Mother's Day Hike 2012

This year, on Mother's Day, Josh and the kids surprised me with a picnic basket full of lunch supplies.  We packed up the picnic basket, the jogging stroller and the kids, and went on a hike at Red Rock Canyon, which is a little version of Garden of the Gods.  Despite the cold temperatures, we had a great time.

 There is a rock staircase cut into the quarried wall ahead.  The boys and I hiked up to the top, and then turned around to meet back up with Josh and Molly.  Owen really wants to do the whole hike, without his  sister, this summer.

A large, natural, sandbox!

Kindergarten Graduation

Owen graduated from Kindergarten on May 24th.  They made cute little caps and sang a couple of adorable songs.  It was a precious ceremony.

This is Owen's kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Davis.  She was a wonderful, loving teacher.

Show me your scariest face....

Chicken Little

Owen's kindergarten class performed a play this week. Owen played the part of "Chicken Little". He had several speaking parts and they sang some adorable songs. Here are a few highlights.

Slice of life

Last night, I was emptying our camera to make sure we have plenty of room to take some videos of Owen's upcoming play.  I fell in love with this little show.  It shows so many truths of our daily lives:  1) Molly has the cutest little voice and is experimenting with all sorts of new words.  2) We've almost given up on making her sit down on the kitchen chairs (she tirelessly gets on them).  We're focusing, instead, on teaching her to safely get down and showing her that the table top is off-limits:-)  3)  She holds a pencil correctly!  4)  The boys love playing Legos...this game involves a shield generator, Ewoks and a big battle.  5)  Owen still hums when he plays.

May cuteness!

Recipe for the perfect spring evening:  sunshine and dandelions.

 When we ask Molly to show us the "cutest face in the world", she does this!  Love her 8 little teeth:-)

 The little ones, enjoying some drinks after naptime.

 Owen loves reading!

LEGO Kids Fest

Josh took Owen and Wyatt to LEGO Kids Fest in Denver last weekend.  It was 4 hours of Lego dreams come true for the boys.  They went with our friend John and his kids, Maxwell and Finn.  The boys had so much fun together!  Here are some of the highlights.  When Owen saw this picture, he said "This picture is so cool it should be the cover of a movie or something!"

 There were lots of picture opportunities in front of life-sized Lego replicas. 

Owen modeling something he built with only light green Legos.

 There was a huge outline of the United States.  Kids could build things and put them in the state of their choice.  Owen built a tornado and put it in Oklahoma.  Wyatt built an eyeball and also put it in Oklahoma!!

 The Hobgood boys on an adventure!

The four musketeers (Owen - 6, Wyatt - 3, Maxwell - almost 7, Finn - 3), with Darth Vader.  Wyatt has been wearing this hat, sunglasses, and pumpkin necklace get-up for several days...

 Wyatt, otherwise known as Jello, the Big Boy Pumpkin, with SpongeBob.

 All the kiddos are hard at work...