Preschool!

So Savannah started preschool a few weeks ago. Here are some photos of the ensemble she put together for the first day. She loves school! She is the oldest in her class and 5th tallest. She has an amazing time.

My Savannah Banana

So I realized I never published my blog post for Savannah's Birthday. She is a very busy girl and keeps me busy too! She planned her birthday and told us that she wanted to go to open presents, play games, go to IHOP for breakfast and then walk around the mall. We had a very fun time together and she was very happy until she saw the cake I made her. At that point she went into histerics and told me i ruined her birthday (She was very tired). Eventually she remembered how much she loves frosting and I showed her how much the cake had on it.

The cake

Eating the cake after crying a ton

Savannah making the cake "better" when I wasn't looking

Picture of Savannah after celebrating her birthday at school

It's been a great year for Savannah. She became a Sunbeam at church, took swimming lessons over the summer and started preschool. She has been a fun big sister to Jaxon and showed him the joys of running laps and screaming around the house. She still loves shopping. For some reason Walgreens is one of her favorite stores and she calls it "baby supermarket." Savannah loves to be silly all the time and can sure make a huge mess in seconds. Her favorite toys are stuffed animals, barbies, my little ponies and littlest pet shop. She is still a super picky eater but it's getting better. Savannah actually ate spaghetti two times in the past month! She is one smart girl and tests at a 6 year old level on many things. We love her a lot and I am so grateful every day at what an amazing blessing she is in my life. I know the next year will be even better!

2 years ago today

Two years ago today our little Jaxon joined our family. I remember it so well and just how much I loved him as soon as I saw him. I loved his cute little mohawk, his perfect face, every finger and toe, everything about him. He was such a quiet baby and I couldn't get enough of him. I wanted to hold him all the time. I remember the ups and downs of when Jaxon and Savannah met. I had this amazing feeling that our family was more complete with Jaxon here.

She quickly realized how much she loved him.

These two years have been wonderful. This sweet little boy has changed our life for the better. He has never ending energy and sure loves to make us smile.
Here a few things about Jaxon right now:

He LOVES Cars, Toy Story and Nightmare Before Christmas

There is always some toy in Jaxon's hands

Jaxon loves to load up the Little People bus with cars and push them around the house

Jaxon is a boy of few words and not much of a talker, but picking up new words quickly

He thinks brushing his teeth is hilarious

Jaxon loves to walk up to strangers, get about a foot in front of them, wave and say "hey-wo" or "see ya," then walk away.

Jaxon loves socks

He loves when Noah comes home from work and runs to him as soon as he hears the door open

He loves doing the actions to "If your Happy and You Know It"

One of his favorite things to do is torment his big sister

Jaxon loves Yo Gabba Gabba, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Super Why

He eats anything... including lipstick

He loves cuddling with his Mommy almost any time of day

Jaxon loves swimming and bath time. Anything with water makes him happy

Hearing "No" makes him giggle

Jaxon loves his alone time and playing in his room with cars or Mr Potato Head

He climbs anything he can and will try to move whatever furniture he can

He loves to give hugs and kissesWe love this little guy and are so happy he is in our family. He is a blessing everyday and always keeps us on our toes.

In a perfect world...

Jaxon would get this for his birthday. This child loves crayons and Lightening McQueen more than anything else in the world.

Although I think he would be willing the settle and share one of these with his sister.

Hagerman Fossil Beds

Back on the 15th of August the kids and I stopped at the Hagerman Fossil Beds on the way to picking up Noah from the airport in Boise. I was SO excited because I have always loved fossils and online it made it seem like there were so many here. There is a breed of horse that was found here (I guess it is more like a Zebra). When we pulled into the parking lot I knew I would be disappointed because the building was so small. My kids however, were not at all and want to go back. They were first greeted outside the building to a sandbox to dig fossils.

They immediately found another sandbox inside.

Savannah became very social with this National Parks lady and they dug together. Savannah was so excited to find out what fossils she "discovered." She also gave Savannah a map that is now one of her prized possessions.

Jaxon did a little discovering on his own.
He found this table full of things he could touch and play with. These are some of the major finds in the fossil beds. I love these and was hoping for a lot more like them. This is the Hagerman horse/zebra.

On the way back to the highway I stopped to see the actual fossil beds. I took a picture of the sign just so I could remember how old the fossils were.

Here are the beds where the fossils were found. I think it's very pretty.
After talking with the National Parks Service people I realized the volume of fossils they had reported online was true, they just were not all on display. Its actually a very small portion set out for the public to see. Maybe we will be able to come back someday and see more.

September :(

September 6th- Savannah starts real preschool. I am excited for her and a little sad. I talked with her about it. She told me she is so excited and I shouldn't be sad because Jaxon and I can play in her room while she is gone. I think this makes me sad because I know this is the beginning of leaving for school. From here on out there will be a time when she isn't with me and she will be off on her own little adventure.

September 15th- Jaxon will be 2! Where the heck did the time go?! I remember being pregnant with him like it was yesterday. He is talking more all the time and watching him play with toys and spend more time doing his own thing makes me realize he needs me less and less.

September 17th- Two days after my heart breaks a little it will break again. If it seems like Jaxon turning 2 is rough, the fact that my sweet little princess is turning 4 is scary. I can't believe in a month I will have a 4 year old.

With the emotional roller coaster my life has been the past month, I am very sad for September.

Swim Lessons

Today was our last day of swim lessons. I have mixed emotions about this. I had a great time in the water babies class with Jaxon, but a heck of a time keeping Savannah in her class. She often liked to wander over to the area of the pool wear Jaxon and I were. It was nice to get out for something scheduled, but the month of bribing coming to a close is a little nice. Needless to say... Savannah did not graduate from her class and will still remain a "Pike." I think it may be a while before she is an Eel. When we got her report card her teacher felt so bad telling me "It's not that she needs work on these skills, she needs to actually do the stuff." Savannah was not a fan of trying much in the class other than talking with other kids, playing the games and holding onto the wall and kicking. Her teacher was a guy fresh out of high school and was so nice, but managing 6 three year olds for 45 minutes has got to be hard.

Waiting in line at the diving board (She chickened out and jumped into her teacher's arms from the side)

Savannah and her teacher, Tyson

Sorry I have no pics of Jaxon and I. Well, I am not that sorry. I'm not a fan of bathing suit shots and the pictures I swear I have of Jaxon from a different day are on a missing sd card. If I find it, I will post them.