Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Sledding up a Storm


I decided since this might just well be the last snow of the season that we should take advantage and go sledding.  In typical Utah fashion, most of the snow was gone by mid afternoon when school, preschool, and gymnastics was over but that didn't stop us from going...uh...slushing.  Even better, we had Isaac's friend Tiki come along for the ride. :)

At first Zekie was convinced that this sledding trip was incredibly lame and that he couldn't get his sled to work.  After a lecture about not giving up which had approximately zero affect on him, it was the "I'll give you 50 cents if you can sled down the hill one time." that did the trick. After that he was a master sledder the rest of the afternoon!

I remember when I tried to take Caleb sledding a couple years ago to this same hill and he was tired, scared, cold and miserable. BUT now that he's a vewee gwown up thwee year old he had the time of his life!  He kept me laughing the whole time at his crazy tricks, stunts, flops and rolls...all in attempts to get himself and the sled down the hill.  This kid's hilarwious.

Isaac also had a fabulous time. He's all about becoming one with nature and refreshed himself with snow snacks between runs.  He and Tiki were having a hard time taking turns until I convinced him to be a "reindeer".  Then the strong Squeaks was more than happy to take his friend and brothers on some wild rides!

Here's a picture of our incredible hill.  Just the ride size for 4 small boys and we had it all to ourselves.  It even came complete with a drain at the bottom that clearly had alligators living in it.  It all added to the thrill of the ride.

Tan Tiki and three whitey winter Bachman boys cheezin' it up and having a blast! 
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day

We have had a very happy Valentine's Day thus far. Zeke and his friend Kortnie had a lot of fun at their kindergarten class room party making these HUGE valentines for all their candy to go into! Caleb and I got to help with the party too and saw all the festivities...bean bag toss, bird house painting, starburst game "don't eat Pete", story and cupcakes and of course Valentine card making. Zeke loves his friend Kortnie and has been dying to have her come play so it only seemed appropriate on this day of love that she should come over for their first playdate.
Caleb's getting in on the love. He's lucky to have older brothers with cute girl friends that let him tag along.
Last night Zekie lost his 6th tooth! It seems fitting since he is 6 and all. He cut the tooth fairy a break and said that she didn't have to get him the lemon cookies he requested until later the next day...perhaps during his gymnastics class she'd have time.
Isaac usually give me a hard time about going to preschool but not today! He put in some long strenuous...minutes, the day before writing out each and every member of his class's name on his Valentines for them. He also got to be the *star student* big helper in his class today and for his show and tell bucket items he brought the rocket ship clock and a race car. In his Valentine bag he received a plethora of suckers and pencils.
Our fantastic neighbor and babysitter made these beautiful cards with our boys a week before Vday hit. They've been sitting on the mantle and Zeke made us promise to wait to read them on Valentine's day. They had reasons why they loved Mama and Dada.
Mama's Card: Caleb - Loves you because you sleep with him and kiss him good night. Love you Mama. Isaac - Loves you because you play with me and kiss my tummy. Zekie loves Everything about me.
Dada's Card: Caleb - Loves you because you watch sports with me and sleep with me and your hugs are awesome. Love you Dada. Isaac - I love wrestling with you and when you put me to bed. Love Isaac. Zekie - Loves you about taclen (tackling).
We LOVE our boys!!
My dearest Valentine Rob gave me this incredible bouquet of flowers from Costco. He wanted to make an extra big bouquet out of combing a bouquet of long lasting flowers and a bouquet if red roses. Lucky for him no one questioned him about if the bouquets were for two different women or one ;). And lucky for me to have such an incredible husband and father by my side. Love you Rob!
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