Yee-haw!

Well, the cats out of the bag. As many of you have heard/read/gathered, we're moving (yet again) and this time to the lovely state of Texas! If any of you are keeping track, we are now 4 for 4 with our kids. Each child has been born in a different state. Tae was born in Utah, Aliya Idaho, Blake Arizona and now Squirt Texas. Not only have they been born in different states, our oldest three have each lived in three different homes by the time they turn 2. I'm hoping #4 has a calmer toddlerhood!

Tony has changed companies and we will be relocating to Houston. He'll start the end of June and we'll be heading out shortly there after. Tony and I just returned from a house hunting trip and I HOPE (we'll see how our offers are received) we are successful! There were a lot of homes to chose from in a bunch of different areas.  Moving from our sluggish Arizona market we were surprised to see that homes are going for their asking price. Hopefully we've selected some good areas. Once we know anything definite, I'll be sure to update ya'all (see, I'm getting the hang of speaking Texan).

When we only had Taeya I remember only buying the 100% fruit juice Popsicles. Now that I've got 3 frickin' kids, the cheaper, the better! Thank you Costco for the HUGE box of Otter Pops. Its only May and already we've gone through half. 

Gotta love an Otter Pop tongue! 
The first couple times he'd start out sucking on the right end but would end up sucking on the wrong end. Poor kid couldn't understand why he wasn't getting any of that nutritious high fructose corn syrup!

Aliya's Easter-egg hunt!

In April, Aliya's preschool had an Easter party at a local park. Each kid was supposed to bring 10 eggs filled with treats. Aliya was so excited to 'hunt for eggs'.  I showed up a bit late (it was one of those crappy preggo mornings) and most Moms had already hid their eggs. Poor Aliya, all I did was toss them around in different areas. Some Moms were getting all creative hiding eggs behind rocks and in trees. Nope, not Aliyas mom. They were in the middle of the path!

The kids were all playing on a nearby play ground. Once everyone was ready Miss Neva had the kids line up in a line of boys and girls.

Girls: Anavey, Kate, Emme, Jaya & Aliya

Boys: Nathan, Joshua, Cole, Crue & Corbin

Then off they went in search of their eggs. Aliya (at the front of the line) obviously wasn't waiting for the other girls!

Aliya was excited by her loot (even if her Mom is a crappy egg hider)! Blake became quite the swiper. He loved picking up random eggs trying to get the candy out before I'd catch him. Luckily I got to him most of the time but there were a few casualties!

Sticky situation

Yum! What a mess! I have no idea what on earth the kid was doing (it looks like she had just woke up but nope, this is the middle of the day) but this gum was ground in there! I wanted to scare her and tell her we'd have to cut out a huge chunk of her hair but I was nice and didnt. Whipped out some peanut butter and had it gone in no time! Aliya smelled like a PB&J for the rest of the day but she was gum free!

T-baller!

This spring Taeya participated in t-ball and LOVED it. I am a big believer in letting my girls do anything THEY want to do. Yea, I'd like to push them in certain directions but if there is something they'd like to try out, I am all for it. She wanted to play t-ball and did great at it. We'll see how baseball goes next!

Tae also had one of the best coaches around: her Daddy! Tony was so good to take Tae to all her practices and help out so the main coach asked Tony if he could be an assistant coach. I cant say he loved it (there were quite a few little stinkers on her team) but I know he loved getting to spend time with her!

It was fun to watch the two of them interact at something new. She did surprisingly well taking advice from her Dad. It seems like most kids listen better to strangers than to their parents but she did great!

Thanks for a fun season you two!