2013/05/10 Friday: A Good Sport

They love playing with their dad when he gets home.

This afternoon I went to Sam's Club to buy new frames for my glasses.  I broke my glasses a few days ago when I stepped on a rake and it hit me in the face (just like in Plants vs Zombies, except the rake was leaning against the fence.)  After I bought the glasses we bought a snack at the cafe there.  Henry then very loudly said as he pointed, "Look at that old guy . . . he's getting so . . . so old."
Then we have a little conversation about not talking about people.
Three minutes later, he says as he points, "Why does that guy have such a big bum?"  I attempted to shush him rather than answer him.  That did not satisfy him, so he asked again, only louder, so I'm sure the guy heard Henry.  It was made slightly worse when we were leaving and I saw that the person in question was actually a woman.

2013/05/09 Thursday: It Always Ends in Tears

They love rough housing, but it almost always ends with crying.

The Video

2013/05/08 Wednesday: Zoo Date

We went to the zoo with Jamie and Miss C.  Their favorite part was that we splurged and got ice cream at the end.

Gigi is too daring.  She climbs on everything.  She hasn't made it up the fence yet, but she'd like to.  She goes to bed crying for her bike.  She wakes up asking for it.  I think she likes it.

2013/05/07 Tuesday: Baby Holding Baby

She says "I want to hold it" when referring either to babies, or to something that you're eating that she wants.  I was just a little worried she wanted to eat the baby.

The sister missionaries stopped by today.  The group we have in our ward right now is really great.

2013/05/06 Monday: Last Day of Preschool

This was our last day of co-op preschool, and Henry still skips 15 every time he counts to twenty.  We used numbers to build a skyscraper to make practice a little more interesting.

2013/05/05 Sunday: King of the Mountain

The little playground is one of the top reasons my kids always want to jump the fence and go play with the neighbors.

2013/05/04 Saturday: Timber!

This is another project that we thought we wanted to do as soon as we moved into the house, but for one reason or another, we haven't done it until now.  There were two large bush/trees in front of the windows on the west side of our house.  It kept out a lot of the already limited light, and they were pretty unsightly too.  I thought we would have to call a landscaping company to cut them down (one of the reasons for the delay) but it turns out Nick was able to cut off each branch, then push the trunk out of the ground.  It was still hard work.  Then he had to bundle the branches so the yard waste collection would take them.  It was lots of work, but you really can tell a difference in the light inside.  My friend Janette drew up a garden plan for us, but it may take us a while to get it implemented.

This morning Henry played t-ball with his friends and really liked it.