Many of our days are spent at home in our pj's all day! We usually dont get dressed unless there is somewhere we need to be. We do go to the park about once a week with friends. Once Payton starts kindergarten in August everything will change and I am not sure that I am ready for that, but we will make the change.
Payton and Scarlett love to pull the pillows off the couches and jump onto them! They think its the funnest thing ever! I probably say a good 10 times 'be careful someone is going to get hurt'. Even with me saying that they ignore me and keep having fun! Someone doesn't always get hurt, but once in a while they do! Hearing their laughs and giggles is very special and I enjoy listening to them playing so well together.
Payton of course teaches Scarlett everything! She does anything Payton does!
One day these two sillies were out playing in the water. They both came running in the house saying they were cold so they went upstairs together and changed their clothes. They came down and Payton tells me that he helped get Scarlett get some clothes. He also then tells me that he was letting Scarlett wear some of his clothes. She had some of is underwear and pj's. Anytime my kids go and get themselves dressed they put on pj's. They love to be comfertable!
A few Friday's ago when Josh got off work we had decided to take the kids for a bike ride to the park. They loved it! Scarlett and Payton are both improving so much at riding their bikes. The goal this summer will be to teach Payton to ride his bike with no training wheels.
On the bike ride/walk to the park Josh and I talked about how it is so nice to have them both be able to ride their bikes all by themselves. Our kids are getting so big, very quickly and are becoming less and less dependent on Josh and I. It's a little weird! We are definitely enjoying it and soaking all the little bit of freedom we get until this baby is born in July. We all know life will not be as easy!
We got to the little train park and the kids had a blast playing and running around together. They would continually say to us, "look mom, or look dad'.
Right before we left they played in the volleyball sand area! Payton rolled around in it for a while, but Scarlett just stomped around!
The week before Jared and Ashely's wedding my brother Josh came to visit for the week. It was his schools spring break. He rode the train from Salt Lake Utah to Scarmamento California. He said it was a lot of fun, and he would totally do it again! While he was with us we crafted a few things I needed to finish before the wedding, we ate yummy food, he helped fix any little thing that wasn't properly working, and he played lots of games with Scarlett and Payton. He showed Payton that on the back of the cereal box their was a batman mask that you could cut out. Josh helped him cut it out and they put a string on it. He went and got his cape out to wear. He loved it!
Payton with Unlce Josh!
We loved having a bunch of days to spend with Josh. Like I have said many of times we love having family come and visit. I had a blast spending time with Josh. Having one on one time with each of my siblings doesn't happen very much, but when it does I love it! My kids love all the special attention they get!!!
About a week ago we went on a group date night with some friends. We had all the kids stay at Krista and Justin's house and Mariah came and watch all 7 of our kids, 6 and yonger. The kids loved every minute of it!!! 6 of them were even asleep when we got home. We enjoyed dinner at Red Robin and then headed to the movie theaters and watched The Hunger Games. We had a great time together. We didn't get a picture of the men, but I promise they came!
This last week was a long week for us. Scarlett has been trying to learn to live without a pacifire. There is a lot of whinning going on every day! So in a desperate attempted to try and make for less whinning we got out the finger paints and painted a bunch of Easter pictures. I did a few Easter crafts myself. It was a success for a few hours!
The kids really enjoyed getting paint on everything!
They painted a lot of pictures.
They were very excited to show Josh all their pictures once he came home from work!
These last few weeks have been fun and tough all at the same time. Watching these two growing and changing every day is very rewarding! We love these two little kids! Having a family is rewarding most of the time!
