Gymnastics!

Both kids are doing an 8-week gymnastics class through Springville City.  Their lessons are every Wednesday back-to-back so I am sitting there watching gymnastics for about 3 hours straight, lol.  It's not too bad though because the lessons are in the basement of the high school right by the indoor track so I try to get a good walk in while they have their lessons.  Both kids seem to like it so far and it's a great way for them to get some of their wiggles out!

Stretching

Malea on the bars

She's still trying to figure out the whole cartwheel thing....

I was pretty impressed by her back bend!

Isaac seems to be a natural....he has freakishly strong upper body strength and no fear so it's a great combination for gymnastics!

He looks so cute all lined up with his class :)

Malea having a snack while brother has his lesson.  We don't get out of there until about 6:30pm so by then she is starving!  We also do homework while Isaac is in his lesson, it works out pretty well :)

Yay for gymnastics! :)

First Day of Pre-K!!!

Finally it was Isaac's turn to start school!  He was so excited!  This is his second of three years of pre-school....his birthday is right after the deadline so he will be starting kindergarten right before he turns 6 (I think it will be a good thing :)).  Isaac will actually be going to two different pre-schools....the first one is through the school district for speech and the other one is the same one Malea went to. We debated about just having him do the speech pre-school but he loves his "animals school" (as he calls it) so much that I figured we would just let him do both.  Plus with me working it actually works out better this way.

Grandma & Grandpa Dub were visiting that week so we got a picture of Isaac with them :)

So handsome!

He's getting so big!

Here are the answers Isaac gave to the same questions I asked Malea:

Teacher: Mrs. Foster/Teacher Lynda

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite TV Show: Spiderman

Favorite Food: Eggs

Favorite Movie: Transformers & Spiderman

When I grow up I want to be: Optimus Prime (LOL)

Favorite Place: Restaurant that has noodles

Favorite thing to do: Get a toy

School #1: Hobblecreek

I think it was all fun and games until it was time to leave him.....he cried and didn't want me to go :(  He mostly cries when he has to go to this school for some reason, not the "animals school".  The only thing I can think of is that maybe this school is more structured?  Hopefully he will get used to it. 

School #2: Farm Fun Pre-school

He was so excited!  Yay for school!

Isaac's 4th Birthday!

Isaac turned 4 on September 7th!!  I can't believe how big he is getting!  We had a fun outdoor Transformers party in our back yard, which was awesome because as of this spring we didn't even have grass!  It was great to finally be able to have one of his birthdays back there.

Isaac has been counting down to his birthday for WEEKS!  Every day for a couple of weeks at least he would ask, "Is it my birthday?"  Finally I made a little countdown chain and hung it on the front door to help him understand a little bit better. 

Grandma & Grandpa "Dub" (Walker) came to visit for the week leading up to his party and so generously spent the week building stairs on our deck.  It is SO NICE to have stairs to the deck now!!  Before we had to walk all the way around from the front door to get back there.  Now we can just walk right out the back door!  Woo hoo!

Here's some of the decor: 

The big birthday boy!  He was so excited!

(He's saying "cheeeeese!")

The food, yum!

Got some cute ideas off pinterest :)

Last year we did a water party but this year the weather had been more rainy/cloudy so I decided to do a little obstacle course instead.  I called it the "Transformers Training Course" and had the kids wear little Transformers masks that I found.  It was fun!

The guests just hanging out visiting.  It had been super warm and sunny all day and then of course right as the party was starting the clouds rolled in.  Luckily we had a couple of canopies on hand so we set them up before it started raining.  It didn't rain too bad thank goodness and it did roll out pretty quick.  Just glad it wasn't worse, we've had quite a few crazy thunderstorms this year!

I had to get a picture of this.....every time we have a party Malea makes signs telling people where the bathroom are.  I think it is the cutest thing ever!

Isaac opening presents!

It was so funny, with every picture he would hold the pose and say "cheeeeese" for as long as it took me to get the picture.  You can tell I've trained him well ;)

And the grand finale.....a new bike from mommy and daddy!

His awesome cake!  He was pretty excited about the toy transformers on the top :)

Isaac taking his new bike for a spin!

Transformers and "blue chips" as he calls them (aka Cooler Ranch Doritos, his favorite)....what more do you need?!?

Earlier that day my dad and step-mom stopped by to bring their gift for Isaac because they weren't going to make it to the party.  It was an awesome spider man costume and let's just say he never wants to take it off!

Even spidey needs his rest ;)

Happy 4th Birthday Isaac!!  We love you buddy!