KC Triathlon 2012

Did a triathlon Sunday thanks to my friend Bree for talking me into it. It was her first race. She did AMAZING! Here she is getting her stuff ready.

 Excited!

 We had about 10 minutes til we had to leave our stuff and she figured out they gave her the WRONG number. STRESS!

 Here is my setup- I don't really think all that much about set up.

 Getting ready!

 I did really well! My best time in a Tri so far. My swim was by far my worst swim ever. I gave up on training because I couldn't get my head into it and I definitely paid for it.  I felt awful, couldn't get my breath, couldn't relax and just swim. I ended up doing breast stroke for probably 1/2 the swim. My next race is DOUBLE the swim distance. Turns out I better get in the pool SOON.

It was a really great day!

Pre K Graduation!

Here she is with her AMAZING teachers getting her "diploma." It was a really good ceremony.

 They sang tons of songs.

 She always knows ALL the words.

 Princess wave.

 Standing outside her classroom. We're all a little sad the year is over.

PARTY!!

The only thing I really wanted Sully to have for his birthday were some knitted overalls (or shortie overalls to the cloth diapering world). OH MAN, did my friend Ann DELIVER!!! They are AMAZING.

 His party was a hit! Nothing exciting or big, just good ole fun.

 He didn't actually like his cake at all. He's had cupcakes before and devoured them, but totally not into his cake.

 He loved his toys, as did the big kids who fight him for them daily....

 Eating his pizza. Now THAT he loved.

The Birthday Evening

Thursday night we had Lana and David over for dinner just for a small celebration. His party was actually Saturday (to follow). I found this cute monster cake at Target. 

Presents! The other kids WAY more excited than Sully.

The kids wanted to get him this rocker elmo....I didn't actually have anything else in mind, so whatever. It's cute.

I got him this little treasure chest that he puts coins in the top of. He loves it! 

He's so freaking cute. I can't get over him.

Birthday Boy

Just a few pictures of my boy on his birthday. These are from April. He LOVES to play ball. He can actually throw it pretty far. He plays catch on purpose. He can almost dribble it. He loves to kick the soccer ball. It's so weird cause Griffin never cared about it at all.

He also loves Griffy's wagon. It was G's first bday present. It proves to be a winner for this age. He LOVES it.  He gets inside it, puts his balls and his blanket and his bottle in there, and pushes it all over.

 He LOVES his blanket. We call it his "stars" and he takes it everywhere. He LOVES to cuddle it.

 It makes him so happy.

 He is a GOOD EATER!!!! He will try lots and lots of things and he eats like a normal child! Hot dogs, chicken, steak, noodles, cheese, green beans, fruit, whatever! YAY!

 He loves his bottle, although he drinks from a sippy just fine. He has to be on the cup 100% by daycare time in June....I think he'll be fine.

Easter

This was our easter.....a month ago! Hahahaha. Everyone got some clothing item, and a basket full of candy. I toned it down a little bit this year. There just wasn't anything I really wanted to get them and they have SO MUCH. They still thought it was awesome. 

I am a terrible blogger. I admit it. For whatever reason, I have let go of my need to post and keep it up. I still WANT to do it, but I'm not pressuring myself anymore.  I went today to give you a post and realized I don't even HAVE a folder that says April 12. I suck. Sully's birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks so there are sure to be pictures from there! Life is just catching up with me.

I have immersed myself in training for athletics. This past weekend Molly and Ben came and I did my first 1/2 marathon in 3 years. I increased my time by SIXTEEN minutes- and I'm paying for it! It was a great race in STJ- we ran from Central to Benton and back. Unfortunately it's the last year for it.

My next race is a sprint triathlon on May 20. I reentered the pool today for real. I've been swimming about once a week for awhile, but I need to seriously get to it.  So nearly all of my spare time is spent on my hobby- exercise. Strange for some people to hear knowing me when I grew up!

Sully is walking and talking. Yesterday I was rocking him and he looked at me and said. "Nooohhh" and pointed at my  nose! GENIUS! hahah. He says tickle tickle, ball, woof, bahh (bottle or cup), Maaahhhhh (for Mira), and a few other things.  He eats pretty much anything. Such a good boy.

Griffy and Mira are doing fine. Mira starts KINDERGARTEN in a month. I can't believe it, but she is SO ready.  She's super pumped about going too.  Griff is ready to do nothing this summer except swim. He's such a home body.  I am super excited about the summer- spending every day at the pool and just hanging out.  That's all for this morning. I'll try to locate my cameras and find some April pics!