Soccer

Ian had his first "official" soccer practice yesterday. He did a great job (thanks Fortner family for gifting him a soccer net when he was 1). Coach Sonny thought this was his 2nd year playing, he was amazed when we told him it was only his first year.

The games should be fun to watch. The kids play 6 on 6 with no goalie. According to the coach, they're pretty humorous. The kids all bunch up and swarm the ball, no real strategy.

I was also asked to be the team Mom, of course I said "yes". So above is a picture of some of my new kids (minus the tall one on the left, he was just helping out)

Ian's Birthday

Sunday was Ian's official Birthday, so going with tradition, we went out for Ice Cream...

My Mom, Dad, Sister Jennifer and Brother-in-law Alan went, too. And of course, the Birthday boy had to have Vanilla~he's content with this one flavor.

After ice cream, we headed to Sean and Serina's house for R's Birthday Party.

PS. Ian thinks it's "So Cool" that him and baby Rhino have the same Birthday!!

Pirate P-aar-ty

On Saturday, yes in the sweltering heat, had Ian's 5th Pirate Birthday Party.
After all the guests arrived, we had hot dogs, chips and fruit (I forgot to take a picture of the fruit holder, it was the watermelon shell carved into the shape of a pirate boat). When everyone was done eating we started with the games...

First on the list was a Treasure Hunt. The kids split into groups. We had the 2-3 year olds in one group, they had to find their treasure by looking at a picture to find the next clue. We split the 4,5 and 6 year olds into 2 groups, they had to follow a dotted map for their clues. Ty made the older kids work for their treasure...they had riddles that sent them down the street. The treasure consisted of eye patches, swords, sashes and head bands. After all the kids got their "gear" on we headed to the boats...

For a waterballoon fight!!! The kids seemed to have A lot of fun trying to hit the targets. (Ty and I made Pirate Boats out of cardboard.) And of course, what's a party without some BOOTY!!!

All of the kids got a chance to hit the pinata. Yeah, for sugar!!! We headed inside after the pinata for cake, ice cream and presents.

The cake didn't turn out the way I wanted, but it still looked good. Thanks to everyone who was able to help celebrate Ian's Birthday. We hope everyone had an AWESOME time!

The bows I made for the "girl pirates" Ian was so thoughtful and didn't think the girls wanted to look like boys (I made 9 bows total, but forgot to take a picture of them all)

Turning 5

Sunday, Ian will turn 5!
Tomorrow we are having a pirate party for Ian...should be loads of fun. Ty and I made cardboard pirate ships and pirate flags. I can not wait for the Treasure Hunt, Cannon (water balloon) Fight and the Pinata. I wish the weather would be a little cooler...105 is a bit hot!



(sorry for the bad quality of the pictures...we no longer have a scanner, so it's a picture of the picture)

1st Day of Kindergarten

This morning when Ian got up he was super-excited. He couldn't wait to get to school!

We arrived at school about 15min early, so we could play a little on the toys and check out his classroom, again (last Thursday we were able to go and take a peek at his classroom and meet his teacher).

Ian was so happy when he got to his seat and saw all the neat stuff the teacher had got for him.
The front board had the schedule for the day on it so the parents knew what to expect... and yes, he goes to an ALL DAY Kindergarten class 8-2pm.

He couldn't wait for Luke and I to leave so his day could start :P

Luke was not very happy we were leaving Brother, he cried (I was sad the picture turned out blurry).

Ty got off early so he could go with me to pick Ian up from school. Ian was happy to see all of us, but he can't wait to go back to school tomorrow!!

Storyland

The boys and I were really missing Ty, so we asked him if he could take a day off this week so we could do something as a family.

We ended up here...

Storyland in Fresno.

Alice in wonderland (left) pirate ship (right)

3little Bear's house (left) Hanzel and Gretel's play yard (right)

The bathroom doors were so short even I had to duck :P

When we were done playing in Storyland, we walked over to Playland.

Both boys liked "Big Rocko"...Ian even rode by himself.

Disneyland (long post)

Last Wednesday, the boys and I headed to Anaheim (we were all sad Ty couldn't come with us). We arrived at our hotel around 6pm. After unloading and checking out our AWESOME room (we got a free upgrade; 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, living room and full kitchen), we went to check out the Garden Walk which was right across the street from the hotel. The kids really liked all the fountains and the murals...they even posed in front of a couple. Around 8pm we packed up and headed to LAX to pick up my sister, Jen and her friend, Nicole. By the time we got back to the hotel we were very tired.

The next morning we were up and out of the hotel early, ready to start our day! DISNEYLAND!! Before we went on our first ride, we met up with Chip, Goofy and Mickey.

Then it was off to Tomorrowland for some new adventures! We rode as many rides as we could before heading to Frontierland for Fantasmic and the Fireworks shows. After the shows, we were exhausted, so we hit the bus and went back to the hotel for some much needed sleep.

The next day, Friday, we headed into Disney's California Adventure Park where we rode more rides and met more Disney characters. That night we had awesome seats to watch World of Color.

Saturday, our last day, we headed back to Disneyland where we met up with my other sister, Jessica and her mother-in-law Deanna. We again rode more rides and saw more characters. We even went into Mickey's house!!

The best part of the day, by far, was the Princess Fantasy Faire area. Ian got a rocket painted on his face. Luke didn't want his face painted, so instead he played with all the princess hats :P

We watied about an hour to see the Princess' and it was TOTALLY worth the wait. Ian had all 3 ladies (Mulan, Ariel and Belle) laughing their heads off. He even had Belle blushing :P