Enjoying the Spring...

Ready for summer!

We've been outside about as much as we can since the warm weather hit! I was glad to enjoy a few nice days before I had to go back to work!

My first walk with 3 kids (and a dog!) Macey usually rides in the sling. (March 4th)

Sadie LOVES riding her "big girl" bike! She really surprised us--we were thinking maybe by early or mid summer she would be able to ride her bike on walks with us (because she had yet to master steering with her tricycle!) She was determined and did lots of practicing in the driveway. She rode to Timeout (our ice cream place that's about 3 blocks away) the week after she got her bike. She loves riding in our driveway with our neighbor Alayna and always insists on riding it when we go on walks.

We play in our driveway almost every day after school. We also hang out and play while Marc grills. The kids love to get out ALL of their riding toys, balls, bubbles, chalk, etc. Kinnick loves to play basketball with his dad. He gets so excited and runs to get the ball.

Sadie cannot wait to go swimming outside and to get our little plastic pool out of the garage rafters (she's very concerned about just how her dad is going to get it down). On this particular day she insisted that it was warm enough to wear her swimsuit outside.

Sadie enjoyed helping me get out all of the spring/summer clothes and put them away into drawers. This outfit is a short sleeved/pant outfit for Macey (3-6 mo. size). Sadie was sure it would fit her!

Kinnick got a pair of flip flops in his Easter basket and also a a pair of crocs that I picked up last summer. He is fascinated by them and loves wearing them. When we are in his room, he gets them out and asks for help putting them on.

The day before I went back to work (April 11th), we went for our first family hike... It was a beautiful day and we had a blast. We are looking forward to many more hikes this summer (and to using our new garmin for some geo caching, that is if we can convince Kinnick to let us hold it!)