New Bike

C's friend outgrew her bike, and we were the lucky recipients of her old one!  We've been wanting to get C a bike for a while now, but they're just so expensive... (well, really her birthday is in August, and I always imagine her riding a bike for two months before winter sets in and then growing out of it by next summer.  I feel like it'd be wasted money to buy her a new one..at least until she's bigger).
With that being said, she LOVES her new bike.  We picked it up from our friend on Sunday, and she couldn't wait until Monday to ride it so we let her take it for a little spin.

She thought it was so cool until she had to go uphill.  Then she didn't look so happy anymore when she actually had to put some work into it.

And then she was really upset when I wouldn't help her every time.

We took a break after that, and three days later she's going uphill like a pro!
Little brother is very happy to inherit C's bike.  I think we may need to spray paint it though! :)

Father's Day

Have I mentioned how great of a dad this guy is?  C and J both adore him.  It really is a celebration every time he comes home from work!  No matter what we're doing, as soon as that front door opens all activities stop, and the kids come yelling things like, "Hooray!  Daddy's home!  Hi Dad!  Yay!"  They give him hugs and kisses and beg him to come play with them.  Man, I don't even know what it must be like to get that kind of celebrity treatment.  He really is our family's superstar!
I had C make him a little "All About Dad" sheet for him.  Here were some of my favorite answers:

At his job, my dad cuts off people's feet.

My dad weighs 18 pounds.

My dad likes to wear khaki clothes (I didn't even know she knew about the work khaki).

My very favorite answer though was this one:

My dad is special to me be he's a kid of Heavenly Father.

I think that answer alone pretty much drives the point home.  He is special because he's a child of God.  He is special too because he has taught that to his daughter.

I hope he knows and can always remember how very special he is to us!



A Post for Aunt Lippy

Someone (I won't mention names) has been wanting an update on the kiddos.  I haven't really posted anything lately because we haven't done anything super exciting.  We've been perfectly boring in fact.

We have gone to the zoo a couple times this summer.  We went with a group of friends one day and had a blast.

Charlotte and Jonas have both gone through some growth spurts.  We weighed them the other day and they both weigh about 31 lbs. Jonas is one solid boy!
Our little man seems to be constantly injured.  He tried jumping down the stairs the other day and landed on his face.  He got a big ol' scrape on his nose, but I didn't get a picture of it.  Then two days ago he was jumping into a basket and misjudged.  He scraped his eye up, and it was swollen for a while.  He is fast!  I can't keep him out of trouble! :)
Currently he is in love with trains and cars.  Lightening McQueen and Thomas arepretty much his constant companions.

C loves playing with Barbies.  They're taking a little dip in the "pool."

I know this isn't the most exciting post.  I'll try to do better about keeping the far away loved ones up to date with pics of the kids!  Love you all!

Not Your Normal Naptime

I keep my kids on a pretty steady schedule.  They wake up around seven (okay, they wake up at 6 or 6:30, but I don't let them out of their beds till 7), go down for a nap between 12:30 and 1, and go to bed between 8 and 8:30pm.  Even when they were babies, nap times were pretty consistent. 
After lunch today the kids were playing for a few minutes while I was taking care of some things.  I went back to the kids bedroom to find J so we could read some book before naps.  Melt my heart when I saw this:

Little boy had fallen asleep before nap time on the floor with his Thomas train close at hand.  Since I keep them on a consistent schedule I don't really find my kids asleep on the floor.  I've always secretly wanted to find my kid asleep mid-playing...I've felt like it's some kind of motherhood milestone.  Not really sure why.
I usually wipe down his face after I change his diaper.  We didn't even get to that point.  I'm loving his little peanut butter cheeks!