Eli & Mommy Special Day

One of the things I am going to miss most when we move to Kansas is 

No Friday Kindergarden

The boys and I LOVED our Fridays with Alli when she was in Kindergarten.

Now with Eli, it is our special time for just the two of us while A & L are both at school.

Today, as much as I thought I wanted to come home and get ready for the movers 

{who are showing up Monday morning ~ YIKES!}

Eli and I spent the morning riding bikes together.

Before we left LCS this morning, I was talking to a friend about how I wanted to just focus on E and not on the move during our special time this morning.  My friend assured me he would pray for this.

Prayers answered!  We had THE BEST morning!!!

We decided to be adventurous and leave our neighborhood to check out a friend's neighborhood.

It required going on some nonresidential roads with decent hills.

It was precious to hear Eli chanting "I think I can" riding up the hills.

I loved saying to him, "I knew you could!"

He did AWESOME!!!

We had so much fun checking out some different parks and viewing nature.

This precious boy LOVES God so much and spent most of the ride commenting on how much he loves "God's beautiful creations with the trees changing colors"

His giggles while spinning were priceless.

I wish everyone had his joy for life and love for God!!!

When we got home, he told me it was time for some work on his bike ;-)

It was adorable watching him "work" on his bike.

I took it as an opportunity to teach him the difference between flat head and phillips screwdriver.

How I enjoyed our special time together this morning!!!

we have pictures!!!

Thank you Adele for sending these!

Turns out we do have pictures from our fun at the beach (discussed in previous post) and some more of Miss Alli riding her big girl bike ~ yeah!!!  I will edit the previous post to include the beach pictures but here are some of Alli the day after she got her bike.  I promise she doesn't always wear dresses for bike rides :)

Just check out that smile ~ she LOVES her new bike!

long time no blog

Guess life has been a bit busier these past two weeks.  Wish I could think of reason why but I can't.  Guess we just got caught up in life :)

Last weekend, we had another garage sale to get rid of the rest of our stuff.  Not as successful as the previous one but we still got rid of a ton and made some more money!  No Toys R Us for Alli this time, at least not with us.  She got to have a play date with Ducky Gramma and Papa that day and they took her to Toys R Us and bought her a brand new, princess, big girl bike with training wheels and a matching helmet!!!

To say she loves it would be an understatement :)  It took a few rides before she had it figured out but now, she's a pro!  She LOVES to ride around the neighborhood and gets going so quickly that she tells us she's "racing" us.  Seriously, we have to jog to keep up!  Very entertaining.

Yesterday, the weather finally warmed up again and we took full advantage by going to the beach (Treasure Island).  Of course, in packing our bag, we forgot the camera so no photos but I assure you, a great time was had by all.  Thankfully, Adele had her camera and kindly shared the pictures so we can now show you how much fun we had.  We went out after lunch and went straight down to the water.  Alli was being a pill so we put her down for a nap and let Eli play on the beach until he kept trying to eat rocks ~ silly boy.  We tried to put him down as well but he was not at all interested in the pack-n-play and we didn't want to ruin Alli's nap so we put him in the Bob (stroller), in the shade, facing the water.  He LOVED that!!!  Chatted and played with his feet for about 20 minutes, then zonked! 

While the kids slept, G and his dad dug clams on the beach. 

When Eli woke up, we put him in his little swim trunks and let him play in the little pool.  He had a ball splashing around with toys.
  

Alli changed into her suit and joined in the fun when she woke up. She had no intention of getting in with him but was happy to play right next to the pool and two passed toys back and forth ;-)

After deciding they were done with the pool, Eli ate (what's new?)

and Alli rode her bike ~ both were quite happy :)

We had a great dinner out there and both kids crashed on the drive home.  Guess all that sun and swimming wore them out!

Today has also been pretty nice so we enjoyed lunch outside and worked in the yard.  Alli loves to pull weeds and Eli thinks it is great fun to crawl around on the grass so both had fun. 

We took a quick bike ride / stroll around the neighborhood before naps. As you can see, Eli loves to chill in the Bob :)