Lazy holiday weekend

 We spent Memorial day weekend at the beach house with my parents.  It was rainy for most of the weekend, but that just made for more lazy, relaxing days.  We played lots of cards, went for a couple of walks in between rain, ate delicious meals (thanks Mom!), and even made it to the pool for a couple of hours.  Monday was beautiful and sunny so we got in some fishing and beach time.  All in all it was a great weekend.

 Rainy day s'mores on the campfire.

 Taking a beach walk in between rain showers.

 Finally some fun in the sun!

3 teeth lost = Rylee is rich!

Rylee has had loose top teeth for a very long time.  She's been wiggling and wiggling with no luck.  It took an accidental kick to the face by her brother Friday night to finally get 2 of them out.  She put those 2 under her bed and woke up to $4.  The next day that pesky gray tooth was still hanging in there, barely.  She was determined to get it out.  With a little help from Dad she got it out and woke up this morning to $5!!  Now she is begging to go to the store to buy something with her tooth fairy money.  I'm just so glad that gray tooth is finally gone!  I think she'll be on a soft diet for a while!  =)

Look out... no training wheels!

We've been talking about taking Carson's training wheels off for some time now, he has just been a little hesitant about it.  He kept saying "I'll try when I'm 6."  Friday he decided he would be brave and give it a try, and he did amazing!!!  He started off a little wobbly, but it didn't take long and he was riding to and from the trail by our house.  He was so proud of himself!!  What a big boy.  By the end of the night he was back to his daredevil self and flying through the streets.  I swear he's going to give he a heart attack.

Happy Momma's Day!

 My family spoiled me on Mother's Day with breakfast in bed, gifts, and lots of love.  

 Lance offered to take the kids so I could have a relaxing day to myself, which was a nice offer and very tempting, but I couldn't let my family go off and have fun without me!  So we drove up to Northwest Trek and spent the day checking out some cool animals and playing in their new kids area. 

 Carson had fun despite what his face shows.  He really enjoyed riding the tram.  All the spring babies were out and it was adorable!  Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Mother's out there!  I hope to spend time with my amazing Mother soon!

Summer in April?

We have been having some AMAZING weather.  I absolutely love it and hope it stays!  We've been doing lots of bike and scooter rides, tons of yard work (almost done!), and lots of playing outside.  The top right picture is of Carson holding a ladybug.

 Rylee has enjoyed her horse lessons in the sun.  She has been riding Bosley the last few weeks.  He's been great for her confidence level.  She rides him all alone around the whole arena.

 This weekend was absolutely beautiful and really warm.  Lance got me two adirondack chairs for an early Mother's Day gift.  He painted them white for me and I bought some cute teal oversize pillows for them.  Needless to say, this was my view from the chairs for the last couple of days.  Can you believe it's sprinkler weather in April?!

 Today Lance played hooky and we took the boat out for it's maiden voyage this year.  Poor Rylee was in school so she missed out, but she had plenty of sprinkler and pool time when she got home.  Coulee tired herself out swimming and climbing the boat ladder.  Carson even went for a short swim.  As you can imagine, the water was freezing!  What a great day.  Love this life!

Math wiz

Last week Rylee called me at work all excited.  Apparently they had a contest at school to see who could finish a whole page of math problems first.  She was first AND got them all right.  She was so proud of herself!!!  She has really been into math lately.  Her school has an online math program (almost like a game) and she has been spending lots of time on it.  I hope this keeps up!!  I'm so proud of her.

The other morning I found them like this.  Rylee loves helping Carson with his letters and numbers.  He is slowly getting better.  He is not as into learning as Rylee was.  He'd rather be doing puzzles or playing legos.  He can count to 40 now (with just the tiniest bit of help) and can recognize numbers to 4.  We need to work on writing his numbers.  He is starting to be able to recognize and write letters.  He can spell his name and almost write all of the letters in his name.  I try not to stress about it, I know everyone learns at their own pace.  It is so sweet seeing them play school together!

Carson-isms

Here are just a few of my favorite things Carson says....

1.  He calls my bras and bikini tops "boobs."  As in "Mom, you better put your boobs on."  We were at Marshall's a few weeks ago and I was looking at swim suits.  There was a whole rack of bikini tops.  Carson pulls out a couple and says loudly "Mom, look at these big boobs!",  It was pretty funny.

2.  When we were in Lake Chelan a couple of months ago we called him to come back (him and Rylee were walking away from the car), he said "but I'm adventuring."

3.  Instead of saying "something" he says "sunsing."   "Mom, I need to tell you sunsing."  It's adorable!!


These are just a few of my fav's.  I'm trying to get better at writing these things down when he says them.  I may add to this list later.  =)