Just a little nap time blogging...

A Weekend Visit

Let's go fly a kite!

Wait till you hear this...

Meet our 20-month-old Allie Mai:

She wakes up with a smile and is really a happy-go-lucky baby. She takes one nap a day and is learning to go to sleep on her own instead of being held or rocked. I don't know what to do with all my free time now!

We have been doing some projects around the house. As our construction worker friend, Mark Stokes, left one day, Allie waved and said, "Bye, Sweetie!"

Counted to 10 today by herself for the first time. She totally picked it up on her own. I didn't even realize she knew her numbers!

Rode around on her "mom-push" tricycle on Saturday for the first time.
She cried when we went inside. It had been nearly two hours. My back cried, too.

Allie has smile contests with her brothers. As if that smile could get any bigger! She tries so hard she shakes and her face turns red.

When "sharing" a seat or couch with one of her brothers, she says, "scoose me" over and over as she pushes them off do she can have it all to herself. At least she is polite!

Whenever she hears a lawn mower she says "vacuum!"

Allie loves to pick up the boys from school and waves hello and goodbye to all five buses. If the bus drivers notice her they always smile and wave back.

Allie is so cute. She fell out of the toy bin she was balancing in and told herself to be "be careful!" lol!

She had Travis' old phone on the stairs and I asked her who she was calling. She said "second"...as in "just a second". She was busy making a call!

Has to say "Bye" to something in her room before going to bed. Usually it is the light on the ceiling.

Favorite food: sweet peppers and spelt bread.

Sweet

It is beautiful today. Drizzles of rain mixed with sweet, fresh air. Allie and I went on a walk this morning after stopping off at the school for a minute. We headed down the path at our park to watch the water spill over the rocks in the creek.

I could just drink it all in! I love springtime and all the plants and flowers poking up. It is like a treasure hunt in our yard to see what plants will bloom. I'm looking forward to getting my hands in the soil this weekend. Time to plant some flower pots!

Happy Easter!

Today the weather was amazing! The kids had fun with their Easter baskets and an egg hunt in the morning. After church, we enjoyed a yummy dinner of corned beef and cabbage. We had never eaten it before so Grandpa Davis made it for us to try. It was a hit!

We decided go celebrate this sunny Easter Sunday by walking around the new Visitors Center at the Portland Temple in Lake Oswego. It has been open to the public for about a month now. The temple gardens were in full bloom. Gorgeous!

Remember it

Tyler walked into the kitchen at midnight last night. He looked half asleep. I was loading the dishwasher. I asked him if he needed a drink of water. He said, "yes", grabbed a kids' cup out of the drawer and took a big gulp of the empty cup. Then looked at me with a confused look. It was all I could do to keep a straight face as I said, "How about we fill it up with water first?"

We were driving in the van tonight when Allie says, "Hello?" I looked back and she had pulled her sandled foot up to her ear to call someone.

I got a haircut today. Same-ish style but shorter in back. When I picked up Allie later tonight, she wrapped her arm around my neck and started giggling when she rubbed on the super short hairs. "Scratchy!"

Let's go fly a kite!

During Grandpa's visit, he kept his eyes peeled out the window to watch for a kite-flying breeze. He even brought his awesome trick kite from Utah. Luckily, the kids got to enjoy several kite-flying adventures with Grandpa Davis outside in our big "backyard".

A Weekend Visit

Grandma and Grandpa Davis came from Utah to visit this weekend. They flew in on Thursday night and my mom left Sunday afternoon. My dad is staying for two more weeks to help with projects around our house. He'll be a busy guy!

The kids had fun with Grandma and Grandpa playing board games, reading stories, cuddling on the couch watching General Conference, playing at the park and going on walks.

Tyler tricked Grandma and Grandpa for April Fools by stuffing their shoes/slippers with paper towels and toilet paper. Tyler tricked Grandpa again by sticking a post-it note to the bottom of his computer mouse so it wouldn't work. Got ya!