Oops.

Can you guess where we went this weekend?

I accidentally posted it on my "other" blog. (Don't you love it when people put quotation marks around things that don't actually need them?)

So go check it out.

Updates

No new pictures, sorry. I'll just give a quick update anyway. Life is keeping on. This cold rainy spring is sapping my motivation. I don't even have the motivation to go on vacation right now, and that's pretty sad. I did get some spring cleaning done last Friday, which was energizing, but there's always more to do...

Clara, having learned to walk, has now decided to revamp her entire outlook on life. Where before she'd want me to hold her all through large gatherings like church and family parties, she's now down and going. At a Mother's Day barbecue a few weeks ago, we caught her practicing going up and down the step into the house, climbing behind the grill, and into my aunt's waterfall. She's also decided to learn new words like jacket, uh-oh, and all gone. She's learned where her eyes are, and when you ask, she grins as she carefully points. It's hard to point to eyes without poking them, she has learned. She also likes the feel of eyelashes on her fingers. A month ago she would curl up her toes in protest when I put shoes on her, and now she brings me her shoes and lifts up her feet for me to put them on--she knows shoes mean she can go outside. In short, she's turning into a very fun little person.

Her brother is also a very fun little person. But he's three, and that brings its challenges. I'm trying to find the balance of letting him have his independence and still getting the obedience I need. Also, I need to teach him there are times to play and times to sit. I cannot get him to sit in sacrament meeting, or at storytime at the library. Things he will sit still for: television, reading books, and eating (sometimes). I went in nursery yesterday and he couldn't sit still even during snacktime. And since he's one of the oldest in there, he runs and the others follow suit. So, wiser and experienced mothers and grandmothers, how do I teach this kid to sit still?

Sleds are for snow? Who says?

 Somebody found the sled under the deck last week. Fun times.

Another day last week I was getting our garden ready to plant. With each shovelful of dirt, worms came squirming into the daylight. And Nathan was delighted. "Hey wormy, do you want to go on an adventure?" He carefully set a few worms on the sled and pulled them around the yard. "Are you having fun, wormies?"

Friday

Clara: new molars

Nathan: Olive Garden leftovers for breakfast

Me: Redbox

Happy Friday.

Luckily not all of us are slacking. Clara, in addition to new molars, is officially walking. She's so proud of herself. She's also learned to say baby and dog and kitty and momma (that one's copying Nathan), and Jesus. What a righteous kid.

The Easter Bunny has elves?

We wish.

We've had this large box sitting in our garage since the day after Thanksgiving, when I accidentally woke up at three in the morning and thought, Why not? I'm already up. And a swing set for half price was almost worth the loss of sleep.

I had this lovely idea it would not be there Friday evening and would magically be there Saturday morning for the kids' Easter egg hunt. Surprise!

Never mind that it was 37 degrees that night. Thirty-seven.

We did manage to get one swing  attached before calling it a night. Did I mention I have a saintly husband?

 The box was also a big hit as we finished assembling it Saturday morning. They couldn't wait for us to attach the slide before trying to climb it and go down.