Spring Break

This week has technically been Spring Break for Christopher which essentially means that he is off from school and his normally scheduled classes. I have to disagree with the "break" part of this for me but fortunately we have had absolutely unbelievable weather this week and Christopher has spent life as any 3 year-old should: covered in dirt and sweat and absolute happiness. Three days this week were spent at Black Hoof Park, that amazing park near our house that they opened up in the fall. Tuesday we were there with Luca, Sam and Noah. Now, Chris does not like to hold hands with too many kids (adults are another matter) but he and Luca are attached at the hip, or at least the hand...

Sam and Noah are twins who are just a month older than Chris. They are in Christopher's music class now and they are also old friends of Luca's. Amazingly, we got four 3 year-old boys to sit still to get this shot...

On Wednesday we were back at the same park with Nico and his sister Corinne. I didn't get any pictures but the kids ran each other ragged. And each day that we've been to the park, Christopher has needed a bath as soon as we've returned home! Yesterday we were back there again with Olivia and Elliot. Here he is with Elliot, who is making his very serious face. Of course, two minutes earlier, Elliot was laughing his adorable baby laugh!

This morning, we went to Roe Park with Lahna and Liam. Roe Park is the place where Christopher attended his first play group when he was about 3 months old. Obviously he can do a lot more now! There are great trails over there and he was excited to ride his bike. I raised the seat and he is pedaling much better now.

At first, Lahna and Liam weren't ready to ride bikes but Chris was excited to. He said to Danna and I, "Maybe if they see me riding my bike, they'll see how much fun I'm having and they'll want to ride too!" Later on we found a stream for the kids to play at and Chris threw many rocks in the stream. The best part of this week is seeing Christopher just go off and play with his friends. He is doing this a lot now and it is great to see. He wants to do what his friends are doing, especially Lahna and Liam because they are "big kids."