The move is on....

So, we have finally moved. I have unpacked most of the boxes and it finally feels like a home. However, in a few short days we have had a leak under the sink and huge carpenter ants. But all in all we are happy with our choice.

Zoo animals

We love going to the zoo. The Polar bear here in Rochester is such a flirt. He love to swim right near the kids. The wallaby (looks like a kangaroo) had a baby in her pouch. You can't see it in the picture, but for a moment the baby stuck its head out. It was so neat.

Swimming lessons

The kids are in swimming lessons. We started them off in a parents and tots swim program, but they quickly graduated. So we went and bought them their own bubbles. They were so excited to get to swim lessons. So they got dressed in their swim suits, had their bubbles in hand and off we went. Well, since the swim lessons are at a school....and it was spring break...well, you can imagine the disappointment. So the next week they were even more excited. They got dressed in their swim suits, had their bubbles in hand and and off we went. Well, apparently, that school was off for a week and a day, so we came home downtrodden. But Gloria wanted to wear her swim bubble, so we put her in the bath with her swim bubble. She stayed in there for a good 20 minutes.

Meg and I

Megan decided to start her own blog. Check it out by clicking on Megan Horner on the right. Take the poll and tell me if you think we look alike.

Gloria dancing

Gloria has been in a community dance class for 4 weeks. I think she enjoys it, but she is really excited to start gymnastics. I recorded her last dance class. You'll see that she is not the kind of girl that worries about looking like everyone else. She didn't want to wear her pink leotard and refused to wear tights. I didn't want to make a big deal of it, so I didn't make her.

New bikes and ice cream

Scootering is now taking a back seat to riding bikes. Gloria got a princess bike and Cameron got a Spiderman bike. They love them. Cameron has told me that he thinks he is good enough to take the training wheels off...after 1 day. Right!

Since Cameron helped Daddy put Gloria's bike together last night, we kept losing a pedal during our rides today. She would pedal about 20 times before her left pedal would fall off. It was very aggravating. We have a circle we like to go around here that is 1/3 of a mile. I swear I screwed that pedal on 15 times today. And the kids could only go about 10 feet before their momentum would was gone. So every 10 feet they would need a push. Between pushing one, putting the pedal back on, pushing the other, and pulling the dog (she has to smell where all the other dogs you know what), I am exhausted.

So about this pedal...our maintenance man was out today. He is a very nice young man. The kids know him because he has had to fix some things in our apartment. Gloria, who is not too shy to talk to anyone...anywhere, asked him in her sweet voice (with a little prodding from mommy) to fix her pedal. He couldn't resist her. So he tightened it and the pedal is fine now.

After daddy got home, we took the kids across the street to Lugia's. Now, here in New York, there is no such thing as a small ice cream cone. We got the kid's a baby cone. It is huge. But it was 78 degrees today and they needed it. Gloria had totally finished hers and changed her clothes before Cam was even done with the ice cream on top. She takes after me.

My bed

Every day I make my bed, and every day I can't figure out who messes it up. Sometimes it is completely unmade again.

My competitive son

Yesterday, during yet another day of scootering, I witnessed the difference between 2 youngsters having fun. Cameron had decided to race our young friend Kaitlyn around our building. He was to go one direction and she was to go the opposite direction. He thought that whoever got back to the corner first was the fastest (I guess the fact that they would have met in the middle didn't cross his 4 year old mind). So Kaitlyn's mom, Donna, and I watched this scene over and over. Cam would start off going as fast as his scooter could take him, all the way around the building. While Kaitlyn would go halfway down one side of the building, turn around and wait for Cameron at the corner. Cameron couldn't believe that she was faster than him. So, he continued trying to beat her. I hurried into my apartment and got my Flip video and recorded the last race. Here it is....

Moving and Packing

Well, I should be packing for our move, but what am I doing????? I'm blogging. I justify it by saying that my friends and family will be able to see pictures of us, but really, I'm procrastinating. I am going to force myself to get off of the computer now. We have to go outside and scooter some more.

Palmyra

We went to Palmyra on Sunday. We climbed up the Hill Cumorah, toured the Smith homes and walked through the Sacred Grove. It was nice.

Scootering

Now that it's spring, we're back to doing our favorite thing...scootering. It is the highlight of apartment life. We have a nice parking lot with very little traffic, so we spend many hours outside scootering.
We have some friends at the apartments that will come and join us. Dan, just got a new bike. He is very...exuberant. I was trying to get a picture of Gloria when he ran right into her. Ouch!!!

They are cute little buggers and I've tried to get video of them, but they are so darn fast.


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