The Phipps Family: May

May 4th:

I've always been obsessed with our babies' bottoms. So so cute.

You have to enjoy them while you can.

Hazel practically did this bath all on her own. She was so proud.

Still enjoying this bottom too.

On Cinco de Mayo, the girls went to a birthday party at a nearby park (one of those lovely kind of birthday parties where you kindly drop them off and pick them up when it's over!) so David and I worked on the garden while the little ones slept.

I planted half of my seeds and then saved the other half for when the girls got back to help me plant. I think having a garden is such a great learning experience for kids. Too bad I'm not better at it!

1 1/2 months

Sweet and wonderful.

May 6th, Sunday
Didn't make it to church until Sacrament meeting today (ahem, which is the last hour). Hoping to get better at that someday soon. A few months ago, David and I were asked to say prayers in Sacrament and David forgot to tell me until we were all sitting there with arms folded, me included, and he jerked his head up and said, "It's you!" So we were asked to say the prayers again today and this time I got the phone call, so I knew about it. And I forgot. Once we were all sitting there again with our arms folded, waiting, David once again reminded me, "It's you!" And because I was taken off guard and I wasn't fasting because I just had a baby, I prayed for the speakers who had prepared talks. On fast Sunday.

We so enjoy going to Kevin and Vicki's on Sundays. The girls love playing on their new swing set, but they don't know how to pump their legs yet to swing themselves, so if David or I go inside, Hazel talks Charlotte into pushing her. So funny. And we do bells! Vicki has taught us a few songs and the girls are pretty good. Ellie helps too.

Monday morning: ready for Joy School!

Here's Ellie walking around the house in my heels and a sign that says, "Quiet, please!"

Weeding our strawberries.

On Monday night, we headed out to the trails for a family night outside.

Big family of little ones.

After our hike, we found a patch of grass and ate some lasagna that I packed into a huge tupperware. Hazel complained the entire time because the tall grass was tickly and I forgot a blanket, but we survived. She can tend to be the high-maintenance one, like her mama.

On Tuesday, we did an activity time on the letter "I" and read a book about inchworms. Then we painted inchworms onto our tiny flower pots where we had planted bean seeds for the letter "G" (grow).

Afterward, we spent the rest of the morning weeding our strawberry patch, swinging on the swing and polishing our hypnotizing skills on the baby chickens...