The cherry tree in the backyard is already starting to bloom. It's not even February yet! I guess having the warmest January on record will do that: confuse the poor plants into thinking Spring is here.
I welcome the longer days, but cherry blossoms in January is jumping the gun just a bit, for me.
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Cory has been asking for gymnastics classes for a long time now. So when I spotted this Saturday morning class at a local gymnastics center, I decided to just go for it. His brothers all had gymnastics classes (many of them!) for years when they were toddlers and preschoolers, so now is Cory's chance.
It's an hour long class for 4 to 6-year-old boys, and they do "vaults," trampoline, stretching, obstacle courses, "flip" into the ball pit - all kinds of fun stuff. Cory seemed to enjoy it, in his cautious figure-out-what-to-do kind of way.
I sat up in the viewing balcony and attacked the pile of P365 vertical photos (collaged into 2-per-4x6 and printed at Costco) that I just picked up. Sliced most of them into two smaller pics (except those that can go together for one day, or two days in the same week), and now I'm ready to embark on loading up my Becky Higgins Project Life scrapbook. I'm so excited to see this finally coming together! It's a huge project to do the whole year at the end. I sure hope I keep up with it better as-I-go for 2010. Holding a good thought.
Niall attended his friend Julian's birthday party today which featured a visit from a Lego Master. Cool! If the girls can have Disney princesses come visit for their birthdays, the boys definitely deserve Lego Masters to come help them build fabulous structures for an hour or two. :-)
The cherry tree in the backyard is already starting to bloom. It's not even February yet! I guess having the warmest January on record will do that: confuse the poor plants into thinking Spring is here.+027.JPG)
Cory has been asking for gymnastics classes for a long time now. So when I spotted this Saturday morning class at a local gymnastics center, I decided to just go for it. His brothers all had gymnastics classes (many of them!) for years when they were toddlers and preschoolers, so now is Cory's chance.
In celebration of Friday (TGIF!), I swung by Costco after dropping Cory off at Grandma's (for his first sleepover there!) and picked up our favorite: pepperoni pizza. 
I love this painting that Cory made at school. I just happened to see it pinned to the wall the other morning. 
I picked up Niall and Cory after school today to head off to our Carissa appointment, and they got started jumping off this little fence, over and over again. They had so much fun - as you can see!
There's a small orchard in a corner between the parking lot and the Big Field at Little School. Small and ancient, I should say. The trees have gnarled, thick, stubby branches that have been cut back many times, and suckers grow straight up that have to be pruned every year.
Two moms from Cory's class, Jennifer (Allison's mom) and Renee (Avery's mom), walking back down to the parking lot after dropping off their kids in the classroom.
Today was a typical rainy Pacific Northwest day, but that didn't stop the boys and me from going for a walk + bike ride.
Cory's hair is so long, he enjoyed the feeling of swooshing it around in the bath tonight.
Not sure why the lighting turned out so golden in this photo (taken right after the other one), but I think it looks cool. Cory wanted to be sure we captured how slicked down his hair was.
When I arrived to drop off Niall at Grandma's this evening, my 3YO nephew Rolly was already there visiting, curled up on Grandma's bed watching "Bob the Builder" on the little TV in her room. I'd just given it to him for a belated birthday gift, so I was happy to see him enjoying it so much.