A Dad & his Daughters

On Saturday night Ryan took the girls to a Daddy/Daughter dance. One of the local High Schools does it every year for a fund raiser. Meysa had brought home the flyer weeks ago from school and was so excited and really wanted to go with Ryan. So I told Ryan that he needed to ask Meysa "out". Well a week ago, right before bed he asks Meysa what she is doing next Saturday and Meysa was like, "why?", "What did I do?". Ryan said asking a girl out these days is no easier than it was 12 years ago when he was asking me out for our first dance!! Poor guy!! Finally she understood what he was asking and the date was set. Of course Lauryn was included in the date because she would have been devastated if she hadn't of gotten to go. I thought it would be cute to have corsages and boutiniers, which it was but at a pretty steep price!! I guess when memories are made like this sometimes the cost isn't a factor!!
We of course had to have dance pictures!! They could have gotten them there but I think these turned out just fine!!
Lauryn's little arms were too small for the wrist band, even though we cinched it up. She loved the flowers I tell ya, all the girls did!!

Marlee and her dad, Nate went along with Ryan and the girls. It was fun to see how excited these little girls were to get to go out with their Dads. When they got home they talked non-stop about what music they listened to, what they ate and drank. They had a wonderful time and I think Ryan and Nate had fun in spite of themselves. Lauryn got tired though and fell asleep there at the end. All in all I think it was a great success, especially because Meysa and Marlee can't stop telling everyone about going to the dance with their Dads.

Once all the girls had on their corsages, they instantly put their hands together and with loud commanding voices said...."Cutie powers unite!!" Ryan about fell over and I about peed my pants laughing so hard. Each and every day Ryan becomes more scared for the teenage years with his two adorable little girls!!

P.S. Wyatt really wanted to go, but I think he would have stuck out like a sore thumb with this get up!!

STAR WARS & Toby

If you LOVED anything Star Wars what would you look like if you just found out you were about to meet some "REAL" live Star Wars characters? Yup, I thought so!! This is Ayden when he figured out why we drove up to Bellevue on Saturday morning and then stood in line (amazingly not very long) outside of Pottery Barn. There were these little boys behind us all dressed up like Obiwan and Yoda and there was even a little, little boy dressed up as Chewbaca (so dang cute I might add). They all had their light sabers, which we forgot to have Ayden bring, but he was wearing his Star Wars Lego shirt.
Meeting the guys-and gal-for the first time. I was hoping for Darth Vader or C3PO but Ayden was excited to see the Clone Trooper. I guess they were suppose to have some other people but they didn't show!!

The Pottery Barn lady asked Ayden if he wanted the people to sign his cast and he said sure. So they hunted down a marker and he got his cast signed. The clone trooper sadly declined because he couldn't even see his own gun, let alone write on someone else. Ayden was pretty stoked. He then proceeded to find everything Star Wars in the store that he wanted. Which is why I am sure they do this sort of thing. But unfortunately for him there was no Pottery Barn purchases made.


The day was made even more special because Grandma Margaret had come up for the weekend to take Ayden on a date. With Grandma along you never know what she has up her sleeve. Well Wyatt had come with us on our surprise trip and she thought it was time for him to have his first build a bear experience. We picked out a little dog for him and we named him Toby!! Wyatt was so cute as he picked out a heart and then put it inside Toby. He of course wanted the heart back but was happy when he got to love on Toby for the first time. He has been sleeping with him the last few nights and this morning I found him all snuggled up on top of him sleeping. I guess a dog is a boy's best friend. Thanks Grandma Margaret, he loves it!!

Kentucky Derby...Meysa Style

While at the lovely cider farm this last week my girls found the jackpot. That is the jackpot in terms of horses!! Ok, not really the jackpot, because that would be a REAL LIVE horse munching on carrots in our backyard. But this is the closest thing to a jackpot these girls are going to get!! TWO (real important so as to not incite WW3) spring loaded horses, or whatever you call them. They could have ridden on these things for hours but thankfully there were other kids there that wanted a turn so we had to limit their time. Meysa instantly got on and off she went. She was riding like a jockey in the Kentucky Derby. She was making the sound effects and hunkering down in her saddle.
Here she is coming around turn #1, getting into a nice groove and flipping dirt in the other horses' faces.
Getting a little air off the saddle is always good. Means you are in a good rhythm right?!!
Woooooo, I think Meysa just won the race. She was so fun to watch. This girl would LOVE, and I mean LOVE with her last dying breath a horse all her own. Maybe one day we can do that but darnit for right now this is as close as she is going to get.

Show offs!! Riding without hands is only for professionals, which of course these two chickas are!!

Lauryn loves the horses almost as much as Meysa. She loves doing what big sis is doing so naturally she would love horses too. She had a horse just her size to race with, and the race between the two was neck and neck.

As I type this Lauryn is watching Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron. To which she is romping on my couches and making horse sounds as loud as can be!! Oh yeah and the sound track is what is in my CD player in the car!! I think we are on horse overload!!

Cider Time

Yesterday we had no school for the kiddos so our ward playgroup planned a little outing to a local cider farm. It happened to be a wonderful day, a little chilly but at least the sun was making an appearance. Besides a cider mill they have animals for petting and feeding and pumpkins for later in the month. They also sell homemade pies, their cider, homemade donuts and breads, plus some more stuff too. The kids loved getting out and looking at the animals. It was like they had never seen a chicken before, even though they have. I love a child's excitement for the little things. Meysa's favorite was a little baby goat. She kept going back to it and swooning over it. We splurged and got fresh homemade donuts and let the kids run wild for a few hours. It was a good day had by all.
I really think I want this sign for my front door. It would apply to our home 97% of the time. The other 3% is when we are asleep.
They have these coin operated horses that of course my girls loved riding on. They were out of order but that didn't stop them from racing in the Kentucky Derby. I have a post to do about some real rocking horses that they found. There are too many pictures so it needs a post all it's own.
Down at the end of the property there are a few little toys for the kids to play on. Ayden was overjoyed to see the tether ball. He has gotten into playing this at school I guess and so he was giving his friend a lesson on the ins and outs of the game. His cast works pretty well for him when he wants to serve!!

After about 30 pictures trying to get all of the kids to look at the camera we kinda had some success. I wish Ayden wasn't cut off like he is but oh well. They are looking at the camera and mostly smiling!! It was a good Friday!

About that thumb....

So about that thumb...well we had our repeat films done on Tuesday. Ayden's thumb was still tender and it still hurt in the same spot (middle-between joints) and so the Dr. ordered some new films. Dr. B said he would be back in touch with me the next day when he got the radiology report. Well the radiologist beat him to the punch. I got a call from the radiologist Wed. morning saying that Ayden's thumb was indeed broken (a slight fracture) and it would need to be casted. Dr. B called a little while after that saying that yes it was broken but we could just continue to splint it and it would be fine. Well the peds office called about 45 minutes later stating that Dr. B consulted with a Orthopaedic Dr. and they wanted it to be casted and that I needed to walk in that afternoon to the cast clinic. Are you confused and dizzy yet? I am not sure which plan we are on anymore....D, E, F?!! Anyway, luckily it was early release and so I picked Ayden up from school and headed up to the base. I was about ready to get on the freeway and the peds clinic called once again to say that I didn't need to come in right now but to come in at 8am the next morning (today) to the cast clinic and they would see us then. I'm just glad that they caught me before I actually got on the freeway. So bright (or not so bright) and early this morning we headed up to the cast clinic to see an Orthopaedic Dr. and then have Ayden's thumb finally put into a cast!!! The Ortho PA looked at Ayden's thumb and rechecked his films and decided for sure that it needed to be casted. The break in his thumb was not displaced or anything but he felt for an active 8 yr. old boy to be careful with a broken thumb in a splint was a little too much to ask. So he will have his cast on for just two weeks and then hopefully it will have had enough of a chance to heal up. Playing mummy a little early!!
It took a mere 10 minutes for them to put on the cast.

All done!! Hopefully the only post you will see in the future about this particular thumb will be getting the cast off!! Boy was that whole ordeal a nightmare. I for one am glad to see it casted and on it's way to healing!!