Tyse's Notes

Tyse has gotten so good at writing lately and he is starting to really like to write and leave notes for people. Here are some of my favorite things he has written as of late, remembering that in Kindergarten they are told to spell phonetically. Tyse takes this very seriously, as you will see!

Here is his short story about the groundhog...

In case you can't read it, it says "The grawndog cums awt win it is spreen." Apparently I don't enunciate very clearly when I speak to him.

Next is his 100 days of school bookmark...It says..

"I wish I had 100... aleen toys (alien toys)

I wish I could eat 100... hot dogs

I wish I could see 100... aleen ships (alien ships)

I wish I had 100... frode cheero's (fruity cheerios)

But I'd never want 100... dog poops"

So proud he can spell poop, of all words.

And lastly, my personal favorite, a note he wrote me at centers one day...

"Dere Mom

I hop yow fel ber." (Dear Mom, I hope you feel better."

Priceless. Even after poop.

Loving 8a

Kent's grandma Ada passed away a couple weeks ago. The day beforehand Kent's sister had called to say that itwould be any time, and so when I hung up, I shared the news with Tyse. He is worse than any older brother I ever had as a teenager- WHO was on the phone, WHAT did they want, WHY did they need to talk to me about it, etc. Anyway, he is pretty sensetive about these things and he began to cry, so I mentioned maybe he would like to send her a picture, thinking she may last until weeks end and she would recieve it. I had also forgotten that the mail had already gone that day and it would have to wait until the next day. Anyway, this is what he drew her-
My favorite part being on the right side of her body where he wrote her name- 8a. I was proud of him for clearly trying hard to sound out how to spell Ada. He was so excited about sending it. Unfortunately she died the next morning so she never recieved it. Kent's sister brought it back to us after it was forwarded to her and Kent had to tell Tyse that Ada never got it. To which he replied through tears, "Well, I guess if I open it now, she can see it from heaven." I love the clear perspective of kids.

The First day of the rest of our lives....

The madness has begun! Yesterday was Tyse's first soccer game ever! It is a momentus occasion for all- my first day as a real soccer mom, and kent's dream come true! I can't even start to describe how proud Kent was of him and how into the game he really was. He was one fof the few on his team that actually chased the ball the whole time, actually played defense, and he scored 5 goals! He was in heaven! As soon as we got into the car to go home, he started whining, "MOM, I just can't wait until next saturday for my next game." The neighbor taught him how to slide tackle, which surprisingly he didn't use on anyone else, just on the ball when it was going out of bounds. It was so fun to watch and we are excited to continue the saga!

Mommy Tag

Tyse got tagged by Wyatt

Mommy tag

This is Tyse answering questions about Mom.

1.What is something Mommy always says? I love you
2. What makes Mommy happy? Holding Ollie
3. What makes Mommy sad? When Me and Daddy go somewhere
4. How does your Mom make you laugh? tickle me
5. What was your Mom like as a child? silly
6. How old is your Mom? 29
7. How tall is your Mom? pretty tall!
8. What is your Mom's favorite thing to do? Wash the dishes
9. What does Mom do when your not around? CLean the dishes
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? It will be for shayla. (what is famous?)
11. What is your Mom really good at? Are you good at cartwheels, mom? You ARE good at washing dishes.
12. What is your Mom not good at? Flying
13. What does Mom do for her job? Watch us
14. What is Mom's favorite food? Noodles
15. What makes you proud of your Mom? when she tickles me
16. If your Mom were a carton character who would she be? wonder red
17. What do you and your Mom do together? play baseball
18. How are you and your Mom the same? we like going swimming
19. How are you and your Mom different? Mom likes zucchini- yuk!
20. How do you know your Mom loves you? she cleans up my toys


Tyse tags-
Conner, Hailey, Samantha, Carson, and Blakeslie

The Bigger and Better game

Remember 2 weeks ago when this was the dream of the boys at my house?
Well, last night when driving home from softball in West Valley of all places, we pass this...
It is amazing how quickly my husband can pull a u-turn; all in the name of Tyse getting to see a very cool "hotrunner". Needless to say, the charger has been replaced. I don't know if you will have to see another bigger and better hotrunner from us for a long time. It is amazing how quickly a child can learn to say "lamborghini."
Luckily, the driver was very nice about kent chasing him down and driving next to him for a mile or so while Tyse's eyes fell out of their sockets in awe. He even waved at him. Thanks, West Valley Lamborghini man.

Why do you sleep with a pillow over your head?

Many of you know that I sleep with a pillow over my head. It has always been that way, and makes for some great 'do's come morning. It stems from a traumatic event from my youth involving the neighbor girl (she WAS older than me) and a story about aliens. Enough said. But how many of you know that Kent has also taken up the practice? Since we had kids, he has always slept that way- providing a great excuse as to why he didn't hear the kids screaming in the middle of the night. So I guess it isn't all that strange for this to happen the other day.
We got some new pillows because Emitt is going to get the boot from the crib to make room for Ollie. We got bunkbeds and so now he just needed a pillow. Tyse asked for the extra one that came in the set. Why? Well, I asked, and he said "because I want to sleep with one on top of my face just like you and dad." And sure enough, I went in to check on him before going to bed the other night and found this...

I bet that neighbor never thought she would have caused a family of pillow covered sleepers! You all wouldn't want the tradition to end- what would Tyse's friends wonder about during college if there wasn't a pillow story?

The 2 wheeler

For a couple months now, Tyse has been telling me that he wanted me to take the training wheels off his bike. However, I knew this would entail a long process of me running next to him and holding the seat, neither of which I can do while chasing Emitt or holding Ollie. So I kept putting him off, telling him it had to wait until both babies were asleep. Well, last week he came home from the neighbors looking for a wrench. Why? Well, he said, the neighbor's mom was going to take his training wheels off for him. I felt slightly guilty and slightly sad that he didn't want me to be a part of it- I had put it off too long! Fortunately, it was right when both of the babies were sleeping, so I pulled out the wrench and we got to it. I got the wheels off, and then I let him jump on and start pedaling. By the time we were at the neighbor's house ( a mere 15 feet away) he had pulled away from me and was off- never falling, never hesitating, and rode around the entire block and didn't crash until he didn't know how to get off. So he ran into the tree post in front of our house. He has never looked back- although that same day, about 2 hours later, I was outside and he was riding his bike, and he started whining and crying, saying "I will NEVER learn how to do this! Never!" He hadn't crashed yet on his bike, so I was a little confused. I asked him what it was that he was never going to get and he was very sad to say he hadn't yet learned how to ride one handed. I assured him that it takes longer than 2 hours to learn this task, but he has, in the last 7 days, learned it, as well as how to stand up, how to ride with his feet stuck to the front fork, how to go off the curb, through the bushes and grass, and how to ride as fast as he can down the 35 foot hill at our local park, dodging the bushes and trees that line the slope. I guess the mountain biking traits are kicking in!
Oh- forgot to mention- thanks for reminding me, katie-
Tyse has also gotten good at riding his bike through wet cement-
we have been having our alley fixed because of the cruddy cement they laid the first time. Tyse's friend came over in the morning they had just laid a new piece right outside our driveway, and happened to notice a large flaw in the cement. Here is a picture of the guy trying to fix it- he had already finished fixing half of the original...Anyway, his friend was on his way to our house and forgot that he wasn't supposed to go through the alley, and then didn't realize the cement was wet. Poor kid- when I happened to see it, I looked around to see what happened and he was standing in our driveway staring at it with this look on his face like- "uh, oh. I am in SO much trouble!"
So he came over and we talked a little about it, making sure he didn't think I was mad at him or anything because it was written all over his face that it was an accident. Apparently for my son's sake, I should have sounded a little more angry, because after he was told he couldn't ride home with his friend, he proceeded to ride into the alley, ride through the same wet cement 6 times, get caught by the mexican workers, and brought home with wet cement all over his bike and shoes. Just another thing he did on his 2-wheeler.

Hail the Graduate

Tyse had his preschool graduation last friday night! I can't believe we are having our first official graduation of any kind! He has loved his preschool this year and is a little sad that it is over! It was a great program in which they did the days of the week, the months of the year, the ABC's in sign language, sang a couple songs, and had a slideshow. Then was the main event- the handing out of the diplomas. Miss Kristie (seen above) had the kids fill out a sheet about themselves for her to read while they walked up to the podium and Tyse's went something like this-
Favorite color- all the colors
Favorite part of school- the big and little pit (he goes to a preschool where they do gymnastics with the curriculum a couple times a month)
Yada, Yada... and then the biggie- she let them hold the microphone and say "When I grow up I want to be..." There were many of your token answers (firefighter, veterinarian, doctor), there were the sweet answers (a mom, just like my dad, etc), and then there was Tyse.


He stood up and spoke more clearly and loudly into the mic than any other child did all night and came out with "when I grow up I want to be HE-MAN! (in the most manly voice he could conjure)". Of course the families that were there just started laughing and the family sitting in front of us turned around and asked, "Isn't that your son?" Ahhh- our sweet, quiet boy- ready to grow up and fight the bad guys!
Anyway, it was cute and he was very excited that the program went so well and that they got cookies and punch at the end. It was the first time I have gotten to talk to many of the moms, and one of the moms came over and said, "You are Tyse's mom, aren't you?" To which I didn't know whether to be nervous about the upcoming conversation or not. I did honestly reply, and she said, "my daughter talks about Tyse all the time! She always has stories about Tyse!" The only thing I could think of to respond is "OH! Well... I hope that's a good thing..." and she let me off the hook- yes, it was good, and she really liked him. PHEW! Anyway, we are so proud of him and his learning this year! We now have a beginning reader, a great colorer and cutter, he can write all his numbers and letters and is starting to sound out words and spell on his own. WE love you, Tyse!