Dance Festival

It was the dance festival at the kids' school. The theme was "Through the ages" Trey danced to "Rockin Robin, Tyge did Michael Jackson's thriller, and Tade danced the "Boot scoot'in boogie. It was fun and quick. They all did a great job! It is hard to believe that there is only two weeks of school left.

Mother's Day. I am not really a fan.
We are lightly celebrating the fact that Trex is potty trained. At least when he feels like it. He actually is doing really well, he just gets busy.
As Aaron pointed out on the last blog entry, I certified to teach level one yoga. It was really fun. I haven't been that challenge in years, both physically and mentally. I am going back the first week end in June to get my level two certification. Since YogaFit (the company I certified with) requires community hours, I am going to start an enrichment group and teach a couple of classes a week. I hope it will good for me :)
The boys have been using their bug nets out back. They really have a good time chasing the moths, butterflies and other creep, crawly things. I don't think we are going to get the yard down this year. BUMMER. Aaron is slowly moving the dirt mounds out front to their proper places. We are going to need more dirt. We have already bought seven dump truck loads.
Aaron is feeding the kids tonight. The delicacy is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. What a talent. Thanks babe...At least I didn't have to come up with the menu!

The boys thought they would go hiking while Mom was away at Yoga training. The day was nice with some overcast and we had a full backpack. The only problem...we didn't know where the trailhead is located. We wanted to hike to the G on the mountain in Pleasant Grove. The first try took us to Grove Creek which got everyone excited to do more. The second try was very close to the trialhead (15 feet or so makes a BIG difference). The third time we saw some people on the trail. We had just enough time to make it to the top and back for dinner. The most entertaining part had to be watching Trex, who has a bit of a waddle to his walk, moving up the hill so fast that the teenagers ahead of us were embarassed that we kept catching up to them. They gave him a standing ovation when he reached the G.
Graffiti is still fascinating at this age I guess. They loved the view and asked a lot of interesting questions - little geographers! Just what their Dad ordered, hooray!
They ate all the food and drank all the water - you'd think they would share some with their dad who packed it up there! After 4 hours of hiking there was definitely some fatigue.
Mesha was happy she went to the Yoga training. She said it forced her to go outside her comfort zone and was grounds for a long hot bath when she got back Saturday evening. Aaron was just jealous he didn't get to go eat at The Wild Oat for lunch! ;-)

Tyge's First Karate Tournament

The Blue Man Groups was spotted at Murray High School in Murray, UT early Saturday morning. Okay, so it was the Lindon S.W.A.T. and Tyge was ready to perform! Look at that great form and concentration. Nice job Tyger! As a side-note, I'm really surprised how many people get into Karate! You'd think there would be more fighting parents but the sportsmanship is really top notch. Lot's of congratulating other kids/parents etc. They clap for each other and just have a great time.

The day after Mom's eye surgery (notice the cool glasses) We went to Chuckee Cheeses for Trey's 6th birthday.

The boys eating the really awesome pizza (not) at CC. Half hour into the party, mom couldn't take anymore and we headed home.

We don't eat cake at our house, hence the ice cream and candles.

All the boys celebrating

My eyes are back! The surgery was a little more involved than I initially thought. It was one of the most miserable experiences I have ever had! I sat in my bedroom in the dark with my eyes closed for three days. But all is well. I will have my full vision back by week five, but can see better right now that I could with my glasses.
Tyge and Tade did fabulous at their piano recital. They were both very nervous but handle everything really well.
We are in the process of potty training. It sucks! Trex will go the bathroom just fine if we remember to take him every half hour or so. But....he will not ask to go!? So if we don't catch it before it happens it ends up in his underwear. Talk about gross!!! We are on day eight and no progress. I through the diapers out so he doesn't have a choice. Our garbage can smells a lot better too.
This week was Spring Break. Alisa came over a couple of days and helped me Spring clean. I was feeling very overwhelmed. It took me three and half hours to clean out kitchen cabinets. I told Aaron maybe we should downsize :)
After being home all week with the boys, I am trying not to go into panic mode in anticipation of Summer break. Tyge is getting old enough that he isn't quite as excited about visits to the park and such for entertainment. I don't know what we are going to do that is going to make everyone happy..let alone fill the free time. Save me!!
Tyge has his first karate SWAT team competition next Saturday. We need to be there by 7:30 am. Both he and Trey want to try some individual competition meets. I think we may enroll them in a couple of gymnastic class this summer to help with the tumbling requirements that they are going to need. I have also tossed around the idea of putting Tade in to some dance classes. We need to rent some tapes of Fred Astaire and show him how cool it is.
We are hanging in there!

This was the first piano recital for Tyge and Tade who have been playing piano for about 8 months. They were both pretty nervous but did a great job and their teacher (Mrs. Nichols) was very good to play with them - offsetting the nerves a bit. Way to go boys! Hopefully there will be many more great recitals in the future.