Quarantine: Week 13

Henry and I before church last week

 Sometimes Nixon can look so special

 These two boys had lots of fun jumping into piles of pillows and blankets last Sunday

We got so bored we decided to play some games like this one with cups and a ball

 Henry had so much fun scooping dried beans and dumping them from bowl to bowl

Henry has also been working on his dance moves

 We have been getting lots of hummingbirds and I am always amazed at how beautiful they are

 You can see the tongue on this one

 You can see the beak partially open here 

 The green color is so cool

 We have had a little too much rain this week but that also means puddles...

 Henry tried the balance bike out for the first time this week and did pretty good

 Nixon has graduated to riding his bike with his feet everywhere but the pedals

 When the rain doesn't stop they have picnics in the toy room

 And make really fun forts

 Practicing their horse back riding

 The kids had some fun building with these things

 Piano trio?

 We watched Space Jam two weeks ago and now he thinks he can fly

 I love when Lyza will read to her siblings

 I got to play beautician yesterday

 What is that, a waffle ham and cheese?

Lyza will explain it for you

Take care

Quarantine: Week 12

This is how Mason dressed up for church last week

Kim does such a great job preparing a lesson for the kids every week

Mason's costume change during church

The irises are doing well

The kids got to pick up report cards from their teachers. Here is Lyza with her teacher

And Nixon with his teacher

His teacher may have been the super hero this year

I don't think they like sour candy

The kids had fun creating this game themselves

"Congratulations you finished!"

The picture is almost as cute as he is

Doesn't he look cute with a backpack? He is growing up too fast

We started painting the fence this week

And Lyza and Nixon had some friends over (and apparently just let them watch them play on tablets?)

Kim is a superstar! She painted at least 90% of the fence (the missionaries, Nixon, and I did the other 10%)

The kids got to go to another park this week

Nixon climbed up all by himself but needed some help down

Look what he did

But his explanation for why he did it makes perfect sense...

Kim got the fence all painted and it looks great!

I have been stalking the neighborhood hummingbirds a lot this week and put together a little video made of still images taken at high speed (essentially stop motion)

Henry has been saying "I love you" and it makes my heart melt

He is also pretty funny when he plays with this hamster that repeats back what you say

I messed around with some low light long exposure shots last night

Nixon is really good at getting himself ready for church

He and I had some fun throwing pom poms in the air

The kids decided they would play a little trick on me

Mason didn't want to be left out of the fun

Listen to his laugh

As usual Kim had an awesome lesson for the kids for church and after they had an activity that the primary president dropped off for them this week

Mirrors with the Savior in them

Take care