Friday, April 29, 2011

April Around the House

Since I got a little behind on April, I am just going to post a few pictures of some other things we did this month.

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Looks like we need to put our latches back on the cupboards.  James is having a great time getting into everything!

James also likes to play with cars.  He pretty much likes anything that he can push along the floor with him – a car, the dustbuster, the laundry basket, a plate, etc.  Here is a short video of him playing with some cars.  He even makes a car noise sometimes, but he wouldn’t do it for this video:

April 12, 2011

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Davis always loves to help vacuum with the Dustbuster.  If only he could clean up the plates James throws all over the floor with this!

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Here is a picture of James smiling where you can see his three bottom teeth.  He has had four on top and three on the bottom since January, and we have loved his crooked little smile.  His fourth tooth on the bottom came in this week, so we’re saying goodbye to this little smile.

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The three boys up to something in their room – I’m not sure what they were doing in this picture, but James likes to follow them around to see what they’re doing.

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I made apple pie in a bag for our church fundraiser, and Landon was a great helper and peeled and cut all the apples for me!  He usually snuck a few for him (see first picture) but there were still plenty for the pie.

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We all love having Uncle Kelly live nearby, especially when he comes over to Sunday dinners.  The boys are all over him the entire time he is here, making him exhausted when he goes home I’m sure!  Luckily he still agrees to come over!

Just last week, I got an email from my Aunt Adele that she and my Uncle Travis would be here for a work training for a day.  We were so excited to see them since we don’t get to see them very often.  We had fun visiting with them after her training finished last Thursday evening.   We took them to Sushi Hana, and then stopped at Cheesecake Factory for a dessert to bring home.  Sushi Hana is a fun sushi place near our house where the sushi and other plates come by on a conveyor belt, and you pick off the ones that you want to try. The boys especially loved it and kept wanting to grab different plates that came by on the conveyor belt. 

We didn’t capture any pictures of the dinner that night, but here’s one of Adele and Travis with Davis, and one of Adele and I before I drove them to the airport last Friday.  We hope we’ll get to see them more as Travis got some good leads on bringing some of his business up here to the Portland area!

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Grandma and Grandpa Malan Part 2–April 9-10

Saturday morning, while the rest of us got ready for the day, Christie took Landon and Davis to the park by our house.  They had fun stopping to see the ducks and showing Grandma their fun to playground. 

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The boys and Shane also had fun playing a little Mario tennis and on Shane’s itouch while we hung out getting ready in the morning.

Landon had a birthday party around noon, but later in the afternoon we went to Woodburn to the tulip festival.  The weather was a little cool, but it was really fun to go and see the flowers with the Malans.

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The boys in the wooden shoe

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Racing the ducks is always a big hit!  It was nice because it wasn’t too crowded while we were there.

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Landon, and then Davis and I going down the big slide

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Davis by the tractor, and 3 cute tulip boys!

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Kent, Ames, and Shane, and Ames trying out the horse tire swing with Grandpa

After checking out the fun slides and activities, we headed out to the tulips.  They were gorgeous as always.  I am always amazed at how many there are and how amazing it looks!

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Davis hopping from mound to mound, and taking a break on the bench.

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Taking time to smell the flowers

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All of us together – one picture with me and one with Christie

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Kent, Shane, and Christie walking down the row, and Kelly chasing the boys.

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Landon and Davis with Uncle Kelly, and both of them posing the the ducky races.  Davis apparently didn’t care if he was the girl.

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The next morning, everyone had to leave early to start the long journey home.  We enjoyed a few last minutes with Grandma and Grandpa around the house and eating breakfast before they had to leave.  We can’t wait until our visit in July and we can see everyone again!

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