Lesson Learned.....

On Wednesday May 26th I ran to Walmart to grab a few things while Grace was at dance. As I was putting Garett in the cart, he was throwing a tantrum. (that's his new thing....screaming, crying, hitting, every time he's mad. It's lovely.) Well I figured I was only going to be there for 15 minutes so I just stuck him in the back of the cart and made him sit. He was doing a good job staying down until we were in the produce department. As I was walking by the salad some lady urgently told me I had dropped something. Picture this in slow motion..... Garett standing, me slowly stopping the cart and turning around, Garett flipping over the back of the cart, hitting his head on the bottom of the cart, then landing on the ground.... I quickly turned around and scooped him up. He started screaming and the blood started coming. Every Walmart employee within 50 feet came running and they escorted me to customer service, handing me paper towels as we went. When we got to customer service I immediately asked where the Instacare was and wanted to go. They made me wait while they found their first aid kit, gave me a cold compress, asked me if I wanted a band aid, etc.... All I wanted to do was get my poor kid to the Dr., but then they made me wait for the manager to come over. When she finally got there she made me fill out a form. I was just thinking, "are you kidding me? My kid has blood running down his face, behind his ear and all over his shirt, and you're making me fill out a form?" When I was finally done we headed off to the Instacare which luckily was just in the next parking lot over from Walmart. It was empty when I got there and they got me right in. The nurses and receptionist were so sweet! I was feeling like a pretty horrible mom by this point. They were reassuring me that this happens all the time. When the Dr came in he asked what happened. I told him and he gave me the look..... You know, the one. The "I can't believe you actually put your child in the back of the cart" look, also known and the "you're a horrible mom look". I felt pretty sheepish, but all I cared about was getting my poor guy stitched up. It was awful strapping him into his straight jacket and holding his head still. He screamed a very angry scream the entire time he was stitched up. When we were finally done they gave him a sucker and he perked right up. My little guy rebounds quickly. We were done with the whole ordeal in about 30 minutes from cart to stitches, so we headed off to finish the rest of our day. My friend Tomie picked Grace up from dance and I met them at our Primary meeting at the park. Garett got right down and played the entire time, as if nothing had happened. I went home and felt completely drained the rest of the day. I still feel bad knowing I could have prevented his fall, but I am grateful that it worked out so well that I have a very resilient boy!

Here he is three stitches later.

He did learn a new word from this.... Owie. He walked around for 3 days saying owie and pointing to his forehead.
On a side note, Grace was almost his exact same age when she fell and split her forehead open. That one however was not my fault.

Grace's Spring Dance Recital

May 22nd was Grace's big Dance Recital. They danced to the Tinkerbell song "Fly to your Heart". She was so excited to get up on the big stage again and wear her Tinkerbell costume! She needed a good luck kiss from Daddy before the big show first!

We practised her dance probably 20 times in the day and a half leading up to the recital. Here she is waiting backstage.
She did so awesome! None of my pictures from the actual dance turned out, but she did so well! She did all of the moves and was totally confident. In fact, I don't think it even occurs to her to be nervous.
Here she is with her dance class.
Her teacher Miss Rachel is so sweet and gave everyone a flower. We have LOVED her as a teacher! Grace responds really well to her, plus her favorite dance friend is Rachel's daughter Briley.
We are so proud of our little ballerina!

So pretty in Pink!

We had lots of family come and support Grace. My Dad and Debbie were there, but we didn't catch a picture.

Ben's Mom came with Grandma and Grandpa Neal. We're so glad they were in town to come!

My Mom was also there.

Grace has really enjoyed dance this year and has really learned a lot!

Grace Graduates

I can't believe Grace is done with Preschool for the year! We had so much fun doing our preschool with our friends and we both learned so much! (her as the student and me as the teacher)

Emerson Fuller, Hattie Bankhead, Ryley Williams, Addie Rollins, and Grace.

We are sad to be done, but are excited for a new adventure in Preschool come fall!

The Farm at Thanksgiving Point

We've had the chance to go to the Farm at Thanksgiving Point twice in the last month. This is such a fun inexpensive place to go! Last week we went for our final field trip for Grace's Preschool. It was fun to be there with all her friends, and my friends too!

Garett has been totally fascinated by animals lately. (He calls all dogs Nala, which it so funny!)
The first thing Grace wanted to do was ride the Ponies. There was a long line but she was determined to wait. By the time we got to the front the line was gone and the rest of our preschool friends had made it around to see the animals and practically walked onto the pony ride. Oh well, that's what I get for having a determined child.

This was Garett's first pony ride. He LOVED it! He bounced himself up and down and said WHEEE! He had such a fun time!

We finally made it around to look at the rest of the farm and made a stop at the Jail House.

A few weeks ago the highlight of our visit was feeding the Goats! Garett laughed and shrieked anytime the goats licked him. He loved it! When we ran out of corn he started picking up anything he could find on the ground to feed them.

We opted for the Wagon Ride that day instead of the ponies, and it was freezing! It was a very windy day!

We also found a cute little building with some fun activities in it. Garett got to ride a tractor, and Grace got to plant and harvest some food.

We love to visit the Farm!

The Children's Museum

Ben's Aunt and cousins were in town at the end of April. We love to play with them since they have some younger girls that Grace adores! We spent an afternoon playing at the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum. It was so much fun!

Garett is a budding musician.

Calvin, Aunt Michelle, and Ellie, driving the car.
Garett having the time of his life. He tried out every vehicle they had there.

Hugs for Aunt Rissa! It was her birthday that day and we were so glad she came to play with us!

Grace could play here for hours. She was especially loving the Grocery store that day.

It was kind of a rainy day so they had the outside with the Helicopter locked up. By the time we got upstairs it had cleared out and the kids begged every employee there to open it up. The succeeded and had a blast driving the helicopter!

Thanks for the fun day to our Oregon Cousins! We can't wait to play again!

Cake Pops

I made these cake pops for Kyle's mission farewell. I thought they turned our super cute!

They were very sweet, but delicious! They tempted me to break my month long strike against sweets. They won for a day, but now I am fighting back in full force. At least until my vacation anyway. :)

Broccoli

Looking at this picture do you see a difference?

Yes, one Broccoli Plant is larger than the other. Not because I planted them at separate times, but because Grace decided to eat the leaves off of one. She came in one day and told me that the broccoli tastes good. I wrote it off thinking she was just saying she liked broccoli. Well, she actually meant that the Broccoli plant that SHE ATE tasted good. I was shocked when I saw it. I have no idea what inspired her to bend down and eat the leaves directly off the plant, but she did.