4 Years Old

Spencer is finally 4 years old. We celebrated with a WATER BALLOON EXTRAVAGANZA! We had a whopping 14 kids. And the good news is that the whole thing was outside and my house didn't get messy at all!! Thank you perfect weather.The backyard set-up was awesome. Slip and Slide with sprinkler then a pool right in the middle with a sprinkler that somewhat hit it then the slide of our playground with a pool at the bottom with a sprinkler on it. Then when the kids thought they couldn't have a better time we brought out the water balloons and pinata!! It was a blast and so easy!Just look at how cute he is, well don't look to close because he is so bruised up. The kid seriously looks like he was in some sort of accident but they are all self inflicted.

He got soooo many cool gifts. I can't believe how many presents he got.

Ok so the plan was to make a cake with 3-d water balloon. My first mistake was that I listened to Garett and then it was down hill from there. Basically I had to give up the plan and just make it a bunch of dots. It is still really cute and Spencer loved it but not what I was planning.

Spencer is a great kid. Not at all what I thought he would be like. He is shy and doesn't make friends super easy (meaning he is content to play by himself so he won't go out of his way to talk to somebody) but would give you the shirt off his back if you need it( and if he wasn't tired or hungry). He loves to snack rather then eat meals, not just eat snack foods but just eat small amounts all the time. He still has the worlds smallest bladder. He is just 2 inches shorter then his brother and we thought he was going to take over in weight but he just stopped gain and is super skinny now. He loves to climb and is NOT afraid of heights! He loves to cuddle especially when it is time to go to bed. He LOVES to pray which is a new thing and the opposite of what is was just a few months ago. He can not sit still for anything. Something has to be in motion. He is a bit rough with his sister but you can tell that they really are just love taps! We love him so much and are so glad he is a part of our family.

PATHETIC

As in that is what I am, Pathetic! We had a really great April but of course I didn't get around to blogging these things when they happened so now I will review with pictures. Enjoy!

These are from most recent to earlier in the month.

Some may think that I put this picture on because Mallory is so cute and she is but I also wanted to show off my grass. I am really working hard and hope to have a close to perfect lawn by the end of summer.
We went to South Carolina for the weekend. Garett went to a ultrasound conference and we went to play. As you can tell from this picture you can tell that we played hard.
While in SC we went to the zoo. It was a great zoo, lots of animals and things to do. Here, Preston is feeding the birds nectar. We also helped give some of the birds a bath at the hand washing station. This was by far the best part of the zoo.

I often forget when Mallory has this Pacifier in. EVERYBODY stops and stares and giggles. She is pretty cute.More fun things at the zoo
Mallory loved the zoo. She would point and clap and sign at every animal. She loved the elephants and the goats the best.

Also in SC we went to a children's museum. This bulldozer actually worked and they boys were able to "move blocks" and steer it around. Pretty cool.

Easter Sunday......While I was finishing getting ready I asked Garett if he would get some pictures of the kids in their outfits. This is the best one he got. He gave up after this so we don't really have great pictures. We all looked great in our PINK!

We went camping Easter weekend with a few of our friends. It would have been a perfect trip if it hadn't rained all day Friday. We still had fun with the limited amount of sun.

Preston with best buddy Caleb!
Ever since his brief rotation in Derm, Daddy always makes sure we wear our sun hat.
We did a big Easter Egg hunt while camping. Here is Mallory getting her eggs.
All the kids together. Just if you were wondering, Mallory is wearing one of the boys sweatshirts.
We also dyed Easter Eggs. I loved that all of the mess was not in my kitchen.
This is the boys right after they found their baskets
Mallory got a baby doll in her basket. We named her Ester-something biblical.
The boys!
Again, the order of these pictures is backwards. The boys had an Easter Egg hunt at their school. I mostly posted this picture because the girl is Riley, Preston's "best girl"
Showing off his basket that he made.
Here is Spencer class before they were let go to find eggs. I just want to say how proud I was of Spencer. He found tons of eggs but when he found out that some of his classmates where not finding as many. He stopped looking for himself and just looked for others. And when that wasn't good enough he took eggs out of his basket and gave them to other. All without any prompting. He really is a good, sweet boy!