Warming up

The sun has decided to come out and warm things up a bit the past couple of weeks. However the wind still gives the air a nice chill teasing us that winter is still hanging on. The kids have been grateful for melted snow and warmer temperatures to escape the house and play. We're teaching Peter to ride his bike without training wheels; but as with all things that pertain to Peter it's on his terms. So some day's he'll go out and give it a try and other days he'd rather have on his extra wheels so he can zip around faster. We've gone for a few walks and enjoyed the park too. Peter and Kendal have found and brought out all of their outside toys and happily take the bat, balls, and shovels out to play. Kendal has even been helping Peter learn to pump on the swing. I've caught them a few times working together in the back yard and it's so sweet to see them in those moments.

Kendal is loving school and all that it holds. Her only complaint is when it comes to homework she finds it boring. I've added to it to make it fun / varied for her. We do math games, work on grammar, and we've started a journal at home. Kendal has advanced to level two in reading. She sometimes doesn't like that the stories are longer, but she loves having more options and finding books she can read.  Kendal has learned how to yoyo. She wants so badly to master fun tricks, but we keep reminding her as in all things she's got to get the basics down really well to get to the funner stuff.
Peter is doing so well with his letters. He knows them and can do their sounds, but still won't spit them out on demand. He's passed a couple of levels on ABC mouse and is so proud of himself. Peter could play Lego's all day everyday. He enjoys creating and comes up with different machines, trains, or creations daily. He also enjoys his cars and either pulls out the mats to play on, lines them up for play, or has races down his track. We've cut back on naps with Peter in hopes that he'll sleep longer at night. So now on the days I do put him down he either goes out right away or piles books on his bed and goes through them for almost an hour then peeks out to see if he can come out and play.
Casey has started running and doing some weight training to prep for track. He starts this next week with the middle school team. He's also had some sensitive teeth lately and finally decided it needed to be dealt with only to be in tons more pain, and find out he needs a root canal to top it off. He's been in so much pain, this Friday can't come soon enough.

We got to head down to Logan Friday evening into Saturday to celebrate Elliots upcoming birthday. We haven't been down since Christmastime so it was nice to see everyone even if it was a short trip. Elliot will be one on the Eighth. He is getting so big, crawls around, and has a cute personality. The party was at David and Anica's. The kids got to play on the playground and surrounded Elliot while he opened presents. We got a little more planning done on our summer family Disney trip. The kids are over the moon excited to go. (It'll be the first family vacation we've all been together for in 15 years!)