Riding the Scooter

Finn has decided that he likes Kenzie's scooter. Its pink and has princesses all over, but this does not deter him. He tries to bring it in the house everyday to play with it. He calls it a "pewter" and says "I ride". Today we had a break from the rain so I took him out on our street and let him have a little fun. He did a great job maneuvering and had a blast going up and down the street. Its amazing to see how mechanical little man is. I can't wait to see what the next year brings with bicycles and skis!

Playing in the tub

Emersyn is getting so strong and can now sit up for short periods of time. Her baby tub is perfect for working on this technique. Tonight she had fun splashing the water and playing with her wash clothes. She was all giggles and gave me a few glimpses of two teeth popping up on the bottom of her mouth. 

a peak at two bottom teeth

baby monster towel

Pump it Up

Finnegan is our high energy kid. With the rainy weather its difficult for him to release all that energy, so I've been trying to take him to indoor play places. We have our usual gymnastics drop in on Wednesdays, well today we decided to try a place called Pump it Up. Its a warehouse filled with bounce houses and a giant inflatable slide. Finn was right at home. He spent the majority of the time going down the big slide. He had fun alternating between his back and his belly. We stayed for an hour and a half and played hard. Emersyn had fun watching her brother and the other kids . By the time we left everyone was tired and fell asleep in the car. A nice quiet ride home for Mommy.

climbing the giant slide

going down on his belly

mid jump

in the bounce house

Riding Lessons

Mackenzie got a gift certificate for riding lessons for her birthday from Grammi. Today was the first lesson and boy did I have one excited little girl. I made the mistake of telling her ahead of time. Every five minutes I heard "what time is it? "Is it time to go yet?" When we got to the stables she met her instructor and got fitted for a helmet. She was thrilled to find out she would be riding on Pumpkin. This is one of the ponies, she has ridden during camp and for her birthday party. She and her horse were off to the arena to work on different riding poses and horsemanship. Kenzie had a blast and was excited to tell me all about her lesson. She was mostly concerned about when her next lesson would be. She wanted to go again tomorrow! 

Disney on Ice

Today Jim and Mackenzie went to see Disney on Ice "Celebration". I'm not sure who was more excited, Kenzie or Daddy? They were only a few rows back from the ice so they had a great a view of the show. All the favorites were there, including Kenzie's favorites the princesses. Jim described the show as "magical". They came home with light up toys, popcorn buckets and a water bottle. Apparently they had a lot of fun! We are so lucky to have such an enthusiastic Dad and husband, that has so much fun spending time with his family. Unfortunately they wouldn't let Jim bring the camera in to capture the "magic" but he did get one shot of Kenzie and her new toy on his phone.

waiting for the show to start

Discovery Museum playdate

Today we headed to the Discovery museum at Fort Baker. We picked up Suzie and Zaira and headed down to meet Naeomi and Tea. Finn and Zaira sat in the way back and talked the whole way there. It was very cute. Once we got there and met up with our other friends we headed in and let the kids run. They had a great time at all the exhibits, but mostly just had fun chasing each other around in the common area. Before we left the parking lot Finn and Zaira were sound asleep. It was a very peaceful ride home. (pictures from Naeomi's camera, Mommy was lazy and didn't bring hers)

Tea & Finn

Zaira, Finn & Tea

Art Project

Finnegan has been particularly challenging this week and dominating the majority of my time. So while he and the baby were napping I spent a little quality time with Mackenzie. She loves to do any kind of project, whether its coloring or cutting paper. For her birthday Kenzie got some great art supplies that we haven't had a chance to use, so today we played a with model clay set.