Lissy's missing tooth!

Alyssa lost her first upper tooth tonight. We thought it would be a few more days before it fell out, but she decided to pull it out herself. The picture is the end result!

Alyssa learns to ride a bike!

Today was a big day for Alyssa. She learned to ride her bike! I held the back of her seat a few times and then let go and she was off. She's been a riding machine all day long. Up and down the street and around the cul-de-sacs she went. We are so proud of her big accomplishment.

Jake is 2 1/2 years old today!  With every day that passes, he is more and more like a little boy and less and less like a toddler.  This means it's time for preschool!  We registered him this past week for the fall session.  It brings tears to my eyes just typing that. You can only imagine how I will be on his first day of school. I have a few more months to compose myself before his first day of school. Sigh!

Alyssa attended her co-ed indoor soccer evaluation this week.  Soccer games should start in a few weeks.  I asked her if she was excited and she said, "I'm a bit worried because boys are rough."  My response...."so are you."  She laughed and smiled.  Should be a good source of entertainment for a few months. 

Jake continues to do amazingly well in his football class. I'm so proud of how far he has come. This is the perfect class for him because he gets to knock things down and tackle the mats without getting in trouble.

If he would just look straight ahead when he runs he would get there much faster.

I joined a coed softball league with one of the moms from kinder. I haven't played in YEARS and was extremely nervous.  Alyssa and Sebastian went to the game to cheer me on. I've been very hesitant to play because I didn't want to embarrass myself.  Just hoping my 15 year old self would magically appear on the field.  I didn't do too bad if I do say so myself.  It was so well worth it when Alyssa told me how proud she was of me and told me how good I was.  Guess it's important for your kids to see what you can do once in awhile.  

Baby Leia Autumn Glenn was born on 02/10/2010. What a great birth date. We had the privilege of seeing the Glenn's on Saturday. Leia has already changed so much since we first met her in the hospital.  She continues to be a spitting image of dad.

Russell and Sebastian have been friends for 18 years so it was very special to see these two with their kids. I think our couples weekend getaways will now be traded in for kid friendly road trip destinations. Love it!

Jakey spent the entire time at the Glenn's with their dog Lily. Or as Jakey calls her, "wiwy." The l's will come one day buddy. It was so sweet to watch him play with her and talk to her like she was his friend. Maybe my son needs a dog? Wait...I think my allergies will save me from this one. :)

Jakey laying on the floor with Lily asking her what's wrong. Ahhh!

Kids growing up way too fast!

Alyssa will turn 7 next month. I can hardly believe my baby will be 7! Where does the time go! I know growing up is inevitable, but why does it have to happen so darn fast. The other day we were out in public with her friend when I said..."Lissy, please come here." She walks over to me the first time I call her. I'm thinking to myself, wow, that's great I didn't even have to call her 5 times before she responded. Not so much....she says to me in a whisper "mom, please don't call me Lissy in public, only at home. That's a baby name." WHAT?!?!?! A baby name? We have called her Lissy her whole entire life and all of sudden it's a baby name and only to be used at home? Oh how I dread the teenage years that are barreling toward me at a rapid speed.

My son has a thing for blondes.  Older blondes at that!  He saw someone he hasn't seen in awhile, but that didn't stop him from going in for a hug and kiss immediately.  Apparently the warm up period doesn't apply to 25 year old blondes!  As we were leaving he took the opportunity for another hug and kiss.  But this time one kiss wasn't enough.  He went in for 4 consecutive kisses and would have continued had I not stopped him. He was giggling as we walked away from pure joy. Oh boy!  Hope this isn't a sign of what's to come.

These kids are going to give me gray hair....oh wait that has already happened.  I'm afraid to ask what's next!

Lastly, a funny comment Alyssa recently said after Jake hit her....."Mom, why does Jake have to be so charming after he hits me?"  

Gotta love my kiddos!

My future little quarterback

Jake started his new class on Friday, Little QB's. I'm so so glad we battled through Little Dunkers because it sure made all the difference. Jake stood on the line and started warm ups without me and proceeded to complete all of the drills without having a meltdown. Progress! He really enjoyed diving with the ball in the "end zone". I'm actually looking forward to his next class. Great job, Jakey!

Hopping


Running to the end zone

Touchdown!

Saturday we enjoyed wine tasting in Temecula with the Gettys. So much fun! We've been talking about this for a year. Better start planning now if we ever want to do it again. :) As soon as I get pictures I'll post them. On second thought, maybe not. Ha! I would definitely recommend this outing to everyone, but don't forget your driver!

Referring back to my last blog about our beach experience....I'm happy to report that some of the pictures actually turned out really well. We were so pleased with several of the shots. Hopefully you'll see a few pictures hanging in our house soon.

Family Photos at the Beach

On Saturday we had a photo session at Coronado Beach. I was so excited to have family pictures taken on the beach. We had a very successful experience with the same photographer when Alyssa was 3 years old so I was hoping for the same with Jake. I was so wrong. The first mistake I made was not knowing that Jake HATES the sand on his feet. Something you'd think I would have known BEFORE scheduling pictures on the beach. Oh well. The photographer was wonderful with the kids and hopefully we got a few good shots. Next time we are headed to the park!

Sebastian got a few good pictures with our camera.

Of course he decides he likes the sand after the photographer leaves

(quite possibly the only good picture of Jake from the entire day)

This sums up the entire photo session

And this one....

The photographer says after only a few minutes with Jake, "wow he is ALL boy"

That's one way to put it

At least we were able to see a beautiful sunset

What goes around comes around for Jakey...

As EVERYONE knows my son is a "former" pusher (or so I'd like to think). On a very regular basis he will say out of the blue, "I push Mady." To what we respond, "no, you don't push Mady." And now he will say giggling, "I say hi Mady." (Just goes to show how much we discuss pushing in our house) Poor Mady was the recipient of way too many pushes from Jakey. He has always been the pusher, not the pushee. So Saturday night we saw Ava, or Eva as he likes to call her, and as we were standing around she pushed him. The utter look of shock and disbelief on his face was beyond priceless. I don't think he could actually believe that someone pushed him. He immediately looked at me and said, "Ava pushed me." (he's also a tattletale by the way) Hmmm...didn't like it very much son, now did you? I'm hoping that being pushed by a one year old little girl taught him a very valuable lesson about NOT pushing....a mother can dream.