Saturday, May 31, 2014

May 2014: May Wrap-Up

 Some pics of what we've been up to this month.  First swim of the season at our pool...

 Apparently swimming really wears her out!
Storytime at the library (with Fox), which Nora loved!
 And feeding the ducks afterwards...
 Lots of legos with mommy during the girls' nap time...
 Daily scooter/Step 2 walks to the park...
 Nora loves to honk her horn at people we pass by :)
The kids love playing "zombie" at the park which entails me/Nick/Nora chasing them.  Nora is trying to decide if she likes sliding or not.  I think she generally does...


Just not with her siblings :)
 Watching daddy play soccer...lots of fun until he pulled his hamstring :(
 Playgroup at the beach/splash park.  Liam asked his friends to bury him in the sand...

Nora enjoys playgroup but with her nap in the middle of the day, she sometimes gets too tired.  She literally tried to fall asleep at the beach park frozen in this position...
 Grilling out with our neighbors, Liam and Bryn's bud Jackson and his little sister (Nora's friend) Olivia.  We played outside all night, then bunked the kids together to sleep so the adults could party till 1am!!



 Playing at Bryn's favorite "fish park"...




Babysitting Fox...




Playgroup at the park with scooters and picnic lunch.  Great friends and perfect weather!
 First bowl of the season with the fam on Memorial day (when it's triple digits outside, we will be bowling a lot!)
Mallie trying to photobomb...



 Most babies rub their eyes when they are tired.   But when Nora puts her hands behind her head, she is telling you that she's going to fall asleep, even if you are still at cosmic bowling :)
Playing MarbleWorks...like obsessively.  They build a track, play with it for a few days and then one night I'll take it down and put it all away.  Only to find that they have built a new track the next day.  They both love this so much and can design, build, and play with it for hours.  This is the same track my siblings and I played with 30ish years ago and it's still going strong.  They have 5 marbles they use and have even named them all (Fox, Little Blue, Big Blue, Rainbow...and I forgot the last one).

 Playing MarbleWorks with Jackson...
The family's even gotten into the marbles by betting on which marble finishes first.  Not sure this was the intention of the game!
A LOT of outdoor time...like a lot, a lot!  Hiking and park time at the nature reserve...

 Yup, still not into the group slide :)
 Playdate with Liam's best buddy from school, Laksh...
 Grilling and eating out...
Big girl at the park...
 A special night out with Daddy, eating Cold Stone by the lake...




Daddy playing play-doh with the girls one weekend morning I slept in...
 However, when I'm up we make muffins!

Playgroup at the Sci-Tech center...



 And lunch out afterwards...such a fun day!
 Liam at his friend Oviya's birthday...

Half of my diaper stockpile (hey they were on sale at Costco this whole month!)
Teaching Nora how to build his famous zoo...
 Nick spent one whole day spending one-one time with each kid...he woke up early to play with Nora, took Liam to play tennis, and took Bryn to ride the carousel.  I know they enjoyed this special time as much as he did, lucky kids :)


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