Pancakes and Spelling!

Tonight was pancake night for supper. Nate has basketball on Wednesday nights so we always do something fun for supper. I saw in a magazine instructions for making letters with pancake batter. The kids loved seeing their names in pancakes. Also a little education while we are out of school working on letters!

Loving the jumper!!

Over the weekend we tried putting Karter in the Jumperoo. Kade loved it, Noelle hated it. The verdict is in and it must be a boy thing. Karter loves is and jumps tons everyday. I think he loves being off the floor the most and out of the line of fire. The thing he really loves is watching Kade and Noelle play while he jumps.

Karter and the girls

Nate's sister Erica and her family were home over the weekend for a wedding. We went down to Jody and Marsh's for lunch on Father's Day. The girls can't get enough of the newest Girton! Here he is with Sydney, Sammy, Izzy and Noelle.

Karter loves garage sales:)

My friend Margaret had a garage sale last week. So the kids and I went over to help her set up. Karter was the life of the party! He fell asleep under the tables.

In the big tub

Karter started taking baths in the big tub. He took his first one with Grandma Stenzel and cried and screamed the whole time. Here he is during the second try and he is much calmer!

Kade's surgery

Kade had his tonsils out on Thurs morning. We had to be at the hospital very early and as you can see he wasn't very happy to be there! Nice mad face after putting on his hospital PJs.

I finally got a little smile out of him.
This was the bed they had him in. He looked like a caged animal when they put the sides up. Even Kade thought it was funny, he asked if he looked like a tiger!
He got to pick his surgical hat from several different colors. He got to keep his hat and bring it home with him.
Here he is waiting to be taken down to surgery. He kept peeking around the corner watching for them coming to get him.
When they came to get him they took him to surgery in a dragon cart. He thought that was really neat. He did really well as you can see, he just waved and said "See ya later mom"
Here he is just after we got to come back, he was sitting on his bed eating a Popsicle.

When we got home he immediately ate 4 bowls of jell-o and 4 Popsicles. He just kept devouring the jell-o and Popsicles so he now has an almost permanent kool-aid like mustache! He is doing pretty good, the only trouble is getting him to take the medicine. Here he is trying to share his Popsicle with Karter!

Our little cheerleader

I recently found this cheerleading outfit at a garage sale. The colors are perfect for daddy's team the Hawks. She immediately had to put it on and wear it. She can't wait to wear it to the games next season.

Roasting marshmallows at The 40

Over Memorial Day Weekend, we headed out to the 40 for dinner and some marshmallow roasting. We were going to make S'Mores, but the store was out of graham crackers! The kids had never roasted marshmallows before and they had a blast!

Here is Kade with Grandpa Stenzel and Uncle Al.

Kim and Noelle, she wasn't so fond of the heat from the fire!

Grandpa Stenzel loading everyone's forks!

Kade and Noelle with Uncle Al

Kim and Noelle

Kade, Noelle and Kim

Noelle eating her marshmallows. She liked the non-roasted more than the roasted! She even took the last ones from the bag and ran into the cabin with them so we wouldn't cook them!

Kade putting his own marshmallows on.

Kade roasting his marshmallows.

Matching outfits

Here are Karter and Peyton in matching outfits. Kristin's mom found these outfits. It is most likely the ONLY time they will have matching outfits! Karter was the life of the party here with happy, smiley Peyton.

Karter's Baptism

We had Karter baptized on May 22. My brother, Chris, and Nate's sister, Erica, are his godparents. We had the ceremony at St. Pat's in Amboy where Nate and I were married and the two other kids were baptized.

Kim, Monsignor Bales, Nate and Karter.

Erica, Kim, Karter, Nate and Chris

Last Day of School

Kade's last day of school was May 20, 2011. He will continue on to Kindergarten in the fall. Can't believe we are already starting school. Here are some pics of their end of the year celebration.

These are some of the kids in his class singing some of their favorite songs.

The boys in the class doing a pinata. Kade is at the back with the plaid shirt and jean shorts.

Kade with his buddies Luke, Jakob and Jack during the class picnic.

Kade and Noelle with Mrs Morrison. Noelle will be in her class next year. She can't wait to go to school next year!

Kade's 1st bike ride

I took Kade for his first ride on his big boy bike. He rode from our house to the north end of the road and back. I forgot how graded it is, we made it about 100 yards and he said "my legs are killing me" Oops! He did make it all the way which is about 1/2 mile! Here he is leaving the driveway.

Here he is pulling into the driveway when he was done. I could never get in front of his to take a picture!

Playin' in the sprinkler

Today was really nice here, sunny and 88, so we got the sprinkler out for the kids today when Nate got home from work. They were so excited, but a little hesitant at first. Nobody wanted to be the first one in!

Noelle trying to drink out of the sprinkler.

Daddy and Karter watching Kade and Noelle havin' fun.

Karter's first stroller ride

Today was a gorgeous day-sunny and 88! So we decided to go for a walk while Kade was at school. Karter looks so small next to Noelle, but he did really well in the big stroller!

Happy Mother's Day:)

Happy Mother's Day to all moms out there! We had both sets of parents over for a cookout for Mother's Day. My Grandma Gehant was also able to come over as well. Here she is with Karter.

Kade, Grandma Stenzel, Karter, Kim and Noelle

Kade, Noelle, Grandma Girton, Karter and Nate

My Bumbo Seat

My friend Margaret and I have been sharing this Bumbo seat since Kade was born. It's our turn to use it again!! She was able to bring it by for Karter and he loves it! He has always loved to sit upright and see what is going on. We were both shocked that at 8 weeks he was able to sit and hold himself up, my little strong man! And again he has his little fuzzy from Aunt Kristin!

I'm 2 months old today!

Karter is 2 months old today! I can't believe it, these last 8 weeks have gone by so fast! Still struggling sleeping, but getting better. Here he is with the small version of a blanket Aunt Kristin made. He loves this version because it fits in the car seat and we take it everywhere. We may need a 2nd one so we are never without even if one is in the wash! Karter has a lot less hair than Kade and Noelle when they were this age, but there is just enough to spike it up!