On January 12th, it was 31 degrees F. The kids wanted to play outside and who am I to deny that? Jonathan loves to wear his ski helmet and goggles.
South view of our lovely home
We had just gotten some new snow along with some wind, so the drive was clear. They rode their bikes (or trikes as the case is.) Here is Determined Annisia making her way down the driveway.
Then they posed with smiles at the end of the driveway. They are such hams!
It steadily grew warmer until January 20th when it was 61 degrees F. We were "scheduled" to go to the YMCA for my workout. Jonathan was dressed and ready to go at 9am. I was sweeping the kitchen before we left and had taken a rug outside to shake. Jonathan came to the door and asked if it was nice outside. I told him it was and that he should go out and play until it was time to go. Then I went back inside to finish my sweeping. I got to thinking, "Why go to the Y? It is so beautiful outside, I can get a workout in here and the kids aren't stuck inside a gym playing." So that's what we did! I did squats and deadlifts in the driveway by the garage, walking lunges up and down the driveway pulling the kids in the wagon, and brought the free weights outside to do my upper body. It worked out perfectly!
Jonathan asked for a purple coffee. (They see me occasionally drinking a blended iced coffee and wanted one just like mommy. So I made purple gatorade, added a frozen piece of banana and some yogurt then blended it all up.) Annisia stacked their cups then they thought it was a hoot to drink at the same time! Then Jonathan said, "get a picture of us drinking without them stacked too, Mommy."
I downloaded an album of kids songs from the iTunes store. The kids love it. There are several songs about going to England, I guess, because that's what Jonathan is doing here. He hooked the swing rope over the ladder, climbed partways in, then worked the rope off the ladder to swing out and "sail" away to England!
Here is Annisia on her turn. She's not so sure about this whole "sailing" thing...
...but once she's swinging, all is well!
He did enjoy the little square dance type of dance the children did with their parents. Michael got to join in this time. It was quite cute...
South view of our lovely home
We had just gotten some new snow along with some wind, so the drive was clear. They rode their bikes (or trikes as the case is.) Here is Determined Annisia making her way down the driveway.
Then they posed with smiles at the end of the driveway. They are such hams!
It steadily grew warmer until January 20th when it was 61 degrees F. We were "scheduled" to go to the YMCA for my workout. Jonathan was dressed and ready to go at 9am. I was sweeping the kitchen before we left and had taken a rug outside to shake. Jonathan came to the door and asked if it was nice outside. I told him it was and that he should go out and play until it was time to go. Then I went back inside to finish my sweeping. I got to thinking, "Why go to the Y? It is so beautiful outside, I can get a workout in here and the kids aren't stuck inside a gym playing." So that's what we did! I did squats and deadlifts in the driveway by the garage, walking lunges up and down the driveway pulling the kids in the wagon, and brought the free weights outside to do my upper body. It worked out perfectly!
Jonathan asked for a purple coffee. (They see me occasionally drinking a blended iced coffee and wanted one just like mommy. So I made purple gatorade, added a frozen piece of banana and some yogurt then blended it all up.) Annisia stacked their cups then they thought it was a hoot to drink at the same time! Then Jonathan said, "get a picture of us drinking without them stacked too, Mommy."
I downloaded an album of kids songs from the iTunes store. The kids love it. There are several songs about going to England, I guess, because that's what Jonathan is doing here. He hooked the swing rope over the ladder, climbed partways in, then worked the rope off the ladder to swing out and "sail" away to England!
Here is Annisia on her turn. She's not so sure about this whole "sailing" thing...
...but once she's swinging, all is well!
As spring arrives slowly, we are headed outside more and more. Annisia likes it too. Now that she's getting more mobile, it's kind of fun. She really likes this Pooh ball from Grandma. And doesn't mind wearing hand-me-downs from her brother in this cooler weather.
Jonathan got a new gardening set this spring. This set is bigger, just right for our growing boy. He weighs 28#. Jonathan loves to help with things like shoveling, raking and hoeing. Here, he was helping Daddy get the garden ready for a little planting later.
Jonathan is learning how to share. He thinks it's pretty neat to push his sister in the swing. What he hasn't quite learned, though, is to move after he pushes her! Right after I took this, the swing went back and knocked him down!
Annisia outside on another day. This is a concrete imprinting of Jonathan's footprints when he was 10 months old. She was hefting it around as a toy!
