March has been another fun month for the Gentrys. Weve had more out of town guests including Grandpa Brian and Cousin Julie from Wisconsin --"joo-wee"--who we got to run all over the town in the sun with us! We day tripped to Flagstaff to check out some snow, our buddy Chase turned two, so we partied, spring training in full swing (pun intended).... mostly just enjoying the deserts great joys with our ever rambunctious 2 year olds.
Also, worth mentioning that the kids continue to do GREAT in "school", and it has become a part of our weekly routine they look forward to. They have learned so much already, their vocabulary has just exploded, now often talking in (albeit garbled) sentences to tell stories of what they did that day, with what friends, etc. Instead of just a demanding "MILK!", it is now "momma, glass of milk please". With an occaaaaasional reminder for the please. Whoa! We have at least an abbreviated version of ABCs down, they can sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star pretty much solo, and they can count to 20, sometimes skipping from 8 to 14, but still! Also I catch them playing with each other more and more frequently, making up their own games, imagination blossoming. Pretty awesome little dudes.
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| Morning beauty. With B naturally. |
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| Morning fro |
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| Spring training! Go Mariners! Go Ichiro! |
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| Watching pitching practice with dad. And scored a ball! |
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| Happy Birthday Chase! |
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| Nom Nom! With Leah. |
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| Dainty cupcake face. |
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| Birthday bubbles are the bomb! |
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| I. Love. This. Picture. |
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| Our climbing monkey pro. |
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| Will climbing. With helmet on. Good idea. :) |
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| Cousin Julie is so cool she'll just chill with us in a parking lot and pick out the best gravel... |
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| When Grandpa's here we eat ice cream for lunch. |
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| We love to eat ice cream with Grandpa... |
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| ...go for walks... |
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| ...introduce him to our neighbors... |
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| ...go to the park... |
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| ...we bring mom too... |
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| ...show him the farmers market.... |
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| ...and have backyard afternoons! We also met Tia Rachel at the zoo with Grandpa one day, |
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| where we got up close and personal with a new friend! (Will would not take his eyes off of the giraffe even for a second!) |
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| We learned that giraffes love fresh lettuce and have long purple tongues. |
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| Success! |
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| Wills turn... |
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| so proud! |
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| Hello. |
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| Preferred means of travel. |
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| Times two, of course. |
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| Monkeys. They see. They do. |
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| To the mountains! We hit a beautiful day in Flagstaff some time after a big snowfall. So the air was a perfect 60 degrees, the snow was wet and packable, and puddles everywhere! Great family getaway, even Tully and Tucker got to come! |
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| Will taking in the scene amidst the tall pine trees and melting snow. Buffalo Park. |
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| Ask Ada what she likes to do in the snow-- "fall down". |
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| Will with snow ball. Tully in love. |
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| "Family" portrait with our snowman. |
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| Puddles! |
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| Beautiful day, beautiful place. |
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| Afternoon sliding. |
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| Mountain girls. |
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| Sweet read with Tia. |
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| Goldfish for breakfast. They were especially hungry this morning... |
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| Spring car breeze-- "Windy!" |
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| Ada and Will, Will especially, LOVES playing ROCKS with Uncle AJ. Here at Grandma's farmers market. |
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| Yoga at the farmers market. Courtesy of Uncle AJ. |
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| She can go from laying on the sweet... |
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| ...to laying on the temper just.like.that. Here, she's taking a stand in the middle of a puddle, the middle of the farmers market. It didn't work out in her favor. |
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| Other farmers market treat this month was meeting some firemen who let us try out their truck! "But don't push anything kids...." Times up! |
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| We made pistachio pudding on St Pattys day. |
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| Love our cards from Nana and Papa. |
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| And stickers! I promise I didn't tell him where to put them mom! :P |
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| The first (only?) witnessed winter rain storm at our house. Kids had a blast stomping around in the puddles. In their slippers, of course. |
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| Rubber duckies getting a rain bath in the back yard. |
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| Meeting Tia at the farmers market for a mid week dinner. When Tia's in charge, we have chocolate for dinner. |
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| Thanks Tia! |
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| A morning with Tia and Uncle AJ at the Desert Botanical Gardens, where the butterfly exhibit is back. We loved finding and watching the butterflies even more than last year. |
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| Auntie/Uncle shot. Thanks for humoring me Rach and AJ. |
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| AJ the butterfly. |
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| Walking the grounds. Looks like AJ found a rock. |
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| No Tia hangout complete without a piggyback ride. |
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| My backyard family. |
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| Will and dad, grass whistling. |
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| Family portrait. |
