Saedi

TODAY they get wet?!

Posted on June 27, 2010 by wadmanclan

Today was filled with more visiting/catching up for me but the kids only had to go along with part of it. I went to breakfast with Anna (very nice time) while the kids stayed with Grandma. When I got back they were just setting up her kiddie pools outside. Even after spending most of the afternoon yesterday in the pools at Grandma Kathy’s, they still wanted to swim at Grandma Lori’s today. I went out and watched them play and it was amazing, Nels AND Solvei wanted to get INTO the water. =P So all four kids had fun IN the pool today.

(They are all watching a train go past in this one)

Solvei and Nels were pretty fearless today. They loved getting into and out of all the different pools (they had 4 to choose from).

Gavin and Nels got their mo-hawks fixed up.

Solvei loved sitting down in one pool and flipping water all over herself.

I had planned on them only playing in the water for about an hour, but the were out for closer to two-and-a-half hours.



They were done just in time for the shade to disappear, and we had more visiting to get done before we go home. They didn’t mind too much though because they got to play when we visited Andrea’s family (always fun) in the evening.
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Party Time

Posted on June 26, 2010 by wadmanclan

Today started with breakfast at Jessie Jean’s with Laura. This trip has been pretty hectic but it’s nice to visit friends and catch up, even when it feels sort of rushed. Then we went and bought presents for the party today.

Today we celebrate Solvei and Nels’ birthday! Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Donnie are letting us have our celebration at their house so after we picked up the cake, we headed over there. Grandma had set up two kiddie pools and one big pool for all the kids to play in. Solvei and Nels were so excited to splash around in them but they REFUSED to get into them. (Solvei got in but wanted to get right back out again, and Nels wouldn’t even get in.) They loved splashing anyway from the side of the pool. Saedi and Gavin were little fish as long as their faces didn’t get wet (or would that make them ducks?).

Clay brought down some balls for the kids to play with in the water. Nels and Solvei liked to throw the ball into the pools at each other so it would splash each other. They did that for at least half an hour until the ball got so full of water it wouldn’t float anymore. Every time Solvei got splashed she made the same face, it was so cute. When Grandma Lori and Grandpa Larry came, Grandma stuck her feet into the pool while sitting in a lawn chair. Solvei thought that was so neat that she wanted to try it and only then would Nels put his feet into the water (while sitting between Grandma’s legs on the edge of the pool). They all had so much fun.

When everyone was done in the water we had dinner, the kids played some more…

We had cake and ice cream…



Hung out some more…

And then they opened presents. Nels was really into it at first but then the toys talked to him and made noise when they were opened so he wouldn’t have anything to do with the presents after that – Solvei had to finish opening everything for him.


After a very long day full of fun Solvei and Nels were asleep in the car before we got more than a block away. Happy Birthday little ones, love you!

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Play-un in the Mount-uns

Posted on June 25, 2010 by wadmanclan
(in our best Utah accent)

Today we started our activities by having lunch with Vicki. I loved working with Vicki because it’s almost impossible to have a bad day around her; she’s always laughing. It was very nice to see her again. Thanks Vicki!

After lunch we went up to the mountains with Grandma Lori. Her church was having girls camp and she was supposed to be there, but since I was visiting she wasn’t. We went for her to make an appearance and to let the kids play “in the mountains”.

The kids spent a lot of time on the playground that is there. Solvei loved the swings, but Nels not so much.

Saedi and Gavin played with the merry-go-round for a long while (until Saedi’s “tummy was kinda yucky”). I love how Gavin thought it was neat when his cape was flying behind him because he was running so fast.

Solvei and Nels found the girls’ bucket stools and had to sit on every one.

Then we had dinner cooked on a campfire – hot dogs and s’mores.

Of course the kids loved it.

The kids played for a little while after we ate before we went home. Nels found a path that went from our fire pit to the playground by way of a tiny bridge over a little trickle of water so he had to go over it at least 50 times, making me nervous every time. Solvei loves to have her picture taken so I ended up with a bunch of her. (The first one shows her “where-did-it-go” expression.)

And of course there is an appearance with the hat.

While the big kids were back at the playground Grandma and I took the little kids to see the river. It was fascinating and rocks were thrown, as always happens when my children see water.

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Fun with the fishies

Posted on June 24, 2010 by wadmanclan

We got invited to go to the Living Planet Aquarium the first day in Utah with Chad’s family. The kids were so happy to go!

Grandma Lori came with us and I was glad I had an extra person to keep track of my little runners. I brought the “leashes” for Solvei and Nels so they could actually see something and not be stuck in the stroller (which a woman in the gift shop gave me lip about). They do pretty well at holding hands normally but are getting to the age where if you let go for one second, like to take a picture, they may just take off – in opposite directions. There was a time or two when Nels was dragging Grandma along because he’d take off – “Ooh! Something shiny!” – and she could barely keep up!

For Saedi and Gavin, I think they were just as excited to see Zach as they were to go to the Aquarium, but they had a lot of fun with the Ray tank. Nels loved the turtles. Solvei liked the big fruit eating piranhas.

I’m so glad we got to go, thanks for inviting us Chad and Leslie!

After the aquarium we had a picnic lunch at a park near there. I have been to that park a few times before but this is the first time I noticed the tree out front. The kids thought the “magical tree” was very cool. They all knocked on or tried to open the door.

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We made it

Posted on June 23, 2010 by wadmanclan

We got to Grandmas after a looonnnggg day in the car. Somehow Solvei kept herself awake for the entire car trip. When the videos were playing she was watching and when there weren’t videos (and the big kids were sleeping) Solvei and Nels took turns yelling at each other.

Everyone was happy to have arrived and not just because there’s all new stuff to play with, although that made things extra fun. Solvei and Saedi found Grandma Lori’s hats and wore them whenever they could (since this post is written in retrospect I can say the hats are in many pictures throughout the trip). Nels found Grandmas toys and couldn’t even be bothered to get pictures taken with everyone else because he was too busy playing. So here are a few pictures of the morning after we arrived sans Nels.

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All ready to play

Posted on June 19, 2010 by wadmanclan

Today is Saedi’s field day and she is so excited for everyone to see her. So here she is, slathered in sunscreen so don’t mind the sheen. We did her hair in “heidi braids” so you could see purple stripes, and she is proudly wearing her personalized shirt (she said she told her class about it yesterday for their last show-and-tell of the year and they “can’t wait to see it”).

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Plum locks

Posted on June 18, 2010 by wadmanclan

When I cut and tried to dye Gavin’s hair, I told Saedi I would color hers too if she wanted.

She did want. She is my child after all.

I decided I would do it right before the end of school, so as to not be too much of a distraction. Since field day is tomorrow, we did it tonight.

 

We colored just the under side. I used a semi-permanent purple (plum) without lightening her natural color, so it ended up being a very subtle change, but she was happy.

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Saedi’s feild day shirt fiasco

Posted on June 17, 2010 by wadmanclan

The middle of last month Saedi was sent home with a notice that we could order a shirt for field day. At the bottom in bold letters it said that orders would not be accepted after the due date, two weeks later. Also attached to the order sheet was a note from Saedi’s teacher saying that she would voluntarily Tye-dye her class’s shirts so everyone would match, but stand out from the rest of the school. This was pretty much the only time we were sent home a note about something that wasn’t for the very next day (the PTA here was not very organized), and I didn’t fill it out right away.

I realized that the shirt still hadn’t been ordered when we got home from picking Saedi up at school on the last day the orders would be accepted. There was no way I was driving another hour round trip just so I could go back and order her a shirt, she would have to live without it.

Unfortunately when I dropped Saedi off at school the next time, she remembered I hadn’t ordered the shirt and now it was too late. She got upset and started to cry.

I had already planned on asking her teacher if she would Tye-dye a regular shirt so Saedi would at least have something to match, and Saedi thought this was a good idea. I didn’t end up needing to ask though, because Saedi’s teacher sent a note that day saying anyone could bring in a shirt and she would dye it (apparently I wasn’t the only parent who either forgot to order or didn’t want to spend a bunch of money on the ugly school shirt). I even told Saedi that we could decorate hers after it was dyed to look cooler than anyone’s. 

Then I got a little ambitious.

The order form that was sent home had a picture of the logo that would be printed on the ordered shirts (their colors were brown, black, and tan).

 

I decided to paint that! Saedi would still “match” everyone but be totally unique. I like the way it turned out.

We even put her name on it. After I was done with it Saedi told me that where I put her name is where it said STAFF on all the administrators shirts. =)

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Punk Chic

Posted on June 12, 2010 by wadmanclan

Only three weeks after the fact, I finally got Saedi’s bike (that she got for her birthday) built. In my defense the weather hasn’t been nice enough to ride it anyway, just cause it’s June doesn’t mean mother nature has gotten the message about it being almost summer.

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Dollar deals

Posted on June 12, 2010 by wadmanclan

I really like the dollar section at Target. We peruse every time we go. Today when we went I found all the kids a pair of snoopy sunglasses. We have a car trip coming up and Solvei and Nels always complain about the “bright” when the sun is in their face, so if they all have sunglasses maybe I will hear less whining while driving when I can’t do anything about it. Since they were all only a dollar, it won’t hurt my feelings if they get broken.

Pretty rockin’ huh?


**Sometime after taking these pictures and before bed that night, Nels lost his glasses. I looked everywhere and couldn’t find them -he was very upset. About a week later when putting the kids to bed, Nels found them in Saedi’s bedside table/cabinet (I think he knew exactly where they were).
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