Ever since we got back from London life has been crazy! Really, I love it this way. But man I need to catch my breath for a minute! We went to the Jordan River Temple Openhouse. It was lovely. Also, Hudson tried every. single. drinking fountain.
One Friday afternoon I just spontaneously threw the kids in the car and we headed to the zoo. It ended up being the best afternoon! The weather was perfectly pleasant, it wasn't crowded at all and I had such a great time with my boys! Davis is starting to really love the animals. Hudson checked in on all his animal friends. And I frequently had to remind Chase to look at the real live animals in front of him, and not just read in the informational displays. It was a truly perfect afternoon!
Davis's tornado nature has lead to us finally doing some baby proofing of cabinets! As Ben started installing, Hudson ran to grab his own tools and help. And he did- sat there the whole time and worked with his own tools!
Baseball started! Ben is coaching Chase's team (along with our friends Dan Bacciocco and Jesse Joseph, whose sons are also on the team! We seriously lucked out on that one!). We are having the best time at his games! Chase is seriously so good- he can really hit that ball! And he's learning a lot and really loves that his dad is the coach. The weather this month has been just dreamy, so our evenings at the ball park have been just lovely. Also, Davis really wants to be part of the fun so much!
Speaking of sports, Chase is also now really into basketball! He has been out practicing every chance he gets and loves it when Ben can take a few minutes to go out and play with him. (Ben loves it too!)
We had a random Wednesday morning with not much to do, so we went to the park to feed the ducks. Hudson always loves doing this. Davis was super confused by it and refused to throw any bread (ironic, since he habitually throws food off his high chair). We played at the park for a little bit afterward, but Davis is so fast and has no fear- it's pretty stressful for me! He can scale right to the top of play structures but has no concept of the drop off that will happen at the edge. And the boy loves slides!
This is so Davis right now. He loves hats. He turns all kinds of things into hats (mixing bowls, helmets, etc.) but when he gets into the tub he always puts this bucket on his head and it stays there his whole bath! I think it's the cutest thing ever.
We had a lovely Mothers Day! Ben and the boys spoiled me with some pretty new bowls and a pretty lavender serving tray. The boys made me the cutest little cards at school that were so precious and special. At church the primary kids sang so sweetly, and Hudson clapped a weird rhythm through the whole thing. He came back down to us and said, "Did I get the beat right?!" We had both our parents over for dinner that night and it was just a wonderful day.
We attempted to get a group picture of the fab 5 for my mom. It didn't go nearly as well as last year. Mostly Anna did not want to cooperate at all (and the rest of the kids weren't super cooperative either). The results turned out cute, even if they aren't perfect. It does show what it's like when all five of them get together though!
We wrapped up the soccer season! Chase had such a great season. He probably scored 15 goals this season and improved so much in his skills. Mostly, he had a great time. He loved having his buddy Luca on his team and getting to know the other kids as well. It was a super cute group of boys! We loved watching "the Green Grass" play!
We made it through Hudson's soccer season! He was such a character out there! This spring we had way less meltdowns on the field, but no real interest in actually playing. His coach was the best, so kind and patient with him. Hudson mostly was just in his own little world out there on the field- which was the best case scenario (when the other possibility was his yelling, screaming, hitting other kids, etc.) When the games ended and we packed up the car that last Saturday Ben and I high-fived in the parking lot. We made it through the season! As much as we've loved watching our boys, we are ready to have our Saturdays be a little more free.
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