Spring Time in Oregon

Today was Stake conference so we took the oportunity to sluff church today.

It was a sunny day and couldn't stand to stay inside and waste a beautiful day. That is one thing that living in Oregon has taught me, if it's sunny....ENJOY IT.

We gathered up the circus and went to West Moreland Park to feed the ducks (we forgot the camera). We took some stale hotdog buns and drove down to the park and when we got there it was a little windy but we braved the elements. The video's that you see on TV are real, the geese are aggressive. I was a little scared for Andy's fingers cause he wasn't doling out the goods fast enough. So we quickly went through our buns and headed for the swings, That was more fun for Andy anyway. Out trip was short lived cause the wind was blowing and it was cold so we came home. When we got home, NO WIND. So went went to the back yard and played around a little bit.

The older couple that lives behind us, caught us at the fence for a little chat and they handed a little swing to Andy that can be hung in the tree's. (Tami got another point in her belt for "not cutting the tree's down"). I looked at the trees and there isn't a single branch that is horizontal. I took a length of climbing rope that I had and strung it between two trees, hammock style, and hung the swing on that. Not only does the swing go back and forth, but it also bonces up and down a little bit.

After lunch and naps, and we all take naps, we decided to get a little yard work done. Again, when it's sunny....ENJOY IT. Tami weeded the flower beds and Sam sat in her little bouncy seat in the shade and just watched Mom move around. She got all the flower beds weeded. I decided that it was time to wash the moss off the cars so I got the shop vac out and vacumed both cars. I had just finished Tami's car and Andy woke up from his nap. So Andy came out and wanted to help wash Dad's truck. I tell ya, it's like trying to corral a cat, keeping a toddler where you want him. I figured the best way to keep him where I wanted him, other then strapping him to something, was to give him the hose to hold. HA HA HA.

He held the hose while I washed, rinse, and then I would give him the hose back. All in all it worked out pretty good, till he got bored of standing there with the hose. (5 min tops).

However, washing cars does do 1 thing...makes puddles. What do little boys love to do....SPLASH PUDDLES.

Tami has the best attitude and I agree. Clothes wash and shoes dry out, why fight it.

Sam is getting big. We took the circus to Target for the basics (diapers and baby bath) and she sent us to get the diapers. I know what size Andy uses, but I came back with newborns for Sam. Tami laughed at me and then told me to go back and get two sizes bigger. I started to argue that SHE was wrong and then decided that I didn't know what I was talking about and went back and got the size that she needed. (FYI....I was wrong).

She jabbers away. For the most part she is really dependant still. Tami does great with her.

I bought something off craigslist the other day and while i was talking with the guy, he had grandkids that were getting bigger and I was talking about Andy and he said that he had the perfect thing and that for a few bucks I could have it. So he climbed up in the attic and rummaged around for a bit and then came down with the coolest power wheels 3-wheeler. I had considered getting one for Andy but he's still pretty small and the one that I had seen are for bigger kids and I didn't get one cause he couldn't touch the pedals anyway. When he came down with this little toy, I couldn't say no. He said that it needed a battery and some cleaning but it was worth it. I had put off doing anything with it cause it's been raining and he couldn't ride it anyway, so I put it in the shed for later. Andy and I were getting something from the shed and he saw it up on the workbench and pointed and all he said was OOOHHHHHH!!!!! and squeeled. At that point I knew that I needed to get it running for him to ride. It's older and they don't make battery's for it anymore, so I went to the autoparts store and got a motorcycle battery for it and changed some of the wiring and the thing is great and he loves it. Best thing about it is that it's low to the ground so he can't hurt himself.