Father's Day

Father's Day is a pretty big deal in our house (at least to me and the kids) and takes weeks of preparations and lots of reminders so the kids don't to tell daddy what's happening.  Lucy's gotten really good at keeping a secret, even when her dad tries to trick her and get her to spill the beans.  This Father's Day we spent saturday at my parent's house and Sunday at home and at Grandma Janielee's.  The kids worked on their presents for dad all week and were so excited to give it to him after church.  Before Lucy went to bed on Saturday night she even asked me what dad's favorite dress was so she could wear it to church.  

After church and naps the kids gave their dad a card from each of them (Lucy's was from the little princess to the king and Max's was a Nemo card) and a stack of index cards that they had decorated for Tyler to take to work.  We also got him a new chair for his desk in the hopes that it will help his back and make less noise than the other one (secretly a gift for me, since our office is in our bedroom and Tyler is often working on his computer while I'm sleeping).   At one point, Lucy said to me, "Mom, when it's Sister's day, you and dad and Max can make a card and a picture for me!"  So we've decided to have Sister's Day in July and Brother's Day in August.

Later that night we headed to the airport because Auntie Sam, Sarah and Kristine were coming home from their trip to Europe.  The kids enjoyed playing in the play-place and were excited to see the girls.  It was pretty late by the time we got out of there, so we put pjs on the kids and drove home.  Lucy fell asleep in the car, which we expected and Max was content to just sit and look around.   

Happy Time

Here are some pictures of Max in his favorite place...the tubbie.   When I'm filling the tub he tries to climb in fully clothed - this happens every night.  He likes it most especially when his sister plays games with him and makes him laugh.  In this instance, she was putting bubbles all over him to make him look like Santa.  And yes, we do have a pink tub.  These pictures were taken this year, not in the early 70s.

Acres of Fun

We took an impromptu trip to Butterfield acres to see what the kids thought of all the animals.  With the colony we now have living on the Williamson's property, Tyler's parents have been talking about getting some animals to help cut the cost of groceries.  Lucy has been very excited about having baby chicks come live at our house, but she is often excited about something in her mind, but when it comes to the actual realization of it, she can be quite timid.  We thought a trip to Butterfield Acres would let us know just how she would do being surrounded by lots of animals and not just lots of people.  

We ended up spending 3 hours there and were never bored once.  The kids could have stayed even longer if our legs could only sustain us.  

They each got to ride on the pony and pet more animals than we could even count.  

Lucy, as per usual, was timid but really liked seeing all the animals and especially loved the baby chicks.  

Max was fearless and sat down with all the animals so he could be at eye level.  

The only time he got a little unsure was when the piglets started sucking on his fingers.  

He cried for a moment and was happy and onto the next thing in no time.  

His favorite part was riding on the big green tractor, "oliver" and he got very upset when he had to give his sister a turn.

It was a bit pricey to visit, but totally worth it.  We bought a seasons pass so we can go back again and again. 

 We were also fortunate to see the "Steven Tyler" of Roosters.

Sincerest Apologies

I would just like to apologize to all of my fans for not being up-to-date on my blogging. With the iPhoto feature not working on my laptop, I have not been able to download pictures easily, and with Tyler's laptop with him almost 24/7, it leaves me little time for blogging. For any updates, you can always go to Mike and Tam-e's blog, because they seem to keep pretty up-to-date on their family and ours! More posts will follow soon, I promise!