Kaden's Bee Book

As I've said before, I so, so love Kaden's charter school. For the last month, his class has been learning all about bees. I'm not joking in the slightest when I say that he knows more about bees than I do now. They had some real beekeepers come talk to them and let them taste bee bread (not bread with honey on it - it is something that the worker bees eat in the hive. Kaden said it was yummy), then last week they went on a field trip to the Ogden Nature Center to see a live bee hive in action (through clear glass). They are wrapping up the bee subject now, so for their last project, they got to write a short story about a bee. The only requirements were that there were at least five details and five illustrations.

I only helped a little. For real. A very, very little with some spelling problems.

Here, for your entertainment, is Kaden's bee book:

The Lion Chasing the Bee by Kaden Porter

"Once there was a bee sitting on a flower. He was reading a book about pollen. He saw a page that honey bees can't fly."

 

That's the bee's surprised face upon finding out that honey bees can't fly. hahaha

"Then a big lion came! The lion wanted to eat the bee. So, he chased the bee. The bee ran away."

"While the bee was running, he tried to fly. Then the bee got trapped in a pet cage."

 "But the trap was not for bees. It was for a frog because there was a pond. He called to the other worker bees."

 

"The Queen told the worker bees to go help. Then they brought the bee back to the hive and fed him bee bread. Everyone was happy except the lion and the frog."

 

Check out that bee hive

"The End"

He was so proud of his book! He worked really hard on it for a long time. He gets to read it to his class this next week (everyone gets to read their books) and he can't wait. :)

Dr. Brett

The kids went to the dentist yesterday. Other moms have told me I'm brave/crazy for scheduling all three at the same time, but, with my kids anyway, it's easiest that way. But it helps that they all LOVE the dentist.

Video games while waiting

Kaden was a little nervous (because he gets gaggy with x-rays), but did really well.

Ari was so, so excited for every part of the visit. She was so mad that she didn't get to have her x-rays done first (because Lexi jumped up on the chair before she had the chance), but she was thrilled when she got her teeth cleaned first and that the dentist checked her teeth first. He told her she has teeth as pretty as Princess Elsa (who, by the way, is a queen, but I only silently corrected him hahaha), but that comment won her over for life.

All the kids were cavity free and Kaden currently has three wiggly teeth! He's lost two so far, but is gonna have a bare mouth soon.

Dinosaur Park

Lexi's preschool did their second field trip of the year to Dinosaur Park in Ogden. Kaden was in school, but Ari got to come with us.

What's a girl to do without her harmonica?

 There are seven boys and three girls in Lexi's class. Until that day, I never realized how tightly these girls stick together. They wasted no time in finding each other and then HAD to hold hands the entire day. Their teacher saw them and said that that is how it always is in class, too.

Avery, Lexi, and Aryah (I have no idea how to spell it)

Try going down a slide holding hands...

Ari picked out her colors and where they went, but made me color the page.

Lexi's is light pink.

The girls had a blast and they ended the trip with a little scavenger hunt, which got a lot of energy out of the kids (yay!).

Busy Saturday

I always know summer is getting closer when our weekends start to fill up fast. This past Saturday was just the start of it all.  We began the day with an egg hunt (at our house since my dad's doesn't have grass yet).

The tall one is my step-sister, Bekah. She wasn't hunting for eggs, she was helping. ;)

 After the hunt, we let the kids fill up on sugar and took them to another one of Kaden's soccer games.

Ari loves her daddy.

Kaden is still doing really well and wants to continue playing this next season.

After the game, I headed in to work for a few hours, then ran home, grabbed the kids and Shane, and went to a birthday party in Kaysville. We didn't get home until about 7:30. It was a very long (mostly fun) day!

Easter already?!

As per my previous post, my sister is leaving on her mission in less than two weeks, so my family chose to celebrate Easter with her before she leaves. Today, we went to my mom's house for lunch and an egg hunt, of course.

Taliyah (in purple), McKayla (short sleeves), and Lexi.

Kaden trying to figure out how to reach the high ones.

Took him a couple of jumps, but he got it. ;)

Ari was loving it.

The kids were kind of confused as to why the Easter bunny didn't come at our house, so I had to explain (again) that Natalie is leaving. I've told the kids over and over that she will be gone for a year and a half, and then they'll see her again. But every time, Lexi says in her most dramatic voice, "So we won't ever, ever see her again ever?" And now I just shake my head sadly and say, "Nope. Sorry." ;)

Girl's Night Out With the Fam

First, let's start off with a random, adorable picture:

 This was right after bath time. Ari was in the mix, but she went to bed before I took the pic.

 Ok, on to the girl's night!

My little sister, Natalie, is leaving on a mission to Independence, Missouri on April 16th and she wanted to do a girl's night with some family before leaving. We decided to do pedicures and then hit up Kneaders for dinner.

Our awesome cousin, Stephanie.

My nail lady.

Suzanna, our hilarious Aunt Kristy, and Natalie down at the end.

Kristy telling me not to take a pic of her white legs. bahahaha

Ta-da!

I wanted Easter eggs on my big toes, but the lady said she didn't know how to do that. I was like, "Lady, I can barely draw stick figures, but even I could bust out some hand-drawn Easter eggs in a pinch (especially if someone was willing to pay me for them!)." So I came home and added a layer of glitter to give them a little va-va-voom. ;)

We then spent the next two hours at Kneaders (annoying all the super nice workers, I'm sure). We had a blast and it was really good to have one last (and first *cough*) girl's night with my baby sister before she leaves for 18 months.

Soccer

March 22nd Kaden's spring soccer season began. We missed his game after that, but made it to the one this past Saturday. He is SO excited to be playing again!

From his first game this spring:

A little too much love from Lexi.

This past Saturday, it was really windy and cold, so Shane and the girls stayed home. (Plus the weather forecast said it was going to rain.)

Posing it up

Luckily for us, the rain started about 15 minutes after his game ended, but I still sat there and froze my butt off for an hour. I told him if he ever plays for ReAL, he's going to buy me season tickets every year because I will have more than earned them. ;)