Welcome, Baby Isaac!

We started the week with Grandma, Grandpa, and Grandma Malin at our house and the boys loved their days with them. Lots of Cover Your Assets, biking to Sprouts, and going to parks. 

On Thursday I drove the boys to Utah and we stopped at the hospital on our way to meet sweet baby Isaac. Ali had her third c-section, fourth baby, and this marked our last little cousin on both sides for my boys. What an era! We were so happy to hold that sweet little boy and meet his healthy little self. Such a special time.

From there, Westin and Bennett left for a week in Lehi with Logan and Jenny's family. A Spring Break with big kids! They were so excited to spend a week with their cousins. I'm missing them!

I headed to Ali's house where I held down the fort with 5 kids under 5. Elise and Camden, Dallin and Asher, and little Annie. It was wild and crazy.

Ali and Matthias and Isaac came home on Saturday and her kiddos were SO excited to have their baby brother home. They have already held their brother more than any brothers held babies in my house for like, their entire lives. I just don't have boys that are into babies :) BUT they did hold little Isaac and it was so cute. We're heading into a few more days here to get Ali through her first week home! 

Camden loved playing Cover Your Assets with Grammy

What a fun thing to have four generations together for the weekend. 
We felt so lucky to have time with Grandma Malin and Grandma and Grandpa!

A new cutting board from Grandpa!
He always makes such beautiful things!

Our Young Women made their own version of a Hallmark movie and I just think they are the best.
This is my friend Carrie playing the role of "train station sign" and this makes me laugh so much.

Meeting baby Isaac! We met him right on our way into town and it was so happy to see him and Ali doing so well.

Their last new little cousin!
The end of such an era.

And then I went home to handle this crew for a couple days :)
What a busy group of cuties!

Little Annie.
It's hard to not be the baby anymore and she was feeling all the feelings this week!

Those 3-year-old boys.
I just straight up think living life with a 3-year-old boy is a gift,
they're hilarious.

Always felt accomplished when I got everyone out for a walk.

Camden loved watching Elise do Waterford preschool.

Caught this cute girl just looking at a picture of her Grandma and Grandpa.

Pi Day!
Quiche and mini Apple pies for dinner.
The kiddos loved this dinner.

Pi Day over in Lehi too!
Westin and Bennett loved their days with their fun cousins.

Sweet baby Isaac

They're home!
The kiddos couldn't get enough of holding the baby.

No smell matches this.
The most tender, sweet time.

Sweet family, all here!

Slow mornings trying to keep this crew quiet for whoever is managing to still get some sleep :)
Lots of tag team efforts and late night calls and texts!

Morning basement play before the craziness that is breakfast.

Led some early morning yoga sessions haha.

I just can't get over these mountain views, ever.

Some leprechauns got us ready for St. Patrick's Day!

Four Generation Weekend

 We had no school Monday so I took the boys to the Denver Children's Museum with my friend Jamie and her kids (plus a few others). They love going there. Our membership is about up so I don't know if we'll renew it or not, but our visits have been fun!

Young Women's was so fun this week. We went to a coffee shop with our older class and the girls wrote a script for a mock Hallmark movie. We laughed so much and I just loved listening to them be creative.

Each of the boys picked one thing out at the Book Fair this week. Asher, Mighty Pups (a Paw Patrol book), Camden, a Shark book, Bennett, a book about dragons on Mars, and Westin, a 2025 book of sports facts. I could have shopped without them and brought home all of those except maaaaybe the dragons on Mars, I don't think I saw that one coming.

We had parent teacher conferences this week and I'm so proud of our boys and their growth. Bennett has been working so hard at reading and speech this year and it totally shows. Westin doesn't love a few things about school but he is always kind and a good presence in his class. Westin doesn't like to spend his own money, and he was eyeing a Broncos poster at the Book Fair the whole time we were there. I told them all they could pick one thing. When I saw him staring at it so much, I told him that his one thing could be a poster if he wanted it to be. He told me he'd rather have the book, and I reminded him he could spend his own money on something else if he wanted. He almost did, but in the end just left it behind. After parent teacher conferences and talking about how much of a positive presence Westin is at school, Michael and I went and grabbed the $5 Broncos poster and wrote Westin a little note that night. We left it on his bed, and he gave me the tightest hug at bedtime when he discovered it. That kid sure just loves what he loves, and we love him a lot.

We fed the missionaries Thursday except we didn't because they didn't come! Haha I was grateful that made me make a real dinner instead of throwing something randomly together instead. And they felt bad when we checked in with them and they quickly came and gave us a message. I am just happy they're in our home at least monthly so my boys can see that and someday figure out if they want that.

I skipped Book Club that night and went out to a coffee shop with two friends instead and it was totally what my heart needed. And the next day Westin halfway babysat while Michael and I went to Sushi and Captain America with the Behunins. Our babysitter came halfway through for a well check :) But Westin's growing up!

Saturday was Camden's Mom's Tea for his preschool performance and he's just such a big-hearted, sweet guy. He told me that his favorite part of preschool is the shows (the performances they do), and he kept praying all week "that Mommy will just really love Mom's Tea." Such a sweetheart. We loved our morning together.

We came home to a happy house full of cousins and Grandma and Grandpa Daetwyler and Great-Grandma Malin! We were so lucky to have them all visit this weekend. We went to Warren Park, played outside in the sun, caught up with Grandma, watched an insane surfing documentary :), and just had a good time having them all at our house. I'm so happy our boys will have this solid memory of being with their Great-Grandma. 

Children's Museum Crew

This firetruck is probably the most loved spot in the whole museum for these two.

We did a cooking class and the kids loved making this Korean dish.
It was delicious!

Mornings with Asher.
Workouts and Wordle races. I just love this stage so much,
and Asher's age so much.

Q for quilt day at preschool!
Camden wanted to bring this cute airplane scene that Grandma Sally made.
He loves sleeping with it.

Reese's Eggs... My forever friend and foe.

"Hold on, I need to pet Kitty!"
Can't walk by her without giving her a little love!

Ready to go to Mom's Tea!
Camden has been looking forward to this.
He told me that his favorite part of preschool is the shows (the performances they do),
and he kept praying all week "that Mommy will just really love Mom's Tea."
Such a sweetheart.

His cuppy cake song is just the cutest.
And they put up a drawing of each mom and then tell you a few answers to questions from an interview with your preschooler about you. Camden said I look pretty when I dry my hair and that I like to go to concerts with his daddy because I love him. He also said I love to cook steamed clams and crab legs, which, is a whole story and the bottom line is no I don't but my kids randomly love choosing those things for their birthday dinners haha. Bennett's teacher who declared those her favorite foods on her All About Me poster never knew what an influence she'd have on the Daetwyler boys.

Grandma and Grandpa are here!
Plus cousins for a day. And we had beautiful sunshine.
Such a fun time!

Great-Grandma Malin is here, too!
I just think it's so special that the boys got to have this weekend with their great-grandma. 
I love that she got to see them in their element. 
She told me, "It's really fun to watch your boys. They play with each other and they don't fight and scream, and they're just such sweet kids."
What a special thing to have four generations together for a few days.

Science Fair and Back to Routine

 This week was slow-moving in a good way.

The sun came back out, we got back on our morning walks, we had zero weekend plans (mostly because Michael was on call so we just skip plans those weeks, which was good because he was gone almost all of Saturday doing surgery), and the boys played outside with neighbor friends so much.

The science fair was Tuesday and the boys were looking forward to that, especially Bennett. Bennett had spent so many hours smell-testing almost 50 people, writing down pages and pages of results in his notebook, helping me make his graphs, writing all the parts for his poster, and he just loved his project. Westin worked hard on Saturday making his poster but his banana-ripening project was more hands off observing. That afternoon when I went to the end of the fair and they announced awards, I saw Bennett have a moment of surprise when he didn't place that lasted for about .1 seconds, then he just clapped and clapped for his friends. Then when they announced fourth grade prizes and Westin got third place, Bennett cheered so loudly. He was SO happy for his brother. He told me on the way home that he hopes Westin wins next year too because then they will have both won two medals at the science fair. He's a sweet boy. Westin was really excited, too. Every year I claim we're skipping the science fair and then they want to do it and we do it and we make the same claim the day we make posters, but we walk home talking about experiments we could do next year :) 

Camden had his last day of indoor soccer and I've loved watching him. He's such a good sport and social guy. Michael had a quiet call week but a really busy call weekend. He works so hard for us. Camden said during dinner on Saturday night when Michael was still at the hospital, "Dad works so hard -- I wish that he saw the rainbow Tesla truck this week instead of me." Camden finally saw his dream car, a rainbow Tesla truck, earlier this week and it has changed his world. He immediately drew a picture of it when we got home "because I never want to forget the day I saw a rainbow Tesla truck!" Wishing he could give Michael his happiest moment of the week just shows you who Camden is.

Asher loved playing outside with all the neighbors this week. He's feeling like a big boy. Because he is... oh my heart.

Age doesn't really impact your smell, but girls tend to smell better than boys!
(In more ways than one, am I right? Ha)

This experiment turned out completely opposite of what Google told us would happen, so...
probably should do a retrial.

Camden is a snuggly guy while we watch Camden play soccer.
It's one of my favorite hours of my week.

He did dress up when he talked to judges,
but he had sweatpants in his backpack to change into immediately after.
Fourth grade boys.

Third place!

Do you think they love stuffed animals?
And the Broncos?

I was so disheartened and distracted by the news this week.