Tents

Ragnar figured out how to drape his blanket over the edge of his crib to make a "tent."  He then crawls in and sleeps under it. 

Magnus hasn't quite figured out how to do it on his own, so he asks us to make the "tent" for him.

Silly boys.

Neighborhood Walk

The boys are able to walk further than they used to.  This enables us to go on walks to other neighborhoods.  Their favorite right now is to walk to the duck pond which is about 1/4 of a mile away.  Today on our walk there we stopped to play with and gather dandelions. 

Magnus loves blowing the seeds in the air. 

He tried to teach Ragnar how to do it, but Ragnar didn't quite get the hang of it. 

They also collected pinecones on our way there and way back.

 

 

 

 

Sandbox

We opened our sandbox for the first time today.  It is fun to see how much more the boys enjoy it and play with it versus last year.  They are really into creating with the sand (using molds, building structures) and using the vehicles to transport sand.  Of course, Ragnar still enjoys eating sand too.

Garden

We put together our square foot garden today.  The boys helped with the planting.  Magnus was really good at picking up one seed at a time and poking it into the ground. Ragnar was more interested in digging in the dirt than planting.  Their favorite part of making our garden was placing our garden gnome.  I hope we get a good crop of veggies this year!

Potty Training

We have been talking a lot with Magnus and Ragnar about when they will start going on the toilet vs. their diapers.  We have books we read; they follow Nate & I into the bathroom and ask everyone if they go on the toilet. 

Yesterday I was in the bathroom with both of them and they once again started talking about it.  Magnus was asking if his friend Ava went on the toilet.  I said "yes, she is a big girl and doesn't use diapers anymore."  He then marched over to the growth chart on the wall, put his back against it and held his hand above his head as high as he could reach.  "Me potty, big boy, this big."  Translation: he isn't going to go on the toilet until he is as tall as his hand on the chart.  Great kiddo.

General Conference

Today was General Conference.  I had the boys sit on the couch with me to watch the Sunday AM session.  They were excited as they thought we were watching one of their shows.  They lasted all of 10 minutes. Oh well, practice makes progress.

Confidence

It amazes me how quickly Magnus and Ragnar are growing.  Today was a gorgeous day and we headed out to a park.  This is a playground we have been to before and they are familiar with.  It is located behind City Hall and the Library.  We parked up top by the library and for the first time ever the boys walked in without the stroller.  (About 1/2 a mile) Once we got there, they amazed me by climbing on the rock wall and climbing walls without assistance.  Magnus in particular has a lot of confidence in climbing.  He would study the object to climb and then conquer it.  Ragnar followed Magnus' lead and tried climbing a few things but mostly played with the rocks.  After our fun time they walked back to the car (backwards part of the way) without any problems.  Such big kids!

 

 

Walking backwards up the hill

Easter

We had a lovely Easter. 

 

We attended church and came home and ate lunch.  Then the boys had their nap.  During naptime the Easter bunny arrived and left baskets of goodies for the boys. 

He also created an egg hunt in our front yard. They had so much fun trying to find all the eggs. 

We then went inside to play with our Easter treasures. 

That afternoon we had a lovely Easter dinner with Auntie Dani and Uncle Bart.

EMOM Easter Egg Hunt

We went to the boys' first public Easter Egg Hunt.  It was sponsored by EMOM's.  There was a very small turnout which was fantastic as the boys had NO competition in the toddler tent.  They were so excited to run and grab eggs.  First, they grabbed their allotted amount.  But then they dumped them out and went back through the eggs and only picked up the same color.  Magnus picked pink eggs and Ragnar picked orange eggs.

There was also an Easter Bunny there that was handing out candy and doing pictures.  They weren't too sure about him.

Art

We've been spending more time coloring and playing in the front yard now that the rain is lessening.  I drew a truck for the boys and then Ragnar colored it. Both boys then colored rocks from the flower bed.  Magnus then started lining up those rocks around it.  Ragnar quickly joined in.  I think it's a lovely piece of artwork.

 

Easter Eggs

This was the first year we dyed Easter eggs with the boys.  Magnus was a bit under the weather, but still very excited to try.  I had seen an idea on Pinterest to dye the eggs with Kool-Aid.  I searched everywhere for different colors of Kool-Aid but only found a few colors.  I also got a pack of traditional egg dye as a backup. 

The Kool-Aid made really nice smelling eggs and did a good job dyeing the eggs.  The boys loved watching the white eggs change colors.  We did end up using some traditional dye too to get more colors. 

 Ragnar pretended to eat each egg as it came out of the dye.  He especially loved the ones dyed by Kool-Aid as they smelled really nice.  Overall, it was a great experience that everyone enjoyed.