Visiting the Gardens and Bike Rides!

After an amazing week visiting with grandparents, Kylie and Hayden are back home  and getting used to our same old, same old.  We are still having a tough time getting back on our sleep schedules, though.  They both seem to think that 6 AM is a perfect time for getting up (which it is definitely NOT), and the early wake up call in turn messes up Hayden's nap time.  He regularly falls asleep before or during lunch now...  The good thing is that they are dead tired by bed time!

We played with our friends a lot the first few days of the week and then it got kinda cold so we didn't go out much.  Thursday it did get nice enough that I decided to take the kids out to a new park that opened up.  It is more of a garden park, meant for wandering down paths and admiring views, and of course Kylie and Hayden weren't too interested in that.  They ran down all the paths and Hayden kept trying to walk in all the gardens (which wasn't too bad because it was a desert garden, so it was mostly rocks).  They also had lots of little places to cross the stream by hopping on rocks, and Kylie really loved that!

Last weekend one of Brandon's friends gave him his old bike, so on Thursday evening we got a little bike carrier for the kids and now every night Brandon takes them on a bike ride.  They absolutely love it!   Brandon just mentions the word "bike" and Hayden goes crazy.  He grabs his shoes and goes out in the garage and sits in the carrier.  It is so cute!!

Hayden is talking a lot now!  I love it!!  His list of words that he can say is now up to six.  Dog, mom, dad, bird, done, and cat!  And Kylie's new favorite phrase "Oh my gosh".  I love having my kids back and all the fun we have!!