Bubble Fun

The weekend was so nice we spent the majority of the day Outside!! We even busted out the "bubble guns" the kids got for Easter!! Xander wasn't to sure on how to use his, so of course, Mommy had to help! Breckyn took to hers right away!! We had SO much fun with them, we ran out of bubbles! Don't worry though, we have a whole GALLON of bubbles now! :)

You KNEW this was going to happen....

Breckyn has  her first twirling contest May 19th!! We are going to Salina, Ks to Shannon's contest that just happens to be Kansas State and Miss Majorette! She is only doing basic strut, but I  am so excited!  I have already been searching the web for my "Twirler Mom" shirts! :)  She is practicing hard and actually pretty good at it! LOL! Now, if she will actually DO IT, that is another issue!  I hope that once she sees the other girls doing it she will do it too! Fingers Crossed! :)   I got her a really cute costume at a local dance shop and of COURSE rhinestoned it up! :)  It isn't perfect, but it will work for what we are doing! :)  I just want her to get a medal so she can be excited! :) We are also going, so we can watch our Cousin  Jae twirl, too!!



Practicing her basic strut in her new costume



More practicing!



Costume #2. We aren't using this one at the
contest, but it's a good play outfit!



Practicing her arm roll! It's a work in progress.
But she sure looks cute doing it!









Back of the costume





Front of the costume. Not what I had in mind,

but it will work for what we need it for! I think I am

going to get smaller stones to go in between
some spots to make it sparkle more!



Spaghetti is his favorite food......

And Mommy worst nightmare! He was a Mess! Pretty sure he had spaghetti sauce in his EARS!

Xander: 18 MONTHS

How did this happen?! How did my cuddly little Mama's boy grow up so fast? He had his 18 month check up yesterday and, as we already knew, he is perfect in every way and highly developed! Dr. Shinn was very impressed with how calm he is, how well he listens (pretty sure he doesn't get that from his sister!), and how strong his little legs are! LOL! He was in the 90% -95% in height (no surprise since he has ALWAYS been tall (thank goodness for those Steele genes!), 45-50% for weight (he is a good eater!), and 50% for his head circumference (he is a smart boy). So, overall, I have a tall, skinny, very smart little boy! :)

Standing up tall at the Doctor's Office

He also showed Dr. Shinn how he likes to jump, which she said they don't normally do until they are 2, how he can follow directions by putting up a book he was looking at, and how he can wink. Yes, I said wink. He is a little flirt and has starting "winking" at all my friends lately! LOL! His form of winking is closing both eyes and then crinkling his nose up while he gives you that heart melting smile!

Xander "winking!"

Some New things about Xander:

LIKES:
Anything with Wheels!! He loves hot wheels cars and he will play with them while he says, "Vroom Vroom!"

If we are play with the kitchen in Breckyn's room he will bring me a cup, and "cheers" his with mine, then pretend to drink his, and go "Ahhhh" when he is "finished!"

He LOVES his sister's "Fish tank" she has in her room. He will point to it and say "Fisssss" until I pull it down so he can just watch it. The "Fish Tank" is something we plug in and the fish are on a screen that just keep rotating so it looks like they are swimming (we also use it as a nightlight for Breckyn).

Loves to play in the SAND!!! We have a sandbox that he LOVES to play in! And since the weather has been super nice here, we play in it A LOT.

He will eat just about anything you put in front of him, and if he doesn't want it he will throw it across the kitchen. Bad for Mommy and Daddy, but good for Lola and Toby!

He LOVES his sister! He would much rather play with her than anyone else! :)

He loves to sit on your lap and let you read book after book to him!!

DISLIKES:

Timeout. All I have to do is ask him if he wants to go to timeout and he shakes his head no! LOL! However, he does go there at least once a night for pulling on his sister's hair!

MEDICINE! I blame the 7 months of Strep throat on that one! Trying to get medicine down that boy is harder than trying to take a cupcake away from ME! He refuses to swallow it even when it is his mouth!!! We recently attempted to try chewable Singular (his allergy medicine), but that was a NO-GO! I had to keep putting it back in his mouth and then give him some milk to drink so it would dissolve! However he does love a chewable vitamin! :)

Xander doesn't say a whole lot but his vocabulary has gotten quiet a bit better lately!! Our new words are: Plane, Please (which sounds more like peese), red, blue, yellow, orange, green, purple, Brecky, bear, and book. But the best saying yet is "Go Cats!" Seriously, did you NOT think my child would already love KSU? :)

Playing in the sand!

Feeding himself!!! And yes, I think my son will be a lefty! What you don't see is the mess on the floor from missing his mouth! LOL!



 Sportin' his KSU hat!! He LOVES that thing! GO STATE!


 

Dash Down Greenville 5K

Second 5K- CHECK! On ST. Patty's day my friends Stephanie, Takesia, a friend of Takesia's, and Brandon did the Dash Down Greenville! It was my first, and very interesting! LOL! It was a blast and HOT HOT HOT! I learned two things that day. I will not be able to run with anyone who is a complainer! Not that any of my friends were, but a girl in our running class "ran" with us and complained the WHOLE TIME! And, BRING YOUR WATER BOTTLE!! I even bought a handy dandy water bottle that fits on my hand so I won't even have to "hold" it while i run, but I left it in the car!!

Next Race: Jog with the Frog March 31st!!

Brandon, me, Takesia, Takesia's friend, and Stephanie

KHA Girls!

Minus TWO Tonsils

Well, it FINALLY happened! Breckyn got her Tonsils taken out!!! We told her that she was going to have a slumber party and she got to pick out her which pair of Jammies she wanted to wear. So, naturally she picked the ones from our favorite family in Malaysia! Those came all the way from Malaysia from Frank and Lily Leong (Our friend Debbie's parents). They Love Breckyn and Xander so much and we love them just as much!!! They are our Malaysian Grandparents!

Once we got to the Hospital they took us back and gave Breckyn some "goofy juice," which made her so funny!!! LOL!! Her ENT came into our "curtain" at one point to let us know it was almost time and she said (very politely), "Could you please leave. I am coloring." Strider and I about died! :) She was so funny. Then when the anastethiologist came in, who happen to be a girl and fairly young, she said, "Your pretty, I like you." She even got to take her Teddy Bear back with her into surgery!!!

When they took her back, she went willingly and calmly, which was good for me, because once they put us in the small, closet of a waiting area, I lost it. I know it was a very minor surgery, but you just never know and she is my baby! So of course, Strider made fun of me! But the whole surgery start to finish lasted maybe thirty minutes! The Surgeon said she did great and it was a good thing we took those things out because they were full of infection!

After we got to go back to see her she was so calm and I just held her and rocked her! She drank some Apple Juice, had a Popsicle, and we headed home! She is such a tough cookie!!

Breckyn got a surprise one day when Grandma Steele sent her BALLOON!!!! SHE LOVED THEM! So much that she NAPPED with them. She specifically asked me to bring her balloons to her, so they could nap too! LOL! :)

Overall, her recovery was WAY better than mine!! Within a weeks she was back to eating hamburgers and chips compared to my three weeks of chicken stalk and Popsicles! :)

HOT CHOCOLATE 5K!!!!

I DID IT!!! I SUCCESSFULLY completed my first 5K!!!! I was so excited and proud of myself!!! :) My running class ran together along with my friend Brandon and my friend Clair! It was because of Brandon and Clair that I beat my "record time" by 4 minutes!!!! WHOHOO! IT probably helped that is was in the TEENS when we ran too!! Pretty sure that morning was the ONLY day of "winter" we had this year!! BRRR!!!!!!

I LOVE doing 5K's now!! I am becoming quite the addict! :) Next Race: Dash Down Greenville on St. Patty's day!

Brandon and I after picking up our race packets!

Clair and I before the race.

Getting ready to get lined up!

My friend Laura showed up to cheer me on!!!

After I finished!!! I DID IT! And I was so COLD!!!