busy week

Here are a few pictures from the past week of fun.  We have been very busy this week.  Monday, Eric had his Valentine's Day Party at preschool, Hyrum came with me to celebrate.  Notice he is standing in the picture.  He can stand up in the middle of the room and take a few steps before falling.  Wendy did not come with us because she was at a party of her own.  She loved bringing her own valentines and she got to take home a balloon.  Tuesday, Zachary had his party.  He was excited that I could attend and we had a great time.  The end of the week has been filled with dentist appointments, a massage (it was lovely), RS weeknight meeting, young mens, dinner with the RS presidency, and soccer practice.  Next week we all have Monday off so we'll take this long weekend to relax and hopefully get some projects at home started or done.

The Park

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow last week, so 6 more weeks of winter, but hey, I'm fine with that if this is the weather of winter!

Here we are at Winner's Circle park in Flowood, about 15 minutes form our home.  It is an amazing park that we went to for playgroup and Eric has been requesting to return ever since.  Yesterday we made the trek and introduced Zachary to the park, which he said was great, especially the "big slide".

The nice thing about this park is that there are things for every age and it isn't too hard to keep track of multiple children.

Climbing Hyrum

Hyrum has discovered he can climb and so he is always doing so.  He loves going up the stairs and will head there as soon as he notices the gate is down.  He does not know how to get down; however, he has never fallen down the stairs because when he wants down he simply yells until we come get him.  He has also taken his first steps.  He does not have the balance to walk, but if he is already standing up he will take a few steps and then fall into your arms.

Children's Museum

Here we are at the Children's Museum this past Saturday.  The weather the past few days has been RAINY!  The kids and I needed an out so the museum got our vote.  We had a great time.

Wendy driving the tractor, probably one of her favorite activities at the museum.

Zachary building a contraption that drops the bad guys into jail.

Hyrum playing with a ball.  We let him out of the stroller for a few minutes, but chasing after 4 kids was a little much.

Eric milking the cow.  He was quite proud of himself.

Hyrum's Haircut

Hyrum has a little less hair now.  I've been commenting to Kyle over the past month that his hair needed to be cut; it was in his eyes, and people were guessing he was a girl.  However, I knew that it would make him grow up which I did not want.  Well, the deed has been done.  I was right he looks more grown up, but still as cute as ever!!

A fun Week

We have had a fun week!  Here is a sampling from all our lives in the past 7 days.

Hyrum is just cute and both he and we know it!!  Below Hyrum, Eric, and Wendy are having a great time with a leaky sippy cup. 

 Here is Eric showing his alphabet skills, and he wanted me to include one of him in Spiderman.

Zachary attended his 100th day of school on Monday and he celebrated.  He was assigned to bring 100 of something from home.  We picked out 100 Trio blocks and built this amazing creature with them.

Here is Wendy running at the Children's Museum.  She must be growing because she always wants "dinner" or chocolate milk.

Eric and Wendy made my hair "beautiful."  I'm pretty sure they used almost all of Wendy's clips and barrettes. 

Carousel

We went shopping for new chairs in the kitchen and ended up ordering a new table and chairs :)  This carousel was at the furniture store.  The kids enjoyed having a bit of fun after following us around and being bored for the majority of the time.

Wendy Princess

Here is Wendy with princess hair.  We put her hair in curlers and it was curly.  These pictures were taken right before bed, so it had relaxed a bit from that morning.  All the nursery leaders said she had to tell them about her hair, she was quite pleased with it.

Zachary Making the Grade

Zachary has done wonderfully with his behavior grade since we have returned from Christmas break.  Here he is holding up his sheet with all those greens.  WAY TO GO ZACHARY!!

A few other tidbits about Zachary and school.  There is a new student in Zachary's class, his name is Zach.  So now more than ever Zachary is Zachary and not Zach.  He even corrects us at home.  Also he is getting better and better at reading and writing.  I thought I would post an example.  Below is a valentine that he made for Dad, and left on his pillow, Ahhhh.