15 Month Stats

On Monday I had Landon's 15-month well child visit.  Nothing too interesting to report.  We just did the normal weighing, measuring, checking everything out, and he had to get one shot.  At 15 months, Landon's stats are:

Height:  31 1/4 inches - 51.66 %

Weight:  20 pounds 4 ounces - 14.32 %

Head circumference:  18 1/2 inches - 55.02 %

The doctor said he was long and lean, and as he was running around the room, she said "He definitely looks like his measurements...there is no fat on him!"  It is so funny, because Landon eats so much.  He must just run everything off because he is so busy all the time!  Wish I still had a metabolism like that...  :)

Cute little guy running around the room while we were waiting for the doctor...

School's Out for the Summer...

Miley finished up her first year of preschool on Thursday.  This year has flown by, and I am so glad I was able to put her in this year.  She has LOVED going to school.  On the few days that I did keep her home for being sick, she was always crying, and trying to pretend that she felt well so that I would let her go (I will remind her of this in a few years when she is begging me to stay home from school, right?).  She has made some good friends, and her teachers have been WONDERFUL!

We got to go to an end of the year celebration for her class on Thursday.  They had an "Olympic" theme, so there were lots of activities that fell into that theme.  

When we first got there, they had tables lined up in the back of the room with pictures on it from throughout the year.  They had enough copies of the pictures, so that you could take a copy of every picture your child was in.  I thought that was a neat little touch, because it let us see some of the things we didn't get to experience from the year.

The kids then came in and sang a few songs, then received a certificate.

After the songs, we got to go around and do the activities...things like tumbling, a balance beam, rhythmic gymnastics, a sack race, football toss, etc.  Miley loved showing off for us, and even Landon got in on the action.

The big hit was the little barrel train they brought in.  They got to ride this around the parking lot, and thought it was the greatest thing ever.  They even had one car with a car seat in it, so Landon got to take a few rides.  He kept a pretty straight face the whole time, but I am pretty sure he had a good time.  :)

We finished off the day with some cake, and then it was time to say goodbye for the year.  It was actually a little sad, even though I know we will be back in a few short months!  Now I have to figure out how to fill some of that time during the summer!

DIY Backsplash

It has taken me FOR-EVER to post this, and I am not sure why.  For some reason, life has seemed to get in the way of me blogging much lately.  I am OK with this (you know, the life-taking-priority-over-the-blog thing).  However, I am trying to keep up with this because I know I will regret it if I don't!

Anyway, I few weeks ago Cameron and I (OK, mostly Cameron!) tackled another DIY project in our home - a tile backsplash in our kitchen.

This was a relatively easy project to do ourselves.  It did take a little longer than I thought (mostly because we had to work on it after kids went to bed at night...making for a few VERY late nights), and was very messy, but we are so pleased with the end result!

Here is a before picture of the wall by our stove.

We started off by using mastic to stick our tile pieces to the wall.  The most time consuming part of this, obviously, was trimming all the little pieces to fit around outlets and at the edges of the walls.

After a couple nights of that, we moved on to grouting.  This was VERY messy, but fortunately went pretty quick.

After getting the grout cleaned up, we put a sealer on it, and caulked around the edges.  I love it!  It made such a huge difference!

Now we have been scratching our heads trying to think of what our next project will be.  I am sure it won't be long until we are starting something else!

5 Years!

Cameron and I celebrated our five year anniversary!  I can't believe how fast the last five years have gone.  Time flies when you are having fun.  :)

To celebrate, we went out on Friday night.  We ate dinner at Rodizio's, then went and saw Avengers.  This was a major treat, considering we haven't been out to dinner with just the two of us in probably about a year (yes, it is a bit ridiculous...we need to work on getting out a little more often!).  It was such a great night.  We were able to just relax, eat our dinner slowly, hang out for awhile after we were done eating, and just enjoy being together!

I sure love that husband of mine, and I am so glad that he is stuck with me!

Sea Life

This past Saturday, we decided we needed to get out and do something a little outside of the normal routine, so we loaded up and went to the Mall of America to check out the aquarium.

Now normally, I would avoid the MOA like the plague on a Saturday.  The crowds there are horrendous on the weekends.  Fortunately though, we got there shortly after it opened, and got great parking, and the aquarium wasn't even too crowded.

I knew Miley would love looking at all the fish, but I figured Landon could care less.  Boy was I wrong.  He loved it just as much as Miley.  It was fun watching them run around from tank to tank taking it all in.

We started off looking at the stingrays...Miley kept jumping back every time one would get close to her.  They also had this neat little platform with a glass floor where you could stand and look down on them.

Miley loved getting to play in the "touch pools."  She thought it was so fun to touch the starfish...

Garden eels??  The kids didn't look too sure of these gross worm-looking creatures...

Landon could have stayed at some of the exhibits forever...

Jellyfish!  They had a whole, dark room of glowing jellyfish.  Miley wanted out of there ASAP.  But not Landon!

Miley loved this "Nemo" display where they had Nemo and Dory-type fish.

The best part!  The tunnels where there were sharks, saw fish, seas turtles, etc.  So much fun!

Starting to get worn out after a long morning of fun...

I loved getting out for the day (especially since it was a rainy, gloomy day outside!).  These little family outings are definitely some of my favorite moments!