1) Bike Rides...since Isaiah has learned how to ride his bike...it seems like that's all he wants to do when he gets outside. Ava loves riding along with him too.
He looks pretty cute in his "Cycones" baseball cap.
Happy Ava!
2) Garden produce...Andy planted a variety of radishes...some are pretty spicy! That's the only thing that is ready so far so here's a pictures of Andy holding up one of his "crops."
Someone's proud!
3) As mentioned in an earlier post the kids attend a preschool library program every Wednesday. This week they had a little science show sponsored by the Science Center of Iowa.
...another pictures of Ava looking VERY old to me. She wanted to wear a ponytail with her princess hat.
Isaiah munching on his Apple Jacks cereal.
One of the experiments was on how big things are made of little things. They used a strong microscope camera to look at random things from the audience. We gave him an Apple Jack from Isaiah's bag and this is the view on the screen.
4) Last night we went to Ankey so I could run to The Learning Post (a teacher's store) and to the Auderer's house for dinner. Scott Auderer is the head coach at Gilbert where Andy used to coach and we still stay in contact with their family. Scott's wonderful wife is named Tammy and they have two girls Lauren (3rd grade) and Alexa (1st grade). We spent a relaxing evening at their house eating yummy Godfather's pizza, watching the kids play, and just simply catching up.
Isaiah LOVED Alexa. He actually wanted me to take a picture of him hugging her.
Ava, Lauren, Isaiah, and Alexa.
5) No naps today...since Ava's preschool will be in the afternoon we are gradually trying to wean her off of naps this summer. Right now we are trying an "every other day" approach. Today we let her stay up and let me tell you she loves having us to herself when Isaiah goes down for his nap. It's like she's an only child again...just Mom, Dad, and Ava. Andy was working on the patio so Ava and I played out front.
You know all those old random Happy Meal toys you have laying around the house? We have a box of them in the garage and the kids have recently discovered them and enjoy playing with them outside. Today Ava and I drew houses for each toy and created a little neighborhood. We used some Hot Wheels cars to park in the driveways and really had a blast.
Ava asked me to draw "Africa" for the monkey, elephant, and snake.
This little Elmo was driving to visit Mr. Penguin.
Once Isaiah woke up he thought it was fun to ride his bike...yet again...around the neighborhood.
6) Patio...we're adding one off of our deck. Step one today...begin digging out 7 inches of dirt and flattening it out. I must admit that Andy did almost all the work today. He made a lot of progress. When we figure out exactly which stones we will be using I'll take some pictures and post them later.
Dirt, dirt, dirt...what kid doesn't love to get messy and hold worms. Ava and Isaiah were helping dig and were searching for worms to add to our garden.
Isaiah helping Dad throw dirt into the wheelbarrow.
Andy hard at work...this pictures just gives some of you "out of town folks" an idea of where it's going.
Wish us luck!
...the Happy's for the day are included on the 2nd post I did about our little trip to Big Creek.
