Tracing and Walking

I'm going to try to update this somewhat more regularly so I don't have a huge photo dump. 

Here's the three of us waiting for Tom to get home from work on Monday.

Tuesday Daniel learned how to trace letters.  He's been working on drawing D, E, and P with sidewalk chalk.  On Tuesday I helped him figure out how to trace with his dry erase book.  He loved it! 

It made me realize we definitely don't have a toddler anymore.  He's for sure a preschooler.

I was impressed with his work!  I mean, I'm his mom, so it's probably a requirement.

No daycare on Tuesday means the kiddos had a little time at school.  Here's Daniel sitting with his 7th grade friends listening to a presentation.  Yes, with his bike helmet on.

Heidi has taken to cuddling up with pillows, blankets, or stuffed animals when she sees them.  It's super cute.

Okay and here is a video I meant to post awhile ago.  It's from March 2 when Heidi was figuring out how to put one foot in front of the other.  Looking at the video now, it's amazing to see what a struggle it was for her then.  She's now comfortably cruising where ever she wants to go with confidence.  But, on March 2, this was a big deal!  I want to post it because it's really nice to look back on these blogs to remember when the kiddos were doing what.  Even if it gets posted nearly a month later...

Alrighty, nothing exciting but that's what we've got.

Spring Break

St. Patrick's Day.

We were at the "climbing playground" when the fountain turned on.  We had swim stuff in the car but determined it was easier to just let Daniel go in his pull up for a few minutes.  We'll have to go back another time in swim stuff so he can really play.

He loves building a box with Magnatiles and then putting other toys in it.

It's been tricky to play outside recently because Heidi just wants to crawl around, but we have no grass, just concrete.  Solution - pack n play in the garage.  I was surprised this actually worked for a bit.

We had so much fun hanging out together over spring break.

Heidi likes kale chips!

I was trying to get a picture of her standing up cause it really looked like she was helping with the dishes.  I failed.

Fun trip to the aquarium.

I was so happy to have Daniel help clean the baseboards and the cabinets!  He's still young enough that he thinks it's fun.

Heidi enjoyed story time at the library.

Daniel really enjoyed the puzzles and games they had to play at the library.

Went out for a hike on Saturday.

Daniel likes to help in the kitchen, especially when I let him lick the beater!  The best part!

We went out for happy hour and french fries on Saturday.

Apart from tortillas, Heidi has really only eaten healthy food so far.  Well that changed on Saturday when we gave her some fries.  She was pretty happy with that!

Heidi is energetic and curious.  She also loves to bang on things.  I got the best picture ever.  Definitely worth 1000 words.

Daniel had a blast throwing rocks into the ocean.

I made some tractor cookies.

My taste tester approved.