Family Hike

We went on a hike today as a family with the Garcia's. The kids walked the whole way (with some coaxing) and did a great job! Click here for pictures!

Soccer

Carter had his first ever soccer practice on Saturday. We take his soccer ball to the park quite often and kick it around but I was nervous to see how he would do with lots of other kids. Luckily there were lots of balls so they weren't ever trying to take the ball away from each other. He did an awesome job listening to the coach. He said his favorite part was when he made a goal and everyone clapped for him. At the end of practice coach set up a net and the kids sat in a semi circle taking turns kicking the ball into the net. Brandon and I were of course part of the paparazzi parents on the sidelines with the camera and video camera.

Family Snow Day

We told Carter a few months ago that if it didn't snow down at our house we would take him up to the mountains to play in the snow. We marked February 13th as the day to go so we took the kiddos up to a sledding park just east of Snoqualmie Pass on Saturday. We had a blast! Click here to see all the pictures of our fun.

He Made It!

Last night Max decided to show us that he really knows how to climb stairs. I was vaccuming and when I turned around Max was going up our big set of stairs. Of course we had to run and grab the camera! Here are some shots:
He made it!!

Little Birdie Secrets Blog Party

I went to a blog party for Little Birdie Secrets with a few friends last night. What is a blog party you ask...? We'll there are some amazing blogs that always have crafty ideas or tutorials and some of them have started having actual parties so you can meet and the people that create the blogs in person. It was a fun time. I totally forgot to bring my camera so if you click here you can see some super cute pictures and the craft we did. (Thanks for letting me use your pictures Brianne!)

Puzzle Pro

We gave Carter a big USA map puzzle and a big World Map puzzle for Christmas. Yesterday night he put together the USA puzzle entirely by himself and was naming off a majority of the states as he put them in! He knows Uncle Cory and his family lives in South Carolina and he knows he lives in Washington... except when he's putting together the puzzle he says he and daddy live in Ohio..... there is a picture of a football on the Ohio piece and he likes to play football with Brandon (I guess footballs are more exciting than apples).

Way to go buddy! You're growing up so fast!

Update to last post

... Max can climb stairs now too!.... I think.....
I just left Carter and Max up in the play room while I ran down stairs to make a bottle. When I came back upstairs (like 3 minutes later) Max was in Carter's room! Our play room is sunken by two steps, so to get to Carter's room he somehow made it up those steps. I asked Carter if he picked up Max and he said no. Sometimes I would ask him again to make sure but he was quietly building towers with his blocks and I assume I would've heard screaming if this had actually happened.... so my friends.... Max can now climb stairs. I don't know if this is a trick that he'll only do while I'm not looking.... I'm going to investigate more tomorrow.... not sure if I want him climbing steps yet.... YIKES! He's grown up fast in the last month!