Let's go jogging

I've been at home this week with the boys while Linda was working in Florida. Yesterday evening, we were getting a bit stir crazy, so we collectively decided "when the going gets tough, the tough go jogging."

I packed the boys up in the jogging/bike stroller, and off we went. After a quick 2-mile jog (with a brief stop at the park), we all felt better and were ready for bed.

Getting an education

Lincoln starts preschool on Wednesday, so Grandma and Grandpa King helped us get an early start on his education this weekend.

We started off with an anatomy lesson, assisted with matching glow-in-the-dark skeleton pjs for Lincoln and Guy (courtesy of Grandma King). This photo was taken while Scott and I were out dinner to celebrate our anniversary - 8 years! Scott's parents and Tracy and Joni entertained the boys while we had a nice evening to ourselves.

Next, Lincoln learned about Tractors (and chickens, and cows, and tepees, and...) at Deanna Rose farmstead.   It was a beautiful, cool day - perfect weather for a morning outside.

Finally, Lincoln took a flying lesson from Grandpa King.  He had a lot of fun watching Grandma and Grandpa fly away in their plane.

Guy may be too young to fly the plane, but he's old enough to help Grandpa do his pre-flight check. Here he is inspecting the underside of the wing. It was an exciting weekend, and now we need a weekend to recover from our weekend!

A big announcement (...but not from us)!

In case you haven't heard, Tracy and Joni recently made a big announcement. I won't spoil it here, but you can read all about it on their new blog. (www.tracyandjoniking.blogspot.com)

Speed Racer

Our boys have proven this weekend that they're both shaping up to be good athletes.  Lincoln entered his first bike race (the kid's race in the annual Tour of Kansas City) and won a gold medal (technically, it's a gold participation medal).  He raced in the training-wheels division, and most of the kids were a lot bigger than him (and fast!).    Scott took some exciting video during the actual race.  I was cheering from the sidelines while Guy took a catnap.

 Guy's daycare was closed last Thursday and Friday, so Scott and I took turns staying home with him.  Also a budding athlete, Guy spent most of his days at home climbing on everything and anything available.  I walked out of the kitchen to this sight on Friday morning:  Guy had pulled himself up on the ottoman.  It won't be long before he's running races, too!

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

As anyone with a 7-month old knows, you use a lot of diapers.  To help do our part in reusing things, Guy is lucky enough to get a new "toy" every week or so.  Here's a picture of him playing in his old diaper box.  He just loves saving the environment.

Lincoln does his part to reduce his carbon emissions too by utilizing his new railroad truck. It's a lot of work, but it really saves on gas! (This is a display from the KC Rail Experience at Union Station, by the way, and it's really cool.).

To complete the environmental trifecta, my Mom "recycled" a bike for Lincoln by rescuing it from being unused in someone's garage. Lincoln loves it (he's been riding every night), and we're impressed how quickly he picked up peddling.