Beautiful Breakfast

Gabriel has taken too preparing the breakfast bowls lately. When I come downstairs they are always so neatly arranged waiting for mommy. I just couldn't resist taking a picture this morning. Such a clever boy I have :)

p.s. notice the vitamins are there too!

We love the Waterfestival

This was our second time going to the Water Festival in Anacortes and I have to say that it just might be my favorite festival. Oh maybe second... I am really looking forward to Shipwreck Day too. They have a great children's section where the kids get to make boats and then get to sail them. Last year Daddy got to do the hammering while I watched with Abby. This year I got to do it. Abby and Daddy watched but Abby did get to take home her own boat. I will have to take pictures later of their finished boats, because they brought them home and painted them this year.

The Art Walk

Last weekend was a festival called Holland Happening in our town. They have a parade, craft vendors, and a carnival. They also had the Art Walk the same weekend. Which is when all the schools pick Art done by the kids at their school and display it downtown in shop windows. That week I got an email from Gabe's former teacher, we are now homeschooling, to inform me that one of his pieces of Art was picked for the Art Walk. I was kind of surprised that they would still allow him to participate even though he wasn't going there anymore. They picked the art before I started homeschooling, but I still think it was rather nice of them to use it anyway. So here is a picture of Gabriel and his MASTERPIECE that was displayed downtown for all to see.

Our first Family Bike Ride

A couple of weekends ago we decided to try to go on a bike ride with all of the kids. It started off as just a short trip to the park in our neighborhood, but we were having so much fun we extended it. Gabriel was a real pro with his bike. We rode down to the commissary first which is down a rather large hill. After that we headed down town and looked around in the shops. Then rode over to the park beside the beach. It has a nice walking trail around it and we wanted to give Noah a chance to ride his bike too. This was a good spot for him to ride because it was all flat. Most of the way Noah rode in the trailer with Abigail, but we kept his strider strapped to the back of the trailer so that he could ride a little too. We were so excited that Gabriel is finally old enough to go on long rides like this, and he was pretty proud of himself too. At the end of the day we were all so tired and we still had to bike up that big hill to our house. When we got there we just couldn't do it so we ended up pushing our bikes up the hill, but it was still such a great time.

Easter Egg Hunt 2010

Yes it is May and I am just now getting around to posting Easter pics. Sorry Mom!! I also have to apologize for the lack of pictures, I forgot to charge my battery the night before and only had enough battery life to get a few pics of the easter egg hunt. I know, I know... BAD photographer. That and these kids are just so darn fast I couldn't get a decent picture of them during the hunt.

Apparently Abby had some issues with this Gold egg. This was one of the special prize eggs but she didn't want it. We kept trying to get her to put it in her basket but she just didn't want that egg.

This is Abby before the hunt started waiting IMPATIENTLY!!

Building a Bird House

I am TRYING to catch up on this blog!! Here are the last bit of pictures from daddy's visit. I can't leave them out :)

The last weekend daddy was here we got out a book that Jason and I had gotten for the boys about building a bird house. I had planned to wait until summer but thought it would be a fun thing for them to do while papaw was here. So all the guys went to lowe's together and picked out the wood and the style of bird house they wanted to build. I am so proud of my little birdhouse on my patio. I just hope that a little bird will like it too!!

Picnic at cliffside beach

One Saturday while daddy was here we took the kids down to cliffside beach for a picnic. It was a perfect day... unfortunately that meant that everybody and their dog (literally) were there, but we were able to find a quiet area where the kids and pup could play in the water. Papaw had a little fun too... he decided to throw a stick out in the water and tell Ferdy to fetch it... while I was still holding on to the leash!! I got a bit wet and the kids got a lot wet, but we had a great time.

Rock Hunting with Papaw

Daffodils and Daddies

We were hoping the Tulips would be in bloom while my daddy was visiting but it was a bit early for those. We did get to see the daffodils in bloom. It is really amazing to see a field full of flowers. After taking lots of pictures of all the flowers we headed to LaConner to see the shops. We ended up stopping in the ice cream shop and getting a little treat.





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MMMMMMmmmmm!! that is good stuff!

More Please Daddy!! He can't resist when I bat my eyes at him like this.

A New Bike

Last summer we discovered the most ingenious way of teaching a kid to ride a bike. We took the pedals off of Gabriel's bike and had him run with it and learn how to balance that way. Within a few days he was riding like a pro. We wanted to do the same thing with Noah but Noah's bike was just a little too high he couldn't touch the ground with his whole foot just his tippie toes. I did some searching on the internet and found this run bike called strider. It is for kids between 2 (and even a little younger) and 5 and it doesn't have any pedals. It is just for running with. Go do a youtube search on strider bikes you would be amazed at all these teetiny kids riding bikes. I mean really riding. They run for a stretch and then they pull their feet up and balance. The idea is to learn balance first and pedaling after. So I got one for Noah and he loves it. It took him awhile, he doesn't have the best balance, but he is really getting it now. He is totally enjoying being able to ride bikes with his brother. I think in a few more weeks I may try to get him on his regular bike. After that the run bike will be Abby's.