Crawling, Field Trips, Family

Andon is officially crawling!  These pictures were taken back when he was still "army crawling".  He has been getting himself around pretty well for at least a month, but just in the last two weeks started getting up on his hands and knees and getting his "coordination groove" on:).  It is opening up a whole new world to him, and it means mommy has to keep a much closer eye on our little "Curious George".  He can be quite determined!

 

We purchased a bike trailer/stroller for our family bike rides.  Spencer discovered it also hooks up quite well to his own bike with a bungee cord.  The entire neighborhood has gotten into it: everyone wants to either ride or do the pulling.  We've had a few scrapes and bumps from the bungee getting tangled, etc., and I have to keep a close eye on a runaway stroller into the street, but it's been hours of entertainment.



Kylene had two field trips for school this Spring.  First, they went to OMSI; she loved it and I so wished I could have gone.  The second one was a trip to the bowling alley.  Sounds educational, huh?  The entire school goes (800+ kids) every year; this was their 12th year going (which happens to be how old the school is).  They do a unit in PE on bowling, so she got lots of practice before doing the real thing.  She was surprised when we got there how heavy the real bowling balls are.   She was so excited that I got to ride on the school bus with her and be her buddy.  Here she is with her good friend, Kate.  The threesome is Lea, Kylene, and Kate.  Her bowling pseudonym was "Black Beauty."  She bowled a 70 her first ever time bowling; not bad, huh?  (Granted, that's with the gutters up.)

 

You would never know from the length of Andon's hair that we have already cut it twice!  And it needs it yet again.  But while it's nice and long, we have fun with it in the bath tub.  Have you ever seen a cuter face?! 

 

Here are a few miscellaneous shots.  Skyler and Andon are great buddies; I love how Skyler watches out for him and tries to offer him toys or talk gently to him when he's sad.  It's fun to watch older siblings nurture their younger ones.  Oh, and beat up on them.  That part isn't always so fun.

 Sunday evening (May 20) Tutu and Grandpa and Uncle Logan (Shayla and Ansley are out of town) came over for dinner.  It was so fun having them here, as always.  We enjoyed a yummy teriyaki chicken BBQ on the back patio.  The kids loved reading with them before bed.  Grandpa had fun on Kyle's iPad.

 

I enjoyed a lovely Mother's Day.  Kyle fixed me a yummy French Toast breakfast in bed, complete with a small bowl of sherbet to "cleanse my palate."  The kids sent me on a video scavenger hunt all around the house to find my presents.  I taught Relief Society at church, so that was a little stressful, but I felt good about it once it was done.  Kyle fixed a yummy dinner for us as well, and I didn't do any clean up all day.  That is the ultimate gift for a mommy!