Braids

Just another Wednesday

Yesterday a wrestling match broke out on the couch between Jack, Meg, and Matthew. Emma was sorta in the action. :)

Later in the day, Emma hopped on her giraffe rocker and went to town. It was such a cute moment I had to take pics.


Doesn't she seem older with her hair back?

Friends

The kids had a chance to host some of their favorite friends recently. I found Jack playing with Aaron in the living room...

while Emma and JJ ate a snack/breakfast.

And on another day, Jack's buddy Noah was over for a play group and they decided to be "worker men" together.

Of course Emma wanted to join in the action (I don't know if Jack was too excited about that).
This boy loves his tools.
And here are just a couple pictures of my Emma girl. It's hard not to talk about her hair with every picture I take, but the next couple are fine specimens.
Talk about bed head!

Bates' Buddies

We love these cute children...

Thanks for hanging out with us, guys!

A Walk to Remember

A couple Saturdays ago it was one of the most beautiful days of the year so far. Kris took us all on a walk at Lake Needwood. It's just 10 minutes down the road and I didn't even know about it! It's a gorgeous lake and walking paths. We brought the kids bikes and a lunch and made a wonderful memory.

Thanks for the adventure, Daddy!

Breakfast Time

Bono-Emma at breakfast time...

The Big Race!

Today Jack participated in a Tot Trot at Kris' school. It was a little event, but we enjoyed rallying around him.

Before the race Kris was trying to pump Jack up.

But when the race was about to start our little man wouldn't let go of Daddy.
It took some encouragement to get him running.


But he made it and got his green ribbon.
And finally Little Miss got to go to the "wee" (playground) she had been begging to go to.



Post-race Jack had some quality rest time with Pop Pop.


Then after watching the 5K race he felt inspired to run for it. He ended up running close to a mile when it was all said and done. Needless to say, he slept well for his nap this afternoon.

It was kinda cute...when he would finish a lap around the 5K trail he would pretend to take his "tag" off and hand it to me just like the finishers of the real race. He was watching closely.