What a Kick to be Six!

Last Friday was Jaxon's 6th birthday. The countdown was on 14 days before! Jaxon never missed a beat and was right on with the number of days left EVERYDay! On the morning of the big day, Jaxon came into my room and said quietly, "Mom is it my birthday?" He tried all morning to contain his excitement, and as we were leaving for school he said, "I'm kind of excited to go to school today." He was so cute.

Our family went to his class the last 20 minutes. We had made a poster with pictures of when Jaxon was 5.

Favorites:
Color- Blue
Food- Mac & Cheese, and Pizza Toy- Star Wars Ships
TV/Movie- Sponge Bob and Transformers
Treat- Chocolate Chip Cookies

He got to tell the kids all about it, then he took some show and tell stuff. He had a huge StarWars Millennial Falcon (from Grandpa Sharp) and a live Frog. After school, we got home and set up for the bday party. (post below) After that the kids played with all their "loot" until Jaxon's Birthday dinner. He chose, pancakes with ham and eggs. It was delicious! Finally he was able to open his presents from Mom and Dad. It was a LONG wait....and not so great pictures.

This picture (below) is funny because the kids were so excited about the gift....we didn't get to see it.

He had a Great Birthday and is Totally Cool now that he's six. Yesterday he asked me when his next birthday was going to be, like when he turns 7, and we got into the discussion about how your birthday is the day you come out of mommy's tummy. It was insightful. After school he told me he was pretty close to turning 8.

"Six year olds a great helpers and can do a lot of things. Even more than five year olds. And I can even help my Dad with more stuff too."

We love you Jaxon! We are glad you are in our family.

Birthday Party!

For Jaxon and Boo we had a "double" b-day party. We tried a Hawaiian theme, although we had no sun. We made it a quick party (only 1 hour) which turned out great since there were quite a few other birthday parties the same day. A friend of Jaxon had a bday the next day. His mom called and decided to do his party on Saturday. Thanks to her, both boys were able to attend both parties. It was very thoughtful.

I have a few pictures...some that Josh snapped between phone calls. We played Duck, Duck, Goose while we waited for everyone. Then we had a relay race (boys against girls) and the kids had to put on a grass skirt (the one shown in the pictures), a lei, a pair of sunglasses, and a hat. Then they ran down the grass and sat in the chair, clap three times, and run back..put the clothes in the suitcase and then then next person. Although this game is for a little older kids, they had fun...and it was so funny to watch them. The skirt was dragging on the ground. This was the best game and we didn't get any pictures.

Next we played "Hot Coconut". The kids really enjoyed this. A quick tip I picked up was to keep the music short so the game moved faster. Below, I am moving the kids into a circle.
Boo is the one with the princess crown and wavy hair. Jina is the one with the white hat.

If you look closely you can see the pinata. LOL...
The last game we played was freeze dance. I am always amazed how long this can last while you set up something else.
Next we ate Raspberry Sherbet in a waffle bowl, with whip Cream, cherries, and Pineapple. And a drink umbrella. It was a little cold, but we still ate it. Jaxon and Boo opened their presents while the kids ate. We had a few more friends show up during the ice cream and didn't get their pictures.

The last thing we did was the pinata. This was a stick beating pinata not the pull string kind. The kids took turns hitting it...and after a couple of kids we decided to take off the blind fold. After everyone had a turn, they went again, and Daddy helped Boo break it. She was thrilled!

I wrote this all down because sometimes parties can be overwhelming to plan, but this was easy! It was a great party, and we did cut the games short to make things move quicker. If you wanted to have a longer party it would still work great.

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Grandma's Toe

I am so thankful for Gramma's toe. I am telling this story without her knowledge, and it maybe removed if Gramma so chooses. :-)

I am thankful that during Gramma's baptism her big toe was poking out of the water, not only once, but twice. Although she went through a little bit of embarrassment, her three dunk experience has helped me and now Jaxon understand the meaning of immersion. I am also thankful that I subbed in a primary class a couple of weeks ago where the lesson was on Baptism and I recalled this information before I confused Jaxon trying to explain immersion with my pregnant brain.

Jaxon is giving a talk in Primary this week and one line he says is, "You need to go all the way under the water, even your big toe. That is called emershun." As of yet, he doesn't go into detail about Gramma. Jaxon chose his topic on his own. (He did not choose any of my ideas! I don't think this is going to change. :) He has prepared a great talk in his own words. We are so very proud of Jaxon. With a birthday to boot, he is growing up in every way.

We love you!

Happy Easter 2009!!

We had a wonderful Easter weekend!!!!!!

Friday night we painted Eggs. (this is always a long waiting process.) It is my habit to buy things after Easter for next year. Last Spring I purchase the paas coloring q-tips. I strongly recommend these over the egg die. We did both. The kids had much more fun coloring directly onto the egg rather than waiting while the egg sits in die. The only issue is your kids may have dirty hands (or clothes) and you may need more than one pack. The eggs turned out GREAT! The kids were very proud.

The Easter Bunny visits us on Saturdays, and he was a smart one this year. Because of RAIN, he just set the eggs on the back patio, and told Daddy to hide them later. We also didn't make it to the city egg hunt. We spent the day visiting and playing with Gramma, Grampa, Nellie and Braydon (and their little dogs too.) We had a yummy BBQ, and finally ended the evening with an inside egg hunt.

Of Course Easter Sunday was a beautiful Sunny day! With our church meetings being later in the day we had plenty of time to get everyone ready in our humble dwellings. As I talked with Jaxon about why we celebrate Easter, I was impressed how well he recalled the resurrection. We talked in a little more detail about the atonement and resurrection. It was a spiritual moment between us. Later we attended some beautiful meetings and fully enriched our testimonies of the Savior and the Resurrection. He Lives and Loves us!!

We had a wonderful visit with family and were glad they were able to stay until Monday. Although we had a little asthma stress, it is under control now, and Mommy is not in labor yet.

We love you all!!! We hope you all have had as wonderful time as we have. I have enjoyed reading about your Easters!

Lost in Springtime?!!?

Oh it is the season....at least yesterday was sunny and nice. The kids can play outside and have fun. They even tried to do a little swimming, but it is not quite that warm yet. Although the warm weather for me means lost little girls. AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I know I posted about this not to long ago. And really what kind of mother just keeps loosing their kids! I know it's never happened to anyone else. So if you want to know the story here it is:

Josh had come home from work sick and was sleeping in bed, when I asked him if he was conscious enough to listen for the girls while I took Jaxon to school, he said "yes". When I got home the girls, Jinaya and Boo, were sitting on the curb at the end of the sidewalk waiting to ask me if they could go and play with a friend who was also waiting outside. Apparently Boo had asked Dad if she could play and Dad said she needed to wait and ask Mom. So the girls were just waiting for me to get home. Jaxon and Boo went to play and Jinaya came inside. I put on a movie and thought she may fall asleep for a nap soon. I went in and talked to Josh again, this time I was running to the store for milk.
On my way home, about 1 block from our house, right next to the college, I could see a police car with its lights on kind of parked in the middle of the road. I wondered what was going on, but didn't see anything else. When I walked in the door I was a little noisy and expected Jinaya to come running, but she didn't. My first thoughts were that she had fallen asleep somewhere and I went looking through the beds, pillows, and blankets, not seeing her anywhere. I next went to the bathroom with images of what horrors would lie for me there. She was not there. My house is small, and at this point I began to panic. Josh was also waking up and getting dressed. I asked him if anyone had come inside and talked to him, because the front door was shut and Jina can't open the front door yet. He was a little groggy and said that Boo had come in and asked him something.
I walked over and asked the kids if they had talked with Dad and if they had seen Jinaya. They said no to both questions. Confused I went home and searched through the house again. By this time Josh was awake and had gone through the house 2 times. I walked back over and talked to the kids they said they hadn't seen her and hadn't been back to the house, but maybe Boo did? I told them we couldn't find Jinaya, she was lost. The kids came into the front yards and proceeded to look for her with us. Josh went to the park and I proceeded to walk down to the end of the block where I had seen the cop. I called a few friends and neighbors to see if they had seen her. I turned back to see the three little children kneeling in the front yard praying to Heavenly Father to help us find their sister.
By this time I was sure Boo had gone inside to talk to Dad, Jinaya had slipped out and wandered somewhere, and then Boo went back to play. Jinaya may have followed the cats somewhere. She is a happy little girl. Usually she would be playing with kids, but sometimes you get little wandereres. By the time I had gotten to the end of the block, I was having contractions. There was a guy doing some yard work. I asked him if he had seen a little girl wandering alone and asked about the police car. He had not been working out there long enough to have seen the car and he had not seen any little girls except the ones who lived close by. On my way home I met up with Jenny, whom I had called thinking maybe Jinaya would have wandered to her house. I stopped and asked some more of my neighbors, knocking and calling on the phone. Jenny walked down to the park, Josh had gone through the house and backyard again, and was now walking somewhere else? I didn't know where, but he walked around another block. I had no idea where to look next or what to do? I went in the house quickly double checking everywhere, and pleading with my Father in Heaven, then I called the police. I walked outside while I was giving a description. 2 seconds after I got off the phone Jenny called from the park asking if I found her. I was sure she had. I was totally panicked at this time and while I was telling Jenny I had just called the police, I walked back into the house and saw Jinaya asleep on the floor. She was hunched over and curled up. She had fallen asleep reading books. She was in a corner, by the bookshelf, but also surrounded by a box with books and a tall foot stool. Even in her bright pink dress, she was well hidden. Not only well hidden in plain sight, but also right next to our main walkway. Every time I walked through the house, I walked past her. (at least 8-10 times). I even had Jenny walk in to see if she could she Jinaya and she didn't. I called the police back, luckily they hadn't gotten there yet. Another friend pulled up to my house at this same time and had mentioned they had already had the cops in their neighborhood twice this spring looking for lost little ones. One child was hiding outside under a bush.
My other children were relieved, although Jaxon had no doubts that we would find her because he had prayed. Jaxon had told Josh that we would find her because Jaxon prayed to Heavenly Father and asked for his help. Josh told Jaxon that Jaxon was right because he prayed we would find her. Josh also claimed not to be really that worried, but I did not.
Anyway, Jaxon went and played, Jinaya woke up about 5-10 min after we found her, and Boo stayed to play with her. We didn't much let Jinaya out of sight for the rest of the day....even in the house. That evening, while Josh was taking out the garbage, Jinaya followed him to the door and was walking out. He told her to stay inside, after all she'd already been lost once that day. :)