Merry Christmas Program

Monday, December 14, 2009

Merry Christmas Program

Taegen's preschool, Christ Lutheran, had a children's Christmas program. It was for the pre-school kiddos and the church's Sunday school kids. They had a 2 hour practice on Saturday morning and only a few pre-schoolers showed up. They taught all the pre-schoolers how to use the bells and where they needed to be for their songs, etc. On Sunday, a lot more pre-schoolers showed up and since they hadn't learned the bells....none of the pre-schoolers got to do the bells. So, what was the point of us going to the rehearsal on Saturday? I'm still not sure. But, Taegen was SO cute dressed up as a wise man. The pictures with him in yellow are from the rehearsal on Saturday. The blue are from the actual program. It makes me feel bad that we don't have family nearby to come watch the boys in things like this but we have FABULOUS neighbors. Christy, Scott, Michael and Matthew all came to watch. Taegen was thrilled to have all of us watch, although a little shy at first. Ryan had to sit by him for the first half until he got a little more comfortable.

The program was cute too. A lot of the songs are praising Jesus and not the typical "Mormon" songs. So it was fun to watch. I enjoy seeing other religions especially since my kid is going there to pre-school.

First EVER field Trip.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

First EVER field Trip.

Taegen's pre-school went on there first field trip. Now, this was my first field trip with any of my kids. So exciting!! It totally made me so happy to have a hubby that works so hard so I can stay home and take part in all these fun kid things. Taegen's best buddy is Connor. They are really cute together. In the car ride to the pumpkin patch. Taegen starting singing his ABC's like this "ABCDEADESDG" and Connor said "That's not right it goes like this ABCZZZZZZZZZ." Two peas in a pod I guess.Taegen and Connor. Despite Connor's faces in all these pics...I'm pretty sure he likes Taegen too.
With their pumpkins.

The whole class.
Taegen and one of his teachers, Mrs. Krilein. (I know I didn't spell that right but oh well)
Strider boy.
Chasing me with the straw.
Taeg's playing in the straw. He looks like he LOVES it. Doesn't he?
This is what Strider and I did while the kids were playing. I bough 1 bushel of "second" apples to make applesauce. Joy!

Taegen has totally turned into a little boy now. He is no longer a baby or even a toddler. He is so big. He is so much fun. He loves to play games - any games, he is a GREAT older brother. He has official friends now. That he knows there names and everything. Kids come over to see if he can come out and play. He is just getting so big. He says some really cute things too.

• He only calls Strider - Baby. He NEVER calls him Strider.
• When Kyler is sad or mad Taegen uses a high-pitched-smaller-kid-voice to talk to Kyler.
• He LOVES Kyler and Kyler LOVES Taegen. They would much rather hold each others hands when crossing the street instead of mine.
• Taegen says "Train Train Choo" instead of Choo Choo Train. It's funny really!
• He thinks the Dr's name is appointment. When we went last week for Strider he said "I want to show Dr. Appointment my coloring book." "Are we going to Dr. Appointments?"
• The other day I asked him what time it was and he answered "4 ounces."
  

All in all, he is so much fun to be around. He really is a character (as my Grandma Stapp would have said if she knew him.) We love him (and he loves us too).

Thursday, October 8, 2009

One small step for mankind, one GIANT leap for Krista.

Taegen can buckle his own car seat. Ta dah!!
My baby boy is growing up...and I'm loving it!!

Religion?

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Religion?

This is how Taegen prays at school...
This is how Taegen prays at home and church....Taegen goes to Christ Lutheran Pre-school. Every morning they have chapel time where the pastor teaches them a Bible lesson and they pray. I don't mind that he is learning Bible stories because, after all, I should be teaching him those anyways. The problem is that now I feel like I should be teaching him our, LDS, beliefs. Easier said that done (for me). That would mean that I would have to know what our beliefs are. Maybe I should just hope that once he's out of preschool he will forget what "they" believe and he will then remember the things "we" believe. Hmmm...maybe I'll stick with the second option for now.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Funny Taegen

When we were swimming over Labor Day this is the conversation Ryan had with Taegen.

Taegen: "Dad, why are you wearing those?" pointing to Ryan's nipples.
Ryan: "Taegen, why are you wearing those?" pointing to Taegen's nipples.
Taegen: "Mine are little, dad."

Precious!

Taegen's 1st day of school.

Taegen's 1st day of school.

My big boy is now in pre-school. Taegen has been waiting FOREVER to go to school. Kyler started school in April and seriously Taegen has wanted to go every single day with Kyler. He's so cute. Whenever he realized that he wasn't going to be able to go on the bus. He wouldn't get mad. He would say "Kyler...you get to ride the bus today? Does that sound fun?" He is such a good big brother. But today was the day. He was so excited. We got to his school and he got to hang his back pack up on his hook. Then he went and met the teacher and he was just playing in the room. I was watching him and he said "Mom, you can leave." "Mom, why aren't you leaving?" As the other kids were clinging to their parents crying. I told him I wanted to take one more picture with him. We took the picture and he said "OK - bye mom. Are you leaving now?" And he waved good-bye.
My two big boys off to school. Kyler to Cardinal Elementary. Taegen to Christ Lutheran Pre-school.This is Taegen's teacher Mrs. Kreilein (pronounced Cryline). There are 15 kids in Taegens class. He goes Tuesday and Thursday from 9 - 11:30 a.m. He's such a big boy!He really has been so excited. I think having watched Kyler get on the bus so many times made him even more ready for his own school adventures. Yeah Taeg's!
Me with my baby boy. Isn't he handsome? Now, what on earth will I do with just one kid at home. Wow!!

Say Cheese...

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Say Cheese...

Today is Kyler's picture day at school. I told him to smile for his pictures before he left for school. That got the boys' started. They LOVE for me to tell them NOT to smile...then they smile. If I tell them to smile they don't. Only if I tell them NOT too. Maybe that explains why they disobey me in other things too. How enlightening! I'll have to try telling them to hit each other and to not clean up their toys....we'll see!
Seriously...I ADORE these boys!

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Good-bye Montana

Taeger's and me.
This is how worn out Taegen was after we went swimming.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

A few RaNdoM pics of which I adore!

Taeg's wanted to take a bath in the sink so...I let him.

Twins?

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Twins?

Nobody ever asks if the boys' are twins anymore? I can't quite figure out why.

Definite Progress....

Monday, June 15, 2009

Definite Progress....

So we are definitely making progress with Taegen. Saturday we had NO accidents. Sunday we had a pee accident in the evening. He is doing Super! I am very encouraged. This was what happened at church yesterday. I went in to get him out of nursery to take him to the potty. We ran into the bathroom. Sit him on the toilet.

Taegen: "I need to poop."
He seriously starting pushing harder than I thought possible without producing any substance (sorry to be so graphic).
Taegen: "It's stuck"
He proceeds to reach his hands behind him and I hurriedly say "No No No Taegen. We don't touch our bums when we're pooping."
Taegen: "I'm not touching my poop. Look"
I look and he is spreading his cheeks in an attempt to help his movement along.
Taegen (while spreading): "Come out poopies. Poopies come out."
It was awesome. I was so proud of my lil' boy.
I wiped him even though there was nothing in the toilet and so Taegen wanted to try too. He grabbed some toilet paper and wiped and then looked at it (disgusting, I know). He saw a smidgeon and said "mom, I pooped. Yeah!"

So with that...I'll take it! Progression in the potty training area!

One more side note: Taegen called my mom the first time he pooped in the toilet and she told him to call her every time he pooped in the potty and she would put a starburst in a cup. Then when we go to Utah in a couple weeks he will get all his starbursts. So...Sunday morning at 7 am Taegen pooped and HAD to call grandma (5:00 am in Utah). I think she might regret ever telling him to call everytime he poops. She will be getting some early morning calls...but Taegen is very excited about it (as am I)

LIFES FRUSTRATIONS:

This is the mother of all vents. This is what makes the rest of the vents seem huge. This causes everything in my life to be so much more annoying than it really should be.
POTTY TRAINING! What the crap! So, every little kid I know that is around Taegen's age is and has been potty trained for quite some time. The Dr and other people tell me to just wait until he is ready. How do I know? It's very difficult to teach Taegen this because Kyler doesn't have to do it...yet! I have tried a couple times putting him in undies and seeing what happens. The first time, the first day he did everything in his undies and nothing in the potty. The Dr told me to wait and try again in a couple weeks. I have tried having a treat bag in the bathroom and he only gets a treat if he goes on the potty. Doesn't work. I have tried having him pee on cheerios. Doesn't work. This week he has been in underwear since Tuesday. Tuesday he had one accident (pee) at 8:00 p.m. in the neighbors garage (sorry Christy). All day long he peed in the toilet. Great job! Wednesday, he peed his pants. 20 minutes later he pooped and peed in his pants. A couple hours later he peed in his pants. I think he went in the toilet once. Thursday (today). He peed in the toilet. Then he pooped his pants and just ran around with it for awhile before I realized it. Then he peed his pants. What the crap! Seriously, I'm SICK SICK SICK of pee and poop. Between changing diapers and dealing with poopy underwear...I'm done! Seriously though, I would rather change a poopy diaper than poopy underwear. Have I given up? Let's just say...Taegen is still in underwear (although I don't know for how much longer). Help me mom!

Ok. I'm done venting. I still have issues I would like to vent but I will wait until a later date. Good day!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Tumbling 101

Well the boys are signed up for tumbling. Today was there first day and they LOVED it. There is 6 kids in their class (4 girls 2 boys). It was fun. Only one girl peed her pants. Kyler attempted to crawl over the "plank" but ended up getting high centered. They really enjoyed themselves. They hopped on one leg, balanced a bean bag, did circles, did an obstacle course...and that was all the first day. My oh my, what will next week bring?