Crazy Kids

This week is Red Ribbon Week at Kimball's school. Tuesday was "crazy hair" day.

Here are the pictures of him sporting his do.

He did a lot of screaming when I took out the elastics after school.

Hazel was just wandering around visiting to herself and playing as I was working on the computer. When I turned around to see what she was doing, this is what I found.

What planet is she from?

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

-Robert Frost

Family Home Evening for me tonight was a moment of "They grow up too fast." I have the greatest little family!
(sorry about the picture overload)

I'm Sorry

Andrew: "Hazel what happened? You went from being a sweet little 2 year old to a grumpy 3 year old."

Hazel: "I'm Sorry! I didn't meeeeeeaaaaaan to."

Swine Flu

Sorry for the lack of posts from our way. Kimball has been sick for a week with what we think is the H1N1 virus. He has been VERY sick. For three days all he did was lay in front of the TV with a fever and watch movies. He wouldn't even eat. 3 kids in his class (2 sit at his same table) had H1N1, so although he hasn't been officially diagnosed with it we are 95% sure that would be the diagnosis if we were to take him into the doctor. When I called the Dr. office to ask if we needed to bring him in to be tested or if it would even make a difference to have a diagnosis. The nurse told me that they are not even testing for H1N1 anymore, they just figure that any child that comes in with the similar symptoms they are calling it H1N1. So other than coughing so hard at night that he cannot breath, and a rough little voice, he seems to be on the mend. He no longer coughs all days long, and he seems to be back to his regular pester-his-sister-self, so we know he is feeling much better.

The pits of it all was. . . I was planning on taking him into the doctor to get his regular flu & H1N1 vaccine on Friday, and he got sick Thursday night.

Kitty Tea Party

Hazel's birthday party was a kitty tea party. When the kids first got to the party they were given necklaces and feather boas. (Except the boys got bow ties instead of feather boas because Andrew insisted that his son was not going to wear a feather boa.)

Then the kids colored a picture until all the party attenders arrived.

Games:

All the kids were given a ball of yarn. They were told to act like kitties and unwind the yarn until they come to the prize in the middle. (A plastic ring)

Here is a picture of Hazel dressed up in her Tutu, princes shoes, and necklaces. The yarn concept was a little bit tricky for some, but there were enough adults to help that all the kids ended up with a prize.

In one of the other rooms the kids were told to find the mice, just like kitties. Each child was able to take home two rubber mice.

Tea Party:

Here is the set up of the tea party. For her birthday Hazel got a tea set (alright 3 tea sets). I found them at Toys R Us a month before. They were on sale, buy two get one free, so it turned out perfect. (They were paint your own porcelain tea set, but we just left them white.)

The table was covered with a white table cloth, pink tulle draped down the middle, flower petals sprinkled around. Then there were stuffed cats placed between the little tea sets.

The tea pots were filled with chocolate and strawberry milk. For treats the kids each had wafers, baby cupcakes, & marshmallow cats. (You know those little yellow peeps for Easter? Well it turns out that there are some Halloween peeps now too, ghosts & cats. How lucky!)

Here is the kitty birthday cake. The look on Hazel's face made it all worth it.

The little tea set was the perfect size. Maybe I am living vicariously through my daughter, but at least she had a great time.

Kids at birthday parties always have a hard time when it comes to opening present, so to ease that I made all the kids (15) these goofy "stand up kitties". Hazel passed them out to each child before she opened her presents. I'm not sure if she had more fun at the party, or if I did getting ready for it.

Look at ME. I am 3!

Here is Hazel trying to figure out how to show us she is now 3.

She didn't need any lesson on how to open presents. It is about 6:30 in the morning in this picture, and she seems to know what she is doing.

Here are the annual roses from Daddy.

This year there are 3 peach ones.

Kimball gave Hazel 7 Beanie Baby cats. (They are from that huge Beanie Baby collection that I had when I was young. What was the point?. . . an investment because they where going to be worth money someday . . . nice try they are not worth anything so they are toys for the kids now, years later.)

Hazel is so giving, and she loves her brother. This picture is perfect, because she really does think he is a super hero. She even gave him 3 of her cats to keep. What a sweet sister!

Tah-Dah!

Here she is sporting all of her birthday loot. Her presents included: clothes, Elefun game, Aristocats the video, cats, roses from Daddy, and a tea set . . . . . or three. (The tea sets are for her birthday party on Tuesday.)

Stay tuned for more pictures after the big birthday party with her friends.

We love you Hazel!

Happy Birthday!

Love, Dad, Mom, & Kimball