Everything I need to know, I learned in Kindergarten

Reagan graduated from Kindergarten last week. Her kindergarten class had a cute program where they reviewed everything they had learned in this year. It is amazing how much she has grown this past year. She has made lots of new friends and has developed a love of reading.

Reagan is excited to move on to first grade because she will be able to eat lunch-and most important-she will be able to play on the big playground.

What are little boys made of.....

Reagan had a birthday party for a girl in her kindergarten class so I headed to Target with the kids to pick out a gift. As usual, I bribed the kids with a small toy from the "dollar spot" if they were good and didn't ask me to buy everything in the store. After picking out a gift for the birthday party, I headed to the section where the kids could pick a toy. The boys headed straight for these ugly plastic snakes and, of course, Reagan picked out some art paper and paints. Jefferson was thrilled with his snake(cobra). He kept telling everyone it was a "zebra"-the most dangerous snake in the world. After shopping and with the weather being warmer, I decided to take the kids to the park to have a picnic and play. There is a little park just down from our house. Right away, the kids personalities emerged. Reagan quickly made friends with some of the other kids playing at the park. Lincoln stayed on the outskirts of the playground-observing everything happening. Ben played on the playground in his own little world. And of course, our flirt, Jefferson, started chasing the little girls with his snake. He got a kick out of them giggling and running from him. Lincoln finally joined in the fun and the kids had a great time.

Lincoln has a fascination with finding bugs. He digs in the dirt and turns over rocks, just to see what kind of bugs he can capture and add to his collection(which MUST remain out of MY house!!!). Yesterday, he found great treasures in the neighbor's garden...snails. He came back with an entire family of snails. He enjoyed lining them up and watching them slither around leaving a gross, green, slime trail. Jefferson also learned that the neighbors a few doors down have a puppy. I have had a hard time keeping him in the yard because he wants to walk down and see if the puppies are ok. I know I will eventually have to break down and get him a puppy. I just dread the thought! Snakes and snails and puppy dogs tails...yep I have boys!

Fun? Run for Kids

All of the kids participated in a "fun run for kids" on the 3rd of May up Provo Canyon. As you can see from the pictures, some participated more willingly than others. Our very competitive Reagan was excited to run. She was in the 5-8 year old category and had to run 1/2 of a mile. Lincoln was in the same category. He was less excited and flopped at the start line, so he was behind. He came in third from last. You could see his energy was low, but as he got closer to the finish line and people started cheering, his speed and spirts were lifted and he flew across the finish line. His sweet finish brought a smile to my face! Jefferson was in the 3-4 year old category and ran 1/4 of a mile. He was SO excited to run. After he was finished, he wanted to run again with the 5-8 year olds. His happy, little spirit was ever present. Ben was first to race. He was in the under 2 category that ran 100 meters. He was the most unwilling participant. He cried the entire time-along with half of the other young runners. He just wanted to run back and forth across the bridge.

The Fun Run (http://www.funrunforkids.org)%20is/ a charity race and 100% of the proceeds from race participants were donated to children in Africa in care of Reach the Children, Inc., a 501 (c) 3 non-profit humanitarian organization http://www.reachthechildren.org/, so it was for a good cause.

Spring Soccer

We signed Reagan and Lincoln up for soccer for the first time this year. They are on a team with Colby Sims and Sydnee Moffit. It has been really fun to see them play. ALL of their games have been COLD (so much for global warming)! Aside from the weather, we did struggle a little with getting Lincoln to participate (see picture above), but with a little bribe of army men and a T-Rex and some help from Coach Chad, he is really starting to enjoy playing. Reagan was in it right from the beginning. Although, Lincoln is quick to point out that he has only had one goal scored on him and Reagan has had two. This is definitely a fun, but busy time in our lives.

Ben turns two

Our little baby turned two today. The time has just flown by. Ben has quite the little personality. You can tell he has two older brothers because he is rough and tumble. He doesn't back away from a fight. He can also be very sweet. His favorite things are his "fuzzy" and his "choo-choos". He was so cute when we brought him his cake with the candles on it. He immediately started trying to blow them out. He picks up things so quickly.

It's a start

It seems that everyone is doing a blog these days. Not to be left out, I thought I would give it a try. Here it goes.....

In searching for a picture to upload, I looked back through some of our old photos and can not believe how much my kids are growing. Reagan turned six in January and is just finishing up her Kindergarten year. Lincoln turned five in March and we just signed him up for Kindergarten. Jefferson is three and a half and is now potty trained. Which leaves us with only Ben, turning two on Friday, in diapers. That is the first time we've been down to one in diapers in FIVE YEARS!!! Chris is anxious to keep it that way and I am fighting for just one more.