Link for Press Tribune pictures

My friend found a link for the pictures the photographer took from the Press Tribune. The picture in the paper was the one with just Amy and I. Thanks, Amy!

http://idahopress.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=776623&CategoryID=45771&ListSubAlbums=0

Front page news!

On Saturday when we went fishing we had a photographer from the Press Tribune come up and ask us for our names. He told us that he took a picture of Amy and I when we were reeling in our fish. I didn't expect that we would actually be in the paper. There were so many people there that day so I thought he would have taken a lot of pictures. On Sunday David reminded me that I should go get the Press Tribune. When Amy and I picked up the paper we were surprised to see our picture on the FRONT PAGE on the Sunday paper! It must have been a slow news day. :) I thought it was exciting for Amy to be on the front page of the newspaper when she was only 4 years old and for something that was good. I will try to get it scanned in and added to this post soon.

Free fishing day

Today was free fishing day. We took the kids over t0 the Nampa fish hatchery. David spent a lot of time putting bate on the hooks and casting. It was pretty crowded and hard to find a spot to fish. They provided bate and fishing poles. Parker was the first one to catch a fish. I had to help him real it in. He was pretty much done after that. When every he was holding the pole he wanted to real it in. He did understand you have to wait for the fish to get on the hook. Parker did catch anymore after that. Amy caught 4 fish, but she was a little bit more patient to sit and hold the pole. She didn't want to get close to the fish even for the picture.

Parker's first fish. He thought it was fascinating.

This was the only shot of Parker looking up at the camera. He did want to take his eyes off of the fish.

Amy's first fish.

This is as close as she was going to get to that fish. It was still flipping around pretty good.

We caught 5 fish total. Amy caught 3 and Parker caught 2. The limit was 3 each so they did pretty good. Fresh fish for dinner, Amy said she can't wait.

Amy's Dance class

Amy has been asking to take a ballet class. We decided to enroll her this summer in a ballet/tap combo class. Her first day of class was June 18th. She had a lot of fun and thought the class was way too short. The class was 45 minutes long. I asked her which one was her favorite and she said ballet. It was fun to watch all the little girls dance around the room.

This is Amy before we left. She wanted her pictures taken in her new outfit.

They did tap dancing first.

The class is pretty small, only 5 girls.

In this video they were suppose to jump over the flowers and then twirl. The only girls that did the twirling part were these other two girls that had taken dance before.

Amy's crazy outfits

Here a picture of one of Amy's outfits. She thought she was so beautiful and she danced all of the house all day. Luckily I was staying home that day to clean the house. This picture isn't the greatest, but she is wearing a dress that is a little too short, a shawl, a sleeveless vest and ballet slippers. At least everything was pink. The one below is from February. I am trying to remember to take her picture when she comes up with unique outfits, because I am sure I will forget about them if I don't. We also have to wear a dress that twirls everyday. This is can be a bit challenging at times. At least I bought mainly skorts for summer, because she loves skirts or dresses. She is a girly-girl.

Big boy bed

A couple of months ago we decided to put up Parker's firetruck bed. His aunt Gigi gave it to him when he was very small. Thanks Gigi, he loves his bed! David was trying to organize the garage so I told him he could set it up in Parker's room. I thought Amy and Parker would have fun playing on it. Parker has been wanting to sleep on it ever since. I have been very resistant because he is a great sleeper and I didn't want to mess that up.

On Friday I gave in and let him sleep in his "big boy bed." He didn't get up and slept all night in his new bed. Since Friday he has taken his naps there and slept in there at night, except once for his nap and once at night, when he wanted to sleep in his crib. Last night he came out of his room and took me to his room and pointed to his crib. I put him in his crib and he went right to sleep. I thought that maybe the fun had worn off, but he is sleeping in there tonight.

I'll give it a good month and then take the crib down. It is nice to let him transition slowly. It worked really well for Amy so we thought we would do the same for Parker. It was also a good motivator to teach Amy to stay in her bed. We would just threaten her that if she didn't stay in her bed we would put her in the crib. We haven't had to do that with Parker, yet. Like I said, the kid loves his sleep. I think he takes after his Daddy. Hopefully this continues and maybe potty training will go this well. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Favorite outfit

After I made all of these posts tonight I realized that Amy was wearing the same outfit in most of them. You can't tell that it is one of her favorite outfits right now :) At least it is cute. She can come up with some pretty wild and crazy outfits.