I really love Old Navy sometimes and today was one of those days. We didn't get a lot but the things we did get were pretty cheap. Here is the rundown:

Glen jeans-7.99
Matthew shoes- 4.74
Pajamas for both kids-2.50 (I did buy two more pair for 4.00, still good)
I splurged on a shirt for myself by paying 5.99 (sometime you can get shirts for a couple of dollars)
Also they gave me another 5 dollar off coupon (5 dollars off any amount)!! One of those was mailed to me and I spent it on a swimsuit for Taylor (4 dollars) and they gave me another one and then they gave me one today!! That makes 15 dollars of free money to Old Navy. Thanks Old Navy for making my day. Glen laughs about how excited I get. I really don't love shopping but I do when things are really cheap and you just can't pass up the good deal.

Busy Friday

Tomorrow is a busy and exciting day for us. It doesn't start out too exciting though; I am getting an EGD or Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (I had to google this word to spell it) It is pretty much a camera going down my esophagus into my stomach. I am so excited! Glen also has his big exam for his family medicine rotation tomorrow. That means after tomorrow he will only have 6 weeks left of his third year......one year left of medical school. Then the most exciting thing happening is my Mom is flying in tomorrow night and staying for a week. Despite a horrible headache, today has been a great day. We went to the toy store and Matthew rode a bike around for quite awhile. Matthew and Taylor have been playing so good for the last hour and a half together while I made dinner and have been playing on the computer. This does not always happen but I am so happy when they play so well together. Below is a picture of one of their favorite activities, taking off all the cushions and jumping on them. They are so cute. Taylor brushing Dora's teeth. I sure wish Taylor liked brushing her own teeth. And below is another one of Taylor's favorite activities, the trampoline. This has been one of our best purchases.
Look at those cute legs

I can't stand when Taylor does this which is all of the time. She has got into chap stick and toothpaste and all sorts of things out of this drawer. I moved our little table away from the counter so she couldn't climb up and get on the counters and the she figured this out. Silly girl

To all you mini van drivers....you never knew how cool you really are

I need to get me a swagger wagon!!!

Confession

So I would say I am a pretty clean and organized person; I definitely like things to be clean and like being organized. Our house is usually pretty clean although with kids and a small apartment it doesn't take long for a room to look like a bomb went off. Well, being that I am not a perfect mom, having two kids, and sometimes not feeling well, I have a quick fix for cleaning up which I am embarrassed to share. Maybe this is a form of therapy, expose my faults for the world to see. Here it is: I throw stuff in grocery bags and hide them in a closet. There I said it, over the years I have accumulated quite a few bags and boxes or bowls or whatever. I thought about just throwing it all away, I mean how important could the stuff be if some of it has been in hiding for a LONG time. But I am curious so I will let you know what fun things I find. Thanks for letter me share and please don't judge:) haha We really need a desk; I think that would help.

We had a fun visit on Saturday with Glen's parents and his sister Kirstin. We went to the Toledo Botanical Gardens and they are so beautiful. The kids ran and ran and Taylor had to smell every single tulip. She would cup the tulip in her hands and just stuff her face right into it. The kids had fun feeding bread to the geese, ducks, and swans.

Okay I know Matthew clothes were not matching but my excuse is he picks out his own clothes and sometimes I don't fight that. Taylor's on the other hand was my own doing. At first I thought this works right? It is cool to mix colors and patterns in different ways....it is hip right?? After awhile I realized maybe it wasn't as cool and hip as I thought and Glen confirmed that later at home when I asked him about it. Oh well.......they are cute kids regardless.

Such sweet, fun, and good kids

It is a sad day today because I will not be driving Matthew to preschool this morning. This was their last day of preschool and they learned about Cowboys. Everytime Matthew needs a drink now he says "I need to wet my whistle." It has been so fun to hear from him all the things they learned about each Monday. Matthew looked forward to it and the kids and moms all got along so well. It was such a great experience and the girls did such fun and creative lessons. I decided to have a little graduation/party for the kids last Tuesday to finish it off. I made them graduation caps and gave them certificates. I called each one of them one at a time and had them come shake my hand and give them their certificate while all the kids clapped. We played games and had cupcakes too. The three boys are moving this summer and the sweet girl is gone for the summer and will be back in the fall. It is a sad time to see a lot of our good friends leaving. There are a ton of pictures mainly so the moms can pick their favorites.

Matthew

Caden

Sam

Andrew

Elisabeth

These kids really play well together. They pretended to be on an airplane for at least 20 minutes or more..........so fun!!

TAYLOR-18 months

I finally got some videos of Taylor the other day singing and talking and just being cute Taylor. There are 3 different videos so just scroll down to see them all. She is such a sweet, strong willed, and fun little girl. I guess she is almost 19 months now....she is growing up so fast. We love her!

Twinkle Twinkle

Twinkle Twinkle from Jill Lau on Vimeo.

ABC's

ABC's from Jill Lau on Vimeo.

5...8....10!!

Untitled from Jill Lau on Vimeo.

Silly kids

On Easter Sunday I made the kids try on their new clothes even though we were just staying home and watching General Conference. I could not get a picture of the two of them smiling normal. I finally told them to just make funny faces and this is what I got. They pulled quite the faces and I was just laughing so hard.

Spring Break

Me and the kids sat outside for lunch today and I got a little sun on my arms and neck.....it felt so great and I can't wait until we can go to the pool everyday. I have a million things on my to do list this week but I thought I should hurry and get pictures of our trip up before it doesn't happen. We had such a great time with Nolan and Ashley(my brother and his wife) and their kids. We stayed in a nice hotel in Alexandria which is such a cute town . We did just some of the basic DC things and also just hung out at the hotel and swam. The kids loved it and Matthew thinks we are going back to visit Thomas. Sadly, they only have a few more weeks there so we feel lucky to have been able to see them.

Matthew enjoyed riding the metro as much as we did, Taylor not so much.

Our last night there we walked down king street to the water and rode the trolley and got ice cream. I think we had ice cream every night we were there....now that's a vacation.

We showed up a little early to get into the air and space museum. It was a little cold and you can see Taylor was not enjoying that part of it. Luckily it never poured on us while we were there and we got two beautiful sunny days.

Taylor smelling the cherry blossoms at the park.

We went to the zoo one day which was fun and so neat to see the panda. He was sitting there ating bamboo with his huge belly hanging. It was fun!

You can't really tell that there is a T-Rex behind us....hence the faces.

What a trip!! We loved it and can't thank Nolan and Ashley enough.