Life's Helmet

Monday, May 9, 2016

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Playtime

Cooley is our first child to regularly go and play on his own. We often stop

and ask where Cooley is only to find him playing by himself in another room.

Monday, May 2, 2016

Mr. Independent

Last week Cooley went and got the crayons and paper

out all by himself and sat at the table coloring.

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Letter Writing

You know those mornings that you wake up to find

your 5-year old writing a letter in Mandarin.

Tonight was a "watch a movie in a homemade fort kind of night." They have been a bit obsessed with scary stories lately so we figured E.T. was the obvious movie choice. There's nothing better than watching your own little aliens run around pointing their fingers and groaning "E.T. phone home."

Yard Gymnastics

Friday, April 29, 2016

A Weekend Up North - Wutpaki National Monument

The area around the Wutpaki National Monument is by far one of the prettiest dessert landscapes we've seen in Arizona. The ruins found in this area remind us a lot of the many castles we explored in Ireland. It's amazing how similar so much of the architecture was even with them being located on different sides of the world. Just like the European castles, the kids enjoyed getting to climb the structures and explore the various rooms.

A Weekend Up North - Sunset Crater

The kids enjoyed running along the lava-flow trail at Sunset Crater. They kept wanting to go off the trail to climb all over the rocks. Milo and Cooley especially enjoyed throwing and breaking the lava rocks.

A Weekend Up North - Exploring Hills

While driving, we passed a short stretch of random hills that looked like they would be fun for the kids to climb. The kids fearlessly ran up and down the hills racing along the ridgeline.