Audrey and Nathan Clements: March 2011

Friday, March 25, 2011

Deleta's Roll 'n Stroll

Josie finds the coolest things to do in Pocatello (she took us to the museum)! She told us about how the staking rink is open every Tuesdays from 10:00-11:30 for kids to bring bikes or scooters. It's only $3 for moms. They provide skates,strollers, and even the fun little red bike Hailey's on. They bring balls out, limbo, hula hoops, and sometimes a big floor mat piano. There is also a big climbing area that Hailey likes. I'm really impressed with all that they provide and they fun we have there. I enjoy being able to skate around and get some exercise in while the kids play.

Announcement

On Monday, February 21, I found out that we were expecting again. It came as a little shock just because I tested the previous Wednesday and it was negative. (my period was supposed to start that Saturday). However, I was very excited and since I expect this to be our last baby I wanted to make it a big deal.

I told Nate that morning just because he wouldn't appreciate finding out at a party. Then I spent the rest of the day getting the kids excited about a party.

The kids came with me to get the balloons. (I'm so lucky they can't read yet and that Hailey was to distracted by the party store itself to hear what the lady and I were talking about).

We picked daddy up from his office and the kids told him that we were going to a party. (Nathan had no idea what they were talking about didn't like being in the dark). Before we went to the party, I ran into Albertsons and got this cake.

Then we took the kids to Pizza Hut (they have been wanting to go to pizza hut for a week now). After we were done eating, I got the cake out and told them that a new baby was coming. Hailey's reaction was "Already!?!?"

The kids are excited and both agreed it is going to be a boy. Robert also feels like he should be pregnant and argued with Hailey that babies pop out of the back. Hailey says that babies pop out of the tummy.

There is 21 months between Hailey and Robert and 21 months between Robert and Hannah. There will be 22 months between Hannah and the new baby. My due date is October 29th and as long as the baby is not a Halloween baby, then I'm happy.

Princess Party at the Library

The day we moved all our furniture into our new pink house, the library was also holding a princess tea party. It was a very busy day for our family.

The library was packed and we could barely squeeze in to do our three crafts. They colored their princess crowns.

The dipped frosted pretzels into sprinkles. Maybe it was supposed to be their royal scepter.

They also made candy necklaces.

After the crafts were done, we went to another room and had cupcakes, small sandwiches, and some punch. I'm glad we went but maybe crowd control would have been better if they had different age groups come at different times or spilt the group between the two rooms. Oh well. One day I want to do a tea party for my little girls.

Baby Dayne's 1 years old

Darlene's baby boy, Dayne, celebrated his first birthday. He is such a cute boy, too bad this picture turned out to be fuzzy.

Hannah and Dayne are about a month a part. Hannah's still the bigger kid.

We got Dayne this cool drum with other instruments. Hailey wanted to show it off.

Before the cake...

After the cake!

My kids really enjoy playing with Dayne (or just playing with his toys).

Happy Birthday Dayne!!!

Natural History Museum

I took the kids to the local museum at the college with a friend of ours. It started first with taking the bus to campus so we didn't have to deal with parking. The kids love riding on the bus.

There was a small exhibit with skeletons of dinosaurs and other animals native to Idaho.

We spent most of the time in the hands-on children's room. They put on masks.

Hannah had fun exploring.

Robert did puzzles.

The neatness thing they had where these magnets. I even loved playing with them.

Hailey also wanting to practice camouflaging.

We had a fun time and should go back more often.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Hailey's Dance Recital

Hailey took dance from the Rec Center this semster and loved it. She had very first (of hopefully many) dance recital.

At the very end of the recital, everyone got flowers. Here's Hailey with her teacher Trielle.

Hailey did such a wonderful job. I'm so glad that she's able to do dance and be active. I think she has really enjoyed it.

Hannah's Pigtail

Here's Hannah's first ponytail!!!

Sledding

Here are pictures from our yearly sledding trip. Look at that hot stud with our sled!

Hailey was the first one to go down. Then Nate took Robert down but I wasn't able to get any pictures of it. Robert is more timid about sledding and only went once.

Hannah is in the Ergo carrier on my back and went sledding for the first time. She loved it. Hannah laughed the whole way down.

We went so far and so fast that we landed on top of the little bump in the picture below.

Unfortunately the toughest part is having to go back up the hill. Thankfully, Hailey's my big helper.

Though the kids are as bundled up as I could get them (both having 2 pairs of pants on), we didn't stay long and they screamed in the car and the cold started to numb everything. Poor kids!

Christmas at Home

Our drive home took longer then expected because we got hit by a big snow storm right before the mountain pass near Price, UT at 3:00am and had to get a hotel. (We started our trip at 8:00pm so the kids would sleep and it would've worked out great without the weather delay).

When we got home, we had the kids open up their presents my my family. Since, they have already been through Christmas once, they knew just what to do. It was so fun hearing Hailey and Robert oh and ah over everything. Hannah just loved the packing peanuts.

We got new Wii remotes from my brother Kyle, so we could all play the wii.

Nate got the Messiah collection from my parents. We was amazed at how nice they were and started reading that day.

Hailey loves her first doll house.

I got a Cricut cutter!!! I cut out a lot of basic shapes for Joy School, so I'm really excited to use this and help things go faster.

Robert loves his Thomas train ABC puzzle. Luckily we had enough floor space for him to spread it out.

I think Christmas is the best time of the year. I love the excitement it brings and how it brings us closer to our family. Thank you everyone who helped make our Christmas wonderful.