Playing Games

Our littlest lumberjack :)

This little kiddo is just loving to play games these days. Passing a ball back and forth - his first games of catch, silly tickling and surprise and peek-a-boo style games, hitting his tray and watching the reaction of Jordan copying the motion, any kind of back and forth/give and take/cause and effect game and he is loving it. Such fun!

Welcome Home

Part of a sweet welcome surprise from April :)

And the next best surprise has been the lovely warm weather! We've played at the park, done some make-up yard work, ridden our bikes, gone for walks, played in the front yard... It's been a happy nearly-Spring week!

Also this week -

Stake Conference, recovering from a stomach bug, Scouts, back to school, precinct caucus night, paying bills and taking care of post vacation business, a trip to Salt Lake to visit with Dad and Shauna and see the Book of Mormon children's exhibit with Parker's kids, visiting teaching and home teaching, a St. Patrick's day green dinner/ scavenger hunt at Lee's with April, a bike ride adventure family date night riding downtown and making it (barely!) back home again... Now we just need to finish unpacking. :)

Valentine's

My flower delivery girl and shabby princess extras

While I went to Scout, Jordan and the kids decorated for our Valentine's dinner -- yummy take-out from Noodles & Company.

Landon all dressed up for his school's Valentine's Manners Tea Party. Landon had a great time making superhero tootsie pop valentine's for his classmates - he was super excited to pass them out and for his valentine's in return.

Three cheers for three kiddos

The biggest news of all -- Owen slept through the night (10 to 6) for the first time last week (And twice since!) Hip Hip Hooray!

Also, Ellie is now potty trained. Hip Hip Hooray! (And just something fun -- This is the craziest potty training party I have ever seen) We put this off for a long time waiting for Owen to sleep through the night... but finally decided it was just time at last :)

And, Landon is officially a reader. Hip Hip Hooray! He came home from a library trip with April a few weeks ago and read us his new books, crawled into bed with me this morning and read to me, loved reading (and laughing through) a Mo Willems book to Grandpa during their visit... such fun!

(I love this from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)

A little musician

Owen stretching up just about as high as he can reach to hear those little music notes.

Cowboy Landon

Landon was looking at Ellie's angel picture and asked me to draw him turned into a cowboy -- and here it is! :)

From Jordan's blog

I don't know what it means, except that Jordan is doing what he loves at work again (programming). Hooray!