It has been a busy month as usual! The boys were both doing tons of fun things for the end of their school year. Caleb's preschool ended in the second week of May with a field trip to Bear World. I went along with him and his class on the bus and got to see the bears too! They had all the cute little bear cubs out for us to watch. We also saw elk, antelope, bison, mountain goats, wolves, a moose, ducks, a peacock, a goose, goats, deer, and a very large pig! The bear/wolf/bison part you drive through and then the rest is as a small petting zoo. They have a few rides there too but they weren't open yet for the season. I think Caleb had a fun time! He was a little bored by the end, but that's Caleb. He needs fast-paced excitement!
Gabe just ended school on May 23rd. I swear they had a party everyday for the whole last two weeks of school though. I also went on his last fieldtrip about two weeks ago, which was to the Tautphus Park Zoo. I only ended up having to watch Gabe and one other kid, his best friend, Carter, so it was pretty easy.I think their favorite animal was the Tiger, probably because they got to witness it eating a little girl's shoe, which had fallen off her foot and down into the tiger's pit. Guess she'll learn not to dangle her feet in a tiger's cage anymore! haha. I wonder what her parents said when she asked where her other shoe went and she responded, "A tiger ate it." haha funny stuff.
So then Gabe also had a little party each day. One day it was "Math Mania", then "Camping Day", then "Pajama/slumber party" day. They sure know how to party over there! I think he really enjoyed school the last two weeks! :) Who wouldn't?
So now it is Summer Vacation time and on the first day of it Josh was trying to sleep from having worked a night shift the previous night and the boys were ready to kill each other by 9 am. It was great. How I will survive, I am not sure yet. I do have one sweet little girl though!!!
Avery is officially 10 months old now! She is getting to be a little more, "Look at me, Mom! Attention, please!!" But that's to be expected I guess. She gets a little bored if I try to put her in her walker for too long. Although she HAS finally figured out how to really get around in that thing. She used to only go backward with both feet at the same time in a little, push push, motion. Now she is actually getting the walking, alternating legs, forward pattern down. She is so fast and crazy that you have to watch your toes when she is near you in the kitchen! Josh puts her in it in the garage when he is working out and she zips around all over. I wish I had some official height and weight on her but she hasn't been to the doctor so I don't know! She is definitely thinning out though. She is in size 18 months, but when I put on a pair of 18-24 m jeans the other day which were the right length, they were way too big on the waist. I am thinking she will be a tall, skinny girl. Where does she get that??? :) She also has the best baby hair of all the babies I have ever seen. There are lots of babies that are older than her that are still practically bald, and hers is now long enough for a little Pebbles Flintstone ponytail. She's is seriously such a cutie. She still just has those two bottom teeth and she is starting to get so proud of them it seems like she tries to stick them out when she smiles sometimes! Gabe used to do that too. What a cheeseball.
So, that is all I can think of for now! Oh and I am thinking of starting an online store on a website called Etsy. So any extra time I have lately is spent designing artwork for nurseries and weddings to put online in my store! We'll see how that goes. It's a fun hobby if nothing else. Keeps me somewhat sane in a world of baby and kid stuff!!
