a day in the life of Allison

In honor of Allison's 2nd birthday today, I'll give you a glimpse into our day with our little Allie-girl.

8:30 am: breakfast


9:15 am: meltdown #1


9:45 am: trying on Matthew's pajamas


9:57am: meltdown #2 (not pictured)

10:30 am: a stroller ride to the park


10:45am: her new favorite thing, climbing UP the slide


11:00 am: no trip to the park would be complete without some time in the swing


11:30 am: trying on Daddy's winter hat and gloves


12:00pm: lunchtime (Allie insists on eating with a fork, even her apples!)


12:20pm: a goodbye kiss for Daddy as he heads back to work


12:30pm: naptime!


3:30pm: Allie's up!


4:00pm: another trip to the park (at the hottest time of the day. Way to go, mom.)


4:45 pm: cooling off with an otter-pop


4:50 pm: finding the moon


5:10pm: meltdown #3


5:30pm: dinnertime/sharing her enchiladas with Daddy


6:10pm: watching Matthew play some Wii


8:00pm: meltdown #4


8:20 pm: all ready for bed (Peek-a-Boo!)


8:30pm: Ni-Night Allie





The End.

I'm back...

I have finally updated our blog! I know you have all been waiting on the edge of your seat to see what we have been up to. :)

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kindergarten graduation

Matthew graduated from kindergarten! He smiled so much I thought his face would crack. I, on the other hand, tried not to sob through the whole ceremony!













It was a very emotional day for me, to say the least. I can't believe my little Matty-boy is going to be a first grader and be gone at school all day. We will have to work hard to make sure we don't lose our cuddle time!

dance festival

The kids had their dance festival at school at the end of May. The third graders did a Maypole dance, and the kindergarten danced to "Splish, Splash (I was taking a bath...)". I love watching my kids at their dance festival!







Matthew has the green goggles and floaties on.

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

Since my computer refuses to let me get pictures off my SD card, and a no picture post may bore the 4 people who actually read my blog, I will just pass along a link to a blog that I love. This woman is hilarious, and I wish I knew her in person so we could hang out. I laughed out loud at this post.

Also, my sister is pretty dang funny. If you haven't read her latest post, just know that it involves a sweet pic of Kirk Cameron (need I say more?) and some very real growing pains we can all relate to.

Enjoy!

ONE MORE REASON TO LOVE THIS BOY

Matthew and I have been having "cuddle time" ever since he was a toddler. It used to be a daily occurrence, but as he gets older, it happens less and less. Usually it involves a little begging on my part and a lot of "Are we done yet?" on Matthew's part.

The other day, I was working on some Relief Society stuff when Matthew came in my room and slipped this little note onto my lap:



My response:



I love how he included "I hate cuddle time" as one of my options. He knew I would never check THAT box! This goes down as one of the best "mom" moments that I will always remember.

APRIL FOOLS???

It seems that Mother Nature has played a nasty April Fool's joke on us:





I am not laughing.