Graduation

We went to the Kids party at the Arboretum. It was alot of fun. He got to play some games, get pics taken with Elmo, Spiderman, Shrek. he got to watch the big Koi fish being fed! And his favorite. Eat cotton candy! It was a nice Spring day.

Tonight he has Soccer Practice.

Silly Tanner practicing T-ball in the backyard!

We have been busy getting stuff ready for the big trip to Colorado! On Monday Tanner has Kindergarten registration.. he is very excited to see what his classroom will look like. His buddy Jack will be there too!

On the 5th.. Tanner had his first cavity filled by his new dentist.. Dr Mike. He did very well and Rick took him to the mall to see the pets and to the book store.

He had gymnastics this week and he did really well on his 1 handed cartwheel. They did rope climbing tho also.. and he doesn't like to go too high. That scares him. So he just went up a bit.

We still have not heard from his soccer team and therefore do not know what is going on. I have heard thru the grapevine that pics are on the same day as preschool graduation. So I am not sure what we are going to do there.

On Thursday he misplaced his hat again at school. NO MORE HATS TO SCHOOL! He can not keep track of his things. Hr cried and cried because it was his Lighting McQueen hat. We even had to go back to school and look for it. On Friday.... Will found it mixed in with the play clothes! Maybe that will teach him.. but I doubt it!

His T-ball game Saturday was rained out as it rained alot of the day on Friday. It was picture day.. so that has to be rescheduled. I hope they do not do it the night we are gone. Because then he wouldn't be in any of the pics.. for either of his sports! And we know how I feel about pictures!

He did still get to have Lane over on Saturday.. and they played hard for 4 hours. Then Tanner and I met Emma and Jamie at Borders. They had story time and made some mothers day crafts.

Today Tanner gave me a GC for Designworks for a haircut or something. Although he told my mom that he gave me a hundred dollars for a barber! We were also making my moms gift. We were making her a stepping stone. We made one for Papa about 3 years ago. But its not turning out so well. There was to much water and his hand print wouldn't stay .. so we are going to paint it instead! But it has to dry for a 36 hours... so Grandma is going to have to wait! :( We tried to do it.. and we kept having to clean Tanners hand off. I made him clean it off outside.. and the water was cold and he said.. its to cold. I told him there wasn't anything I could do about that. He then said.. Do you like seeing people in misery? WHAT.. he is 5 where did that sentence come from!

I just scrubbed the floors and vacuumed. I am hoping to sit down for a bit today as yesterday was busy,... as I also had to work a bit and place some emergency orders for some place that got hit by a tornado.

Maybe I will take a snooze outside!

Tanner did very well at his meet. He got first place. Granted there were only 2 boys in his division. But he was very proud of himself.. and we were proud of him. He said he was a little scard on the top of the podium tho.. he said it was very high! :)

So apparently I have taken a blog break.

Its been a busy Couple weeks.

4/20 Dentist appt.. only 1 cavity! Which is good considering his old dentist said he had 4. She is a quack. The amount of money we wasted ohhh.. i hate to think about it!

4/21 I had a KLYV party to go to to see if I could win Thomas the train prize package.. I did not win. But Michele and I had a nice time talking!

4/22 Gymnastics... more practicing routine!

4/23 got my new haircut :)

4/25 Bryans b-day party. Tanner had fun at mini golf... got a hole in one again.

4/28 We got new tires for the trip to Colorado.. Car is riding so much better!

4/29 Last gymnastics before the big meet!

4/30 Grocery Night

5/1 Tanner got to go to Kunde Farm for preschool and he got to ride Jack the horse. They also got to feed them and go on a wagon ride!

5/2 Tanners first T-Ball game... see pics above! He liked being the catcher! He looks so funny in the gear tho! It looks to big for him. It was a super nice day. Then I THOUGHT we had the gym meet. For some reason I thought it was on the 2nd. But right as we were getting ready to go.. I looked at the paper and read the 3rd.. A SUNDAY... oh man would we have looked dumb.. and it would have been my fault! So Rick and Tanner played outside.. rode big wheeler, played more t-ball. Mowed the grass! I bought a few books online to take with me on our trip to Colorado.

I hope to remember to update on Sunday and add pics of his meet.. maybe a bit of video.. no promises tho as Rick will be in charge of the video camera!

Jumpin Janes

Jumping Janes was so much fun. Very tiring but way fun!

Quote of the day from Saturday....

Tanner asked me if I was always Happy. I said no. No one is always happy. He sai..

I am Happy.. why wouldnt I be happy. I am perfect. I perfect child!

Yesterday we had T-ball pracitce... If you can call it that! The boys/girl took some batting practice and then they were out in the "feild" and they were practically diving and killing each other for the ball. Some stepped on the poor gal's finger! The also practiced taking ground balls! Then after we were done most of them wanted to play in the park. So we walked up to the play area where they played for about 20 min. Tanner and Jack are practically glued togather!

Tanner has also been outside playing with the neighbor gal Emily almost everyday this week. They wait for each other to get home and then one or the other asks if they can play. Yesterday I heard them playing house.... something that Tanner has never done before . I was sitting outside in a lawnchair reading and I hear Tanner from across the street.. say "mommy" so I look up and am about to say something and I hear Emily say "Yes Daddy what do you need" LOL oh to funny!

Tonight after work they were playing with the other neighbor girls.. (they are a bit older then Tanner and Emily) but they were pulling them around in the wagon.. it was pretty funny to watch.

I have also started working out this week. I have goten up early everyday (but today... fridays will be my off mornings) and worked out on the Wii. When we bought the scale last week.. I weighed myself.. and this AM i di again.. and I am down 6lbs.. I am sure its water weight.. but thats ok :)

Not much to write...it was a good day

Happy Easter.. Tanner was very excited to get his bike. He is learning to ride.. but is scared to go to fast! We played in the backyard, I cleaned the garage and made room for all his outdoor toys. Rick mowed over the leaves we have raked so far! Then we spent the rest of the day inside.. Tanner playing with his cars.. and Rick and I watching the Twins/White Sox and the Masters! Poor Phill :(

Monday I am starting to exercise and eat better. At the beginning of the winter I had lost 11 lbs. But have since gained it back.. and then some.. it does not make me happy. I hope that once we are in our new building and (crossing my fingers) I am not by the girls up front.. I will stop going out to lunch so much. I have no will power .. so if I am not by it.. it will be better! I also hope to have more room so I can keep some healthier foods at work! We shall see how it works... It always goes different then it plays in my mind :)

Last weekend I was out of town srcapping with the girls. Tanner got to hang out with Grandma J and Al. They took him to McDonald's and to Jumpin Janes. They spent 3 hours there.. and then they went to church where he fell asleep! I bought us all new Red Sox shirts to wear on opening day!

On Sunday we had a nice relaxing day. I cleaned the house and Tanner and Rick hung out.

Monday.. Opening day... here is our annual picture. Rick had off.. but the Red Sox game got postponed. So he and Tanner went to Burger King.
On Wednesday he did really well at Gymnastics. He also got an Easter Present from Papa and Grandma Di. He got the playdough Ice cream shoppe! He has been playing with it non stop.

On Thursday... we had a milestone! It was the first time someone came to our door and asked Tanner to come out and play. It was Emily from across the street. They played in her backyard, them came back and played in our backyard.. then came in the house and played ice Cream shop. It was so nice.. little girls play much more quiet then little boys. Usually when Tanner has a little fella over its VERY LOUD.. and alot of running.. not with Emily. She can come over anytime!

Friday Tanner and Daddy went to a movie. We were all off work/school. I cleaned the house while they were gone. They then went out and played outside for 2 hours!

We then colored eggs tonight!

We asked Tanner if he wanted to be in the upcoming Gymnastics meet at West Side and he said yes. So he will be an "official" Gymnast since he will be in a meet. I know that they are HUGE there and draw alot of people. All participants get an award.. so he will get something. He does do pretty good in his class. He does have his routine memorized! They don't have alot of parking or places to sit.. so it will be hard to get pics I think.. but I am going to take video camera and hopefully will get some footage! It is on May 3rd... incidentally his first day of T-ball. Thankfully that is in the morning and the meet is at 1230. He also wants to go thru the summer.. but we already have t-ball and soccer.. I am just not sure. We will see.

This is the weekend that I am off to a scrap weekend with the girls. So Thursday night is the last night i get to hang out with Tanner. I am excited to go.. I would love to get alot done!

I also ordered Tanners Easter Egg today. I am getting him a Betty Janes Easter Egg... with his name on it. I always wanted one of those when I was little. I have been wanting to get him one every year and for some reason or another I would forget or something.. But dang it! I ordered today! I am pretty excited!

Today we went to the Waterpark with Medline. It was our first planned activity for work. It went really well.. except that they did not tell me that they did not take checks.. UMMM HELLO.. that may have been something they want to put on the contract. They ended up taking them.. but duh.. really.

Anyway we were there from 1-4. Tanner had fun with Will and Addison. He even went down the water slide by himself... it took a bit .. and he saw that the other kids were doing it.. and then he decided it was ok too.

I am sure he will sleep well tonight!

Last night I took Tanner to the Monster Truck jam at 5 Flags. Man it was loud. But Tanner loved it. He watched the Monster Truck portions... all of it. But there was also quad racing and motorcycles racing.. and he was only mildly interested in that.

They can really fly up in the air and at times are almost perpendicular. I could not believe that they did not flip over backwards!

Today Rick took him to some basketball games at Walhert! And he ran and ran and ran! Thus he is now taking a nap. It been a very quiet day here.. Tanner and Rick were gone from 12-3. and at about 4 he fell asleep.

Sunday we have a Medline Activity at the Grand Resort Waterpark. Tanner is pretty excited to go! It will be nice to do something different.

Today.. although... its SNOWING OUT! WTH! there is really like 3 inches on the ground... so not happy about that. Thankfully its supposed to be 50 on Monday so it will all melt away. I did pack most of my stuff for the Scrap weekend I (and Michele and Jamie) are headed to on the 3rd. We are headed to Coralville. Its just a crop.. but its with Reminisce, one of my favorite companies :)

Well I am headed to take a bath.. as my neck and shoulder are really hurting me. I must have slept wrong!

Well we have decided to start giving Tanner an allowance.. of sorts. I had a nice long talk with him about cleaning up his toys.. because quite frankly I am tired of putting them away. I know I am a clean freak.. but geeezzzz.. he is insane and gets so much out at a time, and I think he knows that if he doesn't clean it up mom will because it drives me nuts.

Soooooo... with us planning on going to Disney I came up with a plan to get him to clean up his toys, brush his teeth, eat all his food.. and so on. If he is good all day and does everything he is supposed to he will get a Disney Dollar. (He calls them Mickey dollars) He knows that he can only use these in Disney and I told him he could buy whatever he wanted with them. I also told him that if he is naughty and did not behave.. we can take a Mickey dollar away. I was going to order some Disney dollars online so that they were the actual ones... but it is a cost of 14.00 for shipping and handling.. otherwise they are 1.00 for 1.00. So I found the pics of them online and printed them in word and cut them apart. So I figure I will add up what he has and then actually change them for Disney Dollars when we get there!

I hope this works and he begins to pick up his toys and brush his teeth ect ect everyday. I guess that it could get costly.. but we were taking spending money anyway and it would have been spent on him so he will just get to choose what he wants. I guess after our trip we will have to give him a real allowance!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! Its my dads b-day today.

Tanner signed and wrote out his card all by himself. All I had to do was tell him how to spell Papa.... which by the way he noticed was a pattern!

Tanner has been busy with his new gymnastics and his new level. Its hard for him.. but then there is less time to screw around... which is good. He also took an art class on Robots last Saturday.

Its been super nice out so we have been spending alot of time outside. Today it was 70 out. Yesterday I went and bought Tanner a scooter.. and elbow and knee pads. He is learning to ride it and getting better! He is use to a 3 wheel one and this one is only 2. We played a bit of Soccer in the backyard today as well. he has befriend the neighbor girl Emily. Today he said he like to play with her because she is so pretty! She is in kindergarten this year .. so just a bit older then him. He loves to play with her.. and her swingset!

Papa and Grandma had him out side for a couple hours as well. They played with a remote control car, airplane, rode a big wheel, play be Frisbee and baseball, and swang on the swing! It was a busy afternoon at the Hoerstmans!

The leprechaun came to Tanners school today and lead them on a hunt around the center.. to a pot of gold candy! But then when they got back to their room.. that darn leprechaun had messed it all up! it was to cute when he was explaining it!

We had a mostly lazy weekend. It was great! Saturday.. I cleaned the house.. scrubbed the floors, cleaned both bathrooms and in general tidied the house. I also spent sometime on the computer and looking for things to keep Tanner occupied on the journey out to Colorado this spring. He is very excited to go. I am going to by a few things every week.. then bust them out on the trip.. so stuff is new. I found a Game boy Advanced for 8.00 on Ebay! Since they have a new version out.. no one wants the old stuff.. but is perfect for Tanner. He will also have his leapster that he loves to play. I wish I could get him to play other games .. other then the Cars.. but maybe on the trip out. I will also pick up some movies at the library since we can have them for 7 days and that is how long we will be gone. I planned out the trip and found a good place to stay. I am hoping to go to Casa Bonita again. We went there with Tanner when he was 9 mos old. He didn't like it then.. but I am sure he will now. They have cliff diving.. and a dinner show. It is pretty fun!

I am currently looking for a tray that Tanner can put over his lap for the drive.. for coloring and such. I have found a few but some are $$$$. I don't want to spend a whole lot on it.

On Sunday.. Tanner and I went to the library. Rick and Tanner also went to Grandma J's to check on the place. They are due back this coming weekend. Tanner watched his movie that we got from the library. He also picked out 2 I Spy books, they kept him busy for a while. (I bought 2 on halfcom for the trip)

Today I was off work and changed the sheets on the beds. I then scrapped booked 14 pages.. I was trying to clean out a bin of kits I had made up. I then made up 40 kits to take to the scrap event that Jamie, Michele and I are going to. I also got to shop at Target ... it was nice and leisurely... I spent an hour there! Tonight I am going to take a bath too.. :)

It was another nice day. When we got home I opened some windows to air out the house a bit. Then Tanner wanted to ride his big wheeler. We went outside to play and he was riding when the neighbor girl came out and wanted Tanner to come over. So he went to Emil's backyard and they rode bikes and played on her big swing set.. (that he has been dying to play on for 2 years) then they decided to come over to our house and play in our backyard. So then 3 other little girls show up... (well there is 1 that is older...) Tanner was a bit sad as I think they (the other gals) were not playing with him much. But Emily was. He said he wanted to come in and read magazines. Then the other girls ran back to their house and then he got sad because they left. Emily had to go home to dinner.. which made him even more sad. LOL This was the first time he went to someone else's house in our neighborhood.

Rick was teasing him and told him he was going to tell Addison that Tanner was playing with another girl... and he said "don't do that... she wont marry me then. "

Well its about time for hockey!

I feel better. I am not sure what the deal was.. and I no longer care. I believe I was right.. I know some of you do not know what I am talking about and that's fine. I just need to put this out there for me. So please skip over this part :) If she was truly going to mail this box.. then why did she wait over a week to mail it out.. and not say anything. If I was selling something to someone I would email them and tell them that I sent 1 box out and another is coming. I also would not wait a full week before sending it, and that is why I don't think she was going to send it. I find it amusing that on her blog she said she sent the box a couple days later... so I guess a couple days in her book is 8 days.
Anyway... today was a gorgeous day! It was 64 out. Tanner went out and rode his big Wheeler! We were outside for quite a bit. He then went on the deck and red some magazines in a chair. He is very excited for it to be nice out. Then again.. so are we!

Yeah for Tanner. He is moving up a level in Gymnastics. He will be attending the begining class instead of the Preschool Class. His teacher, Debbie, says that he is strong enough to move up. He is very excited as he will now be back with Cameron and Isaac.