Halfway There...

Here are a few pictures of the bunk bed painting project. It's halfway done now...

And of course, Jack wanted his picture taken too. His bed is the next project.

No More Training Wheels

A week ago we bought this smaller bike for Kate at a yard sale. We took the training wheels off and tried to help her ride it, but her balance wasn't very good. So, Dave took the pedals off and Kate has spent this last week zooming around on the bike. Tonight we put the pedals back on and this is what happened...

Dave and Kate started out like this...and after ten minutes or so this happened...

And, of course you can't post a picture of one kid and not the other. So, here's Jack.He spent the evening zooming around on the bigger tricycle.

Anyway... you can buy a Skuut bike for $100 to teach your kid balance or you can just take off the pedals for free.

We're Still Here...

All right, I guess it's time that I post something. We've been keeping busy, but haven't taken many pictures in the last few weeks. I've had good intentions of taking pictures, but it hasn't happened. So, here's what we've been up to:

We bought a membership to one of the pools here (they are all private and expensive and not-so-nice-because-they-are-old), so I'm trying to get as much use out of it as we can before the baby comes. Kate started swimming lessons this week and has improved so much! Jack is no longer totally freaked out by the water. So, it's been a good thing. Hopefully the weather warms up a little (we skipped swimming lessons this morning because it was only 48 degrees out and raining).

I found a smaller bike for Kate at a yard sale on Saturday. We bought her a bike for Christmas a year and a half ago, but it's too big for her to ride without training wheels. Dave took the pedals and training wheels off of the smaller bike, so she can get used to balancing. Hopefully someday she'll ride it without training wheels (with pedals). Jack tried really hard to ride the bike, but it's a little too big for him and he had a few wrecks before finally believing us that it's too big for him.

Our neighbors gave us their bunk beds last week. So, Dave's been busy sanding them down so we can paint them and then put them back together. The kids were really excited about having bunk beds. They slept in them for a few nights before we started working on them.
We've been spending a lot more time outside these days. We had breakfast outside on Saturday after trying out the new bike. (if you look closely in the reflection you can see my lovely ever-growing figure).I'm just waiting for July to come, so this baby can come out. Kate helped me wash the baby clothes and other baby stuff, so it can be ready. It will probably just sit in my room for another month or so, but oh well. I like to be prepared.

Anyway...That's what we've been up to. Lots of words and few pictures, but oh well.

Father & Son's

Last weekend Dave took Jack to his first Father & Son's campout. Here are some highlights of the night.

Jack in their "tent" eating his treat. They slept in the van since we don't own a tent.

Playing football with his "brothers"

Kate and I had a girls night. We got some pizza and had a picnic. We compromised on a movie -- we watched Alvin and the Chipmunks since it had real people in it and animated animals. Then Kate got to sleep with me and she slept in really late the next morning. Good times had by all!