Kherington had her last day of ballet. The teacher had the parents come in and watch the kids perform their tap routine, then the ballet routine and then sing a cute little song for us. We aren't doing the recital since it is on Sunday so this was a nice end to the class.
Kherington begged me to break out the 'paint in two line' aka water colors. She has become quite the artist. I love seeing how much more detail her artwork has now. It is also pretty interested to see who she decides to include in her pictures or what little details she adds. For example, when she as explaining the picture below to me she showed me that she drew herself when she gets older and pointed out that she is going to have two pony tails (pig tails).
Kevin like the painting too (but will not give me a smile for the picture). He stopped mid painting to run and tell me that if you mix all the colors together it makes brown. He was so excited. Haha. Very cute.
Ryan allergies have been really bad. I guess Dallas is known for that. When I was working at Omniture, one of my co-workers went on and on about the neti pot and how they helped flush everything out and how he doesn't have bad allergies anymore. I ordered one for Ryan and enjoyed watching him use it for the first time. We'll see if it does any good. I would guess he need to be consistent this it to actually work.
I had been meaning to make dentist appointments for awhile now and finally hunkered down and made appointments (for the kids...still need to do me). I was a little unsure of how they'd do since when they went to Bren's office they would barely open their mouth. I spent a couple days prepping them with what would happened and added in a nice bribe of chick-fil-a for lunch the following day if they did well. There ended up being no need for that. They both loved it...and especially loved the goodies bag complete with their own new toothbrush, mini toothpaste, flossers, stickers and more. Kherington keeps asking when we can go back. I did schedule their next appointment (and made sure to do it in the afternoon since Kherington will be in kindergarten and I don't want it to count against her allotted absences).
Both their teeth look awesome with no cavities and no areas to watch. I would guess this has more to do with the kids diet (eating few processed foods) than being good brushers. While I can't stand not brushing my own teeth, I definitely don't stay on top of the kids...and when I do it is just to tell them to go brush on their own. The dentist said Kherington has perfectly spaced beautiful teeth (I agree). Kevin are pretty crowded so no compliments on his. But I did learn that his front tooth isn't dead like I thought it might have been after he nailed it on that metal bowl a couple months back.
I got to relax a little on Mother's day. The kids and Ryan made me eggs and toast for breakfast, honey lime enchiladas for dinner and a pudding pie. Pretty tasty. After church I took a nap with Jonathan. We also went and played at a new playground.
When I woke up from my nap, the kids came in with some pictures they made for me. Can you guess which ones came from which kid? Kevin handed me a couple pieces of cut up black paper then tossed in a couple white pieces. Kherington made me pages of multi-colored 'writing' on pink paper. They also each made me something with pipe cleaner. I htink Kevin said his was a spider. Thanks man.
I watched a video about what Mother's really want for Mother's day and I could agree more with most of the responses. The best gift anyone could give would be to remove any responsibility surrounding being a mom. No shopping, meal planing, cooking, cleaning, disciplining, nursing, answering the same question a million times, listening to whining, fight and crying, etc. Really all I want is to be by myself and not to have to do a bunch of work to get there. I am pretty sure that's not going to happen this year.
