Basketball Party

Jack finished basketball. We had a party at Pizza Hut.  Jack's standing up at the front with his coaches.

Bike Rider

We've had a few sunny days that we've spent outside riding bikes.

Jackson learned to ride a 2 wheeler! He hasn't had training wheels since he was 6 I think, but he never felt confident to ride a 2-wheeler. He'd try sometimes, but mostly just stuck to his scooter.  The end of last summer he was getting better.  Then when he tried a couple weeks ago he figured out he really could do it and now loves riding it.

Potty Training Take 2

Kenzie loves to set 2 chairs up and eat a snack like this. She often puts another chair by her too for her animals to sit on. In this picture her "Little Bird" is behind her on the couch :) She's also washing her raspberries in a cup of water.

I tried potty training Colie again and he didn't do it again. He wore underwear for a week and half. He seemed to know when he had to go and was really good at holding it in, but he screamed every time we tried to have him go in the potty. The first few days he kept says "potty scary" and "I don't like that potty." I eventually got him sitting on the potty without crying, but he wouldn't sit very long if he actually had to got potty. So for now we'll keep him in diapers.

It's a little ironic that my other kids were all potty trained by 2 1/2 but now that I have chance to have them all potty trained I can't get Colie to do it. 

Lots of Pictures

 Coleman and mommy.

 Coleman took this picture. He has been wanting to take pictures every time I pull out the camera.

 Kenzie, Fox, Coleman watching a show. Kenzie loves making houses and beds for her animals and babies.

 All the kids watching a show.

Kenzie helped me make smore bites. 

 Colie eating his snack at the stool.

 Kenzie, Doug, Coleman.

 Colie with a mo-hawk. 

 I sent these 2 to the mailbox to mail letters when it was raining. I looked out the window and they were so cute walking down the sidewalk with Jordan holding the umbrella over them both. They never made it to the mailbox. Jack ran out and ran the cards to it. I guess it was too rainy for them, even with and umbrella.

 We made African masks for homeschool. This is Jordan wearing his.

 We started swimming lessons again.

 Cute Kenzie and Colie.

 Coleman likes to sleep with all these things. He also sleeps with his blankie which isn't pictured because it would cover up  all the things he's holding. He usually throws them all out (except his binky and blanky most of the time) before he falls asleep. I put most of them back in his bed so he can play with them when he wakes up. He usually throws them out again by the time I get him up.

 Every night before going to bed, Kenzie has to make a bed for her favorite animals/babies. Some days it will just be fox, and other days it will be a baby and little bird and puppy. It's quite cute how careful she is about making their beds look nice and comfy.

The flash was kind of bright since she was sleeping.

Zoo

We went to the zoo with friends during their 2nd winter break. We had to bundle up, but it was  mostly sunny, and not too cold as long as the wind wasn't blowing. We had a fun day!

Jordan, Coleman, Kenzie, Jackson watching the artic foxes.

Coleman was crying because I wanted take his picture before I helped him off the bench he was standing on.

He just wanted to sit down for the picture.

He was kind of grumpy that day.

But still cute.

The kids colored.

Jordan learned about conservation.

We had to take a picture of them in the shark's mouth. 

Jackson touched a sting ray. My camera was in  weird setting when he was actually touching it so I could only get a picture after.

This tiger was pacing right by the window and kept growling.

He went right up to my friend's 2 year old and roared right in his face. The 2 year old jumped a little but didn't even cry. He's pretty tough :)

Then the tiger stretched up on the pole. It was fun to see the tiger so active. And we were all hoping the glass really was strong enough to keep him in :)

The last thing we did was play at the play area.

Jackson

Coleman cried for the last 20 minutes or so. He wanted me to carry him, but I had the stroller to push. Jackson came up to me and asked me to carry Coleman and he volunteered to push the stroller. Kenzie wanted ride so he pushed her all the way to the car.