Surprise Dad!

On Friday, the kids and I surprised Jeremy with a night at the Point South Mountain (now called The Arizona Grand).  He came home from work around noon and we told him to pack his bags.  He threw in some shorts, shirts and swim suits and we headed out.  It was a weekend of sun, food, fancy drinks and fun!  We saw half of Mesa there spending the weekend with their Dad's which was fun!  We are all tan and tired but had a ball.  Happy Father's Day to all you Dad's out there.

We had to blind fold Jeremy so he wouldn't know where we were going.  What the heck is Brody doing in the backseat laying down?

Miss B. and Dad having fun in the cool water.

A little trip down the Lazy River was just what Ledger and Jeremy needed!

My sunkissed boys! Heaven forbid we swim without goggles on! And what is with Case and his smile?  He was half asleep all weekend.  

Berkley loved the water!

Jeremy was brave enough to go down the water slide.  It was sooo high! 

What a weekend!

9 Months

Really?  Could I possibly have a baby that is 9 months old?  Apparently time is not stopping but flying by!  WOW!  Little Miss Berkley continues to melt my heart with her huge happy smile and shiny, who knows what color they are, eyes!  She crawls everywhere and is into EVERYTHING!  She spends most of her time chasing me around the house which leads to pure frustration and crying.  It must become overwhelming to follow someone around all day only to have them move to another area before you can even get to them.  Poor thing. Half the time 

I lug her around on my hip getting nothing done! One thing she is having fun with right now is pulling herself up to everything.  She is so steady when she stands which makes me think she will be walking faster then any of my boys did.  I say bring it on.  She is getting way too dirty and scuffed up crawling all over the ground at the pool.  It's gross and unsanitary.  I say bring on the walking stage!  Her latest trick is when she reaches her arms up in the air when she wants you to pick her up.  It's funny cause she does it all day long! My poor fourth baby though.  She gets dragged from one hot swim team practice, golf lesson, swimming lesson, after another.  She spends lots of time getting in and out of my hot car.  It's not fun...for her or I!  She is a trooper though. She cat naps in her car seat when possible and takes a huge nap around 1:30 when we finally make it home.  She loves going for little dips in the pool at the club and Miss Carolyn's.  She is a water lover like the rest of my kiddos. She isn't really liking table food yet which will be a problem when she visits Dr. James next week.  I've tried giving her eggs and even beans from El Charro.  Neither went over too well. I guess I'm lucky that she loves all her baby food.  I just hope she's not a picky texture eater like me.  We'll see what happens over the next month.  No new teeth to report on yet, but she has learned how to use those sharp bottom teeth to bite.  Boy can she bite!  She just puts her head down and gets ya.  OUCH!    She still makes that funny scrunchy nosed face when you say to her, "Berkley, where's your funny face?" It makes us all laugh.  Her brothers continue to be the highlight of her days.  They play "Peek-A-Boo" with her along with hiding her under their blankies and letting her try to find her way out.  The boys think this is hilarious and she thinks it's pretty funny too!  They love her so much!  I still can't believe this little lady is mine.  She is yummy and wiggly and busy and MINE!  I love and adore her every day.  I love when I walk into her room each morning and she stands up in her crib with her binky in her mouth and starts bouncing up and down blowing air from her nose because she is so happy to see me. I am giddy with excitement when I see her face each morning.  I am in love all over.  What a great feeling!

Who is that is my dishwasher?

Sorry Berkley.  You are not old enough for a Capri-Sun yet!

Dinosaur Week

Ledger went to his second week of summer fun with Miss Jody.  It was Dinosaur week!  Oh the excitement!  It makes me happy just thinking about how much Ledger loves Miss Jody and her awesome school!  This is just what Ledger needs right now.  Something of his very own.  Something that just HE gets to do.  Dinosaur Week...it's the best!!

Swimming is a rough sport!!

This morning at swim team practice, Brody got kicked in the mouth by a mysterious person while doing breaststroke in the deep end.  That kick to the mouth knocked out one of his front teeth and sent it sinking to the bottom of the pool.  It was not a loose tooth but a tooth that was perfectly snug and happy in that mouth of his (some kick right?) The tears started flowing and the kids started searching for that tooth that sank to the bottom of the deep end.  Brody was so worried that the tooth fairy would not be able to visit and leave him treasure because she would have no tooth.  You all know the rules right?  "No tooth, No treasure!" We'll see what happens tonight but our guess is that the tooth fairy will read the note he is going to leave under his pillow and leave him a little something anyway.  Stay tuned.....

The crime scene! 

There is a front tooth at the bottom of the deep end at Mesa Country Club Pool!

A Blue Night!

Brody and his blue ribbon for the breaststroke relay.

Case and his blue ribbon for the breaststroke relay.

Thursday night, Mesa Country Club hosted the backstroke race and breaststroke relays.  Brody and Case competed in each bringing home blue ribbons in their relays and a second place ribbon in the individual backstroke for Brody and a third place ribbon for Case.  I will say that the competition is tough this year in the summer league.  Now that Brody swims in the 7 year age group and Case in the 6 and under, it is a lot harder and more competitive for them both. Case was one of 52 6 and under boys, and Brody one of 15  7 year old boys.  Poor Brody. The 7 year olds he is swimming against are waaaaay taller and bigger then he is.  He hasn't hit a growth spurt yet.  He placed 10th overall in his age group and Case was like 25th in his.  Neither got medals, which they were a little disappointed about, but a trip to El Charro with Nanny and Papa made up for it! The highlight of the night happened when we were leaving.  Case walks up with a Gatorade and says, "Look what I got Mom."  "Where did you get that Case?" I asked him.  "From the snack bar Mom.  I just told them my last name was Wood" (my Mom's last name and whose name and number we use to get drinks and snacks at the snack bar.) A little upset with him I say, "CAAAAASE, your last name is not Wood!" With the most shocked and confused look he says, "It's NOT?!" I calm down a little and tell him, "No Case, your last name is Felstead, remember?" Still confused, he looks at me like he doesn't know what to do.  I start to tell him to take it back to the snack bar lady (I'm not paying $3.00 for a Gatorade!) when I notice he has already ripped the label off the bottle.  I lecture him long and hard about the whole thing and tell him never to go to the snack bar without me knowing about it!  Little twerp!  He just doesn't get it!  Now you know why I worry about him going to Kindergarten! On a side note to this whole story, we were driving to swim team practice the next morning and Brody says to Case, "Case, did you really think your name was Case Wood Wood? (His MIDDLE name IS Wood.) Again...a blank, puzzled look on his face! Oh this kid!  What to do?  What to do?

There is that streamline that Brody has been working on all week!

Go Case! GO!