Chop Drop

They boys once again had a wonderful Easter.  We were lucky enough to have something called  "The Chop Drop" in Rochester this year.  A local church filled thousands (literally thousands) of eggs and dropped them from a helicopter for the kids to collect.  They had all kids in areas according to age groups.  They boys LOVED it.  This mom thought it was a bit scary that the helicopter was flying so low.





They boys were very successful at filling their baskets!

April 2012

April was a very busy month for us. Peyton and Landon got to spend a week with Grandma and Grandapa Swanson while Jeremy and I traveled to Jamaica. It was a great time for both parties. While there the boys enjoyed: Canoeing... Blowing Bubbles.... and celebrating Peyton's 5th Birthday! While the boys were busy were were enjoying this: with these great people!

Blast Off!!!

Our Sweet Peyton turned five on April 3rd! This year we decided to have an all kids party. He had the time of his life! He has been talking about having a Rocket Ship party since he turned 4 so I had some time to gear up for the challenge. He had 14 friends over to celebrate.


They all started a the party with a pizza dinner! Luckily it was so warm outside that we were able to have all the kids on picnic tables on the deck.


They played lots of games and Peyton opened gifts and blew out his candles.


The kids were so well behaved and we made sure to have a lot of things for them to do. To end the party the kids all had a "Jet Pack".

I was so thankful for our backyard and the park behind us because it was a cloud of running children with Jet Packs!


Happy Birthday to our Sweet Peyton. We are thankful everyday for your love of life and that contagious belly laugh!

Giddy Up!

Peyton's longest and dearest friend Brynn turned 5 in March. The kids of course had a great time at her Cowgirl Party! It is amazing how old they are getting. Check out these two photos- what a difference 5 yrs makes. Happy Birthday, we love ya Brynners!

Little Drummer Boy

This is an oldie but a goodie. I have had this on my phone for some time but it still makes me laugh everytime I see it.

Landon got a drum set for his birthday and LOVES it. He also LOVES the song "Jingle Bells." Well he put them together and put on a little show for us one afternoon in late January.


I do have to say I love his committment to the holiday season.

Love, Hate Relationship.

It has been amazing to see the relationship between our boys grow. As Landon has gotten older there of course has been many little "tifts" between them. Landon is very agressive towards Peyton and Peyton is so good about it. But, Peyton stuggles to have patients with Landon when they are playing together. Landon LOVES to jump on Peyton.

Today as Peyton was playing on the floor, Landon jumped right on his back and started to ride Peyton like a horse. I couldn't help but take a picture of it.

It was the next moment that just melted my heart...

"I can read now!"

Peyton has always showed in interest in books and reading. He has known his lettes and sounds for some time now but I have really never tried having him put them together to have him read. The past couple of weeks he has been trying to sound out words that he sees around him so I knew it was time to introduce a few easy readers to him. Well they arrived in the mail on Wednesday and by the end of that evening he was reading! He is so proud of himself and now takes 3 books out of the box and reads them all by himself. I couldn't be prouder of him!


He has been announcing to anyone that will listen, "I can read now!"

I have seen many kids start to read in my 10 year career as a teacher, but there is NOTHING like seeing your own baby read for the first time!