Bike Adventure

Today Daddy and the kids packed a lunch and went on an "adventure". This means different things at different times. Lately, it means a bike ride to the "wilderness" surrounding the lagoon by our house. They always return with smiles, dirty faces, and many a story. As Lucas was recounting a few, he threw in this bit of insight into the mind of a five-year-old.

"One of the things I love about going for a bike ride is that it is so peaceful..."

(Mamma's heart skips a beat...My boy may grow up to not be a wild little beast afterall!)

" ...you can burp and you don't even hafta say excuse me because noone else is around."

(drat)

Here are some picture of their time, without sound.

This and That

A sampling of what we have been up to the past couple of weeks...

Give a boy a butterfly catcher, balloon and a piece of doweling and what do you get?

A weapon of course.

It was all fun and games until he actually figured out how to make it fly.

When Alan and Heather were here we had a conversation about some of the unique food combos we ate growing up: lettuce (iceburg of course) with sugar sprinkled on top, hard-boiled eggs in white sauce over toast, white rice in milk and cinnamon and sugar.


Don't knock 'em till you try them, except maybe the lettuce with sugar. Can't say I recommend that.


Anyhow this got me thinking of another treat we used to have...graham cracker/icing sandwiches and decided to make some with the kids. I took it a step further and added food coloring.


You know, so it was educational. I'm all about being educational. cough, cough.

Yum!

Poor sweet Jilly took a header off the counter. Does this picture not just break your heart and make you want to strangle the silly mother who let her sit up on the counter in the first place. Thankfully all wounds were superficial and all her teeth are still in a row.

The evening after this happened, Nathan prayed for her and as soon as he was done she said around her swollen lips, "Dad, you don't have to pray for me anymore. Jesus already made it all better."

Now from the "Inventions by Lucas" file...

He had a headache. I guess you might not be able to tell but that is a baggie full of ice strapped to his head with a rubberband.

A lovely moment of sibling peace. Playing candyland by the fire.

Lucas's class sang two songs in the preschool Christmas program. Ahhh...the cuteness was a little overwhelming. Why didn't someone tell him to fix his hat? I guess I should have bought him his own beanie instead trying to make his Dad's work.

"Grandpa and Grandma, the ones in Hatchapi" (Jill) came down last weekend for a quick one night visit. Grandpa took Lucas and Jill to the Wild Animal Park and McDonalds. I think it was a toss up which was more exciting. We have been hearing stories ever since. I tried to get some on video. In an effort to keep things real, I refrained from editing the whining.






So that is about all we have been up to. Oh, and according to pregnancyguideonline.com I've also been developing brains and fingernails.

Thanksgiving

Having company is a hoot...and then they leave and suddenly the house is too big, too empty, the kids are too needy, the towels are all dirty, and my pants are tighter than one week of pregnancy can account for. But this morning I went for a walk, continued the laundry that Nathan started yesterday, put all those blasted cookies in the outside freezer (as if that will help), hung a wreath on the front door and sat down for a good 20 minute snuggle on the couch with little Miss Jill (Is there anything better than talking with a two-year old?). The post-company blues are fading away and I'm left with good memories of a week of family fun. Because of Jesus there is so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season and all year long.


Dad and Mom and Alan and Heather and kids made the trek down to San Diego this year. We spent most of the time in full vacation mode (sat around) but the boys did work on my laundry room counter project which I'm loving! Thank you again! (Nathan got some of the tile work done on the backsplash on Saturday - I'll post pictures when it is all done).



Jill and Teddy were so sweet together! They played together non-stop. All week long we could hear them giggling off by themselves. Terrible two's is a myth. Five-year-olds however...now that can be a different story. ;)