We got to go to Papa's company picnic again this year.
It was way less windy than last year, which was nice!
The kids had a lot of fun. They spent a lot of time rolling down the hill and just roaming.
Luke and Henry brought their gloves in hopes of catching a ball. It was Josh, however, that got a ball!
We didn't really stay very long--just enough to get full bellies and let the kids burn off some energy. And, really that's a pretty good goal for any outing!
(It amazes me how much bigger they have gotten since last year!)
This week has been semi-eventful (but not really) for us.
We got a desperately needed new window put in our bedroom. That also means that Ben and I haven't gotten our daily naps and our bedroom has been a holy mess thanks to all the sanding.
It's almost completely done and my bedroom is spotless from floor to ceiling so I'm back to being a happy girl!
Uncle Mark gave Henry a new skateboard. He was beyond excited about it. He and Josh Oliver have been walking around the house with helmets on begging to go outside to skateboard, or "ice skate" as Joshers says.
Henry likes to try doing tricks on it like stepping on the end and making it flip up. Josh sits on it like a surf board and paddles his way along the concrete. I'm just glad they aren't trying to be crazy on it.
Season tickets to the Wichita Music Theater were half price one day this week. It took me two hours straight of calling and redialing, but I finally got through. It reminded me of the days of Amy and I trying to get through the KKRD Goodnight Line. Oh, the excitement of that!
We also forgot to pick Henry up from preschool today.
Actually we really just forgot to set our alarm to wake us up from our long awaited nap. Henry was okay with it. In fact he asked us if we could forget about him again. Apparently he liked getting to play "after hours".
I think I'm ready for us to be back to our normal schedule.
Two weekends ago, Josh Oliver had a birthday party.
We had all sorts of candy shop treats.
There were homemade oreos, grilled pound cake peanut butter sandwiches, jelly beans (with a few surprise jalapeno flavored ones thrown in!), cream soda, root beer floats, and macaroni pizza--of course!
Josh also happened to be the last guest to arrive so we turned it into a spur of the moment surprise party and yelled surprise as he walked in the door! He already knew about his party, but he loved it!
As we all sang "Happy Birthday" to him, he stood as still and stone-faced as I think he possibly could. It was strange, but when we got to the end he did an awesome job of blowing out his candles! One big breath was all it took!
I think the highlight of his birthday was all of the snacks that he got. He got root beer and Dr. Pepper, jelly beans, marshmallows, a couple different kinds of Keebler cookies, candy bars, Crunch 'n Munch. It was absolute heaven for him!
Jonker boys love to get food as presents!
I also made him a watch for his birthday. He looked like a stud wearing it! Plus he got a ton of new clothes and some pretty fun toys and books.
It was a good time!
This is a video from his party. Olivia and Eli crack me up in this!
I love it when the weather gets nice and the boys and I can go outside and do messy projects.
