Balloon Fest

Today started at 6:00 am. I felt like I was getting up for work even though it was my day off. Tyler and I took the girls to see the balloon festival that goes on every year for the Freedom Festival. We've been before, but always go on the 4th. Since this year we will be camping we decided to go the first day. Chloee has been talking about seeing the hot air balloons for a while now. This year was fun. It was great to get up close and actually see inside the balloons as they inflated. We were able to see all the balloons inflate, but they weren't able to take off due to the weather report-stormy. We still had fun and enjoyed spending time with Grandma Jane, Papa Tom and Kenzie. They came along for the fun. Papa Tom loves going every year. Chloee had her favorites: Smoky the Bear ad Tony the Tiger.

Breakfast.

Check out the guy's hair in the balloon basket.

Summer Fun

Yesterday I had the opportunity to run another 5K. This time I pushed my girls in our jogging stroller. I ran the race with Tyler's family. Lindsay, Tara, Tracie, Shawn, Tyson, Braden, Heather and Kole met at our house and we drove together to the race. We ran the Run, Walk, and Roll 5K for the Central Utah Center for Independent Living. Lindsay and Tara's work was one of the sponsors for the race . The course was fun and fairly easy, no hills. I was grateful for that, pushing my girls in the stroller is such a workout! I ran the race in 29 minute according to my chip time. I was very happy with that, since it was only about 30 seconds more than the first 5K I did at 28:29. I was suprised to see that I took 13th in my age group.

After the race, we went to the pool and had a blast. Chloee had fun with her cousins and thanks to Lindsay and Tracie she loved the slide. Brooke on the other had took a little to warm up to the pool. All she wanted to do is eat her Cheetos and sit by the food. What a little munch. She's so cute.

After swimming we were excited to come home and see that Tyler was home from Scout Camp. We missed him and are glad he had a good time boating. Hopefully we'll get him closer to liking boating and we can go more. I took Chloee the other day with our neighbors and she loved it.

Spaghetti

Brooke had her first experience with spaghetti the other day and loved it. I decided it would be easier to clean her of in the bath tub than worry about cleaning a bib or worse her clothes. Just a little update, she now had her two top teeth coming in and I didn't even know it. They had been surfacing but never broken through her gums until the other day. Now I can feel better about giving her pieces of meat and fruit and other stuff and not have to watch her gum them to death. She loves to eat and will eat non stop unless I limit her. I guess that's not a bad thing, at times. She's such a good baby and truly loves her sister and her sister loves her too.

Nestle 5K

A couple of Saturdays ago Tyler's sisters, his mom, his brother's wife and I ran in the Nestle 5K. I had so much fun and couldn't believe how many people were there, over 2000. We started out towards the back and had fun trying to wind our way through all the people. I was so proud of Tyler's mom, she finished the race in under 60 minutes and I think she had a good time. Maybe next year we'll get the entire family out. I was happy with my time and think I'm hooked to running 5K's. My goal now is to run a 10K on the 24th of July with Tara. Wish me luck!

Wow, it's been a while and a lot has been going on. Chloee had her teeth fixed, had her dance recital and even had a pet potato bug. Tyler celebrated his 29th birthday and we had family pictures. So where to start. Chloee had her dentist appointment and did really well. Her appointment wasn't until noon so trying to keep her NPO (nothing to eat or drink) after her clear liquid breakfast was not fun. I felt like a mean mom not letting her eat her rice krispies for breakfast, but she enjoyed her blue Popsicle. My mom took Brooke for us which was a huge help and we headed for the dentist. We got there and the nurse anesthetist and dentist came out and talked to us and told us what to except. I had Chloee on my lap picking out a prize and the next thing I know the NA is giving her a shot in her bum and shortly after that she was fast asleep in my arms. When they were done they put her in the dentist chair and had Tyler and I sit by her until she woke up. Thankfully she woke up fairly fast and we took her home. She tolerated the sedation really well and only had a few funny moments, like when she told me the ground was going in circles and she couldn't walk straight. She had four cavities filled and a partial root canal with a cap put on. Luckily it is the upper back tooth and you can't see it unless she shows you. I'm glad that experience is over.

We've been trying to spend time outside since we've had nice weather. I showed Chloee a potato bug and didn't think she would put it in her hands, but when she did and was OK with it I was surprised. She found one the other day and said to me, "Mom can I have a pet potato bug?" I said, "sure why not" every kid needs a pet and I can handle a potato bug. She was so excited that she found a cage for it and put some grass in it and water. When Chloee woke up from her nap she told me her potato bug was dead and I looked in the cage and sure enough it was. I asked her what happened and noticed she had her detangler spray next to the cage. She said she sprayed it with her hair spray. Well that was a short lived pet. We've had another pet potato bug since then and I'm sure we'll have many more.

Chloee had her dance recital and had a good time dancing once we got her there. After her Christmas show when she didn't dance on stage Tyler and I promised her that if she danced on stage at her recital she could get a big girl bike. She told her dance teacher Miss Jill that she was going to get her big girl bike. When it was time to go on stage for her dress rehearsal, Chloee was very timid and scared. She cried and ran off stage to me. I kept telling her about her bike and not to be scared. Her teacher came over and got her to go up on stage and she did so well during the dress rehearsal. All the other mom's had heard of our little bribe and said Chloee did so well, now she gets her bike. When it was time for the recital to start she went back stage with her teacher and didn't even look back. When it was her turn on stage she didn't even look scared. She danced the entire dance and did so well. She looked so cute in her costume and was the best dancer in the entire program.

The very end of the dance.

After the show we went to dinner with Tyler's family and during dinner Chloee was sitting at the table looking tired. We asked her what was the matter and she said dreamily, "I want my bike."

Here is a picture of her new big girl bike.

Tyler celebrated his 29th birthday and I attempted to make him a JEEP cake. I think it looks more like a tractor, but I gave it a try. Chloee loved it. Happy Birthday Ty.

Thanks to Tasha, my sister-in-law, we now have a great new family picture. We went to the Starmill antique shop and had a great time. This place was so fun. The girls cooperated for the most part and we got some very cute pictures.

Lastly the other day I caught Brooke playing in Chloee's dirty clothes. She came out of the room wearing this...

I had to laugh and grab the camera. It was too cute, gross but cute. I kept taking them off and putting them back in the dirty clothes hamper and Bro0ke kept walking out with the underwear on her head. She's too cute. She's now walking all over and is in to everything. Such a fun and frustrating age. I call her my little tornado. Well sorry for the long blog, but my computer died on me so I resorted to using Tyler's, hence the long blog.

For the Dogs

We went to my grandparents for mothers day and had a great time. As we were leaving Chloee was telling Tyler and me about the fun that she had with her cousins. She was telling us that they were running around yard and they saw some dogs in the neighbor's yard. She told us that they were "ruffing" at them. I heard the dogs barking in the yard next door and they were definitely loud. It was so cute the way she so matter of fact told us they were "ruffing" at us. How cute is that! Kids say the cutest things.

Cavities

So yesterday I took Chloee to a Pediatric Dentist up in South Jordan. Our dentist referred us to him when Chloee wouldn't let him look at her teeth. She has spots on her teeth that he said were probably cavities, but without x-rays he's not sure and the pediatric dentist will be able to sedate her and fix them if needed.

So I took her to her appointment and you probably can guess how it went. She fought every bit of the way and would not let the dentist look in her mouth without force. She didn't even want to watch Bolt the movie on the TV above the dentist chair. I had to have Chloee straddle my lap and lay down in the dentist's lap holding her hands so he could get a look at her teeth. The verdict is that she has four cavities on her back molar teeth and one he thinks he is going to have to put a cap. When he told me this I felt like such a failure as a parent and could kick myself for letting her drink juice. From here on no more juice for her.

So the two options he gave me to fix her teeth were general anesthesia at a surgical center or having IV sedation in his office. I told him I didn't care I just wanted them fixed. His office was nice enough to call my insurance and find out the cheapest option. So we decided to have her go to the office and have IV sedation. At the same time they'll be able to get x-rays, clean her teeth and fix the cavities. We are a month away so I'll let you know how it all goes. So far Chloee has done well with only drinking water or milk, but we've only made it one day. Hopefully she'll see all the trouble we are going through to fix her teeth and she won't want to drink juice and eat as much sugar. The moral of the story is....brush you kids teeth and don't give them juice, be strict with the milk and water. Poor Brooke.