Parks

Every Friday we have a neighborhood park day. We rotate through different parks in the area. We have a lot of fun parks to go to!

This contraption is at 2 of the parks we go to, and P2 loves it! The kids love to sit on it and have you spin it around. It takes a fair amount of effort to move, so it's a good workout for mom. For some reason, P2's favorite park things include work for mom.

This fire station park is a fun little park! And it has some nice shade which I love!

Bowling

In celebration of Mother's Day, we went out to eat with my family and also went bowling. We were planning on going to the Baby Animal Days in Kaysville, but the weather wasn't looking great. Bowling ended up being a lot of fun, and the kids really liked it! P2 was really good at it! Both P1 and P2 used bumpers, but for whatever reason, P2 knocked down a lot more pins.

Kite Festival

We went to the kite festival again this year! The kids enjoyed making their kites. P1 made a Transfomers kite this year. The wind was great, but eventually it did start to rain on us.

April Pictures: Part 2

P1 and P2 both started liking "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". We've been watching the old cartoon from the 80's. Whenever they start liking a new show, P1 really wants to get toys from the show. So we ended up making them earn the TMNT toys. P1 had to not pick his nose for 10 days, and P2 had to stay dry for 10 days. They couldn't get the toy until both of them filled in their sticker chart. We hoped that they would help each other remember. It worked immediately for P1, and he got his 10 stickers really fast. I was worried that he would go back to picking his nose, but he really hasn't, so I call that a success! P2 took a little longer to earn her stickers, but she finally did it and they were able to get their toys! It helped us finally get P2 to the underwear stage.

P2 helping dad with work:

Getting ready to go to a sleepover at Grandma's house:

PE was at a work conference for a week, so we ended up sleeping over at Grandma's house one night. They got to try out their new sleeping bags for the first time. The kids had fun, but I don't think anyone got much sleep. I know I didn't!

P2 learning to play video games with dad.

It was too tiring, so P2 had to lay down to finish playing:

 

So one night, P1 woke up screaming. I went to check on him and found he had fallen off his bed (the whole 3 inches). He said his head hurt, so I felt his head in the dark and kissed it better. He finally calmed down and went back to sleep. Well, in the morning I discovered that his pillow was covered in blood! Turns out he hit his head on the dresser and got a nasty gash on the back of his head. I felt so bad! A couple of days later, after I got out of the shower, P2 came running in and said "P1's dripping!" I ran into the living room, and his head is dripping blood again! He said he hit his head on the wall, and I guess it decided to split open again.

 My good helpers, vacuuming the rug:

P1 loves Transformers. PE bought a couple for himself, and P1 thought they were pretty neat. So now we have a whole collection of them. Bumblebee is his favorite, although he also likes Grimlock and Sideswipe.

P2 likes to crash in the afternoon: 

Found some fun little rocking chairs at Lowes:

P2 likes to cuddle with me on the couch. I seem to spend a lot of time there lately!