Milestones...

Life as we know it will never be the same. The "baby" has learned to climb out of his crib! He was knocking on our bedroom door the other morning about an hour before I like to get up. Boy did I get after Zack and Colin for letting him out so early. They denied it though, and it has now been confirmed that he can get out by himself. I just cringe when I think of it. His afternoon naps are already about an hour shorter because instead of going back to sleep he climbs out.

He has also learned to open doors this week. I used to close the door and teach piano lessons with him knocking on the other side. Well, now he just bursts through the door (you know, because he's out of his crib!) and sits on my lap during lessons making sure to occasionally put his foot up on the keyboard. I'm sure it's a good learning environment for my students. This morning during my lesson he fell and came in crying with a bloody binky. Somehow he cut that cord that goes between the 2 front teeth. Does anyone know if I need to get it looked at (or stitched back together)?

It snowed and hailed today but thank goodness we did not have to sit through any soccer games. It is going to continue to be cold for the next few days. Isn't it May now?

Bedtime

This is bedtime tonight at our house. Apparently Zack forgot how to read so John was helping him. Zack had a soccer game this afternoon which they tied. They played the "hot shots" (Gary Wiser's team). It was so cold today--45 with an icy wind. I love sitting through soccer games with an icy wind blowing. Tomorrow is the 4th grade field trip to a wetlands park and a canoe ride. John is chaperoning.





Kade takes turns each night trying out different beds in our house. Usually he lays down for awhile with Zack and Colin, but tonight McKena was excited for him to lay with her. This generally lasts about 20 minutes and then we put him in his own bed. I gave him another haircut and that's why he looks extra bald in this picture.

Wipe-out!

I think if you asked Zack he would not recommend going up to the top of a steep paved hill and racing down on a scooter without making sure that your brakes are in fine working order first. This happened within the first hour of our little trip to Bear Lake, on his way down to the swimming pool. His poor hands and elbows were really bruised and scraped up (these pictures do not do them justice). Only one of his legs got scraped up. Thank goodness we had a first aid kit in our van--I've always known that we would need it someday. And--this accident did not stop him from swimming and having a great time!

April

Here are the last of the only pictures I have taken the last month. The first is a picture of McKena's new bedding. It doesn't really match the purple on her walls but it doesn't seem to clash either. I'm not up to any painting jobs anytime soon. The second is our yard today during the 5 hour snow storm. Luckily, nothing stuck. It was a gorgeous 75 degrees yesterday and then 40 today. I am looking forward to spring days--this spring they are few and far between. We had spring break last weekend so we went up to Bear Lake with friends. We stayed in a condo at Harbor Village -- we mostly swam and played games. We had a good time. Yesterday was so nice the kids spent a good 10 hours outdoors--how nice! They all got a good start on their tans (okay, so they were a little red last night).

Rice Crispy Treats

So this is how pathetic I am. Both of my sisters and their kids came from Washington and we did all kinds of fun things and this is the only picture I took the entire time! We had a great time visiting parks, playing in the backyard (even though it was still 40 degrees), eating out, shopping, and occasionally making treats like these that were extra sticky. I'm so thankful for sisters and cousins that come to play!

The Pinewood Derby

Here you can see we have survived another pinewood derby (surprised?). We weren't much in the fast category but the boys had a good time helping John make the cars. They did look nice.