Life is just better up here!

Allie just turned 19 months and with that earned some super climbing skills. Keeps me on my toes, she does. And she's quick, too!

I turn my back for 10 seconds and she is crawling across the kitchen table. We leave the bedroom door open and sure enough, she's cruising up the bunk bed ladder. Or she is bouncing on the couch in the family room. Lots of head-over-heels tumbles down our carpeted stairs. It makes me smile when she tries to climb the stairs of her dollhouse. Little cutie!

She needs a body guard to follow her around all day. Lucky for us, this weekend we have someone better than that to help. Who's better than Grandma and Grandpa? Allie is on cloud nine today along with her big brothers! And that, my friends, is the highest place to be.

A day at our park

New

One Science Night at the new school equals just a glance at the exhibits and an hour+ exploring the school grounds.

St. Pattys Day

Today is the day for the wearing of green! Last night, Tyler remembered right before bed that he "needed" to make a leprechaun trap. Travis and Ty whipped up a quick trap complete with gold coins and green plastic wrap.

This morning the boys woke the find a trail of green Legos leading down to the kitchen. That tricky leprechaun found green scissors and cut an exit door on the side of the trap box. Then he climbed onto the table and left a note with green and blue toothpicks. "Ha! Ha!".

Now, I'm dreaming of a birthday breakfast. I can hear my silly leprechaun crew downstairs working their magic in the kitchen. I'm waiting with a cutie who is sporting some great bed head. She is just so kissable in the morning that way! Love these big yawns....

Here are some moving in catch-up posts:

A Leap Day for Moving
Snow
Just like home

Do you like my hat?

How do I ever get any unpacking done when I have such a cute side-kick? Good question. But we sure have fun!

Cosmo

We have been on the lookout for Cosmo this week. As in BYU, but in our case, a real cougar. Not some cheerleader jumping around in an oversized costume. Yes, folks, we're not in Provo anymore!

There have been several sightings in our new neighborhood this past week or so. The nearest being just two blocks away. Boy, oh boy would we have a story to tell if we did cross paths with the big cat. Come to find out, there are also bobcats, coyotes, raccoons and a family of deer in our neighborhood as well. I know I do like sound of the raccoon and deer parts! The jury is still out on the other wild and ferocious animals. For sure.

All Stars - Day 1

Me: "So how was school?"

Justin - "It was so awesome!"

Me: "Ty, what about you?"

Tyler: "Good! So good it feels like I have already been there for 3 days!"

Allie: "Bus!!!" :)

Back to me: A wink & a grin...(I'm thinking they'll be just fine.)

Just like home

We're slooowly getting unpacked and settled in our new place. It really started feeling more like home to me yesterday when the piano was delivered from storage and I could sit down to play a song. And then last night sleeping in our own bed again was heavenly.

We're still swimming in boxes, but for the kids that is lots of fun. Moving boxes make great forts, desks, towers and exercise equipment. Here's Allie perfecting her balance beam routine.

The kids are great at improvising until everything is unloaded from the storage PODS sitting in our street.

This is our boat:

The tower:

Our pretty princess:

The playpen

The bunk beds

In other news, Justin told me today that we need to mow the carpet. What? He said it is too fluffy and that the closet doors keep getting caught on it. I told him it was happening because the carpet is new. Really? He didn't know. He said in that case, we can keep the carpet. Oh, I'm so glad!

Snow

Last night, just as soon as the kids were asleep, it started to snow outside. We woke up to a beautiful blanket of snow this morning. The neighborhood was quiet and the view was breathtaking looking out our back windows overlooking the big park field and huge evergreen trees.

All of our snow gear was packed...somewhere. So, hopefully I'll be able to get it all collected before it snows again. Later in the day, I scooted everyone outside to take some pictures before the snow melted.

Afterwards, we took a walk before dinner through our big "backyard". At the end of the sloped soccer field, there is a "magic forest" and a creek with a cute bridge. A paved walking trail leads up into the next neighborhood. There is pretty green moss on the trail and trees with tons of beautiful ivy trailing the pathway. I think I'm in heaven! I can only imagine how much prettier it will be come spring and summer.