home life

A couple weekends ago we took Hudson out to try his bike without training wheels for the first time. He is just over 4 1/2, and has been riding it with training wheels since August, using his balance bike before that. Within five minutes on the big boy bike without the training wheels, he was taking off! Like a champ he rode up and down the street confidently, having a ball. 

Best part of our evenings these days - a few minutes running and playing in the backyard before we come in for book time and bed. 

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March

 Water, boxes, chalk - these are the things we do in the afternoon now that the winter "cold" months are behind us. :) Yes i know that may upset people living outside of a warm climate. Hudson drew this bike all by himself this week - entirely by himself. I'm so proud. :) 

 We've had this fairy tutu and wings for about a year, and Stella has not worn it until yesterday. Hudson was "flying" around in his spider-man suit, shooting webs to carry him across the sky, and Stell wanted to "fly" also. So she put on the wings, and flew around the yard. I don't think it will take long for her imagination to explode when she spends so much time with her creative, highly imaginative brother. 

 yes, we are doing our sprints before bed. yes, I know stella's pants are on backward - she put them on herself. and yes, i do recognize hudson may need a larger size pajama top. this just about sums up our typical evening. 

 We got to visit with JoAnn and Mike this weekend in Temecula at the duck pond. It was great to see them, and the ducks were pretty cool too!

 These are two of my favorite things...