A picnic with friends

We met Andrew's friend Noah at the park today for a picnic.

We also did some bike/scooter riding and played on the playground.

I think Noah may have a crush on Emily.  He kept getting in her personal space today, which she wasn't too crazy about.  He was watching her climb up the slide and he told his mom "she's pretty"...She is :)

They have a big roller hockey rink at the park, it made the perfect spot to ride bikes.  Andrew has learned to pedal his bike and he is FAST. And Emily is about the slowest walker there is so we just can't keep up with him.  The rink was nice because he could ride around and around and Em could do whatever she wanted, and I could sit down :)

"doughnut shops and ice cream shops"

Andrew made up this song in the car the other day about all the things he likes.

Here is the translation in case you didn't catch all of that :)
"I like trees and grass and trees and grass, doughnut shop and ice cream shop, movies! Dinner, dinner dinner dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner.
ME: you like dinner?
yep.  I like cars and driveways and roads.  I like grass and trees...and house and my house.
EMILY: whats that? whats that? whats that?
(telling Em about the knob on her car seat) It's the roller, it's how you make it tight.
EMILY: woah woah
It's big, turn it up, turn it up. I likes trees I like trees and grass leaves, ice cream shop and doughnuts and movies. I like driveways and roads and house! I like that song.
ME: you like that stuff
It's your turn to do it, it's your turn to do it."

I have been teaching the kids yoga, mostly because I think it is hilarious to see them do yoga moves.  Emily is not able to balance on one leg yet but she has figured out she can lean against something to help with her balance, check out her tree :)

The other day I asked them if the wanted to help me wash my car, they both enthusiasticly said YES! Then Andrew grabbed a sponge to wash with...

And Emily grabbed a lawn chair and sat and watched the whole time we washed the car.  She has some real management potential, she will be the boss one day. 

But then again, she also likes to take her pants off when she wakes up and put them on her head, so who knows...

She is forward facing in her car seat now, I wasn't planning on turning her forward so soon, but she loves it so there is no going back now!

Andrew and I went on a date the other day.  We went to dinner, a movie and for ice cream.  possible the best date I ever had :)  We had a blast!

These kids LOVE to be outside, since the weather has been nice, we have been doing lots of picnics, playgrounds and playing in the driveway (or the cul-de-sac around the corner)

A picnic

Today during breakfast Andrew asked if we could have "A picnic, in the grass, on a blanket"..sure!  He said we would need a blanket, a lunch, drinks, and a lunch box.  So we packed our lunch and headed to the park.

Then we walked in the "jungle"

We have some serious "monkey see, monkey do" around here these days.

And we hit up the playground for a bit.