That's what you get for not wearing gloves!

Some friends and I decided to get together last week and make some tie dyed shirts. We had a BLAST, even the little kids got involved in the dipping of their shirts. There were quite a few of us making shirts we had Ashley, Camden, and Ambree; Cassie and Aubrey; Julie, Zach and Cole; Steph, Jacy, Kaylee, and Kyler; and Me, Everett, ALi,and Emma. The only problem we had was we should have assigned someone to bring gloves because we all had dyed hands for Story Time the next day!

Cassie, Steph, and Kaylee

Rett, Ashley, Zach, Kaylee, Steph

The Fruits of Our Labor (Not even half of all the shirts we made)

IT'S OVER!!!!!!!!

I liked swimming lessons, don't get me wrong. But when I signed Retters up I don't think I fully grasped that it would be EVERYDAY for THREE WEEKS!!!! Of course it was worht it and of course I will sign him up again next year. On the final day they did the kids evaulations and then they have free play the rest of the time. All Everett did was go down the slide!

Ali

Camden

Rett

This is Rett's teacher Piper, both Ali and Everett adored her!

The Kiddos Party

Since I'm very far behind on blogging I guess I will start with the kiddos birthday party. We had the party in the back yard again, it seams to work out pretty well that way. It was so hot that we asked all the kids friends to bring swimsuits so they could swim. It was a blast, thank you to everyone that came, it really means a lot to Cody, the kids and I.

Their Cakes, Emma had Little Mermaid & Rett had Toy Story

Make A Wish

Yummy

Everett's gift from Chris and Ashley

Kevin's gift to the kiddos

Rett, Camden, and Emma in the pool

Our Guests


Emma & Auntie

Swimming Lessons

Everett started swimming lesson on the 7th, they go until the 23rd. It is every weekday from 11:45 to 12:10. Everett loves it! We are aloud to watch swimming lessons and Emma does soooo good with sitting in her stroller the whole time. She just watches Everett and yells "bubba" (that's what she calls Everett) when she sees him. Right now they are learning how to kick in the water and how to put their face in the water. I will be happy when I don't have to get two four year olds ready for swimming lessons every day!  

We Went To The Zoo

We went to the Como Zoo in Saint Paul, MN on Saturday. I have been begging Cody to take us to the Zoo for some time now, and when I found out this one was free I knew he would be all for it. We convoyed over with Dan and Ashley Shirley and their two daughters, at one point I looked at Cody and said "did you ever think at 24 you would be in a mini-van convoy hauling you kids to the zoo?" We both had a good laugh at that :) Not that's its a bad thing just funny how your life never turns out how you imagine it, but it's still perfect just the same.

Emma looking at the Flamingos

The pretty Flamingos

Emma tried petting these little guys threw the glass


Everett looking at Monkeys


Everett & Camden

My Cousin Lindsey lives in St Paul so her and Her Daughter met us at The Zoo (Everett & Adryana...maybe I should have not had them looking in the sun)


The Lions

Emma and Daddy looking at the Giraffes Emma was so funny the whole time, at each exhibit she would point out the balls (some were toys and some were used to find the animals). So at the top of her lungs she would yell "BALL" like she wanted me to crawl in with the lion and borrow it!

Everett looking at the Zebras

Em & Daddy looking at the Zebras

This was my attempt to take a cute picture with the kiddos. They both cared more about the animals then the camera

Seal



I maybe wrong but I believe these are Orangutans(see the baby in between his parents...soo cute) The baby was a daring little guy though, I kept thinking he was going to fall.

One tired little baby. She feel asleep with in five minutes of being in the car and slept until we stopped at Medford.


The kiddos did so well at the zoo I barley heard a whine or a fuss out of them. The car ride was getting a little long for all of us, but thank heaven for portable DVD players, and Daddy's with really long arms so he can grab toys when they fall while driving :) Retters keeps asking when we are going to go again.

Our Kids Count

Our Kids Count is a program put on by one of our local churches. They have different topic every other Tuesday, last Tuesday was "All About Bugs." Since it's aged more towards preschool aged children my friend Ashley took Emma to her house,and Camden came with us. They had pizza and then did a presentation on bugs.


Trying to catch bugs in the water

Catching bug in their nets


What a cheese ball (looking at dead bugs)


Camden really really wanted to let this butterfly out!


Again with the cheesy smile :)

Friday Play Night

The kids and I were invited to our Friends Dan & Ashley's house AKA Camden's house for a play date! Ashley and I normally switch back and forth from who's house we are going to go to. Ashley cooked supper for us and it was awesome..."Hamburger Surprise" is what she made. I brought DQ Ice Cream for dessert, it was a big hit. It's so fun to watch all the kids interact with each other :)

Eating their Ice Cream. (to get the big kids to look @ me I held out four fingers and asked them how many figners I was holding up...so they copied me LOL)

Em was taking some massive spoonfuls

Ambree and Emma playing with a piggy


****These are Camera Phone pics again as I am a horrible blogger and forget my camera :)

Friends

Rett has been all about having friends over lately. So I suckered my friend Ashley out of her beautiful girls for a couple hours the other day. Camden 5weeks younger than Everett, you could say they have been best friends since birth. Then Ambree is 7weeks older than Emma so you could also say they have been best friends since birth. In the picture all four kiddos were playing little people together SOOOO cute :)

An Extra Long and Fun Day

I thought it would be fun for Everett to take his best friend Camden to the Library with us for story time. She came over at 8am for breakfast. The kids played for a while, then it was time for story time. Camden and Everett convinced me take them early so they could get a computer.(they have The Magic School Bus games on the children's computers) We got there at 10 even though story time doesn't start until 10:30. This gave me time to pick out alot of books, I actually had to put some back for fear that I would lose a couple of them in our house. Dana(the Libarian) read Polar Bear Panda Bear and Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You See. Both books were cute and I recommend them to anyone looking for a cute bear book.:) After the Library it was lunch at Grandma Ila's (she takes Emma for me during story time so Rett can have some one on one time). I was worried Camden wouldn't like it at Grandma's house but she did, she even had to give my grandma a kiss before leaving. Then it was off to the park (we went to IC this time). Everett beat his fear of the big swirly slide this year, he must have gone down it 50 time. Both the big kids loved climbing the ladder, Rett couldn't do this last year either (he's getting so big *tear*). Emma's hobby was running away from me and when I would chase after here she would sit down really quick and laugh. She also loves the spiny tire thingy(wonderful name I know). After the park it was home for a movie, I let both the bigger kids pick out a movie at the Library. Camden pick out a Bob The Builder Movie, and didn't even make it threw the movie before she crashed and Rett feel asleep moments after it finished. Once all three of them woke up it was outside again, this time to play with the bikes and sidewalk chalk. Them Cami's mom came to pick her up. I made supper (mmm stir fry this reminds me of the left overs in the fridge hmmm) and after that yet again we went outside, this time to the back yard. I spent most of the time out there raking up the dog's mess. Then onto a bubble bath and then FINALLY BEDTIME for the kiddos. Told you it was an eventful day. The kids slept until 9AM this morning, I'm sure it was all that fresh air and playing. Hopefully it gets nice out again soon so the kiddos can go back outside:)


Ready To Play


The Spiny Tire Thingy

Running Away


Starting Off With The Small Slide

Emma Found Stairs



Cami's so proud she climbed the ladder



Rett Going Up The Big Slide



And Coming Down



This Was My Attempt At A Group Picture


Their Artwork