We are all moved out. We finished the rest of the cleaning today and loaded the last of the stuff from the garage into the car just before I picked up Saedi from the bus. Since we were done and it was still a while before we had to go to the new house, we just hung around so the kids could play with the neighborhood friends before it was not our neighborhood anymore.
Saedi’s friend Jacob brought out his pirate stuff to play with today.
I love it when I’m busy doing things and I can walk into the playroom to find the kids playing so nicely together.
Over the last three days the cherry blossom trees all over town have come into full bloom. This is the one in our front yard.
Because of all this warm weather we spent several hours outside playing today. The neighborhood kids were playing outside as well. Saedi and her friends spent some time picking the blossoms off her friend’s tree and collecting them in a basket.
The rest of the playtime involved more rocks, bike riding, general kid antics and more pictures that are too cute to keep to myself. Everyone had fun.
Saedi got a doll stroller when she was little. She liked to sit in it more than any of her dolls got a chance. I have pictures of her sitting in it, in our apartment when we lived in Washington before. I don’t recall exactly but Gavin may have done the same.
Solvei and Nels have both discovered the joy of the stroller. I was fixing our door today when Nels brought out the stroller and sat in it to watch me.
Solvei came out and discovered him, and then tried to push him out so she could have it.
And this is her getting mad because he wouldn’t budge.
I have neighbors ask if they get along, and most times they do, but when they fight over toys the world comes to an end. It really is funny, and tragic at the same time.
He did eventually get bored with it and she got her turn.
The big kids wanted to play outside today after Saedi got home from school, so we did. After a few minutes Solvei and Nels got bored in the stroller. I got them out of the stroller and decided to get the tricycle for them to play with. It was the first time I’d ever put them on it and Nels knew what to do immediately. He pushed along with his feet and steered very well. Anytime he got near the curb or the grass, I told him to stay on the sidewalk and he would. He even tried to pedal by the end of the evening (still too short to get enough strength).
Solvei, on the other hand, had no idea of what the tricycle was for. She didn’t even stay on long enough to get a picture. She was, however, very entertained by every rock and stick she saw, and very happy when she picked them up.
I couldn’t get any good pictures of Saedi, but I got a good one of Gavin. The neighbor girl across the street brought out her badminton set and the big kids played with that while the twins went up and down the sidewalk.
Here are a few more of Solvei and Nels that are just too cute to keep to myself.
While the kids were playing today I noticed something and had to take a picture for documentation. As I said in an earlier post, when Nels hurt his head I think he was running away from Solvei and/or trying to get behind the chest in the corner. This is the chest in the corner.
As you can see the twins LOVE to play behind and around it.
This is the area where Nels ran into the corner of the wall and when he was playing there today I noticed the corner that he hit has a ding in it – right about forehead level. Looks like Nels put up a good fight but I think the wall still won.
Solvei is getting pretty good at climbing up onto the furniture. There are still a few places that she needs help with but she has figured out how for sure. Today she was practicing climbing up on the black chair in the living room (climb up, climb down, climb up, climb down….) when Nels decided to join her.
Then they found one of the toy cups and were sharing.
I also used the opportunity to play with my new lens a bit. It’s so much fun to take close-ups because they are so cute.
Got one of Gavin too.
I love taking pictures of Nate with the kids. Nate had today off (YEA!!!) but Saedi had school so we were hanging out at home. I got some good ones during post-breakfast cartoon watching.
Nels and Solvei love to give hugs, they even do the little pat while hugging. Today they discovered that they can give hugs to each other. Nels got upset over something at lunch so Solvei leaned over and gave him a hug, and he hugged her back. SO CUTE! I got them to do it again….twice. =)
We have a set of green plastic bowls that were intended to be used when camping. We haven’t been camping since we had kids so they have been kept with the rest of the dishes. I have most of the occasionally used plastic-ware in a lower cabinet that Solvei and Nels LOVE to get into. They found the bowls and play with them so much that they are not be suitable for use with food any longer (one has a small crack in the bottom that would likely leak liquid). Solvei likes to put things into the bowl – like balls, fridge letters, and plastic play food – and carry it around. Nels likes to wear them on his head.
wadmanclan
Wadman Clan 