Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby!!

Ryan really loves to buy things second hand... and usually I am all for his thriftiness. However one day he came home from the Salvation Army with a 1276 piece K'Nex rollercoster building set, ages 10 and up... for our three year old. I promptly put it in the hall closet hoping all would be forgetten, and for a while it was.

But wouldn't you know it, the week Ryan goes out of town, Kai rediscovers the rollercoaster and wants to build it. So what does any good mom do.... she starts piecing all 1276 pieces together for her adoring son. I built the frame and Ryan got home in time to assemble the track and get it working.

Kai loves it and even though it takes up our entire living room floor, it is pretty impressive.

Today we went and saw Kunfu Panda. I guess Po instilled some courage in Kai, because when he got home he was ready to try out his big boy bike for the first time this summer.

He only fell once and got right back up and started riding again. He is such a big boy!!!

Summer Lovin'

Aren't my boys the cutest!!!!!

This has been a busy month.. we have hardly had time to sit down and relax, let alone blog about it. Ryan went away for a week for UM Army. He had a great time hanging out with his brother and even got to explore his public speaking skills (not that anyone thought he would be bad at public speaking, I mean it is Ryan-- I don't think there is anyone who loves to talk more than him) by delivering the message a few of the night. He really got a lot out of the week and I am glad he got to go, even if it meant me and Kai fending for ourselves for the week.

When he got back, I decided it was finally time to chop off my hair. I had been threating to donate it to Locks of Love for a while now, and I finally got the courage up to do it. Ten inches later, I feel pretty good about my new do. Here are my before and after pictures:

Thursday we went and picked up Emma and Coleman and headed down to the Children's Museum. It was a free day at the museum so it was packed and when the kids out number the adults, it makes for a very tiring trip. They had fun though.

Friday we spent the day in Galveston. We went to the beach, visited the Railroad Mueum, crossed the ferry (and saw dolphins on both trips) and hung out on the Strand.

This week we plan on just hanging out and doing nothing because we are leaving for El Paso on Friday. We need a few days of down time.

Baby Blue

We are having a boy!!!!

And Kai went swimming today and actually swam!! He was jumping off the diving board and swimming about 2-3 feet underwater to Ryan. I was very impressed!!! My baby is growing so fast... guess it is good I am having another one.

Summer breeze

Summer has officially started in the Roberts' household. Ryan still has two days left of school, but they will be filled with him in a dunking booth at the school fair and chaperoning a school dance, so nothing very hard. Kai and I spent our first day of summer doing a whole lot of nothing. We slept in until 9am, played Cars almost all day, and went to the toy store. Very exciting stuff. Tomorrow we are going blueberry picking with Mimi and Pappa, and Friday we are going to the library. I am hoping to teach Kai and myself some sign language over the summer. We were watching a baby sign language video over at a friends house the other day and Kai was very interested in it and was picking up on it pretty fast, so we are going to give it a try.

Adrift

I don't think Kai could have asked for a better birthday weekend. We had his party on Saturday over at his Mimi and Pappa's house and all of his family came. We swam, ate chili dogs and opened a ton of presents. Kai was excited about everything he received. He got cars, cars, and more cars, art supplies, books, puzzles, and a slip and slide. It is Monday now, and I think he has already played with every single one of his birthday presents.

The official party ended around 7pm, but the real party started when we got back to the house and Kai got to play with all of his new toys with his cousins who were spending the night. I don't think any of the kids went to bed before midnight.

The next day, after church, we loaded up the car and drove down to Galveston. Kai spent the day playing on the beach with Ella, Micah, and Kaitlin. Ryan and Doug got to play a little too, but there play time was cut short by an infestation of baby crabs that invaded their pants as they were boogie boarding. (don't worry it wasn't just them-- the whole beach cleared out of the water at once with all the swimmers digging their hands down their pants-- it was quite a sight) After the beach we all headed into town for Kai favorite meal- Taco Cabana followed by Marble Slab ice cream. It was another late night for us-- we didn't get home until after midnight due to the Memorial day traffic-- but it was all worth it. Kai had a blast and we got to spend a lot of time with Ryan's family, which is always fun.

This weekend made me really antsy for summer to begin. Kai has grown up so much and can do just about anything. I think we are going to have a very memorable summer filled with family, friends, and fun.

Kai BDay Wish List

Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand

We got a new camera today, so hopefully we'll post more pictures.

Let's see. This weekend Lindsay and I decide to revamp our computer room. We went to Target, Ikea, and some furniture store about 45 miles away. We had our first successful roof-tie-down experience from that store. We've decided to make that room into a beach/surf/whatever room and we made a large stride so far. I love working on the house sometimes. We do plan to fix up the extra bedroom this summer for #2. I hope it is a boy for decoration sake.

Saturday after shopping Scott (lindz's bro) asked us to go to Splashtown for free for about an hour. The water was freezing and Kai's teeth chattered the entire time, but he loved it. Scott recently landed a job there and is loving it so far, which makes us happy. BONUS, however, is that he can hook us up with an incredible deal for the summer.

I've decided to go with Doug this summer to U.M. Army. I think that's exciting because we don't really hang out anymore and I think we'll have a lot of fun.

Hmmmm.... you know we are crazy busy all the time and I feel like we are having fun all the time, but when you write it down sometimes.... it seems boring. Oh well.

Lindsay is in week 15 and feeling fine. (blessing)

Kai is doing great. He's always wanting to do stuff his way and he is having some "moments" when he doesn't. He is 2 going on 3.

and I'm just happy last week is over with because TAKS creates a lot of tension in a school.

Peace, Love, and Soul,

R