Sports

In January Caleb had his very first tennis lesson.  I remember they all lined up to hit the tennis ball and when the coach bounced the ball to Caleb he wound up to crush it.  He wound up so hard that the coach ducked in fear and after said "Caleb not so hard, just a nice soft swing".  I knew that would happen because Caleb does everything full force.  He had 7 lessons and did very well.  Below is a picture of Caleb (the cool guy in the black shirt and shorts) perfecting his game.

Caleb thoroughly enjoyed his first basketball camp and was one of the most enthusiastic kids in the class.  He was eager to answer any questions the coach asked...no surprise there.  The coach asked "When you're not on offense, you're on..." and Caleb yelled "DEFENSE".  I think it's safe to say Dave has passed on his love for basketball to little Mr. Caleb.  Below is a picture of him before leaving for camp.

Zoe wanted to be included in on the photo shoot so she grabbed a volleyball.  Good choice girl.

Ok back to Caleb going to camp.  Below the coach is showing Caleb how to hold the basketball when shooting.

And then this is the stance when on defense.  At this point Caleb is now pretty much at the head of the class by the coach instead of by the kids.  Haha!  Natural born leader???

Caleb's first soccer game was cancelled yesterday because it's so cold and tomorrow's game is cancelled as well.  Come on MN, it's time to warm up!!!  It's snowing outside as I write this and it's April 8th.  So his first game will be next Saturday and it's indoors.  They still had their pictures taken yesterday and Caleb is on the Yellow Bison team.  Oliver in our neighborhood is on his team along with Avery who he goes to pre-school with.

Our Little Readers

Two more videos and both of these are two of my all time favorites.  First Zoe "reading" a bedtime story to me and the other Caleb actually learning to read.  He's not even in Kindergarten yet and he just amazes me with his intelligence.  I absolutely love how much they love books.  We have read to them almost every night since they were born so it's no surprise they love books.  Enjoy these videos.

https://youtu.be/qVEgBmoI5UA

https://youtu.be/taUkhkpvgVo

All kinds of adorable

Whenever we go into check on the kids, we never know what to expect.  Sometimes they are asleep in their beds but many times they are on the floor.  Not sure why that's such a desire, the floor is so incredibly hard.  One night we came into Zoe sleeping in the corner of her room like this.

Other times we come into her room and she's teaching her stuffed animals Spanish.

But my absolute favorite is when she's singing to her dolls.  If this video doesn't warm your heart, I don't know what will.  I just love this little honey so much.

https://youtu.be/OXb5GKPVupU

Snow, snow, so much snow!

We've had a lot of snow this winter, which is pretty fun and about a month ago we had the most magical snowfall.  We've made snowmen, snow angels, gone tubing but I think it's safe to say that we are now officially ready for Spring and Summer!  Caleb keeps asking when it's going to get warm out and the other day he said "Mom wouldn't it be cool if it was summer all year long"?  Yeah I start to think that same exact thing come late Feb/early Mar.  Anyway, here is a look back on some of the snow fun we had this winter.  Oh and as I type this on April 2nd we are expected to get 6-8 inches of snow tonight.  Oiyy!

Check out these two videos too.  Nothing like a little t-ball in the middle of winter.

https://youtu.be/3aFR2wJPoFc

https://youtu.be/v20JzKzrW30

Broom goes BOOM

Turns out it isn't good when the head of a toy broom goes flying into your tv.  I was in the kitchen when I heard a loud noise.  I looked over and Caleb ran to the corner of the house where he picked up the head of Zoe's toy broom and the handle was in his other hand.  I asked, "What was that loud noise?" He had this concerned look on his face but I just assumed it had hit the wall or something.  I went back to doing some stuff and then 15 minutes later I noticed a large black spot on the top left corner of the tv but the rest of the tv was working fine.  I then asked "Caleb, is this what that loud noise was from??  Did you hit the tv with the broom?"  He instantly dropped to the ground and started crying.  Instant grace overcame me and I told him we could always get another tv but no more swinging things in the living room and to teach him a lesson I took $5 from his spending money jar to help pay for the tv.  My dad graciously surprised us by telling us he wanted to buy us a tv.  We obviously accepted the wonderful gift and now nobody has to use the Wii remote to work Netflix.  HALLELUJAH!!  Broken tv = blessing in disguise.  Thank you dad!!

Broken tv after we shut it off and then turned it back on.

New tv with a happy Caleb.

Caleb & Taylor

Caleb is just smitten about a girl at pre-school.  Turns out she will be going to the same elementary school as Caleb too.  I asked him the other day if he talks to her at school and he said she's too shy.  Months ago though he said she asked him to marry her so I think he's been a smitten kitten ever since.

The other night Dave was gone, I was tucking Zoe into bed and Caleb was waiting for me to finish up so I could tuck him in next.  I left Zoe's room and walked into Caleb's room and he had drawn this picture.  May I just point out the fact that Taylor has long eyelashes and he doesn't.  Incredible attention to detail at such a young age.  He looked at me with a big smile on his face and said "Mom, can you draw hearts on here?!"  Then he said, "wait no, I think I can do it". 

It's adorable seeing him shy/embarrassed/smitten and he's only 5. <3

Zoe's First Haircut

Zoe received her very first haircut on Saturday, January 20th, 2018.  Crazy to think that she was 3 years old and Caleb was only 5 months old when he got his first haircut.  Zoe did such a great job and the stylist even put a beautiful little braid in her hair.  Photos below are before, during and after.  They even put some of her first haircut hairs into a little packet and put it on a First Haircut piece of paper so she can cherish those little hairs forever. ;)