All kinds of fun!

The Knott household seems to be back to normal (whatever that is!) after weeks of crazy schedules and sick people! We had a successful garage sale a few weeks ago and here are the kids advertising that the Papasan seat is not for 4 year olds and the Infant car seat is not for 29 pound babies!

The school had it’s annual Trike-a-thon and the kids loved participating in it.

We had to bring bikes and helmets to school and each class had a designated time when they got to ride. Luckily, Addi and Cooper’s classes were back to back so I got to watch!

Last week was difficult when it started out with Cooper having a stomach bug for 24 – 36 hours. When I was at home with him, we got a call from the school that Addison was throwing up too! On Tuesday, Cooper went back to school while Addi stayed home with Kevin. On Wednesday, I was ready for work and started to get the kids ready and Addi was still complaining of feeling sick. Since we didn’t have the time to bring Cooper into school before Kevin had to be at a meeting, I stayed home with both of them. Addi just wasn’t feeling good still so she was home on Thursday too. But Friday, everyone was finally back to normal.

On Saturday, we had a fun day at Rylee’s 4th birthday party in Montgomery. Addison was so excited about the Hannah Montana theme – it was a hit! They had a ball jumping in the Bouncy house, playing in the pink sand box, jamming to Hannah Montana music, eating HM cake - here is Addi with one of her best buddies, Cole. They paused for second for me to get a picture and then they were off again!

Sunday was the March for Babies that we have been preparing for over the last 2 months. The weather was perfect and we had a great turn out for Team Coop – 43 people walked with us! We raised over $2000 for the organization on our team alone – I would call that a huge success! I cannot thank everyone enough – you know that this cause means so much to our family and we are so glad that you decided to join in the fight against premature births! It’s hard to believe my original due date with Cooper is only 2 days away – I don’t know if I will ever go a year without recognizing that day. We were so proud to see Cooper literally run down the street on the home stretch of the walk to cross the finish line!

Easter and "Nastics!"

I know it’s a little late, but we had a wonderful Easter this year. The Easter bunny was awfully generous to the kids and they loved hunting for eggs. We went to church and then headed to The Woodlands to my parent’s house. We had another egg hunt, ate a great dinner and had our first swim of the season. The kids loved the pool! Addison took a bit of time to warm up to swimming again and remember how to do it, but Cooper just jumped right in (LITERALLY!). Last summer, he had no concept of the water and would probably just walk right into the pool if we let him, but this year , he just has no fear! Addison jumped off the big diving rocks by herself and Cooper followed right behind her with just a little help from us!

We finally started both kids in gymnastics classes. Addison gets to go on Mondays and Cooper goes on Tuesday. Both of the kids are LOVING it! Addison has been participating very well and is so into the class compared to the dance/gym class that we did about a year ago. She is taking it seriously, listening to the teachers instructions, and doing all the activities that the teachers ask her to do.

Cooper is having so much fun in the parent/child class too! He talks all the time about “nastics, nastics”…he tells his teachers at school about it, tells us about it, and anyone who will listen. He is a little wild and energetic in the class, but enjoys every second of it. I have to say, we are enjoying it with him. This is the first scheduled activity that we have enrolled him in – it’s about time! Last week, all four of us went to both classes to check it out. But, the plan is for Kevin and I to take turns each week. This week, I took Addison to her class and she had a cheering section there too - Grandad and Grandma Hursey came to watch also. Kevin took Cooper this week and he said Coop did great. This boy is not scared of anything!

We are very busy preparing for the neighborhood garage sale this coming weekend. It is crazy how many girls’ clothes that we will be selling! We have been so blessed to have great hand-me-downs from my nieces, but now it’s time to get it out of my house / attic!

I am almost embarrassed to show this picture, but this gives you an idea of what needs to GO! Whatever does not sell is going to Goodwill after this weekend! I promise our dining room does not usually look like this - it is usually spotless! I have gone through every box of clothing and sorted it by size (hence why there are stacks).

We are also trying to sell lots of baby toys and other items (high chair, Bumbo seat, Exersaucer, etc) since our kids have outgrown all of that! Trying to make our house more clutter-free! That makes me happy just to think about getting rid of all this stuff!