Swimming lessons–how classically summer! We signed up for swim lessons with our friends, Eden and Melissa, for the month of July. After looking at lessons in a private home swimming pool and lessons offered by the YMCA, I finally found Aqua-Tots, and we’ve loved it! Aqua-Tots provides summer swim lessons in outdoor satellite locations. Ours was… Read More Blub, Blub, Blub
Everyday moments aren’t so ordinary when you live miles from family. Though we did visit some attractions in the Valley, most our time with my dad, mom and sisters was spent savoring ordinary life at home. My family played with the boys, read to them, sang to them, and cared for them–in between all the… Read More Making Manka Memories
This month I celebrated my first Mother’s Day with two boys. Cooper is putting everything in his mouth these days, and Silas is happy to help him. Silas is in love with forts (or garages, houses or tents as he calls them).Spiderman is also his current favorite superhero. There’s nothing quite like a baby’s laugh.… Read More The Merry, Merry Month of May
For the past five weeks we’ve started our Saturdays with soccer class for Silas. We signed him up for Tot Soccer through the town of Buckeye since it was the only soccer program for two year olds that we could find in the area. The coach had the kids do lots of games that taught… Read More Little Kicker
Silas Clark turned two-and-a-half today. I didn’t realize there would be such a phenomenal difference between Silas at two and Silas at two-and-a-half. He seems so grown up and like a completely different child. I’m sure a lot of it has to do with Cooper’s arrival, as Silas instantly seemed bigger compared to Baby. But,… Read More 2 1/2
Cooper Andrew is 5 months old today! I thought it would be fun to compare Cooper’s 5 month pics to Silas’s. Coop is quite his own little man. I’m thinking that Cooper will be as strong as Silas is speedy. Baby Dude can now roll from back to belly, and he can sit on his… Read More Side By Side
Earlier this week I snapped this pictures of a spontaneous storytime with Daddy after work. Stephen does all the character voices when reading Huge Harold. Bill Peet books are some of Stephen’s favorites for the boys. On Tuesday I took the boys to storytime at the library. Silas wore his baseball uniform (which he calls… Read More Storytime
During the month of March, Silas and I enrolled in Goodyear’s Parent/Tot Tumbling class, along with our friends Eden and Melissa. Saturday mornings found us at Estrella Gymnastics with Silas and Eden attempting some tumbling moves as best as their little 1 and 2 year-old bodies could. It was cute! Silas had been doing jumps… Read More The Acrobat
Our week began with a trip to the urgent care and emergency room. Oh my goodness! After being perfectly fine the night before, Silas hopped out of bed Monday morning and promptly fell down. “Oops! I fell down,” he said. Then he stood up and fell down again and cried. When his foot/leg didn’t improve,… Read More Oh My Goodness!
To a two year old, “Easter egg” sounds a lot like “rooster egg.” It makes sense. Roosters are chickens. Chickens lay eggs. I get it. But it’s still adorable when Silas says, “I playing with my rooster eggs.” This week Silas, Cooper and I met up with some friends from MOMS club for an Easter… Read More A Rooster Egg Hunt