Buzz and Cinderella

I've been bugging Luke about wanting to give him a buzz cut for the last couple of months, but he has been hesitant to let me do it. Then when I gave him his last haircut just before school got out, he decided that he finally wanted one. Well, I didn't want to buzz it until school was out and then I've been kind of dragging my feet because I have never given anyone a buzz cut before. Well, finally tonight I decided to give it a shot and here is the result:I think it looks pretty good! It is definitely a different look for Luke.

When we went downstairs to show his dad and take a few pictures, this is what was happening upstairs in the kitchen:Our own Cinderella picked up the broom and started sweeping up the hair on the floor!

Movie time

I forgot to post that while DH's mom was here Memorial weekend, we took the kids to a couple of movies at the nearby dollar theatre. Friday evening we took M&M and Luke to see "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" (we left the younger kids with my parents) and then Saturday afternoon we took everyone to see the new "Alice in Wonderland". They were both enjoyable movies and I was surprised that Kay even reacted to parts of the Alice movie. We went in the early afternoon, hoping that Kay would take her nap during it, but unfortunately she didn't. She sat on my lap the majority of the time and surprisingly enough watched a good chunk of the movie.

Country report

For M&M's end of the year school project, she had to choose a country and do a report on it. The written report had to be 6-10 typed pages and then she needed to do a poster and give an oral report. She chose the country of Spain because DH served a mission there. Unfortunately, the report was due the day after Memorial Day so she was working on it almost non-stop while DH's parents were here. M&M hasn't had to do such an involved report before and I think she was caught a little off-guard as to how much time the whole project was going to take. She was able to use quite a few pictures from DH's mission which was kind of fun.

As a parent I feel that it is important for my kids to do all of the work on their own. So whenever there is a project to be done, I make sure that the majority of the work and ideas are their own and I will help out and offer input if needed. M&M put a lot of hard work into her report and I think she did a great job!

Here is her hand-drawn map and flag:

Fun in the sun

We finally hit summertime here and so I broke out the swimming pool for the kids. We went from nice pleasant weather in the 70s to 90 degree temperatures in just a matter of a day or two. My ankles are not liking the change in temperature so that is one thing that I am definitely looking forward to once this pregnancy is over!

Kay was super excited when I was filling up the pool and by the end of playing she was laying down on her stomach and pushing herself around on the bottom of it. I also got out the slip-n-slide for the kids to use as well.

Real game

Friday evening DH, Luke, M&M and I went to our first Real Salt Lake soccer game. I got some free ticket vouchers for attending a coach's training meeting before the spring soccer season started, so we only had to pay for one of the tickets. Friday was the first game where we could coordinate everyone's schedule and I wanted to go to a game before the baby came along. We headed over to my parents' house after the kids' piano lessons and ate dinner there and then left the three younger ones at their house while the rest of us went to the game.

We parked at the South Towne Expo Center which is across the street and about a block away from the stadium. Parking there was only $5. We got to the stadium right as they were singing the National Anthem and found our seats just after kickoff. We were seated behind the goal on the North side of the stadium, but it wasn't too bad for only have to pay $18 for four of us to attend the game. The jumbo screen was located up and behind our seats so we weren't able to take advantage of that and we had the sun off to the side of us for the first part of the game. The people that had it the worst though were those seated on the east side because they had the sun full in their faces until partway through the second half. The stadium is pretty nice, but a little bit smaller than I was expecting. The seats luckily had backs to them so we were fairly comfortable for the game. Unfortunately the game ended in a 0-0 tie, but it was a fun experience. Luke started getting bored about halfway through game, but I think M&M enjoyed herself. Once the game was over we were able to exit the stadium pretty quickly and had no problems with traffic getting to our car and out of the parking lot. All in all it was a successful evening for us. (I forgot to bring the camera with us though so we weren't able to take any pictures.)

Then it was sad to watch the U.S. lose to Ghana in the World Cup playoffs on Saturday. Ghana definitely outplayed us the majority of the game though...

Kid talk

The other day I took Luke to the store with me to look for a bookcase for his room. I showed him two different styles and then they each came in a couple of different colors as well. Luke decided on one of them because it had more shelves on it and then when I asked him what color he would prefer he said that he liked the darker color. When I asked why he responded, "Well, I kind of consider myself a bold guy and that darker color is more of a bold color."

I had a hard time keeping a straight face when he said that!

Braces update

A couple of weeks before school ended, Luke got his braces off! He had them on for a little over a year and a half - and started even before that with an expander. He was very excited to get them off and then he got a retainer the following week which he has to wear all the time - except for when he is eating - until the end of summer. I completely forgot to take a picture of his teeth without the braces until I was taking pictures of DH after his implant procedure. So here he is - with some very big, but straight top teeth. Luke will probably need full braces once all of his permanent teeth come in, but at least for now he can have a break from them.

Garden update - 6/23/10

I went out to check on the garden last week and noticed that the lettuce really needed to be thinned so I pulled some of the sprouts and brought them in to use in a salad. I planted a mixed variety of lettuce seeds and it is fun to see what is coming up. This is my first time ever growing lettuce and I am excited at how it is growing so far! I now have onions, carrots and green beans that have sprouted and I did a ton of weeding and planted some more corn and cantaloupe. Cantaloupe is the only thing that I have not seen sprout so far. I'm also excited that there are flowers on my tomato plants already and the cherry tomato plant has some tomatoes on it!

Ballet recital - Spring 2010

Saturday was also Kitty's end of the year ballet recital. She has had fun in the class and will continue to take classes next year. I've been impressed with her ability to go up on stage and not freeze up there, but just perform with the rest of the class! I can't believe that she will start kindergarten in August!

Lining up with her class before going on stage.
On stage - Kitty is on the far left

Birthday & Father's Day

So after his fun dental procedure on Thursday, we celebrated DH's birthday on Saturday and then celebrated Father's Day on Sunday. DH opened some presents (with a lot of help from Kay) and then after Kitty's ballet recital we had some dinner and then chocolate cake with homemade peach ice cream. My parents came over after the recital to give DH his present and ended up staying for dinner and cake as well.Some non-prescription sunglasses to replace the cheap plastic ones given to him by the eye surgeon in January. It's been an expensive year so far for us - Lasik surgery, a tooth implant, and the new baby that can come any day now! :)
Kay was pretty funny with the presents because DH would be looking over something that he was given and Kay would pick up the next present and start to unwrap it without him.

On Sunday the kids wrapped some presents for DH and then after church my parents came over for dinner again. Happy Father's Day to a great husband and dad!