Dinosaur Museum

Taylor's preschool class had a field trip to the Natural History Museum.

 They had an excellent guide who really got them excited to see all of the exhibits.  Hayden, of course, was in the middle of the action :)

 Taylor and Klara

 Taylor and her friend Becky

Super fun field trip, the only sad part was when it was over we went across the street to a park and a boy in our group fell off the monkey bars and broke his arm!  So sad, I think the broken arm wiped out all of the exhibits out of Taylor's head.  It's all she talks about if you mention the dinosaur museum.  We'll have to go again so she can remember all the cool things they have there!

Tyson's 7th Birthday Party

Tyson had his 7th Birthday Party at Chuck E Cheese. 

They have a crazy Zombie game that the kids were obsessed with.

Taylor and Hayden were in heaven on all the rides.

Tyson took 16 invitations to school and only 2 kids came from his class.  I was so stressed that a ton of kids would show up I had 20 gift bags made.  I don't think I will do school friends again. You can always count on the church friends coming :)

Tyson gets embarrassed very easily but he was a good sport about all the attention.

He laughed the entire night.

We got a cake from Costco of course.  He wanted to  buy a cake with the American flag on it.  I talked him into the baseball glove.

The boys were pretty excited to dance all over the place but the host couldn't get Tyson to join in.

 He was so excited to go in the ticket blaster.  He talked about it all week.

 

 He tried so hard and got 200+ tickets because he grabbed 2 50 tickets and 1 100 ticket.

 We ran out of time and had to take the presents home to open them. 

He got two packages of Zinkies and was so excited.  He actually slept with all of them in their miniature space ship.

He loved this gun he got from Owen!  Boys and guns always go together :)

His haul :)

Super fun party!  Tyson had a blast!  Chuck E Cheese delivered again.

Tyson's last soccer game

Tyson had his last soccer game for his rec center league.  It was a really great experience and his coaches were very good. 

Tyson always starts things a little hesitantly and then warms up and gets in the action :)

He likes being the goalie but doesn't understand he can jump on the ball and stop it.  So he was scored on twice.  The nice thing about him being so mellow is that it really doesn't get him too upset.  Always looking for the silver lining!

He got a nice plaque with his individual picture and his team picture which turned out really nice.  With him it's always a crap shoot.  You buy the pictures in advance and then when they come home he is making a stupid grin.  When I yell at him about this he always says, "I don't know how to smile!"  Such a nut :)

These are the standard trophies the rec center gives out.  His baseball trophy this year has ruined him to all other trophies.  He brought this one home and set it on the counter and when I said, "Wow Ty, what a nice trophy!"  He responded, "Well, it's not a piggy bank."

My boy, my boy...next up is flag football, wish us luck!!!

Fire house

Taylor's preschool went to the local fire house for a field trip. 

 They showed the kids the ambulance and the stretcher.  Taylor has actually ridden in an ambulance on her way to the hospital last year but I held her the whole time so she didn't have to ride on a stretcher.  They even let me carry her into the hospital because she fell asleep on the ride.

 Most of the fire fighters were called away on a call but when they got back the kids inspected the huge fire truck.

 Hayden was sporting a hairdo out of 1983. Some mornings are rougher than others :)

 Taylor is doing really well in exploring new things and wasn't at all shy or hesitant during this field trip.  She also got to ride with her preschool teacher to and from the site, you would have thought she had died and gone to heaven.  She talked about riding in Mrs. Aubrey's car for days!

 The fire fighter got in his gear to show the kids what he would look like in case of  a real fire.

 All the classes.

 At the end all the kids got their very own fire hats.  Taylor got her signature color, they must have known she was coming because this is the first year they have given the girls pink hats.

All week Taylor has been trying to get us to stop, drop, and roll.  Such a nut!

Hogan's long lost kids

The kids had to try on Mark's Hulk Hogan moustache before it is put away with the costumes.

Hilarious!!

Halloween 2012

We started Halloween with a party at Tyson's school.  They decorated cookies and had tons of food.

 Mrs. Dangleis had a great way for the kids to study math and have fun.  They had a ton of different candies and each was assigned a price.  They were given 10 cents to spend on candy to decorate their cookies.  They had to plan ahead on this paper and decide before hand what candies they were going to buy for their cookie.

All the first graders of the school had a parade and walked through all the classes to show their friends their fun costumes.

 Then came Halloween night.  It took us a long time to get ready because of all the excitement.  Taylor couldn't find her La La Loopsy costume so she decided to be a Barbie.

 Taylor and Klara

 Ty and Mitchel

 Hayden was done after that basket was half full.  By the time we got home there were a lot of empty wrappers.

 The flash killed everyone's eyes so I didn't take too many pictures of the actual trick or treating.

Tyson wasn't scared too much this year, he is so grown up!  Hayden was funny and would point and tell us what was scary.  Taylor was dealing with asthma and was always one cough away from being sent home.  And poor Ryan just wanted to eat and go to bed, she did really well considering the circumstances!  Super fun night!!  I sure am glad it's over :)