We had another beautiful weekend recently where we got to enjoy the sun and the snow. It was Earth Day and we participated in the annual procession of the species parade. Jett was a frog, Calvin sported the elephant costume which was it's third appearance (Piper wore it one year for Earth Day, Jett wore it for Halloween last year and Calvin barely squeezed into it this time, so it will finally be moving on to a new home!) and Piper was a blue morpho butterfly. It was so cute to see all the kids and many adults dressed up for the parade, though for this parade it seems like there are more people walking than spectators watching.
After the parade we checked out the Earth Day fair where the high light was this obstacle course set up for bikes. David and Piper rocked it on our trail a bike, but mostly Calvin, Jett and Piper ran the course over and over again. Seriously they probably did it more than 10 times each.
That afternoon it was still hot enough to run through the sprinklers! Yay summer! Here is a short video of the fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKBX3QOzOtg&feature=channel&list=UL
Sunday we hit the Mt. Bachelor sled hill again.
Calvin was starting snow ball fights with our friend Quinn. He took it as much as he dished out, but the fun was over when snow went down his shirt on to his bare skin!
Mango on the other hand will take a snowball to the face all day long! This puppy pants LOVES the snow. It is so fun to be a puppy head.
I love this picture of Dave and Piper. The flowers on our trees were popping and smell so good. Such a beautiful time of year to see all the vegetation wake up from a long winter snooze.
That means it is also time to get the finishing touches on our raised bed green house that Dave built last year. The boys were all about helping daddy with the power tools. We got it started too late in the season last year to really benefit from it, but this year we have high hope and planted tons of seeds.
We also added blueberry bushes and grape vines to our already planted raspberries, plum tree and strawberry patch that we got established last year.
We have had some challenging "terrible twos" moments with the boys lately, but man they are fun. We are finally getting pretty mobile! We went on a pretty decent family hike with no stroller this past weekend and on several occasions the boys have rode their bikes for outings as well. They have been telling knock knock jokes at the dinner table, which never make any sense, but we laugh anyway. For example, "knock knock" "whos there" "window who window you mommy!" Ha Ha Ha buddy. They love to rhyme words with Piper who has been quite the rhymer lately. Calvin and Jett still love playing mommy and baby with Piper, it is pretty sweet to hear them all talking and playing in the playroom. The three of them do push each others buttons, but when they decide to be cool, they really do have a lot of fun together.
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