Sarah 5th Birthday Opens Gifts

Thanks To Grandma And Grandpa For The Gifts!

Stephen Learning How To Dribble A Basketball

Sarah And Stephen Fly A Kite

The kids' first time flying kites. Wind was a tiny bit low but we had fun.

The Tri-Sarah-Tops

 The kids discovered their favorite dinosaur the first time they heard of the triceratops.

Papa: ... triceratops ...

Stephen: Sawah?

And so was born the tri-sarah-tops.

Both kids instantly recognize the trisarahtops. For example, yesterday at the Arizona Museum of Natural History, where we went for Free Day.

Stephen loved the rocks there (last time we bought a bag of shiny rocks for the kids to share) and Mama looked dubiously at the painting of the hairy pre-human primate woman from 4.4 million years ago.

Easter Eggs

On Easter Mama hid some Easter eggs that Grandma so kindly sent us in the mail, and filled them with chocolate M&M's and jelly beans that Grandma also sent.

The kids had a blast looking for the eggs in Sarah and Stephen's room.

A couple of days later, Mama did it again, and a few days after that, we had Sarah hide eggs for Stephen, and then Stephen hide eggs for Sarah.

Grandma also sent some very nice clothing for the kids that I will try to photograph soon.

Bus Rides! And the Grand Canyon

We (finally!) took a day trip with the family up to go visit the Grand Canyon. The kids' favorite part, without question, was being able to ride the shuttle bus from view point to view point.

Stephen could hardly contain his excitement when we arrived at the Grand Canyon South Rim Visitors' Center. As we exited the doors, he excitedly burst out, "Bus!"

Also, we got Sarah a pair of handmade Native American dolls that she was looking at at the gift shop, as it was one of the only times so far she has shown any interest in dolls.