Learning to Ride Bikes

 Drew was so incredibly mad at Jocelyn because she went between them and wasn't being safe.

It took some doing, but we got Drew riding his bike. He kept saying it was safer to ride with four wheels instead of two. Every time he'd fall he'd scream that he almost cracked his head open, especially if it was near any rocks - big or small. And the open ditch that is maybe a foot deep and completely surrounded by tall grass was a death trap waiting to eat him. But, he did it and he's so proud he did something hard. We had to get him a bigger bike because his was just too small for him. He was ticked that we didn't get him another little bike and kicked and screamed the entire time John was trying to get him to be able to ride this one. He didn't like the hand brakes, he didn't like the big tires, he didn't like that it was heavier than the last one. And he especially doesn't like to bike when anything is sharing the sidewalk with him. Hence the reason we went to the church parking lot. However, if the other kids got anywhere near him he'd freak out!

Jocelyn on the other hand was having a blast. She got Drew's old bike and she is LOVING it. She jumped right on and off she went. She loves to go fast and to ride up and down and up and down. Jocelyn LOVES the show Peppa Pig. So much so that she's actually developing an English accent when asking a question. When she learned how to ride a bike with training wheels she said: "this is brilliant!" Maybe it's time to introduce an American cartoon.

Alexis liked tormenting Drew by riding close to him.

March

 Jordan loves my phone. LOVES it. He knows how to start his games, take pictures, look at pictures, try and download misc junk and play videos. This is one of the gems that I found from his playing. 

 Someones horses broke out and went for a walk down Main St. Just to the right of the cars is a big open field. Once they made it to the field, they started sprinting. The poor lady trying to corral them was not going to win!

Jordan's newest thing? Taking his diaper off. He's so ready to be potty trained but he refuses to go in the toilet!

Max and Amanda are Having a Baby

 Everyone got to write their name on the girl or boy decoration before it was announced! As you can see, most thought it was a girl.

Even though Amanda is currently pointing at the girl side, it's actually a boy! The chosen name? Atlas! He should be making his debut in August!

Drew's Food

Drew has discovered that he loves mushrooms. That's right mushrooms. He likes to put a little oil and some onions in with them and then fry them up. He tries so hard to get the other kids to taste them, he's not had any luck in convincing anyone else that they're good, including Mom.

Another Drew favorite? Onions. On hamburgers, in onion rings, fried, it doesn't matter. He seems to have very mature taste buds for someone his age, or mine for that matter!

Bowling

My kids have never liked bowling. It doesn't move fast enough, they get bored. John was leaving to go on another trip for 10 days so we decided to go try bowling again and let the kids have some fun with Dad. They liked it better this time, however they were all itching to finish so they could go play on the arcade games! Aunt Carma, Uncle David, John and I all went up against each other. David creamed everyone. I didn't know that he was a bowler, but he proved we're all a bunch of amateurs! I'm pretty sure I came in last, which is nothing new!

End of Winter Fun

 I found the garage stairs turned into a little hut. They children had been escaping through the downstairs to their little fortress. While I think it was too cold for such things, they apparently did not.

Jordan pulled himself up a little seat so he could look at all the flower options. He got to choose one, which made him so incredibly happy!

Furniture Redo

Out in the wood shop there was some old furniture. Dirty, old and really cool looking.

 While watching the Olympics we got to work repainting the armoire. The kids had a lot of fun painting and 'helping'. 

 The finished product! John and I love having it in our room, it holds a lot of stuff!

Three drawers, one for each kid in school for their school work.