Dane's Farm Field Trip

Peter had another field trip last Thursday, this time to Dane's Farm. With Sam in Italy, I ended up being about to take both Elaine and Natalie on the trip as well. Natalie seemed very excited about her first time on a school bus, whereas Peter and his classmate Joseph seemed a little bored.


Elaine had a good time on her first bus ride too!

After several wrong turns and 30 minutes, we arrived at the farm. The kids got to hold and pet ducklings and chicks. I was amazed how brave the kids were!

Peter seemed semi-interested in the peacock.

After Dane's farm, we went to Dane's Dairy for some ice cream! Ms. Connie is always great in getting the kids together for pictures. We love her!

Peter's Bear Class:

Changing character

Ever since the debut of Kung Fu Panda at the Burer house, we've had a lot of role playing from that movie. Typically, Tai Long, Po and Tigress show up at our house at any given moment.

One moment, Peter and Natalie will be cute as two peas in a pod:



Then it's like someone flipped a switch and this is what happens:



Grrrr...

Snarl!

Yes, these are my darling children!

Peter's big boy bike

We got Peter a big boy bike with training wheels and all. It took him no time to get used to riding a bigger bike!

Natalie is still learning to use her legs to peddle. She's been getting better every time we go for a ride!

Peter has already shown that he's pretty good at steering!

Ronald McDonald 5k Race

No, I did not do a 5K with the kids. Rather I took them along the route to cheer on the runners, including our "Uncle" Tanner! Peter and Natalie were so excited to see him run. Here we are at the water table (and strategically near a porta-potty) cheering Tanner on!

Tanner managed to beat us to the finish line. Either it takes me a while to buckle 3 kids and drive 1/2 mile or Tanner is a fast runner! We still were able to get a shot at the finish line!

A dose of Elaine

YAY! Elaine is starting to use a sippie cup! Our washing the 6-piece baby bottle days are close to an end! She seems to enjoy it!

Must taste good!

And here's a little video where Sam and Peter were playing a game, and Elaine was finding it hilarious!

Elaine's 10th month birthday

April 23rd was Elaine's 10th month birthday!

What a big girl!



Peter and Natalie couldn't help themselves and wanted to have their own photo session.

Then came the wrestling.

Even amidst being attacked by Natalie, Peter manages to squeeze a nice smile for the camera!
And then the three of us (Elaine wasn't in the picture but she was biting on my leg at the time!)

Elainers!

Continuing the theme of being different, Elaine seems to enjoy chewing on her thumb...not quite sucking. She's probably getting new teeth in, but I wouldn't put it past her that she likes her thumb in her mouth!



Or a block in her mouth! This is how she's been transporting toys from one place to another. She'll stick in her mouth and start crawling away. She may be watching our dog too much!

Now, one thing that all of the kids have done is have this super attraction to Sydney's water bowl. Maybe because it's nice and shiny and full of water that makes it so fun, but it sure does cause a mess for Mommy to clean up! Here's Elaine making a run for the bowl!

And here's the "pure innocence" she gives me as if she's telling me, "I wasn't doing anything!"