Long week

It's been a long week without a blog post! It was my first week back to work full-time and there's not as much time to blog when I have to be working all day! Everybody adjusted pretty well to the new schedule. I think it's safe to say that I'm the one having the most trouble. I really appreciated the opportunity to work part-time for the past year. The extra time that I had to spend with both kiddos really meant a lot to me. But I also enjoy my job so we are on to the next chapter ...

We packed a lot of activities into last week. We hosted a garage sale and sold a bunch of stuff and Will did something that I'll write about in my next blog entry. We celebrated Aunt Vicky's birthday with a big dinner at Red Lobster. Yum! We had our first parent-teacher conference with Will's Montessori teachers. She was very complimentary and said that he's right where they expect him to be. We already knew this but he's very interested in the hands-on activities (in Montessori, they call it "practical life") so they are trying to steer him to more of the educational work (alphabet, counting, etc.). He can recognize his name when he sees it written down and you can tell that he tries to write it himself. His teacher described him as a 'bull in the china shop' in that he'll plow over things/people to get from point A to point B. But she also said that he's sweet and chatty. That's our boy!

This picture is from a Cinco de Mayo festival that we attended at Grandma Hansen's school on Friday. It was obstacle course and Will held up the line while he worked hard to put the bar back on the cones after he knocked it off. So conscientious!

The weather was nice enough today to get outside and breath in some fresh air. By this evening, it was cold again and we have snow in the forecast for the week (it's May 9!!). Reina tried out the trike while wearing shorty-shorts and no shoes. Can you tell that she wore pigtails to church but they fell out during nap?

Over the last few weeks, Reina has discovered blue dog. She's not as daredevil-y as Will was at this age but she does like to practice climbing on and off and it keeps her busy.

Here's a similar picture of W.

Like I mentioned earlier, we hosted a garage sale yesterday. It was cold but we persevered and sold some stuff and took the rest to storage. One of my friends sold a bunch of stuff too so she brought her twin boys (age 2) over and Glenn watched all 4 kids while we sold baby clothes, books, knick-knacks and one old dishwasher. Well, we didn't sell the dishwasher... anyone need one? It runs well, it's just a little loud. We'll take the best offer!

So, Glenn's babysitting strategy involved the television at times and it worked for 3 of the 4 kids.

In honor of Mother's Day, here's a (unflattering) picture of Will and his mom. I had a great day!