Monday, June 18, 2012

Swim Lessons and Fathers Day

Friday was our last day of swim lessons, which mean FUN DAY!!! Kayden had the chance to go down the slide, jump off the diving board and just play! He was absolutely FEARLESS!! Not sure if thats a good thing or bad, but it was priceless!

Ready to go!

The orange slide is the one we go to go down! Kayden went 5 times! He loved it!

Then we headed over to the diving board.

Lining up to jump off!


Kayden's first dive!

Lets do that again!

Splash!

Don't embarass me mom!

Ready to go!

Dive #3!
He jumped 5 times before we had to switch!

Then we went over to the kiddie pool and spent the last bit of our time. It has a little slide and is shallow enough for Kayden to roam freely.
We loved swim lessons and it was definitely a good choice! I forsee an excellent swimmer in our future.

We spent the rest of the weekend hanging out at home and at the pool.
Since Sunday was Father's Day, Daddy got to start his special weekend early. Friday at daycare they had a dad's playdate. The dad's got to come to school, hang out, have some watermelon (Brett doesn't eat it, but Kayden sure liked it), and play outside! I got a couple of pictures when the were in the classroom (pic of the computer).


They are centered at the back facing us (Kayden in an orange shirt, Brett in black)

So cute to see all the dad's there!

The rest of the weekend was simple. But I did get this cute shot of my boys on Sunday evening.


Can you tell these two are related???
Happy Fathers Day Brett!!!

Friday, June 15, 2012

Thunder Up!

So for anyone who hasn't heard, the Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA Team) has made it to the NBA Finals. Awesome! We're not the loudest Thunder fans out there, but its kind of fun to get into the spirit. So yesterday was game 2 at home, and they have what they call Thunder Alley. Its the area in front of the arena for fans to gather, play some games and get pumped up for the game. We decided to go and try to win free tickets (yeah that was more like try to win the lottery), but we did end up with a balloon sword and a good experience....AND we even got our official picture taken! (I took a picture of the computer screen....it's 13.95 to order a darn 4x6!!!)

Thunder Alley!

Other than that its been a regular week. Today is the last day of swim lessons, which means a fun day....maybe Kayden will jump off the diving board and go down the waterslide! Here's more pictures of our week!

My golfer!


Practicing his swing!

Silly cracker boy

All smiles after swim!

Last night we were hanging out and we look over and Kayden is laying on the couch, eatting a pretzel, while rubbing his belly.....

My ice cream buddy!


Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Oklahoma Aquarium

This weekend, Kayden and I headed up to Tulsa to visit the Oklahoma Aquarium! I was excited to show Kayden the fishies! It was a cool place to go, Kayden loved just running from exhibit to exhibit. They had built in steps in front of some of the tanks, so the kids can see them easier. On the other tanks, I just let Kayden get up on the ledge. He loved it. There were some fish that came close and he wasn't quite sure what to do. And we got to touch horshoe crabs, shrimp, sting rays and a small shark AND we got to feed some snapping turtles!! Wooohooo!!!

BIG FISH!

Look mom!

I gotta get a picture!

They had the cage that divers go in to study sharks

The Oklahoma Aquarium has the largest collection of Bull Sharks in the US
  
They have a tunnel where the sharks swim over your head!

Frogs

An Albino Turtle

Love the fish!



Tiny little jelly fish!

Big jelly fish

American Alligators

That was fun!
And mom let me get a shark and a shark book to take home!!

Friday, June 8, 2012

It's been a long week!

OMG!!! (oh my gosh).... I am so freaking tired this week! But its been non stop, so what was I expecting?!

Kayden started swim lessons this week. They are two weeks, and the kids in this class take it with the parents. Its a chance for them to get accustomed to the water. Lessons start at 6p, so that means: get off work at 5p, pick up Kayden (must have snack waiting!), eat snack, go to pool, change, swim lesson, then home by 7:15ish for dinner, bath and bedtime. Exhausting! But despite my lack of sleep, Kayden is LOVING swim!
Day 1, he didn't want to do anything the teacher said (my original thought was whoever decided to sign an ornery 2 year old up for swim lessons was an idiot).
Day 2, dad came with us. Kayden did soooo much better! He started to kick his feet and liked to play the games and sing the songs.
Day 3, just me and Kayden and it was cold! The little babies quit halfway through but my shivering child wouldn't quit. So he worked on jumping into the pool (I don't catch him until he's underwater). He did it over and over and over.... He would kick and "swim" all over!
Day 4, that's tonight....T-minus 40 minutes unil work is over.
Next week, we have 4 more sessions (no class on wednesday). I'm definitely glad I decided to do this. He loves it and its alot of fun to see him progress, even in just 3 days!!!

Other than that its been a quiet week (if that's possible...).

A sucker for a job well done at swim!

Kayden and his buddy Parker at school


And tomorrow we are going to the Tulsa Aquarium!!! I'm soooo excited to show Kayden the FISHIES!!!!


Monday, June 4, 2012

Its June!!

Can you believe that its already June 4th???!!!! Where has this year gone??? I love the fact that time doesn't seem to be standing still, but it could slow down just a little....

This weekend was simple. Saturday we spent some time with daddy who couldn't sleep :( , then we went to a dance recital to support a friend. Kayden was soooo good! The first half, he sat in my lap and was MESMORIZED by the dancers! I was shocked. Then intermission let him get a little energy out. The second half he was a little rowdier, but overall he did great. And I got to see Michele's daughter, Angie who is 4, but a cute little ballerina! So precious!!!
Sunday mommy had a migraine so we stayed in most of the day and attempted to play quietly (2 year olds don't exactly understand migraines....thank goodness for medicine!).
A nice simple weekend...

Riding our bike inside

Biker boy!

OBSESSED with my sleeping child

And this is how Kayden started his morning at daycare today. He's a quirky one!

Friday, June 1, 2012

2 year checkup

Kayden had his 2 year checkup this week. The doctor says he looks absolutely perfect and is right where he is supposed to be developmentally. And NO shots!!! That made it even better.

Stats:
Height - 37" (100+%)
Weight - 29.4lb (50-75%)
Teeth - ALL of them are in! This kid has some chompers!

With the doctor appointment, I was able to take the afternoon off and we spent some mommy/Kayden time together. We did a little shopping and ended our afternoon at Walmart (we were out of milk!). Kayden has a new found love for fish, so we spent at least 15 minutes looking at the fishies. He loves them!


Maybe sometime soon....someone will get a couple of fishies! =)

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Memorial Day Weekend

I think we all needed a long weekend at our house. Brett had four nights off!!! I took two days off work, so I ended up with 5 days off, and we kept Kayden's schedule normal, so he had 3 days off. Brett and I enjoyed a couple days to ourselves, we even went to a movie! Alone! It was nice to have some time for just us. Saturday we went to Edmond and hung out with Marnie which was fun! And then Sunday/Monday just hung out at the house and enjoyed our weekend!

My boys....So cute!!!

Sunday someone didn't take a nap.....this is what happened at 7p! Snoring baby!

Crazy little boy climbed onto the kitchen counter!

Monday we baked a cake....and someone helped frost it!

There's nothing on my face!

Licking the icing off!

Silly boy....those aren't a mustache!

Great weekend!!!