Preschool picnic!

Ryan had his preschool picnic this year at the local park.  It was all three classes together at one picnic, so we decided that 2 more little girls wouldn't hurt :)  The day started out with a demonstration from the Sherriff and his canine.  Then it was time to eat followed by playtime!!!  I wasn't able to make it, but both Grandma's, Gina, Emma, Kaitlyn and Aaron were able to help Ryan celebrate!  Daddy was even able to make a quick appearance on his lunch break!Thanks everyone for making this such a special day!

Ryan and Aaron on the slide

Aaron "winging", one of his favorite things to do!

Emma!



Aaron pushing Kaitlyn on the merry-go-round



Cousins night at the Tavern!

Brian, Gina and the girls came home just after Memorial Day.  In order to celebrate we attempted to get the cousins on the Clement side together.  We overtook the Tavern and had a great time catching up!  The kids ended up in the back and had a BLAST with the sand and the two kittens.  Luckily the kittens survived, but I am not sure how!


Emma, Grace, Austin, and Aaron by the fish pond in the back




Austin and Kaitlyn looking for kittens behind the cornhole set!



Grace holding one of the kittens with Emma looking on

Memorial Day 2011

For Memorial Day we had a cookout at Grandma and PaPa Sadlers!  It had rained earlier in the day, but become nice enough that the kids could play in the baby pool and spray each other with the hose.  It was a great time with Aaron shocking everyone with his LOVE of the pool!


Nate, Ally, and Aaron....I think the pool is a little small!



Alex taking it all in...he decided he is not crazy like them!!!

A sample of the constant smile on his face!

Aaron getting Nate....he is such a good sport!

Ryan getting Aaron with the hose...he LOVED it!

Aaron REFUSED to stop long enough to get his pants pulled up!

Ryan and Aaron...Ryan getting ready to do his version of a cannonball!

Elmo!

Back in April, daddy and Aaron went to the Civic Center to see Elmo live!  It was a special night for all of us as we don't normally get to do things in pairs!  Here are some pictures from the night!

Swim lessons take 3

We decided to get Ryan into swim lessons again this spring.  This is his third set of lessons and we advanced him this time so he was with kids closer to his age/size.  He was such a trooper, doing whatever the teacher asked and always volunteering to go first.  He didn't always succeed, but as mentioned in a previous post, at least he tried!  His reward almost every week was getting to go out to lunch!  Swim lessons are now complete and he progressed each and every week.  We've decided he won't be our Olympic swimmer, especially since the teacher just wrote that he is a pleasure in class and he needs to keep trying!  Our goal is to just keep him safe around the water!   Way to go Ryan...now you are ready for vacation!!!

Having fun swimming!

They learned how to pull others to safety.  He is taking a ride back to the edge!

Ryan helping his buddy back to the side using a safe technique!

Still needs to extend his arms a little!   But trying hard!

Riding a bike without training wheels??

Ryan decided to be VERY brave and insisted on taking his training wheels off of his bike.  This was back on May 22nd.  Here are some pictures of his very valient attempt at riding his bike like a big boy.  Unfortunately he has the balance capabilities of his parents and after a couple of weeks trying, decided to wait a while longer before trying again.  After making this decision he came up to me and said, "Mommy, I am sorry I can't ride my bike like a big boy"  I told him that I was very proud of him because at least he tried and gave him a big hug!  My boy is already a perfectionist and will just have to learn that as long as you try, that is ultimately all that matters!  It is humbling the lessons he has to learn already!  He is getting so big!!!

Taking the training wheels off

Just starting to get the feel on the grass

After a good start, the first wipeout...at least it was on grass!

Now we have protective gear on and ready to try it on the driveway!



Look at that concentration!



Easter at home

As mentioned earlier we started out Easter day at home.  First the boys checked out their Easter baskets and then did an indoor easter egg hunt before going to church.  Sorry this is out of order...must be the pregnancy and my scattered brain!

They each received a Phineas and Ferb movie and character

 

Aaron checking his out pretty closely!

Start of the Plastic Easter egg hunt!  In order to keep it even, we told Ryan he could only pick up certain colors of eggs.

After all the eggs were found they were allowed to open each one.  Since Ryan doesn't like candy, we had a lot of coins and a couple of dollars.  Ryan was VERY excited to find his dollar!

Aaron didn't really care.  He was MUCH more excited about the candy!