May 2015 - Last Day of School

May 29th

I can't believe that the school year is over!  It's so crazy how fast time goes and how much these kids grow. In a few months I will have a 6th Grader and 4th Grader!

I don't have pictures of the event, but I need to blog about it. 

It was finally time for Jaina to get her Kindergarten shots. Last year at her 4 year check up the nurse asked me if I wanted to do the Kindergarten shots and I said no, that we would wait. Of course, Jaina being Jaina, she heard the word 'shot' and flipped out. Literally, for the next year, she talked about shots and said she was scared about it. She has so much anxiety for these sort of things.  We tried so many times to talk to her about it and she even watched and episode of Daniel Tiger about visiting the doctor. So when it came time to actually do the shots I thought she was finally okay with it, because she said she would be a big girl and get the shots.  Well, that's not how the appointment went. We were in the office first thing in the morning and she became Mrs. Anxiety again. When it was time for the shots, she refused! There was so much talking from me and the nurse for at least 15 minutes to try to get her to calm down. She kept saying she would make the choice and let the nurse give the shots, but then she wouldn't do it. We even had the nurse leave for a bit, but when she came back with a second nurse, Jaina flipped out even more. So finally after 20+ minutes she said she would get the shots. So I had her on my lap and she was still throwing a bit of a fit. So the nurse put Jaina's legs between her's and I held Jaina's arms tight to her chest and then she finally got the shots. Afterwards she just screamed and cried, but when we got stickers from the front desk she started to calm down a bit. I had told her that we would go get lunch from McDonald's afterwards, so we did.   It was such a traumatic thing for her, but it was finally over. I told her that she doesn't need any more until she's Xander's age (12), so she's pretty happy about that.

May 2015 - Jaina's 5th Birthday

Grandma had a Relief Society night where she learned how to decorate cakes. So she made one for Jaina since it was her birthday month.  She was so excited to get a cake before her actual birthday!

Mana takes all the grandkids shopping for their birthdays and Jaina was looking forward to her day.  The kids usually get to keep a few things on the shopping day, then have to wait for others for the Sunday celebration. Mana got her a scooter!!!!!!

A Daisy Tsum Tsum

When they got home I put together her scooter because she wanted to ride it 'right now'!

It had been a long day and while waiting to go to dinner she fell asleep on the couch next to me. She had been playing Karri's iPod and just conked. She ended up being really emotional at dinner too. She spilled water on her dress and said it was ruined and cried about it. It's rough turning 5.

Aunt Gwen came by with a little present. A Tinkerbell doll and Go Fish! game.

On the Sunday before her birthday we had our family celebration at Mana's house.  She got a few dresses and Pat made her laugh saying he was going to wear one of them.

During presents, Melody discovered she could sit on the fireplace!

Jaina got Goofy and Stitch Tsum Tsums. 

A new Lego Friends set

The 'old' Annie from Karri

Sawyer drew her this really cute card.

Also got Barbie Princess Power movie from JD & Chris

Karri gave her some new school shoes, and a few new nightgowns.

This was the cake that Jaina ordered. A Heart with Mickey and Minnie's on it.

This was one of the outfits that Mana got her. She just loves that the shirt 'lights up'!

Her Barbie movie came with a super hero mask!

The morning of her actual birthday we gave her our presents.

She was so excited to get her very own Ever After High doll: Briar Beauty

A Rosalina shirt!!!  She just loved this because she loves Rosalina from Mario Galaxy.

A Peach Amibo for Super Smash Bros!

Xander gave her a Lickilicky Pokemon card.  She has watched Pokemon with him 

lately and liked the character, so she asked Xander for a month for a Lickilicky. Xander 

traded his friend Trey for one for her birthday. She was so super excited for it.

Mara let her go through some trinkets in her room and pick some to keep. 

Jaina was happy about this one too.  It's amazing how easy she is to please at times.

Later that day Grandma & Grandpa stopped by with a new shirt and a My Little Pony doll.

Melody got ahold of the maracas from Jaina's presents and was running around with them.

Jaina wanted to go to the park, so we went to the one at the Library.

That night we went shopping at Toys R Us and then to dinner.

Over all it was a great birthday for her.  

She was really looking forward to turning 5 so she could go to Kindergarten.

Happy Birthday Jaina! We love you!

May 2015 - Camp Out

For Scouts, Xander had to go on a camp out. Pat planned to go with him but we didn't have 

any camping gear besides sleeping bags. So we bought a 5 person tent. Pat put it up in the 

house so he would know what to do for the actual camp out. 

Pat doesn't like camping, but he went for Xander.

The girls thought it was really fun!

The day came for the camping. They went to the Diamond Fork camp grounds.

They made scrambled eggs in bags and put them in boiling water.

While the boys were camping, I took the girls up to Mana's to hang out and have dinner.

We went to Culver's and Melody thought it was fun to put the number on her head.

Afterwards we went to Target for some fun shopping and dress up.

May 2015 - Mother's Day/End of Year Programs

We were able to celebrate Mother's day with Mana

Here's all her grandkids

We were also able to visit with Grandma Tolman and wished her a Happy Mother's day.

Mana and Karri had recently been to Disneyland and brought back little gifts for the kids. 

Melody got a baby Rapunzel!!

She loved it so much that she even wrapped it up and rocked and sang to her.

One day she just grabbed her blanket and cuddled up on the couch 

While Jaina was playing Mario Galaxy, Melody grabbed the chair pillow and settled right in to watch her play.

I usually only put Melody on the stools to do her hair, but 

now she likes to eat there too. It makes her look so big.

Melody really likes books and will sit and look at them all over the house.

There was one day when I was busy making dinner and Melody got into the baby wipes 

and was wiping her nose with them all.  It was really cute and easy to clean up.

Ever since Mana pushed her around in the doll stroller, she loves to just chill in it.

Mara had her end of year program and did great. She was lucky this 

year to have her good friend Livvy Greer in her class finally.

Mara and Miss Porter

At Xander's program they had a little graduation ceremony and read everyone's names.

Mana was able to come to see his program.

Xander and Mrs Falcon

Xander and his best friend Trey.