British Soccor Camp

Xavier got is first real attempt at soccor through British Soccor camp at the end of June when he attended a week long camp from 9-10am Monday through Friday.  Coach Matt was really nice and had a lot of patient as he worked with the two three year olds and Owyn even tried a bit.  It was great the camp was early in the am because the week of camp temperatures were in the 100's so it was HOT!  The kids learned some games like Astronaut, cat and mice, bowling and a few others I can't remember the name of.  However Xavier created a few of his own creative games like take the cones from everyone and stack them and one day he decided he was going to make the restaurant Tasty Taco's and made tacos for everyone to eat.  It was cute but a little off focus.


Daddy was able to come along one morning and got to learn the game of cat and mouse.  Daddy was the mouse and Xavier chased him trying to get his orange tail. Fionn also got to come along for the day and play Soccor Fionn,s favorite games was bowling!    Here is a picture of Coach Matt, Xavier and Carol(Xavier's second cousin)  Since Xavier was the only one signed up to come we were able to invite Carol and the Daycare kids along with us.  Xavier had a lot of fun and sad he wanted to do it again and Matt said he might be our Coach again so well see next year.

Double headeder

 It's birthday time!  Both kids were very excited to celebrate their birthdays together, yet separated!  It was twice the fun all rolled into one.  We started the celebration with Owyn to celebrate her turning One we choose to do a Cupcake theme party...Since she really is our little Cupcake!  We made cupcake for everyone to enjoy and then I made her a very special large smash cake!  At first she wasn't sure what to do with it but once she realized this taste good the was eating her Strawberry flavored cake like a crazy girl.  She did have a little help from Jordyn, who was telling her to dig in.

 After cake we did cupcake pinata the kids just had to pull the string to break out the bottom and then we finished up Owyn's party with opening her presents which she lost interest in pretty fast and the rest of the kids helped her open them.

Then we kicked off Xavier's "Sail with Me" Party by all the kids gearing up into the swimsuits and sliding and splashing in the pool.  After a bit of cooling off in the pool we got out the paint and the kids went to town painting the boat Daddy helped Mommy put together.

Owyn enjoyed the paint alot...she thought it was really yummy! She kept sticking the paint brushes in her mouth no matter how many times we told her "Yuck" and showed her how to paint on the boat.  The boat painting ended when the Bigger kids (Molly) decided to start painting the little kids and Xavier was like "this means war" and he got his hands loaded with paint and the chase was on!  The Paint War ended with a rinse down in the pool and then we got out Xavier's Birthday cake which he was super excited about because he wanted ice cream cake! We had a little trouble keeping the candle lit so he could blow it out but we got it all worked out.

Owyn sure enjoyed have more sweets and when finished she went for another dip in the pool.

We ended the Birthday celebrations with Xavier opening his gifts and the big birthday gift being his bike!  He was excited about it but needs to grow just a few more inches before he will be able to manage it on his own.  We then enjoyed a grill out and after it got dark we roasted s'mores to ended the evening.  It was a lot of work to do both birthdays in one evening but it worked out really well and I was glad not to have to worry about birthdays for another year!

Edited to add pictures of party, sorry so spread out I try to get them all together but it just keeps deleting and I tried to move in order of party but that wasn't working either.  So at least I got them uploaded! So please enjoy them!

One and Three

It's crazy to think that my babies are getting so big. Xavier is 3 and Owyn is 1.  I have a One and Three year old.  They are a lot of fun and most days they make super interesting you never know what's going to happen with the two of them around.  I thought I would share a little about their Doctors appt.  I took both of them together and it was a bit of a crazy morning.   Xavier was in one of his moods....its my way or the highway and you to do it, its got to be his idea.
















So we started with Owyn as she was more then happy to see Dr. Halbur.  So her stats at One:  Weight: 23.6lbs Height: 29inch, Head 45.5cm  She got 4 shots (two in each leg) Also got to have a blood draw to check for lead and hemogloben level. Doctor said she was growing wonderful and doing wonderful.  As far as eating she is totally on all table food and has been for a month or more as she started refusing baby food.  She done with the bottle completely and on to sippy and doing wonderful.  As for sleeping we do pretty good most night she sleeps from 8ish to 6ish and then naps 30min in am and 2ish hours in afternoon.  Each day her walking is getting better and better and she really tries to keep up with Xavier.  She really enjoys climbing and is a big dare devil.
Now for Xavier's 3year stats: weight: 37.8 height: 38inches and BP was 84/48  Xavier was also suppose to to and eye exam which he complete refused to look at and says the pictures he could see. After seeing Doctor she sent us up to audiology for Xavier to have a hearing test which we was also a stinker about. We got in the room he sat in the chair and let the lady put on the headphones and she went to the other side of the mirror and was talking and playing the sounds but Xavier was refusing to point or raise the hand to tell us which side the sound was coming from.  So we gave up on that.  The Doctor said we will try next time to see if we can get him to play the "games" but she not to worried at this point. 

Xavier was playing Dr. and needed this band-aid for and old ochie that he got from fighting with the kitchen gate and his sister.



Owyn on her First Birthday!

Those moments...

 I love when Owyn is resting like this with her hands behind her head.  I think she gets this one from her daddy as he tends to sleep like this.
 Who needs the bathroom when you have a tree to use?  Xavier is fully day potty trained now and thinks is fun to use the tree even though the house bathroom is just in the door and around the corner.  It makes me laugh because he pulls is pants down to his ankles and lifts his shirt all the way up but this time he got him self pretty well concealed I think he knew Mom got the camera.
 What can I say we have a little nudest on our hands most evening after bath, getting him to his room and clothed can be a big challenge and I think it was this night that started it all.  If I remember right the conversation went something like this, Daddy "Come get your jammies on Xavier"  Xavier laughing running down the hallway "I'm busy"  Xavier head over and starts getting out the dishes.  Mommy says " If you don't get your jammies on then Mommies getting the camera and going to take your picture."  Xavier "I like being nakie butt" Mom snaps a picture and laughs as she says to daddy "He going to love us at graduation when he finds this picture!

May Trip to Dubuque, IA

I apoligize for the delay in new post.  My computer has been broken for over a month and I hadn't been able to upload pictures so now that I am getting caught up I thought I would go back in time a bit to share a few pictures from the last month or so.  In early May we took a long weekend trip to Dubuque, IA for Andrew's cousin's wedding, which was also our 5th year Anniversary weekend. Unfortenly Andrew was sick most the day on Friday so we didn't end up doing much we just hung out. Then on Saturday we were able to go sight seeing with Grandma and Grandpa Beougher and Grandpa Rail tagged along as well. We say a lot of the city and old town and then our last stop was to the dam and were were able to see a barg coming through the lock.  Xavier was very interested in this and this is were his birthday boat them was kinda built from.

 Then in the afternoon we headed to the river for the wedding is was a wonderful sight to get marreid.  Andrew missed the wedding because he was helping the brides parents as one of them locked their keys in the car so Andrew got to stand out with the car and wait for the locksmith.  After the wedding it gave us time to get some great pictures or attempts at some pictures of the four of us.
















The other fun of the weekend was staying in a hotel with a pool.  The kids enjoyed being able to go for a swim and the pool was pretty much ours we didn't have to share to much.  Xavier had a bit of a scare the first night when we went swimming as he didn't have his life jacket on right away and was on the steps but then next thing we know he stuggling to keep his head out of the water so he took a bit to warm up but once he did he was a jumping fish he had so a blast jumping into the pool.  Owyn enjoyed floating around but was much happier when Mom or Dad was holding her and letting her be a bit more free.