the folsom family: April 2011

Monday, April 4, 2011

The Jackman

We haven't been up to anything special the last few weeks - just hanging out and waiting for the warmer weather to arrive. But here are a few photo's of the newest kid in our house to become mobile. And yes - he is loving his new found freedom. But I have to make sure I don't trip over him as he is now my little shadow!

Look at me Mom - I am very talented. I can show off my cleavage as well as drag this chair along with me while I crawl!

Whatcha lookin at Mom?

A new place to sit and think. Well, until Lydia finds me and thinks that it is a cool place to sit and think and then she will push me right out!

Helping unload the dishwasher. And of course - making sure there is no food left on the spoon.

Look at me - I can stand. Now I can reach even more of my favorite toys! And yes - my hair always stands up like that (much to my Mother's chagrin).

I see you down there - I am on my way.

Lauren's little party

The last couple of years, Lauren has had some big birthday parties. For her 5th birthday (and final birthday in Iowa right before we moved) we rented out a gymnastics studio and she got to invite a ton of little kids and have a really fun party. Last year she wanted to invite her entire primary class which is 13 kids and we had a fun party at our house. So this year, I said we were taking a break from big parties and she could invite 2 friends and we would do something fun with them. So she invited her two friends and we decided to go to Color Me Mine (a pottery store) and we painted pottery. It was perfect. We went on an afternoon when there was an early release from school and there was nobody else in the store. We walked around the store and each chose the item they really wanted to paint. Then they got to choose which colors they wanted to use and they got to work painting. It took each girl about an hour and they did great. I helped them paint if they needed help but they all did a really good job. Then we headed over to Maggie Moo's (just like Coldstone) where they each picked out an ice cream treat. And that was it. So simple and so uncrazy and so fun. Lauren had a smile on her face the whole time and the girls had fun doing their projects together and then skipping and holding hands as we went to the ice cream store.