Accidents, Accidents & MORE Accidents!!!

Tonight Sienna got her first bloody nose and her gazillionth fat lip. She decided to do a face plant on the coffee table. I'm guessing if she could do it over again, she would probably NOT jump across the couch and launch onto the coffee table...face first. Guess we'll find out... This was just ONE of the accidents that has occurred in the last 24 hours. Yesterday, Brayden launched into the coffee table with his hip, resulting in a huge bruise. Not 5 minutes later, he fell on the coffee table, face first and ended up with a huge bruise and a swollen cheek. I'm thinking at this point the coffee table has got to go! ;) And, today we went to the preschool for a Safety Event (police, ambulance, fire truck, etc) and Brayden fell on the playground and skinned his knee and shin...blood and sand all mixed in together. UGH. Oh, and did I mention that both kids have fairly yucky colds this week?!?!?! I am so ready to go back to a healthy, accident-free life!!!

Brayden's 1st Day of Preschool!

Wednesday was Brayden's first day of preschool! This year Brayden is in Teacher Andy's 4's class (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and Sienna is in Teacher Andy's 3's class (Tuesday, Thursday). Have I also mentioned that I'm now the preschool's Treasurer? This is going to be one busy year!!!
In the 4's class, they write their whole name in the sand!

Math games!

Brayden was so excited to be back at school! I hope that he always loves school this much!

I must say that it was MUCH easier dropping Brayden off at school than it was Sienna. Brayden has several close friends in class...it was so cute to see him sit right down and start chatting away. When I dropped Sienna off on Thursday, I was so scared that she wasn't going to want me to leave. She's such a mommy's girl and has NO IDEA how to play with other kids, without her "security blanket", Brayden. But, she did pretty good at drop off and did great after I left. HOORAY! Once she makes some friends of her own, I know I'll feel more relaxed. At least she told me that she "LOVES" Teacher Andy!!!

Sienna's 1st Day of Preschool!

Today was Sienna's FIRST day of preschool!!!! It's hard to believe that just 1 year ago, Brayden had his first day of preschool! She wouldn't put her backpack on, but she eventually decided to let me take her picture with her lunchbox. :)
I decided I should make Sienna's first day my first parent help day, too. Between Brayden's class (4's) and Sienna's (3's), I have 23 parent help days this year. I figured Sienna wouldn't let me leave, anyways, so I might as well make it count! Since we had to arrive 30 minutes early, Sienna and Ryan (his mom was also parent helping) helped Teacher Andy put all 15 name cards on the board!

Then Teacher Andy showed Sienna how to draw the first letter of her name in the red sand.

Then it was Sienna's turn to draw the "S"!

She surprised me and drew her first "S"...and it was perfect! I wish you could see it in the picture, but the "S" didn't really show up. Darn!

After signing in, the kids go directly to the math games table.

After math games, Sienna had fun playing with dye, eye droppers and ice cube trays!

Sienna's "Rainbow Girl"!

Snack time!

All 15 3 year old's eating their snacks!

What a fun day! I was a little nervous having 15 kids in the class (Brayden's 3 year old class only had 11), but they all did pretty good. Sienna even did good until snack time was over, and then she must have gotten tired because she wanted me to hold her and threw a small tantrum. But, I expected that to happen the entire day, so I still consider it a success. Now we'll just have to see how she does on Thursday when I drop her off...hopefully she'll want to stay and won't start crying! Tomorrow is Brayden's first day of school...I expect that to go smoothly since Brayden LOVES the school, and Teacher Andy!

Sprinkler Hopscotch!

One of the best water toys we have bought, has been this hopscotch "sprinkler"! You can adjust how high the water comes out, which is perfect for kids who don't like to get their faces wet! Of course, the weather didn't cooperate this year so we didn't get to use it much. These pics were taken back in June!

Even Chris took a turn, which was by far, the most fun to watch! haha!

Random July Fun!

The kids were finally up late enough to do some sparklers when Aunt Kari & Uncle Rich came over to hang out! I'm not sure who was having more fun with the sparklers...Brayden and Sienna or Uncle Rich (dancing in the background)!!! haha!

The kids were having fun playing together one day and they kept wanting me to take their picture together...of course I couldn't resist! You can see just how much they love each other!

This is my personal favorite! It appears as though Sienna just punched Mr. B in the face, but really, he was being silly laying on the couch and Sienna was just dancing around with her arms all crazy. But, she never came close to touching Brayden! haha!

Brayden jumping into the pool! If you remember in my other posts, he wouldn't jump in unless he was holding the instructor's hands. However, after taking them swimming in Bend and making him jump in without holding our hands, he came back to swim lessons and was able to jump in without holding their hands! Go Brayden!We still have Sienna's pack 'n play set up in her room for those nights she won't stop getting out of bed. Well, the kids decided it was the perfect spot to play!

This is what happens when you stay up too late and then wake up earlier than usual. I love to sleep, I don't know why these kids don't! ;)

During our last trip to Bend, Grandma & Grandpa Macnab took the kids fishing! Well, really it was just Grandpa. Grandma and I were the official photographers. ;) They took us to Shevlin Park where Chris and I got married!!!! It was the first time we had been back since we got married 8 years ago!

I forgot to mention in a previous post that while we were in Bend for July 4th weekend, my parents had 2 bird nests in their yard. When we came back 2 weeks later, the little baby birds in the front of their house had hatched and looked like a pile of fuzz! The birds in the back of the house had also hatched, but they were MUCH bigger and we couldn't figure out why the parents kept feeding them! By the time we left, all 3 babies did fly away. How cute are these little fuzz balls?

Legacy Park & Murase Park!

Legacy Park!!!
At the end of June, we met my good friend, Catrina, and her 2 kiddos at a park for one last playdate. After 6 years in Portland, it was time for them to move back to humid Oklahoma. Just in case you don't remember, I met Catrina at Gymboree in January 2007. I'm not sure how it all started, but we quickly became friends when we found out that not only were our boys only 1 month apart, but we were both due with our second babies in June. A few months later, we both found out that we were having girls, who ended up being born 12 days apart. We will certainly miss the Edgar family...I'm not sure I would have survived the last 3 years without Catrina!
Teeter-Totter fun! I wanted to ask the random girl in front of Brayden to get off so that I could take a picture, but I didn't think that would go over very well. :P

Water break! It was so hot that all the kids had red cheeks and were guzzling their water!

The kids were still pretty hot when we left the park, so we stopped by McDonald's to buy 2 vanilla cones for $1! I thought they were going to be small cones, but they were regular size! The kids were very happy, but I made them eat them outside when we got home!

Murase Park!!!

The next day, we met my bible study group for some fun at a water park in Wilsonville. It was our first time to Murase Park, and it was absolutely packed, but it was still loads of fun!

Sienna's 3rd Birthday!

These pictures are only 1 1/2 months late...Sienna's 3rd birthday was on June 10th! Oh well, better late than never!

June 10th, 2010: Grandma & Grandpa Boley, Uncle Rich, Aunt Kari & Cousins Brian & Jack came over for dinner, cupcakes and presents on Sienna's birthday! That morning, the kids and I baked the cupcakes and then decorated them with pretty pink and purple sprinkles...Sienna's 2 favorite colors!

Sienna (& Brayden) opening her presents (we gave the kids BBQ gear for Sienna's birthday)!!!

Sienna sportin' her new princess crown and Ariel flip flops from Aunt Kari, Uncle Rich, Brian & Jack!

June 12th, 2010: Sienna's Gymboree Party!

Back Row (left to right): Lilya, Mark, Catrina, Kathy, Shelley & Karley.

Front Row (left to right): Anne, Canon, Wyatt, Avery, Ashley, Brooke, Sienna, Koen, Brayden, Eli & Gabby

Sienna LOVES to jump!

More jumps!

Brayden loves to jump, too!

Boys will be boys! Most of the boys spent the entire time tackling each other. I'm pretty sure that Brayden was the big instigator of the group. UGH.

Big jumps with Cousin Mark!

Big jumps with Teacher Brandee!

I'd just like to say that I had every intention of making Sienna a princess castle cake for her birthday. I had the majority of it done, but then I ended up cracking a rib the morning of her Gymboree party and spent the entire morning/early afternoon in the ER. I am so thankful that Grandma Boley drove 40 minutes to the ER, picked up the kids and took them to Costco to help Sienna pick out her "new" birthday cake! It is certainly no "castle cake", but at least we had a cake to feed the kids! Hmmmm...that reminds me, I think we still need to pay Grandma Boley back for the cake!!! OOOOPS!