Perry's First Beach Trip

Another day that John was home we braved a trip to Natural Bridges.

The boys love playing in the "little water."

I think Scott looks like Renee Zellweger here.

Perry napped under a makeshift tent.

Jonah would have played in the sand all day.

Scott was much braver about going in the ocean this time.

I was there! I sat on the towel with Perry most of the time.

And I took pictures. I love beach pictures.

We went to check out the tidepools before heading home.

Jonah was getting tired.

The boys ate their packed lunch and we stopped on the way out for tamales at El Rosal bakery. Jonah was asleep as soon as he was buckled in his carseat, so we had a nice, peaceful drive back.

Build a Bear

When John was out of work, we tried to do some fun things as a family. We finally used the gift cards to Build a Bear that my aunt sent the boys for Christmas.

Jonah pumping the fluff in his minion.

Getting their little hearts ready to put inside.

Jonah was being uncharacteristically shy. He chose "Banana Bob Minion" as his new friend.

Scott chose Star Wars characters online, but once he saw this monkey at the mall, he was sold. He named it Cloudy.

We used a Cold Stone coupon and gift card to get a treat on the way home.

It was a fun day!

April I

Jonah found a tiny pocket on "Jack's shirt" (his friend, Jack, has the same shirt)

 He could not have been more excited about that pocket.

 Scott sat in Jonah's chair, then asked me to take a picture of him in it.

 He thought it was hilarious.

 Little stinker.

 Scott made a tie fighter

and told me all about it in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDSpxk2p33c&feature=youtu.be

I love the way Jonah says "nuffin" for nothing.

Scott taking good care of his baby doll.

 Giving John a workout

 I'm not sure where we'll fit Perry when he gets bigger.

Karen threw a big Harry Potter party for Sadie's birthday while they were in town.

 Katie made each cousin a shirt with a tie in their house color.

 Then their wand picked them.

 A pile of presents and cousins

 My little wizards

 Jonah was not into the pinata

 It was Scott's first time with a pinata, but he caught on and loved the concept.

 Charlotte liked Grandma's phone and all the kids liked watching Charlotte play on it.

 John went back to work after 2 weeks home with us. Our neighbor gave us two dinosaur velvety coloring sheets with markers and that kept us entertained most of the morning. I made them color on a blanket. We're still protective of our one room of carpet.

 The next day, John came home early from work and said they ended the contract. So he was home all week while Neil and Ashley's family was in town.

 We hiked up to Castle Rock one day. Thankfully it was mostly a walk because I had Perry pouched and hadn't exercised in weeks.

 Another day we went to the Palo Alto Jr. Museum and Zoo.

 Perry the perfect angel slept most of the time.

 Scott in the zoo area.

 We found some birds up in this cage.

 I sat around with Perry a lot. We were both good with that plan.

 Jonah fell asleep mid-book on the way home. They love the click clack books.

On my birthday, my friend, Stacey, took Perry and me to brunch while Amanda watched the big boys. She brought this fun cake she made for me.

 John and I went out to dinner while my mom babysat, but I was feeling awful.

When we got home, the boys had a slice of cake, helped me open presents, then we all went to bed.