21 months old

My good boy falls asleep with his hands folded. 

Jen 

Performer

Juni's graduating preschool class sang 3 songs. Juni was front and center. The teachers complimented her on remembering the words, singing loud enough and using theatrical gestures as directed by the teacher. I am so proud!!!

Preschool graduate!

Juni was acknowledged for her animated-theatrical wit, and as an aspiring artist.

Joey eats french fries

Juni means June in German

Swim

We have been enjoying time at the pool. Juni is taking swimming classes!

Pool day

Had a great time at the pool today. I felt so relaxed--like we were on a Hawaiian vacation. The weather was wonderful.

Juniper has improved a lot in her ability to swim and play under water. She was in the kiddie pool for over 3 hours, minus a break to eat a hot dog and fries.

Joey liked being in the water, too. And he was happy to play catch, which is his favorite activity lately. He has great aim and is able to play catch with all of us at home.

I was able to go for a solo swim today. The first lap of freestyle stroke I felt very strong, and I could feel that I am in better physical strength compared to last summer. So the yoga and walking I have been doing have strengthened my endurance. Also I have had more time to heal from the trauma to the body that comes with pregnancy and giving birth.

Joey is 16 months old now. He is walking well and now prefers to walk over crawl. He is saying more words. Lately we have been reading more books with him and he said "book" several times this morning, which was new to me. He has been a little bit more needy lately. He has teethed 2 molars so far. The second one is still working its way through. And he had one cold after another there for a while. He still smiles a lot and is incredibly adorable. So much love I feel for this boy!

Striped shirted guys

Juniper

Gran Gran

Gran Gran and the kids in the back yard on a hot day. 

15 mos

Little monkey is 15 months old!

Saturday silliness

Is this proper restaurant behavior while waiting for our food to be served? Oops. At least it is a casual place. And it was better than listening to him whine!

I J

Juni drew picture of Iguana and of herself to represent the letters i and j. On display at her school!

Flying the Barbie kite

Party Animal

Library visit on Sunday

Date night

Mommy and Daddy went out for veggie juice (good times!) while the kids spent time at home with our friend. Fun night for all.

Hair cut

Juni had her hair cut today at a salon, and then had fun looking at these old viewfinder stories.

Happy Easter!

Guitar

Sunday Kite

Juni woke up on Sunday with the idea to go fly a kite in the field next to her school. It is a Barbie Kite and it flies great. Joey slept through the fun. Bob was the best at flying it and he earned the title "Barbie Kite Master". It was a beautiful day and a relaxed weekend.

Pizza

We had home-made, gluten-free and vegan pizza one night for dinner last week. Yum! It was a hit.

Moving furniture

Furniture walking--Joey's walker, the piano.

Juni feeds Joey

She's growing up

Juni and Poppops

More fresh veggies

I love Grandpa

Saturday morning

Juni has been loving to hold and pick up Joey a lot lately.

We like fresh veggies

Dentist

Juni saw the dentist for the first time on Monday. She has been to a dental hygienist before but Monday was first exam by a DSS. He said she has the teeth of a typical 6 year old. She has 3 adult teeth already and he could see n the x-ray that more are getting ready to come through soon. He said her top two front teeth will most likely be missing for school pictures in the fall. She inherits these early growing teeth from her paternal grandmother. He said the good side of that is that if she needs braces she can have them on and off sooner. however he also said that there is a 75% - 80% chance that she will not need braces at all. Her teeth are nicely spaced with enough room for the adult teeth to come in. We both enjoyed the visit very much. It was fun and the staff were great.

Water colors