Friday, May 27, 2011

Playing Catch UP!!


 Wow! I can't believe May will be over in a matter of day's.

We took the kids to the Riverdale Park for Easter.
They had fun, but we had some unfortunate experiences also.
Kaya was run over by an adult trying to help his child get as many eggs as posible.
Kinda ruined her day.

In Dylens section, kids knocked down the tape blocking of the area and started early.
Even the Easter Bunny turned out for the celebration.
They got their faces painted and played some games also.

 And our dear little Kaya......This is her mess.
She dropped the toilet paper and it ran away, 
when I told her to clean it up she shoved it all in the toilet.
I used it shortly after she did that, she had not flushed it down at that point so, I did.
Scott went to use it a few hours later and there was a hiccup and swoosh! Water Everywhere!

 All over the floor and down into the basement ceiling!
As we started cleaning up we found two floors in the bathroom and what a mess that was.
It was old particle board, the heavy cardboard kind.
Water had previously gotten onto it before we bought the house.
So all around the toilet was higher then the rest of the room.
We had intended to finish the bathroom off at some point later this summer but, I guess thing have a way of changing your mind for you.

It only took us a few days to convince Kaya that she didn't need training wheels.
She was able to ride with out them at the end of last year,
but must of had some reservation about it at the beginning of this year.
So, we put them back on for a day and a half.

We took a bike ride down the the Riverdale parkway and her training wheels would not stay down half way to our destination.
She took a few minutes every time they came up to get off and kick them back into place.

She ended up riding all the way home with out any help from them.
By the next day I told her she didn't need them and if she wanted to ride her bike,
she could do it with out them or not at all.

After a fit or two
you can see she has chosen to ride without them.
And there is no slowing her down.
She is having to wear a helmet because she is trying tricks already on her bike.
Taking her feet of the pedals, closing her eyes and trying to jump up the curbs, 
and riding as fast as her little legs can pedal.


 
 We've had some major flooding in our area, and have only been able to use a small portion of the Riverdale Parkway this year.
Most of the lower area's of the trails are under water or washed out completely.

Baseball games have been canceled three times due to rain or standing water on the field.
Dylen got to play his first game yesterday.

Kaya, Dylen, and I had our Spring show Wed.
It went well though we had a change of venue and its was much smaller.
It was much more intimate then we have been used to in the past.
  But, the high energy from the crowd was so worth it.