More presents for Rylie

Today Rylie got to open more presents. This time from Grandma and Grandpa Jensen. She was so excited. She got some new church sandals and a Disney Princess camp chair. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa.




Also thank you to Aunt Sherry and Uncle Mark. She got a new DVD to watch on the drive to Utah. Hurray!

Spring Band Concert

Jacob had his Spring Band Concert. Band is the only class Jacob says he enjoys. Darren took Alison and Joshua. I stayed home with Rylie and Emily. I figure I wouldn't have seen or heard any of it if I went. Jacob is the one on the far left. I asked Darren to get a good picture of Jacob. This is the only picture he took. Its better than what I got at the Fall concert. We need a better camera. Oh well.

Exhausted

Joshua and Rylie played hard the other day. They both crashed on the couch close to the same time. They were on different sides of the couch. Josh must have woke up, because he moved and went back to sleep next to Rylie. At least he loves her in his sleep! And yes, he is still in his pajamas.

Rylie's 3rd Birthday

Yesterday was Rylie's birthday. We celebrated on Saturday along with Sunday. Since the we couldn't think of a single meal that Rylie likes we decided to buy pizza on Saturday and eat outside on Sunday. We played games and opened presents outside also. She really likes being outside.
All she ate was the chips. That was no surprise.
I went to buy all the candies to make a cake and realized it was cheaper to buy cupcakes from the bakery. Rylie didn't mind and I didn't have to spend hours making the cake. Bonus!
It was too windy for the candles to be lit but Rylie didn't really notice. She still blew and thought she had blown out the candles.
The frosting is her favorite part.
Grandma and Grandpa Burgess sent a card with money.
They also gave her a Rainbow fish video. Our machine ate our last one. She was very excited to see this. We did watch it that night.
Darren and I got her this Disney princess scooter. (Which Ali likes and wants to ride more than Rylie.)
And also this coupe. She was very excited about this. She has been eyeing the neighbor's car for quite a while. Happy Birthday Rylie!

independent Rylie

Rylie has been very independent lately. Here she wanted to draw with markers because Josh was. Before I could get her a paper, she improvised.
Last week we went to playgroup at the park. I didn't have time to remove the cereal and Alison's bowl from the table. When we got back, Rylie decided she did not want to wait for me to take off Emily's shoes and poured her own bowl of cereal for lunch. Unfortunately, she poured it into Alison's dirty bowl and all over the table. She didn't mind.

Joshua's new sport

Garage sales are huge here. People love them. I have started to enjoy them myself. I went with some friends and found these Diego skates and pads for Josh. He (and Rylie) have enjoyed them. Josh is a maniac on them though. He does not try to go slow and so he will only fall so many times before he is done for the day.

Exhausted

Emily runs until she is exhausted. I gave the kids a snack and put a movie on. I was surprised when Emily was so quiet watching this movie. I then realized she had fallen asleep on the couch. She looks so old. I had to take a picture.

Ali with Flat Sarah

Sarah, Ali's cousin, had a project about the book "Flat Stanley". Sarah mailed Ali a Flat Sarah and asked her to take her somewhere and show where she lived. Ali decided to take her to our city park, which is on the Mississippi River. We took pictures and Ali wrote a letter and sent it back for Sarah to share with her school class. Ali sure misses Sarah.

Alison's poetry reading

Alison's class had a poetry reading last week. She was assigned to read two poems with a boy in her class. She practiced every day. She did really well and looked like she was enjoying herself. I tried to video the reading but the microphone was not working very well and all you can hear is Rylie and Emily in the background. Too bad. She has really enjoyed 1st grade and her teacher, Mrs. Ebert. Way to go Ali!