Logan’s New Game

Usually while Bria and Max are at school in the afternoon, Logan takes naps. He’s been a great napper almost all year. It’s been nice for me. I get a couple of hours in the afternoon to get stuff done. But, lately he’s been napping less and less. Thankfully, though, he’s pretty good at entertaining himself. The other day, he really wanted to go play outside. I usually don’t let him unless someone older is watching. I had stuff to do in the kitchen, so I told him he had to stay in the backyard. I was watching him really close out the back window. I was laughing while watching him. I had to get some pictures. This is what I saw.

 

I love how he carefully pushes the sled waaaaay back and then moves it forward again.He probably went up and down the stairs 20 times before he got tired of it. Funny boy.

This week’s forecast

The weather has been crazy this week! We’ve all been so excited because it looked like we were getting an early spring. It’s been beautiful weather. On Monday, it was 85 degrees outside. I don’t remember the last time we had temps in the 80s in April. It was amazing. The kids asked if they could run through the sprinkler. Absolutely!! So, we put the sprinkler under the trampoline for the first time this year.

The kids had a blast! Everyone except Logan, I guess. He didn’t love the water.He’ll get used to it before too long, I’m sure.

 

It was nice almost all week. Hot enough to just about need an air conditioner.

So, it was a little bit of a surprise when Friday morning we woke up to this:

I think even Logan was surprised!

Playing with the Camera

Today I wanted to write a blog post on my new blog that included a picture of me and Bria. I dug and dug through my family photos and couldn’t find anything recent. I know why, too. I pretty much hate getting my picture taken. I love to take pictures of the kids. But I try really hard to avoid any kind of pictures of myself at all. So today I got brave. The kids and I had fun playing with the camera.

Happy Easter!

We had a fun Easter this year! Oh, man…the kids were so excited! Bria could hardly stand to sleep. She woke up at 5:00 am. You would think it was Christmas all over again. We made her go back downstairs. She was very patient and waited until 7:00 to finally drag us out of bed.

Bria and Max very quickly and ambitiously found all of the eggs. As soon as Logan found candy in the first egg, he was good to go.

We had the kids put all of the found eggs into the middle of the floor so we could evenly divide them up. Good thing the Easter Bunny left an equal amount for everyone! I don’t think he thought of that ahead of time.

The kids also got new Easter baskets this year. I forgot to leave their old one’s out, so the Easter Bunny left new ones.

After all the egg hunting fun, Dave and I went back to sleep. I very specifically instructed our kids to ONLY EAT 10 PIECES OF CANDY. When we woke up, almost ALL of the candy was gone. Needless to say, it was a really long morning!

I do have to say, though…I’m so grateful that Easter is on Sunday. We had Christmas on Sunday last year and I almost wish it was that way every year also. Going to church helps me feel the spirit and remember the importance of these sacred days.

I hope everyone had a Happy Easter!