Warm Weather Fun

We have been loving the nice weather lately. It's been a great change. We love going outside, playing at the park, and the fact that it's still light outside when Dad gets home from work. Thank Heaven for spring. We couldn't do winter much longer.

The kids have been totally into bikes lately. Anytime they see a kid with one at the park, they try to ride it. The other day, we got trikes of our own. Despite the fact that they can't reach the pedals yet, the kids absolutely love them. We pushed them around for a while the first night and they thought it was the greatest thing ever. We are going to get pedal blocks so they can actually reach the pedals, but we haven't done it yet.

When we were pushing them around, Blair kept trying to pedal and wanted to do it herself, but Davis was in total relaxation mode, as usual, and he was content to be pushed. They are so funny and so different. Here are a few pictures of the first night riding the trikes.

I love that Davis has his feet up in this picture. That is totally his little personality.

Blair of course, being the little mama that she is, had to push Davis around when we were done. I think she really thinks she's in charge of taking care of him. She always tries to dress him, feed him, and do anything else she can possibly do for him. It is pretty funny to watch. Luckily, Davis is a pretty good sport about it all.





Another day, it was actually so hot that we had to leave the park after about an hour and go find some shade. The kids weren't really ready to go inside yet, so we settled for coloring with sidewalk chalk on the front porch where we could enjoy a little shade.

When I bought the sidewalk chalk, I had no idea that it could be so messy. I mistakenly thought they'd get a little color on their hands that could be taken care of with one wipe. This is certainly not the case with my kids. They unintentionally color all over themselves all the time. They either brush the chalk over their clothes while the walk, or they sit down in a spot that they just colored and get it all over their little bums.

As my kids get older, I have to remind myself to take a chill pill a little more often. Toddlers are just messier than I would like, and I'm learning to deal with it. Plus, the sidewalk chalk is pretty mellow compared to them learning to feed themselves. That is for sure not my favorite.