After three videos of Lance staring blankly at the camera, I finally caught a brief sample of what I hear all day!
One of his favorite words sounds like “Odie” (Garfield’s sidekick) if he says it a bunch of times in a row it sounds like he’s yodeling.
Park time with my friends from next door – Landon and Addison (twins – 10 mo.)….
Plus dinner time face painting…..
Equals bath time for Lance! (playing peek-a-boo with his towel hood)
Showing off my new teeth!
All cleaned up and ready for bed.
I’ve been having fun taking videos of Lance recently because sometimes a picture just can’t capture the action. So here are a few for you to enjoy!
His new household chore: Window washing – most of the hand prints are right where he can reach them anyhow.
Lance has progressed in his mobility – commando crawl didn’t work so well on concrete.
(note: apparently his new progress has been noted in the nursery and he has been “promoted” out of bed babies)
Life’s little choices – too bad they weren’t all this good!
On Sat. we checked out an Easter outreach event at a nearby church. Arriving early we avoided lines and got to do all the fun stuff before things got crowded.
Lance loved the petting zoo – the pygmy goats were his favorite.
Inside were carnival booths most of which were a bit too challenging for Lance – however, he could do the bowling and also enjoyed fishing…forget the pole, his hands worked much better 🙂
Lance wasn’t so sure about the Easter bunny, but he really liked “finding” an egg because the jellybeans inside rattled when he shook it.
There were quite a few bounce houses which Lance could only look at, but in a special section for little kids they had a smaller bounce house where Lance and Daddy could have a little fun.
Upstairs and away from all the noise was an “Easter Path” made of ten different stations where you could experience the Easter story. You could step in sand and wash each others feet, participate in the Lord’s supper, nail your sins to the cross and prepare a “flower” to celebrate resurrection. We really enjoyed this part and adapted it for our Sunday School class the next day.
The class thought the foot washing was a bit strange, but once they got over the fact that Sunday School was not going to be “by the book” they joined in enthusiastically.
Here the kids enjoy grape juice and crackers for the Lord’s supper.
Holding ice as it melts while thinking about Jesus suffering on the cross.
I think it went over well and I’m sure the kids will remember it for a long time.
We spent most of last Saturday doing some projects around the house.
First of all, we got dirt, plants and seeds to make our garden. We had enough dirt to fill all seven buckets and planted red, yellow and green peppers, a tomato, cucumbers and some zinnias and sunflowers. I was excited to find the first of our seeds sprouting this morning!
We also put up a plastic mesh around the balcony so Lance could play out there without the danger of falling through the railings. Two evenings were spent fixing flats on our bikes and installing some shades on the balcony. Besides blocking the sun, the shades give an element of privacy and we had a candle light dinner on the porch one night!
