As promised...

I promised that I would get my virutal life updated and, believe it or not, I have. The kid's website is updated with pictures and comments and now I am going to add a few videos here.

Once Kendra realized that she liked the water she decided to start exploring... I don't think she expected a mouth full :-)

Even though Kolin didn't want to go on the big water slides, he was very happy going down the little one... over and over and over!!

Great time at Boyne!

We had a great time at Boyne! Avalanche Bay was awesome. Kolin had so much fun, it was hard for him to leave. We spent nearly the entire day at the pool on Monday and then closed the place on Tuesday. Kendra even went down one of the big slides on Daddy's lap... 5 times while Kolin was content playing in the "Kidz" area - pretending to be driving a fire truck and putting out fires with the hoses. Kirk even got into it. He has 2 favorite "rides" - the Super G water slide and the Rip Zone (check out the video). We will definitely be going back next year!

Signs of spring?!

It was our first thunderstorm of the season last night. You forget how bright a flash of lightening can be and how a crack of thunder can shake an entire house - Mother Nature is fierce!

It is currently pouring buckets outside and the lake in our back yard is growing by the minute. Kolin really wants to put on his mud boots so he can go jump in the puddles. But it is still too cold. Any suggestions on how to explain to a 4 year old that even though it is not snowing that it is still too cold to go outside and play? Not the easiest task I have had lately. When will spring get here?!?!

Kendra turns one!

Our little girl turned one on February 28th. We had a great time celebrating with all of her Grandparents and other family members. The festivities started off with cake and icecream at Kirk's restaurant followed by some serious bouncing at BounceU. I believe that a good time was had by all.

Kendra had her 1 year check up today. Doctor's prognosis: healthy little girl! 20lbs. 7oz. and 28 1/8". She is in the 50th percentile for her weight and height. However, perfectly proportioned!

Parent/Teacher Conference

We experienced our first parent-teacher conference on Wednesday. Granted it was for Preschool but nontheless it was interesting. Kolin's teacher, Mrs. VanWormer couldn't say enough good things about him. She said that everyone just loves him and she also hinted that he was her favorite :-) We got to see how Kolin is progressing with his shape drawing, number and letter recognition and cutting. They do a "before and after" of sorts. They went through a series of activities with the kids in October and then again in January so they could measure their progress. It was really neat to see the difference! Both Kirk and I felt really good after talking with Mrs. VanWormer. I have to admit I had no idea what to expect but came out of it very pleased. We are beginning to think about next school year already and are leaning towards moving from a 2-day school "week" we are going to increase his attendance to 3-days, M-W-F. No if we could only get him interested in holiding his pencil (or crayon, etc.) the correct way...

She's on the move!

It won't be long now and she will be crusin' without the walker! AHH!

Monday morning thoughts

Well we have had an exciting time the past few days... it even involved a call to the Pediatrican at 1a Saturday morning. Poor Kendra had been battling a fever for about 36 hours and it hit 102.8 and she was fussy and completely congested so I decided to call the Pediatrician to find out what I should be doing since she wouldn't eat or drink anything and Tylenol just wasn't helping as much as I thought it should. Of course all he said was to try and get her to drink cold liquids and to try Motrin if the Tylenol was working and if that didn't do the trick than maybe she should be seen in the office in the morning. I think he was a little irritated that I woke him up over a cold... but isn't that what they are paid the big bucks for?!?! I felt bad for about a second! Anyhow, I did not take her in Saturday morning since she seemed to be a little more like herself. Her fever had gone down considerably and she willing ate some oatmeal and drank a little bit of apple juice. She seems to be her happy self this morning, thank goodness!!

So how about that Super Bowl? I managed to stay up through 3 qtrs. of it. Wasn't really impressed with the commercials, or the game for that matter. Oh well... the food was good!!

Ho Hum...

We woke up yesterday to several inches of new snow which caused havoc on the highways. I was suppose to take Kolin to a 915a dentist apt. but made it as far as daycare. I called the dentist from there and rescheduled for a different (hopefully nicer) day. He didn't seem too disappointed. Instead of the dentist he got to play with Batman and Robin all day. I attempted to go into the office once I dropped the kids off but after nearly sliding through a couple of stop signs and doing a few fishtails I decided to head back home instead. By the time I went to pick the kids up it had stopped snowing and the roads were a little more manageable - thank goodness! Today it is just gray with light snow - not much accumulating this time. I can honestly say that I am ready for Spring!!

It was actually nice having the kids at daycare yesterday. I was able to get a few quick errands done without having to take them in and out of the van. I was FINALLY able to get stamps so I could send Kolin's Thank You cards out from his birthday... I also sent out invites for the little girl's 1st birthday party coming up in about a month. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!

Not much else going on with the Johnson family. Just trying to survive and pay the bills. We are very thankful that both Kirk and I have good jobs ~ especially after hearing all the announcements the past few days about the thousands of people lossing their jobs. I can't even imagine what we would do!!!

They grow so fast!

Kolin had his 4 year old check up yesterday and I could hardly believe how big he is getting... 40" and 37.5 lbs. to be exact. Where did my baby boy go! Kendra is becoming the little adventurer. Here she is climbing the stairs. Kirk said she made it up to the 8th stair and down - 4 times! OH NO!!! Can we say - baby gate?!

First attempt at blogging...

So I thought I would give this blogging thing a try... couldn't be that difficult, can it?

I guess I can start off with letting everyone know that the Johnson family is happy and healthy in the New Year. Kolin recently celebrated his 4th birthday (on the 8th) and Kendra will be turning 1 sooner than we would like! Both are growing like crazy!

Kirk and I are both keeping busy with work and trying to keep up with Kolin and Kendra. Kendra is proving to be much more active than Kolin was at 10 1/2 months and she is keeping us on our toes - literally! I wouldn't change it for the world though!