May Summary

May was a busy month! Here's a photographic summary.

My family has a lot of May birthdays. We celebrated Anna's first birthday.
And Jennifer's birthday (she had the kids help blow out her candles).Naomi helped Grandma make birthday cookies to send to Glen.And Michael turned 3.

Hyrum came home from BYU for the summer. Naomi is very excited to have someone else to play with her. (Although sometimes she thinks Hyrum is boring.)
We spent a lot of time together with the cousins.
Jacob figured out how to get around on his own.


And, of course, a great deal of playing and general goofing off.

We also read a lot of books.
And, when I got my way, we even on occasion took naps.

Washing Ellen's Car

While a bunch of us worked on sorting and cleaning in our rented storage units, Ellen was in charge of the kids. She put them to work helping wash her car.
Michael may have been marginally helpful. He was at least throwing wet rags in the direction of the car.
But Sarah and Naomi quickly decided that sitting in the buckets of water was more fun than working!

Needless to say, they were all soaked!

Breakfast

Naomi and Jacob love playing together. Especially at breakfast. Something about oatmeal and applesauce just brings out the goofy in them.



One of their favorite games is to take turns shaking their heads as hard as they can. It cracks them both up! Here's an attempt to capture it. (Jacob doesn't really perform for the camera.)


We tried videoing again a few days later, with only slightly better success.

Packing for the Boat

On a recent Friday afternoon we spent visiting Mamaw, Naomi went upstairs to help her pack for the weekend at the boat.

Mamaw, your boat bag looks extra heavy. What did you put in there?
Naomi! You goofy girl.

Playing Outside

Naomi and Jacob love playing outside.

Mamaw & Papaw

For Mamaw & Papaw for their birthdays, we had photos taken of them with Naomi & Jacob.
It was so much fun and we love the way they turned out!

Striped pajamas

Both kids are going up a size right now so we had a little shopping excursion to buy them a few new clothes. I picked out these striped pajamas for Jacob and told Naomi to pick which she wanted. She chose the matching ones!

Spring!

Just a couple photos of the kids hanging out outside.

Jacob videos

I've been trying to get some videos of Jacob, but he doesn't perform well when I have the camera. These aren't great, but they're the best I've been able to manage.

He loves to play peek-a-boo with a blanket. (And no, it's not unusual for him to get the blanket stuck on his head.)


He also loves to clap and wave.

Brenda's Visit

Our friend Brenda from West Virginia came up for a visit this week. She's the one who had sent Naomi her recliner and was glad to see it used in person.
Brenda also brought a new special present for Naomi: a doll high chair. Brenda had gotten it for her dolls when she was 5, and now she's passing it on. Naomi is thrilled with it! Doll is now very well fed.Butterfly Brenda also gave Naomi a new set of sheets for her bed and a few new outfits. (Guess what's on them.)