Bowling, bowling, bowling

We took the boys bowling for the first time for Family Home Evening. It might be a while before we take Daniel along with us again, but Sam had a blast and did great!

So excited!

Which color do I choose?!

I didn't write down our scores, but I will admit that Sam's and my scores were quite close! He keeps asking when we're going bowling again.

And on a random note, our neighbors keep chickens in their back yard and one decided to visit us the other day. Daniel chased the poor thing all over, but Sam was careful to stay away.

Sam's swim lessons and other things that keep us busy...

We signed Sam up for a session of swim lessons at the YMCA. He is loving it and looks forward to every Tuesday and Thursday evening.

He loves his teacher, Lexi

Since we got our Vitamix, we've been experimenting with yummy smoothies. This one was a hit with the boys!

Much to my ears' dismay, the boys love to get out all the lids to my pots and pans and perform a lovely musical.

The valentine's Sam chose to give his friends included pencils to go along with the cards. The day before Valentine's Day, Sam came in to my bathroom after my shower and told me he ate the "red valentine's". I couldn't figure out what he meant, so I asked him to show me. We went down to the kitchen and he pointed to the pencils. He had chewed off, not one, but six erasers! Luckily, we had just enough pencils left over to replace them.

Playdate with cousins!

We love living near so many cousins so we decided to have them over for a play/lunch date. Well, the kids played and the moms ate lunch...

Sam, Whit, Lucy, Cael & Daniel

Zoo

We were spoiled this weekend and got to have Bill home with us! It was a beautiful, sunny day so we went to the zoo. Sam was so excited to show Bill all of his favorite animals...

Playing with the groundhogs

It's so fun to see Daniel noticing animals and getting so excited

A spontaneous kiss for little bro

Couldn't be happier. It was a great day!