We’ve wanted a piano for a long time, and I’ve been keeping an eye on Craigslist since shortly after we moved into our house. The right one finally came along, so we brought it home. The boys are having fun with it, and I think lessons are probably in our near future.
Avery stayed up late the night we brought the piano home. Here he is with it right after we got it in the door.
We had a fun start to February, celebrating an impressive and historic Superbowl win! We watched the game at home with the boys. Here they are enjoying Seahawks cupcakes.
Hiking at Tiger Mountain
Silas is still practicing potty training. It’s going so-so.
Shower time
Avery conquered his fear of going to the top of this large rope jungle gym.
On rainy days: play-doh time
Puzzle time
And tea time
We took the boys out to The Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner one night. They had such a great time! We had a twenty minute wait to be seated, so they kept busy weighing themselves on this large scale. We got a seat by the window and watched several trains pass by during our meal. With pasta, bread, applesauce, and spumoni ice cream, everyone was happy and well fed!
Avery with his friends Hamza, Aubrey, and Drithi at recess.
Silas had his first ride on the glide bike. He probably needs to grow another inch or two before he can take off, but he was excited to have a whack at it. Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t quite as easy as he thought it would be and he got a bit frustrated.
At the party store with Avery. Party season is just around the corner at our house (2 in March, 1 in April, 1 in May, and 1 in June).
At a basketball game.
Look at the expression on his face! He’s so proud of himself!
Snow day!
A few more pics from the end of January:
Here are the boys waiting in the driveway for Daddy to get home from work.
This boys loves to be outside, and he loves yard work!
Kieron the engineer visiting the local train museum
Kieron goes to sleep with his torch nightlight every night.
And there’s Bacon, the owl
Three men in a tub
Avery is doing a reading assignment for school here, but Kieron likes to follow along with him.
In January we spent a weekend with Nana. We had a great time, and the weather cooperated, so we got to play outside a lot. The boys were enthusiastic to help in the yard. A big pile of firewood was delivered, and they showed off their strength and endurance, stacking firewood for a good hour. On Sunday we watched the Seahawks beat the 49ers and enjoyed a gourmet taco feast by Mark.
The boys had a blast helping stack a big pile of firewood.
“I’ll get the heavy ones, Nana.”
On the rope swing
Each boy got a ride on the mower. Kieron was delighted that his middle name, Scott, was on the front of it.
Reading stories with Nana
Baking a quiche
Wow, 2014 has flown by! Here it is mid-March, and I’m blogging the first post of the year. I’m planning a burst of posts to get all caught up this week, so here goes:
What do we do on beautiful pacific northwest winter days? We go outside!
Here’s Kieron putting the training wheels on his “new to him” pedal bike. Hopefully they won’t be on long.
Avery played basketball this season, and really took to it!
Silas with his buddy, Fryderyk.
Garbage day is always an exciting day at our house. I try not to plan errands on this morning since the boys look forward to watching the trucks come by.
Good little shoppers at the outlet mall.
At Pier 1 with Avery
Silas didn’t know what to think when I put Kieron in his crib with him.
Avery usually reads Silas his bedtime stories now. They are so cute!
Space Derby day at Cub Scouts
