Big Boy

The kids and I brought this play table out of the basement the other day to see if Cameron could stand and play.

I think he liked the idea.

These are all blurry because I was trying to take pictures and keep a hand on Cam in case he fell (which he did...but only once...my bad).

I was surprised at how well he could stand up and play. He lasted about 10 minutes before he tipped over.

Look, no hands and puke.

Top that Henry!

He was really interested in the toys.

Especially this little spinner thing. Sunny kept making it spin over and over while Cameron look mesmerized by it.

100 Bunnies

I was going through Sunny's school papers from last week. This was part of a packet they did for the 100th day of school. I love it when I come across little gems like this!

"I wish I had 100 Bunnies.

I would keep all of my bunnies under my bed until they would all die." Sunny Blair (age 7)

What a lovely thought!??!?

Ballerina

Sunny had her first Ballet class today. She is on the right.

Getting ready to head to class. She has been looking forward to this day for a month or so and she was so excited it was finally here.

Demonstrating all the ballet positions.

I just love this one.

Check out that bun. I did that!!!! Be impressed people.

She did great at her class and then came home and danced to the Nutcracker until dinner time. She said her favorite part of the day was when she found out her recital will be at the Covey Center. That is where she went to see the Nutcracker and she can't wait to dance on the stage there. She is also super excited that the theme for the recital is The Wizard of Oz.

5 Months Old

Little John-John turned 5 months old yesterday.

He loves eating. He eats: avocado, peas, green beans, bananas, applesauce, sweet potato, squash, and steel cut oats.

He rolls both ways (though not very often)
He sits
He smiles
He laughs
He squeals

He does not sleep very well anymore. He was always such a great sleeper, but about a month ago that changed. Now he wakes up twice a night every night and sometimes he'll wake up a 3rd time. Pretty annoying. The good thing is that when he wakes up he eats a quick 2 ounce bottle and goes right back to sleep. And, he goes to bed at 6 and doesn't get up for the morning until around 8:30, so I probably shouldn't complain. I will be glad when he drops those night feedings and sleeps through the night again though.

I sure do love this baby boy!

Pantry Project

Last week a friend of mine blogged about cleaning out/organizing/painting her pantry. I fell in love with the idea and...I copied it. I know, it's lame, but I love it. Thanks for the inspiration Brandi.

Here are the before pictures. I may have a slight obsession with my pantry. It is usually pretty darn organized, but it needed some sprucing up. I needed a small project, and this fit the bill.

The after pictures. I repainted the shelves white (they were super dingy) and I painted the walls an olive green color. I love how it turned out. It makes me happy every time I open the doors. My next goal is to get all matching glass containers and label them.

Pretty cute, don't you think?

Reading

Griffin and Cameron love to spend time together. As evidenced by the pictures, Cameron was having a pretty moody day :)

School News

Last Thursday was the kids 1ooth day of school. The second graders got to dress up like 100 year old people. Basically, they were grandma and grandpa for the day. Sunny and I went to DI and she picked out this lovely dress and purse. We also tried to fine a cane and white hair spray, neither of which were available. She loved her outfit anyway, especially the bun in her hair.

(I'm pretty sure she looks exactly like Mimi)

In other school news, I had the kid's SEP's last week. (Parent/teacher conferences for those not from Utah) I really love going to these. I always tell my kids that I love how smart they both are, but what I care more about is their behavior and how they treat others. Well, I haven't been disappointed yet. Both teacher talked about how smart/brilliant/above grade level/blah blah blah they kids are. That is clearly not news to me as I know they are smart kids. Both teachers also talked about how kind/thoughtful/helpful/loving/insert several more positive adjectives here they both were.

My favorite thing that was said (by both teachers) was that Jackson and Sunny are such wonderful examples in the classroom. I am so proud of them. They really are awesome kids.