Rescued by the Weather

Can I just say how much I love Spring. I thought the weather would never get nice. We have been going stir crazy indoors, and we are finally able to go outside and play. The boys absolutely love being outside. They would stay outside all day if I would let them. Their favorite is blowing bubbles and riding their bikes. Today Aiden was running in the driveway and he bit the dust. He has some serious road rash on his forehead and on his nose. I felt so bad for the little guy.

Collin was licking his bowl clean the other night after dinner. I thought it was pretty funny. I am pretty sure he learned that from his dad.

It has been a busy couple of weeks. We have been spending all of our time outside. Finally, on Saturday, after bribing her, Paige and I went out and worked on riding her bike without training wheels. After about 25 minutes of listening to her cry and whine and saying she couldn't do it, she finally did it. She still can't start to well on her own, but she will figure it out. I am just so glad she can finally ride a bike. Now we will be able to go on family bike rides. We have two bike trailers, so Matt and I will both be able to pull two kids and Paige can ride. It will be a fun summer activity.

Kayla has had a few issues lately. She has been constantly wanting to watch t.v., so we came up with some new rules. It actually is a point system. The girls have to earn point by doing jobs and anything I have them do, and then they have to have so many points to get rewards. So, in order to watch a movie, they have to have 10 points. I also bought a bunch of stuff at the dollar store and put it in a basket. So if they want to use their points for a prize, they can. So it seems to be working so far and they are really enjoying earning points. I am really liking it, because they are really wanting to do jobs.

Last week I also took Kayla in and registered her for Kindergarten. I am so excited for her to start in August. She is really excited to. She keeps asking me when she gets to go, and she can hardly wait. That will be a big adjustment when school starts, but it is going to be nice.

Life is staying busy, but I am just glad that we are getting a change of pace. Hopefully we will be able to start going on some really fun outings soon.