Gracie did have two #2's that needed to be taken care of but other than that smooth sailings. Letty has been extra helpful, and Gracie has been happy. I think so often I look for "BIG" things to happen; and forget that we have countless tender mercies daily that testify that God lives and Jesus Christ is our Savior. I am grateful for the small moments in my life that make my heart swell and renew my strength.

Happy Birthday Gracie!

Wow, my baby is two! Two, (sigh...) she seems to remind me of this fact daily by her strong will and preferences, especially towards clothes. But on the other hand she is talking so much more and says funny things. For example, all snow is "snowman" and all chocolate is "chocolate milk" I guess two of her favorite things. She loves her sister and they play well together most of the time. Although having her own opinion has created a damper in Letty's style of playing. We love our Gracie! What would we do without her? She is a snuggler and is quick to hug and say sorry. She enjoys wrestling and plopping on people. She LOVES dress-up and getting into mommies make-up. Her favorites are yogurt and treats. Thanks Gracie babe for being you and sharing your light with us. You makes our lives richer.

unusual behavior

I was working on some things today while Letty was at school and realized that I hadn't heard from Gracie in a while. So I went to investigate what kind of trouble she had gotten into. I discovered her in her crib with paci, blanket and on her way to dream land. She didn't see me so I snuck out and a few minutes later she was fast asleep.

1. This alarmed me that she is climbing into her crib by herself and

2. What almost two year old does that? Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining if she wants to put herself down for naps/ bed whatever I'll take what I can get. I just wish I would have taken a picture of it.