Moving!

David is crawling and pulling himself up! He actually stood by himself today too, and yesterday he officially climbed the stairs. He is so much more mobile than Jonathan was, and he has none of Jonathan's cautiousness. He actually fell down the stairs last week, and the first thing he does when I set him down is head straight for the stairs. If I wasn't watching him constantly, he would make a trip down the stairs more than once a day. 

 David is so silly. He loves scrunching up his nose and sniffing. Then, he just laughs and laughs. He knows he is so funny. Jonathan thinks so too. Sometimes, they just sit and laugh together. They have their own understanding of each other. I just love to hear Jonathan say, "David, so cute!" I know if David could talk, he would say the same of Jonathan. They don't always get a long, but they both light up when they see each other.

Jonathan is just so precious. He simply adores tractors.

Museum of Idaho

 We went with my parents to The Museum of Idaho which had a neat exhibit on carousels. It was much more fun and much more interesting that I had anticipated. They had a neat carousel inside that Jonathan rode on with Edmund. Our timing was perfect because just as we were leaving a school group showed up.

The museum has a neat children's area with a tunnel, a tree to climb, a tee pee, a log cabin, and a sandbox with things you can make animal prints with.

Another area in the museum has some dead animals and other displays with Native American artifacts and an old western town. (You just get to look in the windows and see the displays.)

 David loved crawling around and playing with the stroller. He actually refused to ride in it. He insisted on either being held or being allowed to crawl.

Balls

Jonathan has been  very excited about throwing balls into the air and trying to get them to hid the ceiling. As long as he isn't in danger of breaking anything or hitting David, I go ahead and let him try. There is no telling which direction that ball is going to go.

Civil Defense Caves Disaster

 

Edmund decided it would be fun to take Chris, Ethan and Aiden out to the Civil Defense Caves. I wasn't too keen on it, but Edmund was excited about it, so they went ahead and went. I guess they should have gotten a bad feeling when they had to drive around a road block, but they just kept going. Edmund turned off towards the caves and was cruising along on top of the snow when he finally started thinking it was a bad idea. He slowed down to turn around, and the car just sunk into the snow. I know it doesn't look like it is stuck, but it was high centered and even after trying to dig it out the tires just spun. Thank heavens for cell phones because they weren't within walking distance of anything.

 Edmund's Auntie Shirley and Uncle Steve live in Sugar City, and they knew some people with a big truck that thought they could help them. A couple hours later, Edmund called me and said that the truck had gotten stuck. Edmund and Chris were able to help push the truck out of the mud and then hopped in the back to give it some more weight. The truck people took Chris and Ethan and Aiden back to our house and dropped Edmund off at the Crapo Farm where they had a tractor that might be able to help get the car out. Unfortunately, when they found out the road was closed, they didn't want to run the risk of getting a big ticket, so they drove Edmund back home. (I would have done the same.) The poor man came home without a car and to a furious wife. However, I recovered and forgave him for having a big slip in judgement. 

We called a tow company that had a back hoe and he took Edmund out the next morning. The back hoe ended up getting stuck too and having to dig itself out. Eventually they made it to the Jeep. They tied the Jeep to the back hoe and it pulled it out. We were lucky that no one got hurt and no one got tickets, and we definitely learned our lesson. 

Julia and Family

 Julia, Chris and their boys, Ethan and Aiden, came to visit a couple of weeks ago. We had fun rolling them up in blankets and making burritos and reading stories at night. Jonathan especially loved having his cousins come to visit. I always love seeing my sister. It was nice to have some sister bonding time.

 David was sick while they were here which meant long nights and days without a break from holding him. His separation anxiety also surprised me. He didn't want anyone but Edmund or I looking at him. Although, he was pretty happy with Ethan and Aiden helping him with this toy.

Easter

The city Easter egg hunt was on Saturday at Porter Park. I was at home with my mom because David was sleeping. So, my dad and Edmund took Jonathan. I was expecting to meet them there, but David took a whopper grasshopper nap. Edmund said it was lots of fun, and Jonathan really had a good time. He isn't a very aggressive or assertive person, so I was worried that he wouldn't get any eggs, but he came home with two and lots of stories. For a week afterwards he wanted to go to a "hunt."

 We had a lot of fun later that day dying eggs and opening Easter presents from Grandma-Chelle and Bubba.

 Jonathan is flexing his muscles. One day he came upstairs while I was fixing dinner or feeding David, and he made the pose he is making in the picture and said, "Flexing muscles like Grover does."

 Because we have 8:30 church, the Easter bunny came during nap time. It was hard to wait for the little boys to wake up. We were so excited for them to find the eggs and presents the Easter bunny had left. Jonathan really had a good time finding the eggs and eating the one M&M the Easter bunny had put inside. He wasn't too keen on sharing with David, but it worked out in the end.