The McCleans

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Halloween

2009-11-09T09:55:00.000-08:00

We had such a fun halloween this year. Aidan was Luigi, Ashton was Mario and Kaelyn was a very cute bumblebee. We sprayed the boys hair black and they had these huge fake mustaches, they were too cute. We went to our ward trunk or treat and we had dinner and played some fun games. We also got a lot of candy. After the trunk or treat we went to my aunt and uncle's neighborhood to trick or treat. Their next door neighbors were playing a movie in their driveway and had food and drinks out to eat so after we went trick or treating around the neighborhood we came back and sat and watched the movie and ate some of our candy. It was so much fun. The kids had a blast.

Bath Time

2009-05-29T19:04:00.000-07:00

I have never bathed any of my kids in the sink before, but this morning I put Kaelyn in the sink to give her a quick bath before I went shopping. It was great! It is so much easier than putting her in the tub and she loved it. Good thing she is still pretty small. Ashton said he wanted a bath in the sink too and I tried to tell him he was too big and wouldn't fit, but he kept trying to climb in. I think its going to be baths in the sink from now on for Kaelyn.

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Tiffani's Wedding

2009-03-20T17:33:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we went to St. George for my cousin Tiffani's wedding. The wedding was nice and Tiffani looked so cute and happy. We also saw spent a little time with Erin and Kyle which is always fun.

My Girl

2009-03-20T17:28:00.000-07:00

Jessi took a couple cute pictures of Kaelyn while we were at my Grandma's house. Isn't she so cute!

2009-01-21T09:04:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHTON!

2009-01-21T09:02:00.001-08:00

Presents and More Presents

2009-01-21T08:56:00.000-08:00

We went took a quick trip to St. George a couple of weeks ago. We got to St. George on Friday afternoon and left on Sunday. The kids got to have Christmas all over again at my parents house they loved it. They had presents from Nana and Papa and Uncle Dave and Aunt Holly. They really loved the gifts! We also celebrated Ashton's birthday while we were there. He loved blowing out the candles on his cake. He received a lot of toys and things from the movie Cars. It was a fun trip but it was way too short.

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Halloween Fun

2008-11-09T08:22:00.000-08:00

We were in St. George for halloween this year. We went trick or treating around my parents neighborhood. The boys had so much fun. Ashton was Peter Pan, Kaelyn was Tinkerbell, and I tried to talk Aidan into being Captain Hook but he wanted to be something scary, so he was a vampire. My mom's neighbor was cooking hot dogs for the trick or treaters and also giving away chips, soda and bottles of water. He also had a projector set up and had cartoons playing on the front of his house. The boys and Kaelyn did really well trick or treating and got a lot of candy.

2008-08-21T11:04:00.000-07:00

Aidan made this at school. I'm not exactly sure what it is supposed to be. Ashton thought it was a donut.

2008-08-21T10:52:00.000-07:00

I just loved these pictures. Had to share them.

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Hanging out at Peter Piper Pizza

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Yummy sandwich, thanks Ashton!

Sharing A Sandwich

2008-08-21T10:13:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Ashton was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch and I was putting things away in the kitchen, and Kaelyn was on the floor crawling around. I wasn't really paying much attention to either of them and then I hear "share with Kaelyn." So I turn to see what he means, and she is chewing on a piece of his sandwich and she is really enjoying it. I had to get the camera. It was so cute.

We've Moved

2008-08-12T20:59:00.000-07:00

This weekend we moved into our new home. Yeah! Pictures to come when I have a minute to spare to take some. Oh, and when everything is unpacked and the house is in order. It is a brand new house, never been lived in, which means I don't have to be bothered with receiving the previous occupants mail. It is a single level 4 bedroom, 2 bath home.

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School Already?

2008-08-06T12:30:00.000-07:00

Monday was Aidan's first day of school. He is now in the 1st grade. I think he was a little nervous because he is going to a new school. It is a charter school and pretty close to our new house. Once we got to his classroom he went right in and his teacher showed him where his desk was and he was fine. After school when I picked him up he said he had a good first day except he didn't like p.e. because he had to hop on one foot and it hurt his foot. He's so funny.

So Funny

2008-07-23T21:29:00.000-07:00

Check out this link. It is hilarious!

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/iBpzK0DIH4Zvousz

It's Been Awhile

2008-07-12T22:29:00.000-07:00

It's been a good month now since my last post and I think its about time I get caught up. The memory card to my digital camera is missing (Doug had it last) if you know Doug you know what that means! I will probably find it in some odd place like a bathroom drawer or something. So unfortunately I don't have any pictures to accompany this post. Anyway, the last month in a nutshell. My parents came down and we saw Kung Fu Panda which was really cute and had breakfast at my sister's house and spent time visiting at Grandma's house.
We finally signed the papers on our house and we are just waiting for the appliances to be delivered and installed and then we will start moving in. Yay! I will post pictures and more info about the house later.

Splashpark

2008-06-09T16:53:00.000-07:00

The other day we went to a splashpark with my sister and her daughter. The kids had a great time. It was a nice splashpark with a little water slide and some water squirter thingy's. It was so much fun.

Park Day

2008-05-30T15:56:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday I took the kids to the park. We went around ten thirty and some of the playground equipment was too hot to play on. There were some big fun looking slides but they were way too hot for the boys to slide on. The swings were a little warm, but the boys were still able to swing. Ashton loved swinging, Aidan didn't. It was a nice park we will just have to go earlier next time.

2008-05-30T15:41:00.000-07:00

I make all of Kaelyn's baby food. I freeze the food in ice cube trays and put 2 cubes per container in the fridge to defrost. This is about what she eats in a single day. I'm really trying to fatten her up.

2008-05-25T18:44:00.000-07:00

Rainy Days

2008-05-25T18:26:00.000-07:00

The last couple of days have been overcast and rainy and its been nice. The temperature dropped like 30 degrees too. Its been in the 70's. Nice and cool. Not for long unfortunately.
Friday was Aidan's first official day of summer (meaning no school) and I had planned to go to the park but because of the rain we didn't go so we brought out the playdough. The boys played really well together and it entertained them for quite awhile. Aidan also decided to try to dress like the character Link from the nintendo game Zelda. I took pictures of him outside whacking the weeds with his sword. He can be so entertaining.

2008-05-18T20:07:00.000-07:00

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Catching Up

2008-05-18T13:04:00.000-07:00

For Mother's Day Doug gave me a new camera and I have been waiting for him to install some stuff on my laptop so that I can post all the pictures I have been taking.
On Wednesday the 14th Aidan graduated from kindergarten. His class sang two songs up on the stage and it was so darn cute.
Thursday Kaelyn had a doctor's appointment and the doctor wants me to supplement formula because she hasn't been gaining weight. The doctor gave me a free can of formula and when I got home I made her a bottle and she ate a little of it and she seemed to like it. About 20 minutes later she threw it up and her face turned all red and she was sneezing and her nose was running like crazy. I guess she is allergic to the formula. I've been trying to give her soy formula but she won't take it, probably because she was so miserable after having the other formula. Poor skinny girl.

Birthday Suit

2008-04-25T17:29:00.001-07:00

This morning I was cleaning up the living room and talking to Val and Ashton was playing around the house going outside into the backyard. I wasn't really watching him much and I happened to look outside and he was standing at the back door naked. He had taken off all his clothes and his diaper and he thought it was so funny. He took off running away from me when I went to get him to bring him into the house to put his diaper back on. I had to grab the camera and take some pictures. He's such a stinker.

Reality TV

2008-04-23T20:52:00.000-07:00

I love this show called John and Kate plus Eight. It follows the everyday life of a family with a set of twins and a set of sextuplets. When I watch it I keep thinking 3 kids seems like a piece of cake compared with 8 kids six of them who are 3 years old. Anyway its just funny to watch all the crazy stuff they go through on a regular basis.

Our Visitor

2008-04-23T20:41:00.000-07:00

Doug's mama is staying with us for 2 weeks to visit. It's nice visiting with her. We used to see her at least once a week when we lived in St. George but since we moved to Phoenix we haven't seen her in like 9 months. Aidan is very helpful with her. He will take her hand and help her to the couch or to the kitchen table. We're glad she came to spend some time with us. On Sunday we went to Doug's uncle and aunt Art and Angie's house and had dinner. Doug's cousins were there also and it was nice to see them again.

On the Move

2008-04-16T19:33:00.000-07:00

Kaelyn is on the move. Not crawling but rolling. I laid her on the floor on a blanket and I was just cleaning up my room not watching her too much and the next thing I notice is that she is off of the blanket. Then I saw her roll over onto her back and then back over onto her tummy. It was so cute I had to take some pictures. She was also having a crazy hair day.

Mmm Peas

2008-04-16T19:13:00.000-07:00

Kaelyn had her first taste of peas the other day. She didn't seem to like them much at first but she's eating them fine now. I am trying not to buy any jars of baby food. I am going to make all of her food. So far I've only done peas :)

Rub a dub

2008-04-08T19:52:00.000-07:00

I just thought I would post some pictures of Kaelyn's bath. She's such a cutie!

Ouch!

2008-04-07T19:25:00.001-07:00

The other day Doug was holding Kaelyn on the couch when Ashton climbed onto the armrest of the couch and jumped onto Doug's lap and smacked Kaelyn right in the head. She had a red spot on the middle of her forehead that I thought would turn into a bruise but it didn't. She didn't hardly cry. She's such a trouper. There are some pictures we tried to take of her head but you can't really see the red spot.

Buzzzzz

2008-04-07T19:16:00.000-07:00

On Saturday Doug buzzed the boys hair. They were getting kinda shaggy and were due for a cut. I think Ashton looks so cute with his short hair. Less like a toddler and more like a boy. He hated getting his hair buzzed. He cried and wiggled around like crazy. I'm sure he will get used to it eventually. Aidan on the other hand sits nice and still and lets Doug buzz his hair and its done nice and quick. What a good boy!

2008-04-03T15:37:00.000-07:00

My Double Stroller

2008-04-02T13:08:00.001-07:00

I love my double stroller! I highly recommend it for anyone out there who is looking for a double stroller. It is the Phil and Ted sport stroller. I also have the Maclaren twin which is a side by side stroller and it is nice and pushes easily but I had a hard time getting around in the stores at the mall even big department stores like Dillards because the clothes racks are kind of close together. I had to have my mom go with me to the mall so she could wait outside the store or in the aisle with the kids in the stroller so I could look at the clothes.That wasn't any fun. I am not a big fan of the long strollers either. Yuck. Anyway so I came across this super sweet stroller at USA Baby and put the kids in it and pushed it around and I loved it. It looks like a jogging stroller with one wheel in the front and it can be a single or a double stroller. If you buy the doubles kit it comes with a seat that attaches to the back. I've included pics of it. Anyway just had to put that out there.

The Kids

2008-04-02T12:18:00.000-07:00

Just thought I would share whats going on with the kids.
Aidan is in all day kindergarten and really likes it (most of the time). He's made some friends and he likes to take an extra snack in his lunch for his best friend Diego. He is in the top of his class (which unfortunately doesn't mean much at this particular school) and is doing pretty good sounding out words for reading. He is also good at writing. He loves to play the wii, especially zelda and don't get him started talking about it or you'll be sorry.
Ashton is into everything. If you leave something on the counter where he can reach it he will grab it and hide. He is so sneaky sometimes you won't even notice it missing until you see him with it, whatever it may be. Usually its food, he's a good eater. I swear he eats all day. He's really into cars right now and always carries one or two around with him. He loves watching Little Einsteins and playing outside. He is a very big boy. At his 2 yr check up he was 32 lbs and 38 1/4 in. tall.
Kaelyn is so sweet and always smiles at everyone. She is always laughing at the boys, she really loves her brothers. She is a pretty easy baby just fussy when she is tired or hungry and she sleeps well too. She seems so small to me, probably because the boys were such big babies, she was only like 12 lbs at her 4 month check up. I swear Ashton was that big when he was born, at least it seemed like it when I was pushing him out, he was such a chunk.

Ready For School

2008-04-02T12:05:00.000-07:00

So this is what I get when Doug dresses the kids. He put Aidan in Ashton's pants. HAHA. When Aidan came downstairs this morning I noticed that his pants were looking a little short and I know he hasn't outgrown them yet. It took me a second to realize that they were Ashton's pants. Doug hadn't even noticed that the pants were too short when he had Aidan put them on. That's Doug for you. :)

Easter Pictures

2008-03-25T16:24:00.001-07:00

Zoo Day Pictures

2008-03-25T16:21:00.001-07:00

It's Been Fun...

2008-03-25T15:43:00.000-07:00

Erin and Kyle came to visit last week, Tuesday through Sunday and we had a fun time with them. We didn't do much on Tuesday and Wednesday, we just hung around the house and played a little on the wii. Thursday we went to Chandler Fashion Mall and had lunch and did a little bit of shopping. Friday we went to the zoo and had a fun time. It was a nice warm day perfect for being outside at the zoo. We also went to Peter Piper Pizza on Friday and had a good time there. Erin was pretty good at winning tickets from the games. On Saturday we went out to the Mesa Swap Meet which is huge. We also went to the Phoenix Downtown Public Market which I love. I buy as much produce as I can there at the One Windmill Farm Booth. They sell tomatoes, peas, cabbage, carrots, lettuce, potatoes, oranges and more I can't even remember. We go down there every Saturday. Sunday was Easter and we had pancakes for breakfast and I gave the kids their Easter baskets. Then Kyle and Doug hid eggs around the house and the backyard for the boys to find. Aidan loved it and Ashton just wanted the candy in the plastic eggs. And that was our time with Erin and Kyle. They left later in the morning on Sunday. It was a fun week!

The Wonderful World of .....Blogging?

2008-03-25T13:37:00.000-07:00

So I have finally gotten around to starting a blog. Yes, I know I'm like the last person on the face of the earth to have a blog but what can I say? I'm a little slow at starting new things I guess. And now that I have taken the plunge into the world of blogging I suppose there is no turning back now. Hopefully I can keep up with it. I guess that's all I have to say for now. Bye.