A glimpse into our lives this past week...
The Bayer cubs have really hit their stride with playing together. In fact, that's all they want to do some mornings. Auntie Dana came to watch them last weekend, and it took them until lunch time to actually leave the house, because Ryan and Kaitlyn didn't really want to go anywhere. They were happy as clams just playing, at home, in the PJs.
Don't get me wrong, they have their share of fighting/whining/crying too. But these sweet moments make it all worth it.
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| lining up all their animals on the chair train -- Ry is the conductor of course |
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| a couch snuggle |
I took the kids on a long (almost 3 mile) bike ride last weekend. Me on foot, the two kids on bikes, NO stroller. It was a first. And felt really good! They did great. Kaitlyn on her Strider bike is nowhere near as fast as Ryan on his real bike, so it was a good pace for me to run/walk along side her, and Ryan has gotten pretty good at riding just far enough for me to want to tell him to wait and then he waits without me asking. Since I didn't bring the stroller, there was no where to put water bottles, so Ryan was all in with the idea for him to wear a backpack to carry their water. How did I get so lucky?
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| There is a fairly big hill to get back to our house, and Ry can usually ride up half of it, so I carried K's bike and the two of them pushed Ry's the rest of the way up. Teamwork! |
Ryan has been asking for days, trying to think of new ways to earn more Legos. So we finally sat down and came up with a chore chart. It was entirely his idea, and with a little guidance from me we came up with a very do-able list for him to help out and keep me from getting frustrated when he doesn't listen in the mornings before school. So far it's going great! He is super motivated. He'll be earning a new set of Legos in no time.
These pics are quite terrible, but it was too cute to not share. The kids found a box of those packing peanuts, and created their own game -- one of them ran around the house dropping peanuts one at a time. The other one picked them up and put them in the green basket. Then they would switch. Siblings are the best!
Last week was Read Across America, and Dr Seuss' birthday -- which made for some fun days at school. Ryan got to taste Green Eggs and Ham, which he said he liked, he got to wear a crazy hat one day and crazy socks another. And then got to dress as his favorite character from a book one day -- we all know that Ryan and dressing up do not go hand in hand. So we didn't put too much thought into it. But the day before, Ryan and his friend Eli agreed to dress up as Thing 1 and Thing 2. Clearly, Ry did not agree to a blue wig (which we didn't have anyway, so that worked out), but it was cute nonetheless.
And the end to a beautiful week -- I ended up in wine country with the kids while Eddy was hitting the links, and forced these two to "strike a pose". Not gonna lie, I love California in the spring. So beautiful!
