A bike and a park

We are definitely into Spring weather around here and that means more time outside. With Kevin gone to Honduras for about 12 days, we take every opportunity to do things out of the house, just to break things up a bit. So, with the sun shining this morning, we headed off to the park. We just recently found a bike for Kendra and because we live on a fairly steep hill, riding it on the road was not really an option. We decided to pack up her bike and let her have a ride around the nice, flat walkway at the park. (Thanks Ryder, for the training wheels - it makes learning to ride a bike a whole lot easier!! Maybe next year she'll be able to ride her bike without them like you can!)

Owen was quite content to just check out what she was doing on her bike and run on ahead.

My little OCD child making sure all the '0's were lined up! After that he switched them all so the 'x's were all lined up and then was content to slide down the slide!

Creative kids

I love to watch the creativity of kids. There are some things that you can't really 'teach' kids but they somehow just figure out how to do it. Before we had all this beautiful sunshine, we had a few days of rain which meant more time during the day in the house. So, in order to entertain themselves, Kendra and Owen came up with a few new ways to use things in the house. It is so fun to see them playing and working together (with minor squabbles thrown in there too!). We'll see what they come up with next!


They had finished watching "The Magic School Bus" on T.V. and after I turned it off they decided that they needed to make their own bus. So, they lined up all the chairs and stools in the house, put a stuffie on each one and then sang "The Wheels on the Bus" song over and over!


Kendra's new fish, Jupiter, is still quite a hit (and is still alive too!!). But one day Kendra decided that he looked quite lonely in his little bowl all by himself. So, she lined up all her dinosaurs around his bowl so he would have some company. As a Japanese fighter fish who is meant to be alone, he went a little crazy with all those eyes looking at him!

My kids love to read books but on this day they decided it would be fun to use them as stepping stones on a path all through the house. I don't usually encourage stepping on books but I had a hard time stiffling their creativity and it was keeping them quite entertained on a rainy day!

It's Friday . . .

. . . but Sunday's comin'!