Mother's Day Program

So Paige's class had a Mother's Day program the Friday before Mother's Day.  They all came filing into the room and stood directly in front of their mom and grandmas.  I was so excited for Paigey because not only was I there but my Mom and Gail (Rob's Mom) were able to come as well.  So Paigey was a very lucky girl to have her mom and 2 grandmas at the event.  They sang us so many songs and then we went to her classroom and ate muffins that the kids had prepared the day before.  Have I expressed how much I love her teachers!!  So sad that next week is her last week in this room.  Now I count down the days till Henry gets to be in that room!!

We of course had to go get Henry from his room!

On mother's day we got to actually relax at home.  It was so nice to just get to spend the day home with my family.  We went out to breakfast as a family and just relaxed.  Here are some pictures from that day.

Henry got a new bike helmet and likes to wear it everywhere

my kiddos and I

Henry thinks hes so cool that he can climb in this chair by himself.

someone is learning that hose water is very cold.  But she still had fun.

Zoo Field Trip

****UPDATE: Sorry that most of the pictures didn't show up the first time.  Something happened with the pictures on my phone that apparently were linked to this blog.  Who knows but I fixed it!****

Well today I went on Paige's last field trip in her current daycare room.  It was cold out!!  But we had so much fun.  Paige was a little bummed because some of the animals weren't out because of the cold, but I told her there is plenty of summer left to come to the zoo.  Paige and I walked with her best friend Hudson and his mom.  Tonia and I have a good time chatting away and Hudson and Paige just run and run.  We're already sad that they wont go to Kindergarden together, so we'll just have to start hanging out more.  There are a ton of pictures so enjoy!  I will try and write names of the kids on there.

Hudson and Paige at the beginning...can't you tell their cold

Half of her class watching the otters...they LOVED this.

Hudson, Carter, Paige and Kylie

She's 3 1/2 feet tall!

Riding the train!

Hudson and Paige feeding the fish

So funny to watch these two...Hudson feeds all animals one piece at a time.  Paige just gets rid of it pretty quick.  So she took most Hudson's food.

The whole class with the cow!  I like the look on all of their faces.

Carter and Paigey

Trying to milk the cow that didn't have any milk today

These two just entertain me!!

This is all of the parents and kids that went to the zoo.  It was so much fun to get to know some of the parents and hang out with the kids that spend everyday with Paigey since they were 1.

I had so much fun today with Paigey's class.  They are an energetic bunch of 4 year olds.  I'm so thankful for those teachers who are with them all day everyday.  They do an amazing job!  Thank you Denise and Lisa!!!

Big Kid Haircuts!

Yesterday I decided the Hartz kids needed haircuts and I didn't want to do it myself.  After a little bit of having to convince Rob they would do ok, we were off to Cost Cutters.  This is Henry's first time getting his hair cut not by Mama.  But considering I've given him I think 12 haircuts in the almost first year of his life.  Paigey got her hair cut too and did amazing!!  I love the two ladies who cut their hair, they even gave me their names because I'm going to go back to them forever.  Enjoy the pictures!!

I feel like I already know what prom pictures will look like in my backyard.  She put all of this one and went strutting outside.  I laughed so hard!

Enjoying The Weather

 Oh man did Iowa have some amazing weather last Saturday.  We decided to take as much of an advantage of it as we could.  Rob went to a friends house after work to help with some stuff so the kids and I ate dinner on the deck and played outside.

Henry is still pretty unsure of the grass so Paige thought she would help me learn to walk in it.  It was pretty funny to watch.

That little buddy was so pooped out that night.  I changed his diaper and got his pj pants on, but he decided he wanted to just lay down before I could even get his shirt off.

Saturday Rob decided that it was time to start prepping the garden.  Paigey of course had to be outside and helping.  This only means one thing, Henry pounding on the sliding glass door needing to be outside with Daddy and Paigey too.  So I put out a blanket and some toys.  The best part is because he's still unsure of the grass he wont leave the blanket.  It's the best playpen ever invented!!!

I thought her outfit was so funny so I took a picture.  Doesn't every girl wear shorts, a hoodie, her new hat, and rain boots to work in the garden?  She's the best!

We then ate some lunch outside and it was off to nap time.  Mama was working on 9 loads of laundry and cleaning out house.  Needless to say I'm one pooped out girl.  Also don't you guys love my kids new hats!  Henry is a typical Hartz boy and looks so good in hats!

Henry Update

I just wanted to give a quick update on Henry.  Our little man is quickly moving forward in his mission to start walking.  I picked him up from daycare on Friday.  When I got there they put him down and he took about 7 steps to get to me.  This Mama almost cried.  He continues to take more and more steps.  He's starting to choose to walk over sitting down and crawling.  I know it's just a matter of time before he's off and running all over the place.  I can't believe he's 10 1/2 months and we're already going down this road.  We're getting his 9 month pictures taken this weekend, yeah we're a little late.  But I just can't wait!

Another thing we have discovered about our little boy is he is allergic to eggs.  I was home with the kids one night alone and made breakfast for dinner.  I gave Henry some scrambled eggs and noticed he started getting hives.  So I instantly took all of them off of his tray.  I asked our pediatrician about it when we went to Paige's 4 year appointment.  He told me he would feel a lot better if we went to an allergist.  I of course being the person I am went to all worst case scenarios.  I assumed they would test him for all foods, they would tell me he's allergic to everything.  Our life as we know it would completely have to change.  However on Monday we went to the allergist.  He is an amazing guy and told us he's not here to make our life any harder.  Since Henry already drinks milk, eats yogurt, eats toast, etc and tolerates it all well he told us no need to test for those.  So we only tested for egg yolk and egg white.  The doctor was very happy that Rob and I did not cut him off from things made with eggs in them because he doesn't have a reaction to those.  So where we stand right now is we can't give him any eggs in whole form (scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs, etc).  But we can give him things like pancakes, muffins, cookies, etc that have eggs in them.  So that's amazing!  I don't have to read packages and worry every time he eats.  We'll go back and get him tested again in a year.  The doctor was pretty certain that Henry will grow out of this especially because he can tolerate eggs in things and only had a mild reaction when he had eggs.  It's a best case scenario of what could have happened.

But our baby is no longer a baby it seems.  He keeps getting taller and taller, he's still gaining weight but is thinning out.  I actually put pants on them the other day that were too big in the waist.  I don't think that has ever happened.  Paigey still loves him more then anything.  She loves that he's learning to do so many cool new things.  She's loving taking him outside finally and showing him everything he can do.  She is the best big sister to this little boy.  Lets hope it continues into the later years of life HA!

We hope everyone is doing well.  Our life is starting to get busier and busier.  This is how we know spring and summer are coming.  We have stuff almost every weekend.  However this weekend we are home and I couldn't be more excited.  I'm ready to clean up our house, finally get caught up on laundry and just enjoy the outdoors with Rob and our amazing kids!

Love you all!