So, yep, I have some talented boys. Grams and Gramps just got back from Hawaii, and with them they brought back the boys some Ukulele’s. They play them often, but on Saturday Morning Tuck pulled out Toph’s Guitar and asked for some lessons–the boys are constantly looking up to their father, and want to do anything that he does.
After watching this video-
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You might agree that practice make perfect, and they might need a little more practice 🙂 But I will remember the smiles on their faces. These boys are lucky to have such a good, loving, patient father.
Category: Truman
So did you know that during this last week was Earth Day and Arbor Day?
I must admit, I didn’t realize Earth Day was on Tuesday, we actually went to the dump, to take some trash there. Woops. Not a good way to celebrate Earth Day!
But we did celebrate Arbor Day at Red Butte Gardens. Can I tell you, I love this place? Especially the Children’s Garden. We spent a majority of our time there…
Fish Pond (Truman especially like it here)
This is why I rarely try to get posed shots
I usually just follow them around and take pictures, like in this hut
or on a lizard
Or in the dragons mouth
The staining Sand Pit
Just love this pic
After we’d been there a while, Amy, Ry and Tiff, Cousin Belle and Ike came to meet us there too!
Belle and Tuck on Bridge
Looking at the fish together, people used to always think they were twins, you can kind of see it in this picture,
Map Questing
Cute Cousins
Handsome Ike
A beautiful day to be outside and enjoying God’s creations.
So Wednesday afternoon, my good friend Jamie, calls me up informs me some animals from Sea World are at her BANK (Yeah, random I know), and so we are off for an adventure I am sure my kids will not forget.
When we arrived, they were having a show, and explained about the animals,
The boys watched with such interest!
Kookaburra:
Simon:
Lemur:
Look at those teeth! I think she said they belonged to a whale:
Then we waited in line for a few minutes, in line, headed upstairs,
and got a hands on experience with many of the animals.
Petting Simon:
Pac Man Frog, that Tucker really loved:
If you look in the background, you can see the penguin. I am not sure if this was penny or pete, but either way, the boys stood and watched it for a while. (You couldn’t pet it, but they boys didn’t mind. They were VERY close to a penguin!)
Ever since the PBS Kids Show Big, Big World, the boys care about sloths. Here is one we met:
Petting a tortoise:
They also gave them kids there own shamu stuffed whale.
All the boys watching the show with their stuffed animals:
Truman was fascinated by the presentation–Love the expression on his face:
Since Wednesday, we have watched Utube clips of Shamu, Tucker and Truman have checked out books from the library about animals that live in the sea, especially whales, and have colored many pictures of dolphins and sea life.
I love exposing my children to new things!
Truman was tagged by his cousin Nora, and again, since you hear my perspective constantly, again, I asked Toph to write this one!
Truman finds joy both in emulating his older brother as well as in being different from him, depending on the day.
He loves Planet Heroes action figures
He loves to run, jump, kick and throw
His little eyes “scream” delight when he is excited about something
Truman is an excellent snuggler.
When I asked Truman who he wanted to tag he said “My Grandmas and Grandpas”. So there you go 🙂
Tucker could do ‘projects’ constantly. This week he made himself a scripture bag for himself.
He designed it, cut the letters out, and sewed them on by hand, all by himself. I just was the sewing machine operator, and needle puller througher (sewing by hand through levi material is hard for a five year old.) I love his little creative mind.
-About Pete and how long he lived, and everything that goes with him…
-How bad I hate the smell of fish?
-And how looking at a dirty fish tank gives me the chills?
-How for some reason, in a child’s mind, putting fish flakes in the tank is the greatest thing ever, and gets requested at least 15 times a day by each child?
Did I forget:
-How having a pet makes children feel responsible and happy?
-About the smiles that come from fish that swim around, and do ‘tricks’ like swimming through the tunnel?
-How calmly and quietly kids can sit by a fish tank and just watch?
-The joy of pets?
Yes I did. For better or for worse. 🙂
Introducing Pete (Trumans new fish) He likes to hid under the filter and behind the shell, making it hard to get pics:
And Water (Tuckers fish):
I am choosing now not to forget these happy faces:
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A new trailer that for Wall-e, in case any one else is (or has children) who are robot obsessed. My boys have watched it three times already…
Still can’t wait for it to come out!
This last weekend, the kids were at the Greene’s playing with there cousins, and it was so refreshing to spend the day in the back yard, enjoying the spring weather, getting the garden ready, working hard, and most especially being with my husband. I can’t even tell you how wonderful it is to get so much done, in an uninterrupted block of time…the word ‘productive’, doesn’t begin to explain how much we got done!
Because of this weekend, Tonight, we got the first item in our garden planted. Sugar Snap Peas.
As well as get some seeds planted, to keep inside, and hopefully start some seedlings, until the frost free date, when it is safe to plant outside!!
Hopefully this is a good start to a productive garden!
Kids?
I think so! Cooking and decoration cookies included.
(Tuckers head looks so sore, all yellow and bruised!)
Yummy, yummy sugar cookies. Cute, cute boys.
Friday Afternoon, we spent the afternoon (after lunch) at the Children’s Museum with Grams. It was crazy busy there, but of course the boys still had a good time.
It is so fun to watch the boys as they always play differently with things,and everytime we are there they do things differently, play with the same objects in different ways.
Here is them working together, Tucker would unload the ‘bricks’ into Trumans wagon,
Truman would haul them away, emptying them down the slide
Then return for a fill up…
Tru found some work gloves, and decided to feed the horse hay. He hauled a few bales over to the horse
Our everytime shot on the motorcycle (I only took one pic, and his eyes are closed):
They were able to play around with most of the things they wanted to, and at the end Grams bought them a new goo ball toy.
Here are the boys playing with them in the car (it kept them quite happy as we drove), look at Tucks concentration—
Truman just giggled every time he squeezed it…
It is nice to be able to spend days together with Grams! We love you!
