Cleaning our rides

While Evelyn was sleeping the other day, the men were out cleaning our rides!

I'm pretty sure Henry used half the bottle on his hog!

Moving sale

With moving comes selling a bunch of stuff you no longer use/need. Slowly, but surely, I have been getting everything ready to sell next weekend. Most of it I do during the kid's naps, but the past two days they haven't wanted to take naps at all. Hopefully this last week leading up to our sale is better so we can actually have things out for people to buy!

Our sale is Friday, May 30th and Saturday, May 31st. Below is the link to our Craigslist post! Spread the word!

http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/gms/4484302506.html

Cool new tricks

Evelyn has learned a couple of cool new tricks!

She started this tongue smacking thing yesterday.

It's not pretty, but she's a crawler! This opens up a whole new world...for Evelyn and me!

Whatever you can do

I told Henry that I was going to put Evelyn in her jumper by the window so she could sit and look outside. Not to be outdone, Henry grabbed his own chair, pulled it over to the other window, and sat down with a smile!

Little sister can't have anything I can't have...

Big changes

Big changes are in store for the family. Annie was offered, and accepted, a new job at Spring Hill Camps! This means we will be moving up to Northern Michigan! Not sure exactly where yet; it will be somewhere between Big Rapids and Cadillac! Let the house hunting begin!! Henry is already excited. We asked him if he wanted to live in a new house. A few minutes later we got in the car to drive to go eat. He said, "go new house!"

We will be having a garage sale the end of May to help lighten the moving load. If anyone has tips on moving with two young kids, or how to have a successful garage sale let me know!

The past week

This afternoon Henry informed me that he made dinner. I asked him what he made. He made spaghetti and a hamburger...it's the Foot Book wrapped in a bamboo placemat wrapped in a foam placemat...it was delicious!

Whenever it is raining and we have an umbrella, Henry insists on holding it. This is one of the few times he actually held it up. Most of the time he just dragged it on the ground and laughed.

Here is my first attempt at pig tales...I think I nailed it! So does Evelyn!

Evelyn desperately wants to move. She is pulling herself up on things and is able to stand with ease while leaning against walls, chairs, or her pack-n-play! She will be walking in no time!

Evelyn and Henry have developed one part of their relationship that seems to work pretty well - Evelyn loves to be served and Henry loves to serve! We'll see how long this beautifulness lasts!

What a busy week. Henry and Evelyn are growing faster than I can imagine. Every day Evelyn seems to develop more and more and Henry is talking and putting sentences together.

Evelyn is sitting up, reaching, and starting to try to pull herself up on things! She has also discovered the power of her voice...and it is a powerful voice!! It did not take long for her to realize if she screams, she gets picked up. She also has put it together that Henry likes to grab her face and neck and we yell at him for this. This week she started to scream just if Henry walked close to her. When she does this I smile at her and say, "you're fine." She just smiles back...that little stinker...she's already turning into a tattle tale! Evelyn also, finally, had a good night sleep the other night. Annie put her down at 8:30/8:45 and she didn't wake up until 4:30!!!! We had a big storm that night, so maybe that did the trick. If so, here's hoping for storms for the next year or two!! :)

Henry's vocabulary grows by leaps and bounds every day. The last couple of weeks has produced some pretty hilarious sayings from him. Here are his best.

-I pooped, clean it.
-Butt sauce. (referring to diaper creme).
-Mommy, no. Stay home. (when Annie is getting ready to leave for work).
-No, mommy go pick out shoes. (After Annie told him to put his shoes on).
-I want a brother.
-School bus drop guy off. Go home. (he has become obsessed with school busses).
-I don't want sleep. I want wake up. (if I'm putting him down for his nap but he doesn't want one).
-Poop yucky. I don't eat it. (thankful he learned that lesson)!!
-I walk backwards. (while walking backwards).

Here we are on a family walk. Take note of the pine cones in his hand and in Annie's. As soon as we get outside, he says pine cone and searches for them. He walked the entire time holding onto them. It was over a 1/2 mile.

Henry has become very vocal in his eating...

Our healthy lifestyle seems to be rubbing off!

Instances of Henry and Evelyn playing well together are becoming more and more frequent. Evelyn thinks Henry is hilarious!

What happens when you climb a lamp

I checked on Henry before giving Evelyn her bottle. He was playing nicely with his bucket of balls. Suddenly, I heard a loud crash! Below are the pictures of what happens when Henry tries to climb a lamp to get to the rocks in a candle holder!

He was a champ though. He barely cried. Even when I put on rubbing alcohol to disinfect his cuts, he just scowled a little and then got ecstatic because I told him he could watch Frozen for being such a good boy while I cleaned him up and put bandaids on.