why do we have beds?

Anytime one of the kids are sick, we have them sleep in our room on the floor.  Probably because were to lazy to have to walk across the hall and into their rooms:)  Anyone who knows me knows that I love my sleep!  Well since then they love every opportunity to sleep on the floor.  It was a weekend night and Wyatt asked if he could sleep in our room, which of course I thought he meant the floor.  I went and grabbed the blankets and came back in our room and he asked to sleep in our tub instead. Why not? 

Here he is sound asleep and with his blanket.  Well Kennady's blanket.  Grandma Herrick made both Wyatt& Kennady these patchwork blankets when they were born and Wyatt won't sleep without his.  Unfortunately, Wyatt's blanket has come up missing so he took over Kennady's even though it is pink.

Grandma Herrick also bought them winnie the pooh bear blankets which Kennady also has to have with her every night.  It's funny how they both have had both the blanket and the bears with them since they were born and they each prefer one than the other. 

Why do they even have beds......half the time they are sleeping on the floor.

Tumbling

Wyatt & Kennady have been taking tumbling on and off now for the past 2 1/2 years.  We just switched tumbling places about a month ago and Kennady is really excelling fast with this new place.  Here are the stats:

Wyatt:  He likes to just have fun and goof off.  His teacher has to get after him a couple times which is good.  I am really worried about him starting Kindergarten in the fall because his attention span is very very short.  He likes to do the front flips into the foam blocks and he likes to land on his knees instead of his feet when he does his cart wheels.  Another thing his teacher gets after him for :)

Kennady:  She loves tumbling and is very good at it.  It has only been a month at this new place and she has already been advanced into a higher class.  She loves doing front flips and has just started doing back handsprings.  She is thrilled about it!  Tumbling is something she really enjoys doing and she is always doing cart wheels around the house.

 

                  Not a good picture but I tried getting her doing her back handspring

Good night's sleep

I had come home the other night and all the kids had been put to bed.  I went up to check on them and noticed that Wyatt had chosen to sleep on the floor and that his blanket was only covering him half way. I knew he wasn't wearing his pajama top and he looked a little cold so as I pulled the blanket to pull up on him I noticed that he wasn't wearing any of his pajamas and he had on his shin guards.  I thought it was kind of cute so I had to take his picture.  The flash ended up waking him up.   

I'm not sure what it is about sleeping on the floor but they all want to take their turn.  We usually have someone on the floor at least once a week.  When they do this they all choose to sleep in the same room.  Two of them will take the bunks and the other on the floor. 

Nerf Wars

Along with the spring cleaning came some boxes from under the crawl space.  Logan had a great idea and asked Aaron to make a fort for them.  The kids had fun making and drawing on their fort.  Logan decided he wanted their team to be called the death traps.  As you can see his spelling was a little off...I asked him why he chose to be the death craps. :)  He said no it's death trap and I told him it said crap and that he needed to read it again.  He thought it was funny but ended up fixing it.  I guess with his braces it sounded like the "ch" sound so that's how he spelled it. 

                                   No more crap.....they are now the death trap!

We split up into two teams being mom & dad against the kids.  We got every Nerf gun and dart possible and had a great time having war with one another.  That was until I hit Wyatt in the face....oops!  After me giving him some kisses he went back to his fort and later on ended up hitting me in the forehead.  It was good to turn off the t.v. and have some good playing time with the kids.  We later baked some brownies and ended the night with a movie. 

Dentist & Doctor

So Aaron & I were on a "spring" cleaning kick and were going through things that we no longer needed.  I had come across some masks and gloves that I used when I did permanent makeup.  The kids instantly wanted to play with them. I continued cleaning out the closet and when I was done I came upstairs and this is what I saw. 
Kennady was playing the Dentist and Wyatt was being the "doctor."  Wyatt was telling Aaron what foods he should eat and Kennady was determined to clean Aaron's teeth.  She actually even flossed them.  I think we might have a dental hygienist in the future. :)

Logan- Basketball

This year Logan has become a little more interested in basketball and has done very well.  He is understanding the game and his positions.  This year they moved the basket to 10ft. and I was amazed that these little boys could shoot that far.  Logan has improved alot on his shooting and he usually is always on.  We have tried to work on him being a little more aggressive but Logan is just not an aggressive kid.  It wasn't until the last couple of games that he got aggressive enough to start stilling the ball away.  Once he figured that out he was on fire. Their team has been together for the past few years and are working very well together.   I am amazed that they can run plays and know when to pass the ball.  They are very good and win almost every game.  There is only one other team that they battle with each year.  Last year Logan's team took first place and this year they tied for first place with that other team.  Logan does not like to loose and we have had to talk with him about sportsmanship. 

This was Logan's first time doing a foul shot before in a game.  He missed the first one but made the second.  He was really excited about it and is getting some confidence.  This is weird to say but I found myself holding back some tears.  I guess it's one of those things that I found joy in watching Logan and seeing him light up.

 The team:  Jackson, Carter, Kord, Logan, Kohl, and Carston

Girls day

So I am done with winter and done with being couped up.  My friend Emily and I usually try to go to lunch as much as possible to get out of the house, but today we decided to try something different.  We felt the urge to go get a pedicure and let the little girls get their toes painted.  Kennady loves having her fingers and toes painted so she was super excited when she found out she was getting hers done too.  We first had to eat at pretzelmaker though.  Anytime we go to the mall it is a for sure thing that Kennady wants pretzel bites with cheese. :)

                                           Her cute little friend Kennedy.

Kennady smiled when the chinese lady painted on the cute white flower.  But then the chinese lady was rambling about something (I couldn't understand a word) and she started painting these black lines around the flower.  When the lady got done Kennady looked at me with this weird look on her face and said "what is that it looks wierd."  It was kindof funny but atleast our toes are all cute for spring....which is hopefully coming soon!