Tim’s parents arrived on Thursday afternoon, and they headed back to Boise this morning.  Over the weekend we hit a few estate sales and even managed to do some yardwork.

Friday was gorgeous and warm.  Lex even got to play with his water table for a while.

On Sunday morning we met Becky and Dayn at Gravy for breakfast (mmmm…oatmeal brulee!)

After breakfast we played at OMSI for a while (since it was $2 admission day).

There was a full T-rex skeleton on display, which was cool.

Rats!!!

Lex’s favorite part at OMSI was typing on various computer keyboards (which he could have done at home).  I’m not saying he’s his father’s son or anything, but…

It was gorgeous outside yesterday, so we took a family walk around the greenspace behind our house.  There were hundreds of ladybugs in the field.  They were everywhere!

I started reciting the old nursery rhyme, “Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home.”  But then I stopped as I remembered the rest: “Your house is on fire and your children are gone.”  What kind of thing is that to teach your young child?  What’s wrong with nursery rhymes anyway? Why do they all have to be about babies falling out of treetops, bridges collapsing, and houses burning?

Last Saturday Tim and I went to see “Walking with Dinosaurs” at the Rose Garden (featuring life-sized animatronic dinosaurs).  We figured that the show would either be too scary and/or long for a two year old, so we dropped Lex off with a friend of mine.  Despite being the only adults there without a kid in tow, we had a great time on our date (and even splurged for the ridiculously priced $7 popcorn).

We’ve had some awesome springlike weather lately.  Tim brought out the camera during one of those sunny afternoons to take some of these great photos of Lex:

We recently decided to move Kiwi’s memorial stone from the hillside behind our house to our fenced backyard.  I wanted to plant flowers around it and bring her stone a little closer to home.  Lex still talks about her, and we miss her every day.

Yesterday Aunt Winnie turned 95, so we drove to Salem and joined her for a celebration dinner.  At the end of the meal we surprised her with a birthday cake.  And everyone in the dining room sang to her, which was cool.

Lex enjoyed the cake:

You might have noticed Lex’s latest head wound in the pictures above.  A few days ago he totally face-planted into the front door.  He cried when it happened, but now it doesn’t phase him.