May Already?

Time has just flown by!  We are settled in our new rental house and loving it! 

Elliot
* Started his new preschool at Dickinson Elementary.  He loves his teacher Ms. Aliki and is obsessed with riding the bus home.  He can't get enough of Mr. "Big One" aka Mr. Vigeland his bus driver.
* He loves riding his 4-wheeler on the trails by our house.
* He loves dressing himself and picking out his own clothes.  Yesterday when I went to pick him up after school he had on swim trunks and a long sleeve motorcycle t-shirt. 
* He is learning to count and is really proud of himself.  It usually goes, "1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10".
* He had his first (shockingly enough) big bike crash the other day.  Let's just say we had to hose the sidewalk off because there was so much blood and he had some nice road rash on his face.  After the bleeding stopped he was begging to get back on his bike.
* He continues to be quite the clown.  He has a great personality and is pretty darn funny.
* He is somewhat potty trained.  Some days he tells me he wants to be on the potty train and goes to the bathroom all by himself.  Other days he just says he wants diapers like Ollie.  I'm happy with his independent method of potty training. 
Ollie
* He has become quite the little fire ball. He knows what he wants and lets you know.
* He is starting to say a few words...papa, uh oh, and thank you. 
* He loves to be outside and push his 4-wheeler around.  He insists on having his helmet on and then pushes his little 4-wheeler around the neighborhood.
* He is a rock star sleeper! He is like a teenager that loves to sleep. 
* He is finally getting a few more teeth.  I'm going to start spending the denture fund.
* He loves motorcycles and cars and makes the most incredible driving noises.
* He loves playing in our backyard...especially throwing rocks in the pond. 

Emily & Andrew
* Andrew has been super busy with work which is great, but exhausting for him!
* We recently made the trek to Wenatchee, Washington (about 2.5 hours away) to go visit the new Café Rio that opened.  Totally worth the drive!
* I just found out I will be teaching 1st grade part time next year.  I'm really excited about the change.  I'm going to be job sharing with a friend of mine who is having a baby any day!
* We went to the LWSD warehouse auction a few weekends ago and are now proud owners of 2 nacho cheese machines, a drink machine, pretzel warmer, preschool chairs, puppet station, commercial carpet cleaner, 4 commercial cutting boards, and a commercial laminator.  We just couldn't help ourselves.