Little Stinkers!

Well, they've finally found where I spend most of my time...the laundry room. They had the time of their lives climbing in and out of the dryer. At least I got the clothes out this time before they got in! When I went to get the camera to take a pic of them playing in the dryer, this is what I came back to find Kylie doing to Krista.

Valentine Craft

This week Dayna has been doing nothing but asking to make valentines. She finished the ones she needed for school and wanted to do more. Seeing this cute craft on a friend's blog I looked on the internet for more examples of animals and we set off to make our own Valentine Heart Animals. Cant figure out how to delete a picture from the blog once i have it on, which is why this pic of dayna is still here!

Dayna showing off her butterfly

David's mouse

The whole animal collection: dog, fish, ladybug, bunny, butterfly, mouse, butterfly, and a caterpillar.

Krista and Kylie are 1!!!!!

I can't believe we made it to the year mark already! It seems like it has taken so long and happened so fast at the same time! We had some cake for their birthday and the kids we extremely anxious to watch them eat it! They both really enjoyed it. Kylie dug right in. Krista picked at it first and then joined her sister in making a nice mess. Kylie is running and climbing everything. Her favorite thing to do is to find a chair that isn't totally up against the dining room table and use it to get onto the table, stand up and then yell/smile to let us know she did it again! Krista is still trying to master the whole walking thing, I am happy to say that she is now letting go of things and trying to walk more frequently and on her own. We've never had one before that didn't walk/run by the time they were one. She's still two pounds and two inches smaller than her sister. She is just a petite little thing with a smile that will get you. She has figured out how to climb onto the kids' little rocking chair and into drawers. Thanks Kylie for teaching her those. At least Kylie can get out and down when she's finished with it, Krista just screams until someone gets her!

Trouble

Looks like Kylie could be trouble!! Although I think I can honestly say that I believe I have a pic of all the kids doing this at some point and time!!I found one of Dylan. Look how he pretends to be so innocent!Couldn't find one of Dayna and David, but I thought this was close enough! They'd empty the drawer and then sit in it...daily!

David and Daynas 5th birthday

Happy New Year!! Today was also Dayna and David's 5th birthday! This was a big one to them in their minds. This marks the beginning of the year they get to play soccer, play baseball and get to ride the school bus. Well, okay those were just mainly Davids big deals! Dayna is just Dayna as was thrilled to finally get to do/eat whatever she wanted. So of course for lunch we packed up the whole family and headed back to Red Robin (kids saw the icecream sundae that Dylan got there for his birthday). This was our first resturant experience with our whole family by ourselves. We survived it, although I'm pretty sure we won't be going anywhere again anytime soon! Here are the kids anxiously waiting to open their presents. They each got their own cake this year. White for David and of course chocolate for Dayna, she had wanted a princess cake, but ended up agreeing to just decorating her own cake with hearts and having princess plates.

Apparently you should always read the label on the candles before you buy them because within seconds of the kids blowing out their candles they all relit!! Dylan jumped in to try to help get them to stay out. David kept saying these were scary. I have to agree with him, they kept sparking everywhere! Ended up pulling them out with salad tongs and throwing them into a bowl of water.

Overall, I think they had a good birthday. David got to spend the WHOLE day playing either WII or his DS. Dylan kept saying he thought David was setting a new world record for playing video games! Dayna got to do her girlie stuff--paint her toenails/fingernails, make a beaded necklace, feed her doll some food and play with her walking pup. We ended the night watching Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel, their current favorite movie.

Last few months!!

It has been a long time since I have posted anything!! My camera cord had been chewed/sucked on by Kylie and would not allow me to download any pics onto the computer. Keep forgetting to buy a new cord while at a store and my goal to get in and out of any/all stores as fast as I can equalled months of not having anyway to access my pics. So I am now doing a brief synopsis of Oct-Dec. In Oct I met my good high school friend Kelly Rietema in Apple Hill to enjoy the many apple orchards that were in full swing. While looking up which ones to go to we realized that just our two families classified us as a "field trip" (10 kids between the two of us). We were crazy--10 kids with two adults and all kids 8 or under! We handled it just fine and had a great time!! Hopefully we will be able to do this again!

The next weekend brought us down to Chino for my Grandma Douma's 80th birthday. As you can see the kids got to play miniature golf. They also enjoyed bumper boats, roller coasters, and dinner at the park BBQ'd by my Uncle Henry which always means great tri-tip!! I honestly think the hi-light of the trip for the kids though, was being able to stay in a hotel. They thought that was great! I am just thankful for the large room we had and the fact the hotel was honest and had kept the clothes I had left there for almost a month!! I couldn't remember where they could have gone and kept telling Dave I was convinced someone broke into the house and stole some of our clothes!! OOOOOPS! Thanks Aunt Val for collecting them for me!!Of course October ends with Halloween! The kids had fun as usual dressing up and trick-or-treating. We are thankful for Tom and Laura who allow us to tag-along in their neighborhood and always supply us with a fun dinner of appetizers! If you can't tell Dylan is Mario, David is Luigi, Dayna is a pink bunny, and Krista/Kylie are sheep.The week before Thanksgiving, Dave and I took a much anticipated trip to Maui. Neither of us had ever been there before and now understand what all the hype is about! We had a ton of fun with the three other couples that also went, enjoyed the carefree days of not worrying about the kids (thanks parents for helping out there!!), and even got to remember how good food can be when you eat it while its still hot!December began with David and Dayna's preschool's Christmas program. It was very cute as usual. We have the DVD if anyone is interested :) Dayna performed her part as Mary perfectly. She rode (walked by) on the donkey, laid her baby in the manger and received the gifts from the wisemen. David was very proud to get to be the wiseman who carried the star. He got to lead all of the other wisemen to the manger. They both did great and were very happy to have their grandparents (and Aunt Nancy) there to watch them!Next on the December agenda was Dylans 8th birthday. He was super shocked and happy to get the basketball hoop he had been begging for for about 2yrs. Now if we can just keep the rain, wind, and cold away so they can be outside to enjoy it.

Finally, after everyone but Kylie enjoyed a bout with the flu, Christmas arrived. We did take a pic of the kids opening their stockings Christmas morning, but didn't think it was right to post a pic that only showed four kids. Krista was zonked from the flu so she didn't make the pic, you can only hold four kids away from long awaited stocking stuffers for so long!

We had a great year in 2010. I know I didn't include much about Krista and Kylie so here's a little tidbit. They are officially 11months old today. Kylie is walking everywhere and has really gotten fast at it in the last couple of days. She still only has two teeth but both her and Krista still eat whatever is given to them. She enjoys following the kids around to the point that they now shut all doors behind them to keep her out! Krista is on the verge of learning to walk, tonight she actually took two steps! Don't ask for proof, because when I tried to show someone then all she did was her usual huge smile, laugh and just dive forward. She finally got her first tooth a couple of weeks ago. She isn't as big into following the kids, she'd rather watch the kitties. Although, if Dayna has her baby stroller out Krista will attack her and try to take it away. It is the only time I have heard Krista yell at one of the kids!!

Reading

This was just too cute not to post!! Dylan is reading to all of the kids.