I use the spray bottle to do her hair in the morning…I forgot it on the table today when I was done and she discovered it at lunch. I had left the room for a minute and came back to this.
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Purple Princess
Biking is better in theory than practice.
Both kids were SO excited to get out on their new bikes and Katie was SO excited about her helmet…
But first we have to walk up the huge hill. Ugh. Owen barely made it up as he couldn’t keep it going straight.
I’m not sure what this face was about.
She, of course, couldn’t do it by herself and I don’t have the patience, so Tom did most of it. I know there’s a learning curve, but I’m seriously ready to just get rid of all bikes for about five years. Both want to be able to ride but neither wants to actually work to do it OR pay attention when we tell them how to do something.
Owen eventually started to get the hang of it (again), but not before falling off a few times—he refuses to steer so he ran into the curb and tipped over into the grass…and he seems to think the training wheels will keep him from falling over so he’ll lean too far and tip.
We only lasted about 10 minutes, maybe 15. We would have tried longer but one of Owen’s friends saw us out the window and waved and yelled hi…so both kids completely lost any concentration.
Waiting for daddy and Owen to come down the hill.
Interestingly, when trying to pedal, Owen can only seem to slam his feet backward to brake. But! When going downhill and he needs to brake? He can only seem to pedal. :/
Anyone want to teach our kids to ride bikes?!
Owen ROCKED his first swim lessons!
Holy cow. I’m still gobsmacked.
So, Owen gets terribly freaked out being on his back trying to float. We’ve been trying for two years to get him to do it and he hasn’t. So my thought was that if the entire 16 lessons were spent getting him to float on his back I would be perfectly happy with that.
And he did it in the first 30-minute lesson!! (Well, technically within the first 15 minutes… But by the end of the 30-minute lesson he had earned his yellow ribbon!)
At 14 minutes into the lesson. FOURTEEN.
12:19
And his swim cap which denotes his group (he’s a Minnow). When he advances to the next level (after he can swim the length of the pool by himself by doggy-paddling and flipping over to rest/float/breathe) he’ll be a Turtle 1 and get a new color.
Daddy was keeping Katie busy so they were walking around the complex. They stopped to wave down at us!
He had a great time and loved every minute! We are SO proud of him!
The only bad part was that Katie really wanted to go in the pool. But, we learned that she can go in the other end of the pool for free swim at the same time! So we’ll try that the next time.
Mother’s Day with my kidlets.
Since I’m the one behind the camera 99% of the time, I had Tom take a picture of us today!
Katie is 2 years 10 months old today!
Cake pops at the farmers market!
Our first trip to the farmers market this year!
Splashing fun!
Game 7: Raptors vs Scrappers
One of Owen’s teammates (surprisingly, there’s not too much of this with his team):
Katie’s same friend was there with her purse—and an Elsa/Anna doll—again today which kitty quickly co-opted as her own. The mom had no problem with it because she was just happy her daughter was sharing. 🙂
Katie off playing with her:
Our little catcher!
Owen’s two at-bats:
Friends came over to visit!
Cheyenne and I try to get together at least once a week at either house. Since we have grass and a shade tree, today was here so the kids could play in the water table.
Surprisingly, it took a good half hour before this happened. (Notice the 4″ wood block under the right leg to level it.)
And then this happened.
Look at this cute little bundle! Isn’t he just so stinkin’ cute?! I get my fill of baby time with him…then he goes home with his mom. 🙂
And then the girls found some Frozen birthday party hats (and Cayenne is in Katie’s rain boots). 🙂
Cayenne forgot her flower barrette here so Katie was keeping it safe.
Shoes, tippy toes, clothes.
Katie put her own shoes on (the wrong feet) and is doing tippy toes…in a new hand-me-down outfit.
Water Table Cutie
Cuddles!
Owen wanted to cuddle with both of us. After we all cuddled, this happened:
I can’t believe this hasn’t happened before now.
She went in to go potty while I was picking out her clothes…when suddenly I heard crying. I ran in there to see this.
She was not happy. But of course I took the extra 10 seconds to snap a pic before helping her out. 🙂 It was only pee water but I figured I’d better at least rinse her off—and she didn’t like that, either.
What a way to start the day. Poor Katie.
Sleeping cutie
I just can’t resist taking her picture when she’s sleeping. I think I’m making up for not taking as many of her when she was a baby (via the monitor like I did with Owen). 🙂
Two new bikes!
We got Katie a real bike with training wheels tonight. She did better on that in the aisle then she ever did on either tricycle! (So now I have two tricycles to sell.) I do feel a smidge of guilt for not getting either the Frozen or Doc McStuffins bikes, but those had a premium price ($20 extra).
She also got a purple ladybug helmet. She wanted the pink cat princess with the crown but it was for ages 5+ and was just too big. 🙂
We also got Owen a 20″ bike (up from a 16″) but we need to buy training wheels. He fit on the 18″ bike but the seat was already all the way up! So we’re hoping to future-proof a little bit!
Since we preferred to save $25 per bike, Daddy gets to put them together this weekend!+
Game 6: Raptors vs Sand Gnats
(Click for full size.)
During the game, Katie made a friend with a furry pink purse. She was in HEAVEN carrying that thing around. 🙂
Water table and snacks.
I sent her up for socks.
And this is how she came down. As a bonus, she did get the socks!
I asked Katie to show me her pretty dress.
More hand-me-downs from a neighbor girl. I cannot tell you how much she loves dresses. 🙂
Let’s try again. 🙂
Riding bikes. Or, rather, attempting to.
Both kids wanted to go ride bikes. I knew it would be a challenge because Owen has not ridden his bike since last spring before we moved—and at that point he was still just learning and wasn’t that great at it—and because Katie has never successfully ridden either of the tricycles we have for her.
And that was it for Katie. Grand total of time spent on the bike, 95% of it whining that she couldn’t do it while being pushed by daddy? Five minutes. However, she did love running! She spent the rest of the time chasing after Owen or running ahead of him or just randomly through the parking lot. 🙂
Taking a break to stretch…and take a drink.
Owen was a hot mess for most of the time. He’s grown so much that he is really way too big for the bike we have and we obviously didn’t have another one for him so he had to use that one. And it’s been so long since he’s ridden that it was, in essence, starting over from day one. I’m glad Tom was there to deal with it because I DO NOT have the patience. That said, by the end of our time, he had started to get the hang of it again.
So now I’m on the hunt for a cheap used bigger bike.
After bikes, the kids wanted to go to the “playground” even though I knew they hated this playground as it’s not a real playground. It lasted under five minutes.
Fun at Lowes
We were looking at mistinted paint and I turned back around to see this:
Then while we were outside waiting fir a propane tank exchange, this happened:
Charlie is getting old.
She doesn’t want to move when I need to change Katie’s diaper. She used to, but not anymore.
I literally had to push Charlie out of the way in order to have room to lay Katie down. If you look closely, you can see Charlie’s tail poking out at Katie’s waist.
Katie got hold of the tail. 🙂
Charlie really relaxing—stretching her leg out on top of Katie.
Early bath time!
Since they were soaking wet from the water table, I just had them go straight into the bath.
They love a water table!
We tossed their old water table when we moved since it was old and gross. We managed to get by last summer without one, but I know the kids missed it. So I got another (actually identical) one. And both of them LOVE it.
Katie got to play first as Owen was still at school.
But as soon as Owen got home, they were right back out there.
What happens when Katie doesn’t nap.
A brush and bag of food. Why not?
These are the two things she HAD to being with her to the bus stop.
Mama, you’re Rapunzel.
I only let her brush my hair when it’s straight. And she always calls me Rapunzel. 🙂
What she needed to nap.
Today was a trying nap debacle…which is why she was just waking up at 5:30. But you see? What she had to have to take her nap?
A toy plane and her hairbrush. 😐
Our little lion…roars!
