Saturday Gma B took the grandkids to see Shrek 3. All four of them were pretty good. They really enjoyed the snacks!Yesterday was field day at school. They had a petting zoo with baby animals. Kolbe and Libby pet a chick, duck, goat, piglet, bunny, and donkey.We stayed for a while to watch dad in the dunk tank. In the first picture he is taunting the 6th graders. Don't worry, they got him good. He was dunked at least a dozen times in the 15 minutes or so that we watched.
Kolbe gets a WET hug from dad!

Kolbe celebrated his birthday with the kids at school today. He took cookies and green ice cream. Of course the kids liked their treats and sang Happy Birthday (as well as a group of 4 year olds can.)Kolbe likes to paint, but has never been too interested in coloring, drawing, or writing. I got a chuckle out of looking at his picture and alphabet tracing compared to the little girl next to him. You may notice her perfectly traced letters. Obviously she must have INCREDIBLE TALENT, way beyond her years, ;) although, she doesn't look too happy about it. Kolbe's teacher said when this particular little girl writes her name, it looks like an adult wrote it. How does Kolbe write his name?...An X (his attempt at a K) He is totally unaware there is any difference. I thought teaching middle and high schoolers with a wide variety of abilities was a challenge, but it is nothing compared to this. Kolbe is still trying to learn how to hold a writing utensil correctly, he holds it like a popsicle. Kolbe's teachers love him just the way he is!
After our treats Libby climbed up in the chair where Kolbe's friend Darian was sitting. Darian didn't mind and I thought it was cute so got out my camera. Kolbe immediately edged his way onto the seat dumping out Libby so he could be in the spotlight.

Kolbe's Zoo Field Trip For some reason I never got these pictures posted. A couple of weeks ago Kolbe's preschool class went to the zoo. Being a SAHM is nice because I get to go on outings like this. His teachers didn't ask me if I was going, they asked me how many kids could I take in my car. :)
Kolbe enjoyed the goats eating out of his hand.
Yeah, the boys do not look too interested in the kangaroos, but they got pretty excited when several of them jumped across the path right in front of them.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

We have so many wonderful mother's in our lives; Mother's, Grandmother's, Godmother's, aunts, friends, neighbors, etc. Kolbe and Libby are very fortunate to be surrounded by so many women who care for and love them. Thank you for all of your unconditional love and support for our precious children!

Kolbe doing one of his favorite things...leafblowing.
Kolbe was goofing around dancing and twirling so naturally Libby had to join in. Don't ask me why they were pulling up their shirts.We retired Libby's baby swing. She preferred the big girl swing.
Last summer Kolbe was a bit leary of the monkey bar. He would go on it, but rarely felt confident enough to let me stand at a distance. Now he climbs up the swing set and gets himself into this position. He tried to hang on by his legs-no arms, but needed a lot of help and got anxious as mom was letting go. We'll have to work on that move...not that we actually want him hanging like that with no arms. :(

Libby is now officially 2. She turned 2 a few weeks ago, but finally had her party yesterday. We were hoping it could have been outside, but we were RAINED OUT! The kids got to eat at their new picnic table made by Grandpa.
Thanks to Grandma for the CUTE ladybug cake.
Libby blowing out her candles. Mom had a hard time getting them lit due to kiddies blowing them out before she could finish lighting them.

Libby got a girl bike from Grandma and Grandpa B. Of course Kolbe thinks it is his. It was fun to have a party with little girl things. She got several princess presents including: nightgown, movie, beach towel, etc. She also got a girl book. We have a lot of non-gender specific books and TONS of boy books, construction and such, but no girl books. The item all the kids at the party loved was the doll and stroller, and the gift Kolbe and Libby have been fighting over now is the hippo bubble blower. Libby also got several cute outfits, and even a pink swimsuit.

We had a good time at the birthdat party. It was nice that so many of our friends and family could come.

Friday night we went to the school carnival. Kolbe LOVED the big inflatable slide. He went down it at least 7 or 8 times.

And of course all of the yummy treats to eat. After eating 2 hotdogs, some nachos and drinking a sprite, he ate this entire cotton candy and a snow cone.
Ah,... being a kid is so much FUN!!!

Kolbe changed out of his pj's but had not yet put on his clothes for the day. Before he could, he got distracted by me cleaning and decided to help sweep. I asked him if he thought he should put on his clothes and he responded, "You know, I'm not really a clothes boy."
Later Kolbe said, "If we go out to eat, I'll put on my clothes. The sign says no shirt, no service." I said, "No shirt, no shoes, no service." He replied, "Is that all I have to put on?" Nice try.
For some reason we have not been able to access the Sesame Street website lately. Kolbe said, "Is something wrong with Big Birds website?" Then he instructed me to "type into the computer, Kolbe and Libby want to watch Big Bird." He is getting pretty good using the mouse, he uses it to build lego structures on the Bob the Builder website and is starting to recognize letters on the keyboard to type in his name.

Today was our annual pictures of the kids. They did GREAT! Luckily the pictures don't show it, but somehow, Libby managed to chip a tooth yesterday. We have yet to figure out how or when, but when I was brushing her teeth this morning I noticed it-about an hour before our picture taking appointment.
You may also notice the scab on her leg and bruises on his. I guess it comes with being the ages they are. :) It is always something. At 1:00am this morning after hearing Kolbe crying I went up to find a huge infected splinter in his thumb that we had to perform an immediate extraction on. Again, we don't know how he got it or where it came from, but somehow I got it out without my glasses on and only half awake! When it came to picture time I convinced him splinters need air during the day and bandaids only at night so he wasn't flashing a huge Curious George bandaid in all of his gorgeous pictures.
You wouldn't know it by looking at them, so clean looking, that yesterday afternoon she actually laid down in our "flower bed." I say "flower bed" because they aren't any flowers planted in it, it is just a section of DIRT. She was face down, lying on her tummy like she was going to take a little nap in the soil. I want to hose them down every night before they come in for dinner!