I guess Carly was done with her bread....

4 Years Old!

My Chase turned 4! Gosh I love this kid. I really wish I could freeze him the way he is right now. He melts my heart. But he's pretty much had me wrapper around his finger since he was born.

Chase at 4......

Favorite food: tough one. He eats just about anything. Probably jello!

Nickname: Chaser, Chaser boy, Buddy

Favorite fruit: grapes

Favorite snack: fruit snacks

Favorite movie: Cars 2

Favorite TV show: not a TV show but he is obsessed with YouTube videos of people showing their Cars 2 toys. He calls them "Cars Collection."

Favorite toy: cars!

Favorite things to do: play cars. Are we sensing a theme?

Greatest accomplishment: learning to swim

 

Chase is such a sweet boy. He's always been really sensitive. This came in really handy when potty training earlier this year. He hated to have me be mad at him so when I had a total meltdown after accident number 300 for the day he never really had another one. Every time he would go in the potty he would say "Mommy's happy!" Haha! I felt horrible that I lost it but it worked!! Anyway, his desire to make everyone happy is starting to fade. He's getting into that testing phase.

 

Chase started preschool this year. He's always been a smart kid and knows a lot about how things work but the basic academics have never really interested him like they did Emily. But he knows all his letters and numbers and whatnot and is starting to learn to write them. He seems to really love preschool and the friends he's making.

 

Chase inherited this lovely trait from his dad. He paces. Robert NEVER holds still. Chase doesn't either. If you are having a conversation with him he will be walking back and forth across the room. It's strange but his dad does it too!

 

He took swimming lessons this summer and really excelled so we're continuing them through the winter as well.

 

Chase absolutely adores Logan. And the feeling is mutual. Chase was the first person that ever got Logan to giggle! Logan always smiles when Chase is around.

 

Chase's life still revolves around Cars. It's all Cars all the time. He knows the names of all the characters and really gets into playing. It's adorable.

 

Chase got the birthday of his dreams this year and got to spend it in Cars Land!!! (More on that to come. :)) All of his gifts were Cars related. Imagine that.

This kid is such a gift to our family. We love him so much!

 

 

School Days

This is about 6 weeks old but oh well. :)

Emily FINALLY started kindergarten this year! This has been a long time in the making. She was so excited but has since discovered that kindergarten is really easy and has become quite bored. And her teacher just had a baby so now she has a sub for the next month. She doesn't love school as much as I thought she would (for a variety of reasons) but she does love recess! And she lost her third tooth the night before her first day.

After 6 weeks of kindergarten I am pretty much over it. Going for only three hours a day is really more hassle than it's worth! Anyway....

Chase also finally got to start preschool! He's been anxiously awaiting his turn since he's been going with me to take Emily pretty much since he was born. He's loving it and his cousin is in his class this year. So fun!

The week before preschool started there was an open house. He got to pick a tote bag and then they can decorate it however they want. He of course picked orange (his favorite color) and told me I want white letters and a lion. He's such a random kid! Love him.

Summer is over. Yay!

So I think I've said this 100 times but I really don't like summer.

1. It's hot. And this past summer now holds the record for the hottest summer ever for Utah. So when I say it's hot, it's hot. I don't enjoy being hot. If you do you should seek mental help because you are not normal. Nothing more miserable to me than being sweaty and gross.

2. Busy time of year for Robert's work. This means he works even more than usual. Not only that but he works outside. See #1.

Despite the fact that it's hotter than you know what and Robert was pretty much never home (and I had a newborn), we still managed to come up with a list of fun things to do over the summer.

Go to the zoo

 Eat peanut butter

 Hold your baby brother

 Never comb your hair

Hold all kinds of snakes



 Ride horses

 Get your face painted

 Try desperately to win a goldfish

Make funny faces

 Go ice skating

 Fall down

 Watch lots of movies

 Hold your baby brother some more

 Play with your sister

 Eat some cake

Make new friends

 Hold to the iron rod

 Learn to swim

 Fly to space

 Bowl with your family

 Be the best baby ever

 Get lots of strikes

 Watch some baseball (or A LOT of baseball)

 Be handsome

 Grow too fast

 Ugh, hold more snakes

 Frolic in the forest

 Lose all your teeth

That about sums up our summer!

Terrible Two!

So excited for presents!

Pizza face!

Miss Carly turned 2 recently! Heaven help us all!

Favorite food: everything. Pizza, noodles of any kind, fruit of any kind

Nickname: Carly Rae, little miss, missy, babes, Carly girl

Favorite fruit: grapes

Favorite snack: Fruit snacks

Favorite movie: anything her siblings watch

Favorite TV show: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood

Favorite toy: baby doll

Favorite things to do: hit siblings, play with dolls and blocks, color, read books, yell

Greatest accomplishment: Getting rid of the binky!!!

 

This girl is something else. She's our feisty little spitfire. Such a handful. We always say that if she was like this before I got pregnant with Logan....well let's just say Logan wouldn't be here right now! She can be pretty hard these days. But she's also the cutest thing on the planet. Hilarious and super sweet. And crazy smart. She talks a TON, knows all her colors, shapes, can count to 11, and recognizes some letters. So she's pretty much ready for kindergarten. ;) She also dresses herself and is currently trying to potty train herself! She says her prayers by herself too, which is pretty adorable. She melts my heart when I watch her playing with her baby dolls. So precious. But almost all the fights in our house involve her. Can't wait until she's a teenager!

 

No doubt our family wouldn't be the same without her! Love you Carly girl!!

bed head

Our silly girl!

Climbing up the bunk beds

Goodbye binky!

 

Two binkys!