Happy 5th Birthday!!

 Tate turned 5 years old today!!  I can't believe I have a child this old.  But I still have one more year until kindergarten, that will be even more weird.  He was so excited when he woke up today, you would have thought it was Christmas.

 A new light saber!!  He is really into Star Wars these days.  Jordan's family bought him all SIX of the movies too....I haven't even seen them all but I have a feeling I will know them by heart soon enough:)

 Jordan got off work early and we told Tate he could do anything he wanted...so he chose bowling...

 .....and  Chuck-e-Cheese.  I haven't been since I was about 5 and it was just as classy as I remember.  Tate and Marley loved it, I kinda felt like I needed a shower after.

 We did cake and ice cream after with Jordan's family, he obviously loved all the attention and getting more presents!

I hope you had a great 5th Birthday today my little buddy!  You frustrate me and test my patience to no end, but I love you more than words and wouldn't have you any other way!! 

Park City

 This year for the 4th of July we spend a few days in Park City with Jordan's family.  Of all the places that canceled fireworks, it was there.  So that was a bummer but we still had a ton of fun.  We went to the parade, swam, saw "Brave", went bowling, went bike riding, 3 of the 5 guys flipped over their handle bars mountain biking:), and did the Alpine slides....it was a busy few days!!

So festive!

The whole gang on our bikes....you should have seen the parade of us on the trail!

The kids loved even taking the lift up to the Alpine slides

I thought Marley would be scared but she laughed the whole time!  And Tate rode with Jord and got to steer the sled, he thought that was pretty cool

Tate loves bowling, I guess we need to take him more often

Jordan was in serious mode

.....and Marley just played with Kallee's lipstick most of the time:)

My big girl!!

I can't believe I'm posting this picture because A) I was pissed when I found out Jordan took it in the first place, and B) it's so embarrassing.  But this was my desperation/exhaustion one night a few weeks ago.  And just so you know, I've never slept in the crib before and it was as awful as you can imagine.  Marley had been sleeping badly and really hating her crib for a while. So one night she wouldn't come in my bed but wanted me to sleep with her and I was so tired I climbed on in.  The next morning I told Jordan that it was time for a big girl bed!  She must have been ready for one because she loves it and has actually done really well.  It's just kind of weird to not have a crib up anymore and know that we won't be putting it up again! 

Waterlogged

 I'm pretty sure by the end of the summer I will be waterlogged.  My kids on the other hand would live in a pool if allowed.  That is definitely a Love trait; us Wakefield's can't even swim...for reals.  We were never really water people.  But I am glad Tate and Marley inherited that gene, I want them to not be afraid of water and swim like fish!  It's only 3 weeks into summer and we have ran through sprinklers, done the slip-n-slide, bought our season pass to Cowabunga Bay, and swam a million times at the Love's pool.  If only my pasty white skin could ever get a nice tan.  Oh well.

Sleepovers

There's a million great things about living so close to cousins, but our new favorite is....sleepovers!!  Tate and Hailey have just realized this and they love it.  This was their first sleepover at Meg's and she took this picture of them, so cute!  I can't wait for a summer full of these!

May in review.

 May started out with the 5th (?) annual Cinco de Mustache.  Jordan of course did not disappoint.

 

Tate played soccer again and still loves it.  He would never let me get a picture so here's the back of him.

I've loved seeing him evolve these past 2 years.  In the beginning he was scared and would never go in for the ball, and now he loves to get dirty and score as much as he can!

 Tate had the cutest Mother's Day program at school.  They sang some great songs and had written things about their mom's.....apparently he thinks I look pretty when I wear clothes.  As opposed to when I run around naked all the time??  And he loves me because I make him vacuum.  He's so funny.

 He also finished his first year of preschool last week!  He's really come a long way and we will always love his teacher Mrs. Hopkin for that!

Couldn't leave out Miss Moo!  She has been busy getting filthy every single day.  She loves nothing more than to just sit and play in the dirt and throw it in her hair.

 

Which is why I couldn't be more happy to get our grass in!  Jord's been working hard these past few weeks to get the backyard ready, and now it's done!  So hopefully the kids can play more on the grass than getting muddy all the time.

Story of my Life...

All I wanted was a cute picture of the kids.  This is what I got and I realized, this picture depicts my life lately.  Tate antagonizing Marley to death with an innocent face like "who me?" and Marley freaking out crying and being dramatic.  ALL DAY EVERY DAY, I MIGHT LOSE MY MIND.