march around here

I've waited a really long time to see a picture like this:

He still listens to books all the time but has never liked the act of physical reading. He saw someone reading this at play practice and asked if we could get it. I've never been so happy to buy a book.

At 17 weeks, I had to take an early glucose test because I had gestational diabetes with Ben. I really hate drinking that drink. Disgusting. I passed. Barely. My number was 133 and the limit is 140. Methinks it is a high possibility that I will fail the next one I have to take at 28 weeks.

We took Nathan in to the podiatrist. He really has trouble walking and running as a 9 year old should. The doctor told him he looked like an old man. The doctor thought it had to do with rapid growth and gave him orthotics. He also had a wart removed. Hopefully, we will see improvement soon. He is a really active kid and it would be great if he could move more easily.

The American Heritage Youth Chorus that Emma sings with had a joint concert with the American Heritage Philharmonic Orchestra. It was a really amazing performance. Obviously very well rehearsed. I love seeing youth using their talents like that. I wish I had been able to get a better/longer recording.

Baseball season has started. I was rather silly this year and signed up both Sawyer and Nathan. I thought that soccer and baseball seasons would not overlap that much. Wrong. Because soccer started late this year, they are completely concurrent. This means 4 baseball games and at least 3 soccer games each week. ACK! Sawyer played t-ball last year and is doing machine pitch this year. As with most athletic things, he is a natural. Nathan has never played baseball before but he seems to like it despite his low skill level. Dave has been catching and hitting with the boys a lot at lunch and in the evening. I think they especially love that.

Slade has passed Emma in height. Emma knew it was coming but she isn't very happy about it.

a night on broadway

I am our stake's cultural arts director. As part of that calling, I am responsible for two activities a year. One is the Christmas Choirside that we do in December. The other activity varies in theme but usually happens in the spring. This year I proposed doing a stake Broadway revue.

I wrangled my good friend, Lisa, into being my assistant director. She was amazing and I could not have pulled this off without her. We began with a casting call in January. Stake members either came with a specific song that they wanted to perform or sang a church hymn/Primary song so they could be included in one of the three large ensembles. We had rehearsals on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings in January and February.

The activity was on March 8. We did two shows and had a great turn out from the stake. I think we ended up with a great line up with a good mix of performers and Broadway shows. I was able to get a live band for several of the numbers with the help of the awesome and talented people in my ward.

Sawyer and Nathan were in the children's ensemble. They keep asking me when we are going to do it again. Emma felt forced into performing but I think had fun in the end. Dave loved the whole thing and spent lots of time singing his songs until all the kids knew them too.

More pictures here.
Videos of the shows here.

It was a crazy amount of work but I think it was a positive experience for all involved from performers to audience. I had never really been in the director position before. I thought it would be hard to watch and not feel sad that I wasn't performing myself. In reality though, it was awesome to sit back and feel great satisfaction at what I (with lots of help) was able to pull together.

the Sawyerinator turns six

Sawyer started out his birthday as a star on the soccer field with a morning soccer game. Then we came home for pancakes.

Later in the afternoon, five of his friends joined him for his Robot Design Academy party.

 

 

 

 

Six Things About Sawyer at 6
1. He is taking off in his reading ability and reading everything in sight. Maybe there is hope for me to get one bookworm among my children.
2. He loves playing video games, especially Super Mario Brothers.
3. He is very coordinated in sports and dance.
4. He has a wicked temper.
5. He is entering into his destructive phase that both my older boys went through. Giving himself haircuts, cutting blankets on beds, carving into his bedroom walls, and on and on. AGH!
6. He hates being alone especially at night. He gets scared easily and often has bad dreams.

three no more

Sawyer is four!

It was our turn to host co-op on his birthday. We managed to squeeze in presents before it started. He got a new bike! Because co-op was all about ancient Egypt, I made a pyramid cake.

Unfortunately it rained most of the day so he did not get much time on his bike. He spent the day playing with friends and watching movies.

Four things I love about Sawyer:

1. He has the best dance moves.

2. He can go from wearing a frilly princess dress to being totally aggressive on the soccer field in the blink of an eye.

3. He is just so dang handsome. The hair. The eyes. The smile. Heart-breaker in the making.

4. He is such a bundle of personality. Ranging from happy and sweet to mad and violent. Full of passion, adorable wit and surprising intelligence.

I adore him.

picture overload

On a Sunday afternoon in the park...






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I am such a lucky mom.