Hard at Play

I just had to share a few random pictures of Malia playing. It is mind boggling how quickly they absorb everything going on around them and start acting that out. As you can see she likes to pretend to get water like Mom and Dad from the refrigerator, she also started shouting "noonoo" every time a dog barks...which I believe she learned from Nana and Papa who tell Jake "no" when he barks for dinner. A little background for the last picture, I have heard many stories of Stephen working into the wee hours of the night on his latest Lego creations some of which filled up his room as a kid, he loved/loves Legos! The last picture was the long awaited day for Stephen to make Lego creations with his girl, I knew what a mess Legos would be and was in no hurry to bring them out but I knew Malia was old enough to appreciate them so here we are. The play room is full of Lego land mines, but on a more positive note Malia is at the stage where she loves to help and be industrious so before bedtime she happily helps pick them all up.

Shout Out to My Man

As many of you know we have added some new plants to our backyard this Spring and I was watering them most mornings which I really enjoyed until about 2 weeks ago when it really started to warm up. For Mother's Day Stephen asked what I wanted and I half jokingly replied, a drip system for the plants would be nice. Well my awesome husband got up nice and early Saturday morning purchased the supplies, dug a trench, laid the drip line and all of the bubblers. About 4:30 he finished the job and then came the great test, Stephen flipped the switch and all of the bubblers bubbled!

I am so proud of my husband who has learned so much since we have gotten married in regards to home repair and maintenance. In the past few months he has replaced our garage door opener, observed and learned from a friend how to replace front brakes and rotors, dethatched and replanted grass, planted trees and shrubs and of course now he knows how to install a drip line.

Thank you Stephen for a wonderful Mother's Day!

Zumba

I know Zumba has been around for a few years but this morning was my first experience and I LOVED it. The music is booming with lots of bass and rhythm, almost tribal, but it also has a Latin flare. The routines were fairly easy to catch on to and so much fun...very sexy. I definitely worked up a sweat shaking the junk in my trunk but it was so much fun I could have kept moving for another hour, minus the blisters developing on my feet. I can't wait to go again, it is not often that I say that about going to the gym so I am super excited about this class. My only disappointment is that the class is only offered twice a week...I am sure Stephen won't mind watching me zumba. Don't get too worked up, we are married after all.

Easter Sunday

We celebrated the resurrection of Our Lord this year by attending church Sunday morning. Malia loves going to Sunday School, they have a cute little door that is just her size and she will walk right in on her own. I serve in the 2 year old classroom because I quickly discovered that when I was in the nursery with Malia she wanted me to hold her most of the time and now she plays happily in her own classroom. After church we headed to Nana and Papa's house for an egg hunt, diving into your basket and dinner. Your favorite gift on Easter was Many Hugs Elmo from Nana and Papa, or as you call him Melmo. There is something about Elmo, that you love, your eyes light up every time you see him. I thought you were still young enough that you would be happy to collect empty eggs from the yard, I was wrong. Uncle Tanner was helping you find the eggs and put them in your basket and once he opened an egg and handed you that single jelly bean, it was all over. After that you would pick up the egg shake it and if it made noise you would hand it to Unce Tanner for your prized jelly bean, but if it was quiet you would throw it back in the grass and move on in hopes of finding a rattling egg.

Malia wouldn't wear the bunny ears so Nana did

Uncle Tanner The Jelly Bean Giver

On the Hunt