Sharp Family 2010

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Happy Valentines Day!

Landon had his first BIG celebration of Valentines Day at preschool today. He came home with a box full of goodies. And as a Bonus, it was one of his classmates birthdays so he got pizza and cupcakes for lunch. Lucky Boy! As for Ryan and I, we learned the maranga on Saturday at a ward Valentine dance. I wasn't sure if Ryan was going to participate, but since he was in charge of the event, I think he felt he had to and it turned out to be a lot of fun. Tonight I'm planning on using a gift card that we've been holding on to since Christmas and order from Chilies. I usually make a nice dinner, but I'm looking for an excuse not to cook today.

Bath Time

Zachary loves to take baths. At least twice a day he asks to take a bath. Sometimes he takes two, but most of the time I only give into the one because as you can see he always insists on filling the tub all the way full. He loves to pretend that he's swimming. I think he's learning a lot by watching Landon at swim lessons because he tries to copy what he's seen Landon do. For example, Landon is working on kicking on his stomach and then rolling over and floating on his back. Zachary tries to do this in the tub. He'll kick his legs for a few seconds and then roll half way over, getting some of his hair wet. He'll do this over and over again laughing and smiling the whole time. He loves it. We went to swim lessons at a different time than we normally do today and there was a younger class there, some of them Zachary's age. Zachary kept pointing to the babies and tried to take of his clothes. I think he always must have thought that swimming was for bigger kids, but since he saw kids his age and younger in swim lessons he wanted to do it too. The only problem is that the parent has to get in too if your child is under 3. Not something I really feel like doing, but maybe I'll do it during the spring session if he keeps acting interested.

Half Moon Bay

I have to say, I'm glad January is over. Ryan and the boys seemed to be sick most the month and I was getting exhausted playing nurse. Ryan had some sort of congestion, nasal, sinus infection that kept him in bed for over a week and then still lingered for awhile after. The boys both had coughs that turned into pneumonia for Landon and Zachary's runny nose caused an ear infection. Oh, and Landon got an ear infection too. So all 3 of my boys were on antibiotics. Thankfully, I stayed healthy over the whole ordeal. I do love my immune system:) This last weekend we were all feeling better and I just had to get out and enjoy nature. I needed to go somewhere away from the people and the busyness of the city, but it was raining cats and dogs so I had to do a little research. I discovered that an hour north of us it wasn't raining. This is one thing I love about the Bay area. Anyway, so I looked up a hike that our little family could do and off to Half Moon Bay we went. Most of the way it was pouring and Ryan and I both wondered if we were going to have to turn around and go back home. But, we decided to trust the weather report and keep going. About 5 minutes before we arrived at our destination it stopped raining. I was so happy. We took a 1 mile hike that started out along some cliffs overlooking the ocean , then we went down some stairs to the beach and some tide pools. We then walked along the tide pools until we were back to where we started. We saw tons of crabs and sea shells. It was so nice to get out and I'm so thankful I live somewhere it doesn't stay cold all winter long.

CANCUN

We recently returned from Cancun, Mexico. We were spoiled with sunshine, all you can eat buffets whenever you want, unlimited kayaking, sailing, swimming, and soft sand. We had a room on the bottom floor looking out to the ocean. The boys loved playing in the sand, swinging in the hammocks, going down the waterslides, and swimming in the pool. They were also spoiled with an icecream cone at lunch almost everyday. We enjoyed this beautiful place with Janice and Delwin and Derick, Niesja, and Ethan. Despite the 4 year age gap, I think Landon and Ethan had a lot of fun playing together. One day Ryan, Derick, Niesja, and I left the kids with grandma and grandpa and went to Chichen Itza. We were amazed at the pyramids and the life that the Mayans lived. So advanced, yet so primitive. I just can't understand why a civilization would think that cutting off each others head and killing each other would be pleasing to God. Craziness! Here's some pictures of our adventures....

Sharp Family 2009

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Fun Stages!

I have to say I am really enjoying the ages of my boys right now. Landon is a little over 3 and Zachary is 20 months. A couple weeks ago Landon started preschool 3 days a week which has really changed the relationship between him and Zacky. Instead of getting bored with each other which turns into pestering and fighting, they now are super excited to see each other after their seperation and they play great. Zachary still isn't talking a whole lot, but Landon loves to ask him questions and they still manage to carry on a conversation. For example, this morning they were in the tub and Landon asked Zachary to show him one of his bruises. Zachary points to his toe and grunts. Landon says, "Oh, that's a nice bruise on your toe. Do you have another bruise?" Zachary then points to his arm and grunts again. And on it goes until they run out of bruises to show. Not that they really have very many bruises, but they count every little scrape or discoloring of the skin as a bruise. They love to play trucks or cars and throw balls around. Landon has also been very protective. We went miniature golfing with some friends the other day and the little girl that's Landon's age kept taking Zachary's ball away. This made Landon very upset and he would start crying until we got the ball back to Zachary. At home, he always waits for Zachary to get in the elevator first when we go down to our car and he'll get mad at me and tell me to stop and wait for Zachary if I'm walking a little to fast. It's so fun to see them playing and getting along so well. Hopefully, they'll keep it up and be best friends forever.