Bikes & Tikes

The other day at the playground Sam found this....

and LOVED it!

So the next day.....

But after we bought it we felt a bit guilty giving Sam such a big gift without making him earn it. So we brainstormed on what he could do to earn it....

Wait until his birthday to give it to him....July 22- NO WAY!

Learn the alphabet...no

potty train....no

We were way too excited to give it to him to wait for such big hurdles

Give up the pacifier at bed time...YES!!

So upon presenting this to Sam as big boys ride bikes & babies use pacifiers and as soon as you can sleep without a pacifier (which shouldn't be a big deal as it falls out 2 seconds after he is asleep) his response was: "I don't need a new bike."

Well played Sam. Well played.

The boys sharing a bean bag...

after Sam woke up first, went into Luke's room crawled into Luke's crib and woke him up by doing a cannonball onto his back because he "wanted to play with him"

I'm not sure when rugby goes from co-ed bubble blowing

to this....

but when it does....we're out.

Saturday after the Hoosiers loss we went to an area called Discovery Bay and unwinded with a walk on the beach.

Its a really cool area you can only get to by a 25 minute ferry ride. It's a small community, a little more western and much more child friendly.

I think we'll be looking into moving there when our lease is up next year.

Back at home... Sam in what used to be a cowboy hat, but now looks more like an Amish hat.

Today we were back at Ocean Park.

The older Luke gets the more the boys play with each other and I realize we have double trouble.....

Big Foot

Catching a picture of Sam being nice to Luke it getting a picture of Big Foot.

AND I'VE DONE IT!!!!

Luke sporting his new haircut.......

The first two were out of order.....so back to last weekend

Last Friday night before grandpa left we went to the Jumbo Floating Restaurant.

This far exceeded our expectations.

We took a little boat over to the restaurant, the weather was great and the boys loved it!

Roof top at the Top Deck Restaurant

Luke, discovering the fun of back diving off Phil's shoulders, continued his crazy streak.

Saturday we took the boys to Ocean Park to cheer them up since Grandpa was gone.

Then it was back home for chores....

Like busting open the bag of Easter grass, aka Hay, I bought for their baskets and feeding it to Lucky.

This made a huge mess and I vow to never buy Easter grass again.

Luke's latest attempt to kill himself.

After naps we headed out to Shek-O Beach.

It was a gorgeous 30 minute drive and the beach was worth every second of the trek.

SIDE NOTE- GO HOOSIERS

This week with Gramps

This week with Grandpa....

Phil was in China & We spent the first part of the week recovering from a little bug.....

The sheriff was hit the hardest.......

But after a couple days of relaxing with Grandpa......

The boys were ready to GO!!!!

So Wednesday we went to the Peak.....

(to fight over a sea horse)

Took a walk to see the views......

(Yes, Sam talked Grandpa into pulling him on the scooter.)

The view from the Peak

Grandpa & Luke on the trail....

When we got home the boys got an Easter package from Grandma & Pada!!!!!!

Then we went to Stanley for some scooter riding, dinner and ice cream.

Thursday morning, Sam pretending to be baby before school.......

(No, we don't normally have 2 high chairs....it's a long story)

Then Sam had his first field trip to the botanical gardens.......

Grandpa took him but I was able to get a pic before they went off.....

Looking at the monkeys.......

Hanging with his class mates.

Yes that huge kid, Bruce, is Sam's age. And his is 50% Japanese.

I dunno.

Blowing bubbles.

(That's Bruce's mom on the top left. I swear.)

Grandpa & Luke....

How do you like it Mom......