Paige plays B-BALL

Basketball was Paige's first "SPORT" to try!  She's done ballet, gymnastics, cheer, and now basketball!  I thought it would be "fun" to coach Paige!  (I also think I thought it would be EASY!  And Steve reminded me 1/2 way through that it wasn't as "easy" as I thought.....)  In my head, the 1st graders (and some Kindergarteners) would stand in line nicely, do the drills, listen, run plays, and we would be un-deafeted!  WELL.... let's see.....we sure TRIED

 (sometimes our best, sometimes not!)

It was FUN!!!  And Paige really did like basketball and did well!!!  (And I'm not just saying that).  And, I think Paige LOVED having me coach!  So, like I always say...that's what's important! 

 We do it for the kids!!!

 Our Team:
Kylee, Paige, Carly, Bethany
Reagan, Ellie, Sydney, Ellie

 

 I really worked with Paige to bring the ball down the court. 

At this age....this is position with the "most action", so EVERY girl wants to do this!

Paige held her own on DEFENSE too!  She was good at moving her feet!

**whenever we would practice on our basketball court out back, she always listens and WANTS to learn and wants to practice what I am teaching her.  She will ask me to teach her things! 

 LOVE THIS about Paige!

Peanut

The kids all had money burning  holes in their pockets....

SO---Tyler put all his money together to buy a new Ipod Touch!  He had saved all his birthday money and other money!  I am pretty impressed he saved for this long. 
Target--Ipod---check

Paige bought Tyler's old Ipod!  Done--easy!!

Jaden-- Not so easy!
History---the night before we had watched a family movie that had a Parrot in the movie.  The animal lover that Jaden is...he wanted to buy a Parrot!  I didn't think that would be so bad.  They stay in the cage.  And, it would be cool if it could talk!  HA HA!!!!  Steve said ABSOLUTELY NO WAY EVER!!!!!!   So--I, being the awesome mom I am, told Jaden we could go look at birds and whatever else at the pet store!  In the back of my mind I was thinking we would get a gerbil or hamster or something in a cage!  L O N G story short.... the hamsters grossed us out, the gerbils too, and we did not want the rat the pet store guy was trying to get us to buy!  NO WAY!!!! 

After HOURS at the pet store, we BOUGHT A DOG!!!!!  (Another dog.  We already have one dog, Maggie!)  I am not a dog lover.  I am not animal lover!  For me to have TWO DOGS is NUTS!!!!  The things we do for our kids!!!!!  I told Jaden he better not ever say I am a mean mom, EVER again!!!

This is Peanut --  3 months old -- 3 pounds!

Non- dog lover that I am...He is stinkin cute!!!

He is suppose to grow to be approx. 6-8 pounds!

It is Jaden's dog---but everyone else loves Peanut too and want their turns to hold him!

 

But, Jaden rarely puts the dog DOWN....for others to hold it!

He carries the dog around, everywhere!  Even while he eats his breakfast!  AND YES.... 

he let Peanut eat from his spoon!  YUCK!!

Build-a-bear clothes work perfect for Peanut!

 

When we first got Peanut, he couldn't climb up or down the stairs.  
Jaden is teaching Peanut to go up!

Thank goodness we got a door on the mud room so Peanut can be locked in there---
while he's being potty trained!  

It was too cold outside for him outside (since he's so little) so we had to have 
him potty on newspapers for the first few weeks!  

And all that potty training, being held, and running around....wears them both out!!!