ScrumpyDaddy

Each year we go to my brother-in-laws to celebrate our niece and nephew’s birthday over Memorial Weekend. This year our nephew Dorian was just finishing up his first year of school. He was a big Kindergartener. Lydia is doing great. She doesn’t show any signs of after effects of being a preemie. Way to go both of you!

It was an interesting start to the party this year. Rob went to move the basketball hoop and as he did he found black snake curled up on his driveway. Luckily, one of his neighbors was willing to pick the snake up and take it back to the woods. No further signs of snakes were reported that day.

The rest of the weekend was uneventful, though my allergies were really bad. With being pregnant and not taking any medicine for allergies this year I was becoming miserable with being outside. Sneezing and blowing my nose for most of the day was exhausting. Finally, I had to ask Erin if she had any meds I could take. Luckily she did. It helped, but at times I was still miserable.

See the rest fun we had.

Abby got a camera for her 4th birthday and loves to take it out whenever someone else has their camera out. We just cleared her memory card as it was full since we hadn’t emptied it since November. Here are some pictures from Abby’s eyes.

Oh how I love that is it finally getting to be sorta spring like. At least the snow is gone (hopefully not to return until next winter) and the ground has dried up from all the rain. Not sure how long that will last (April showers bring May flowers). Anyways, we were playing out back in the 41 degree whether yesterday when I got bored of chasing Abby around the swing set playing tag. To the park!

I love the fact that our neighborhood has a park in it that we can walk to in a matter of minutes. We got Zach in the stroller and Abby wanted to ride her big girl bike. Helmet on, now off we go!

Abby did a great job riding her bike to the park. It is a slight hill so Abby had to work hard to pedal. She has come a long way since last summer with her biking. Last summer she was so distracted with the world around her and having a slight fear that if she went too fast she would fall off that she pedaled so slow it barely moved the bike. So far this year, she seems to be over that. I was walking a decent stride to keep up with her. She rode her bike all the way to the park. Great job, Abby!

Our park has everything; slides, swings, things to climb on, a large field, and a pavilion with picnic tables. The park has stuff for both ages, though of course Zach wants to do everything that Abby does, so he goes on the big kid’s stuff too. Abby is getting more brave with her climbing and is more sure footed. She climbed up a section of the playground that she previously wouldn’t do alone. Dave and I were over with Zach watching him crawl through tunnels and go down slides when she did it. I just stopped and watched her and didn’t try to intervene. I knew if she got scared or thought she needed help she would call for me. She didn’t and she made it up there all by herself and then went down the big slide they have there. I was so proud of her. She then did it again to make sure both Dave and I were watching this time. She will definitely be ready for school in the fall.

Zach loved the park too. He didn’t want to go home when it was time. He was loving climbing the steps, going through tunnels and going down the slides. He especially loved going down the big kid slide. He has turned into such the little boy and is no longer a baby.

Enjoy some videos!