Look What Bailey Can Do!

Bailey has mastered riding the two-wheel bike.  We tried taking her training wheels off about four months ago, but she wasn't ready.  Last Saturday we tried again...I don't know if it was because she had her stuffed dog in her bike basket (which was there for her to hug in case she wiped out) or if it was because she is five now (apparently being 5 makes riding a bike much easier than when she was 4), but she took right off and never looked back.  It was so easy!  Way to go, Bailey-O!

What We've Been Up To:

I am not nearly as good at keeping up with the blog as I'd like to/should be...but here is what we have been up to the last few weeks:

Mimi and Papa got their mission call a few weeks ago.  They are going to Adelaide, Australia and will be leaving on July 8th.  The whole family was at Mimi and Papa's either in person or on the phone to see where they were going to be sent.  

Mimi and Papa and all their grandkids:

Riley finally got her cast off of her hand.  Hallelujah!  Her hand looked so skinny and little after the doctor took her cast off!

Lately Zane has had a thing for both apples and Apple Jacks...I happily give him apples but have to watch the pantry door like a hawk...if it is left open even a crack I will find him up to his elbows in the cereal box.  

Zane had his first bubble bath and was in heaven.  He looks happy, don't you think?

The weather finally warmed up just enough for us to get outside for a little bit.  The kids had a great time in the back yard making mud pies on the fire pit.  Lots of fun for them, but boy, what a mess they made!  I didn't get pictures of the mud pies because I was too busy trying to keep a little muddy boy from getting dirt all over everything once he decided he was finished.  Here's their before pictures:

Riley had to do an art project for school, and after thinking about different options she decided to do a crayon melting project.  She lined up the crayons on a piece of paper in the order she wanted them, and then we blasted the hair dryer on the crayons.  There was flying wax everywhere (so if you want to try this, don't do it in the kitchen).  The end result was pretty cool...and I did have a picture of how it turned out, but our tech-savvy 22 month-old deleted it.  Nice work, Z.  

The drive-through teller at the bank is pretty good about handing out suckers each time we have to go to the bank...Z expects his treat each time we go, and this past week the teller forgot to give him a sucker.  He was NOT happy.  It was kind of funny...the kid loves his treats.

And that, in a nutshell, is what we have been up to.