Is life going to calm down?

We have been enjoying our new house and warm weather

The kids had a play date at the beach with some of their friends from church. Nixon of course has to put everything in his mouth

 He also loves chasing ducks

 I think she could play in the sand all day long

 She likes to have snacks at her picnic table

 We have been doing lots of yard work trying to whip our lawn into shape

 Here is Lyza adding a muddy hole to the yard...thanks

 Doesn't he look cute in a tu-tu?

 This looks more gender appropriate

 Lyza's homemade shoe

 Unpacking all of the boxes after a move is fairly easy. What takes a long time is hanging up all of the pictures and decorations. We got Lyza's shelf hung up and she chose what to decorate it with. That's right, a t-rex

 We frosted our front door

 Kim found a great deal on an oak table on Craigslist. It's in great condition and has two leaves. Our plan is to refinish it sometime

 Miss Lyza has been really helpful recently. Here she is washing the windows

 When she draws it looks more and more recognizable. Doesn't that look a little bit like a person?

 Nixon tries hard to keep up with Lyza at the park, but that is a tough job for anyone

 When I am doing yard work Lyza likes to look for bugs and creepy crawlies. She like the "slippy slimy" earthworms

 We got our curtains hung up in the kitchen

 Kim took the kids hiking one day to Tubb's Hill and they played at the beach

 I love this picture of them

 What a little model

 

The kids had fun playing with lady bugs

 Of course she had to ride the moose

 we got Lyza some safety scissors, which seemed  like a good idea until we looked down at the pile of construction paper on the ground and noticed the hair mixed in with it

 We had our first light bulb burn out in our vaulted ceilings and we don't have a ladder tall enough to reach it. Kim improvised.

 We may have a future engineer on our hands

 Cool hair

 He thinks he is so cool strutting around with his sippy cup in his mouth without holding it

 peek-a-boo

 Lyza had some blood work done to test for allergies. She came home with band aids on both arms and a whole lot of stickers. She doesn't have any allergies

 Lyza had a friend over and she had him wrapped around her little finger. He was helping her put on shoes and her jacket. Good grief!

 What a cute outfit she had on yesterday. She looks so grown up. 

 Snuggles

 More snuggles

 Here is a little video of our pre-adolescent daughter

That's all for now. Take Care