A girl and her chair.

Years ago, I had a special little rocking chair. I loved to rock my babies and pretend I was a little Mommy!

A few years ago while we were still living in Idaho, I came across a chair just like it in a second-hand shop. Of course, I had to buy it! Until now, we had been using it as Dane's "time-out" chair. This weekend, our very mobile little girl made a discovery! This chair is just her size, and she spent a lot of time just getting up into the chair, then getting back down, walking away, turning around, walking back to the chair, getting back up.... you get the picture!

Guess we'll have to find something else for time-outs! Or maybe our children will now always be perfectly well-behaved and never need another time-out! (Ok, now I'll pick myself back up off the floor after laughing myself silly!)

Mad Science

A couple of weeks ago, Dane had the privelege of attending Junior Mad Science camp for a week. It was a half-day program for 4 and 5 year-olds, but Mike knew the directors who gladly accepted our little scientist! They did fun things like making rockets, learning about their bodies, sprouting bean seeds, and many other things I just can't remember right now. On the day they learned about their bodies, they used markers to trace themselves on large pieces of paper and then drew in their hearts, brains, etc. A certain someone got rather carried away with the markers!

This is Dane and one of his camp instructors.
The group of kids watches a rocket launch. This picture makes me realize how tall Dane already is. He is wearing the black outfit, but he's almost as tall as all of the 4 and 5 year-olds!

This fall, Dane will start preschool. If this camp was any indication, he will do very well!
(Pardon the quality of the last two photos which were taken on Mike's phone.)

There goes our baby!

Nora decided to finally let go today and walk. Just look at her go! Until today, she would put up a big fuss if we tried to let go of her hand. Today, she started pulling away herself. Just a small taste of her upcoming quest for independence, I'm sure!

I'm sorry that this one is sideways. I was so excited that wasn't thinking clearly. Just turn your heads- too cute not to post!

Pigtails!

Finally- Nora has just enough hair to put into tiny little pigtails! It certainly took a bit of chasing her around, but here they are. Aren't they just too cute?

Recent days

Uncle Benny came to visit for a few days. Dane roped him into many bedtime stories while he was here. I'm not sure who enjoyed them more!

Nora likes her furry brother!

Hi there!

Dane and Ben had water wars in the backyard.

Nora loves to drink anything out of a straw.

Shucking corn.

Momma's girl.

Playground at Joe's Crab Shack. Quite the headlock Dane has on Nora.

Showcase

Back on May 7th, Mike was the MC for the After-School All Stars Showcase to present all the talented kids in their programs. The professional photographer for the evening captured these shots. Please don't mind Mike's wild and crazy orange fur-collared jacket!

She captured a few shots of Dane playing with his big balloon during the show. Poor Miss Nora is hidden behind Momma in her Kokopax carrier.

On the road to Riverton

Guess I'm a bit behind on our blog, so here's a bit of catching up. June 17, we picked up our rental RV and headed up I-15 to Utah for Riverton convention. Mike was our fearless driver, although I did take a couple hours behind the wheel myself!

The kids loved looking out the back window any time we were stopped.
Beautiful Riverton. Dane and Daddy took numerous walks together. Momma and Nora were both a bit under the weather.
We miss those mountains.

Running along the canal.

Dane and Sarah hit it off like old pals, and spent lots of time chasing each other around.

So very sweet!

Proud to wear Momma's sunglasses.