The Lanier Family

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Growing Up

Our chickens aren't babies anymore. Our kids call them "toddlers" because they aren't full grown yet either. Leah isn't afraid of them anymore. In fact she LOVES to pick them up and play with them. She kind of reminds us of Elmyra from Tiny Toon Adventures. She'll love those chickens to death if we're not careful with her.

After Leah has played with the chickens she'll wash her hands,
then continue to sniff them and wash them until she can't smell chickens anymore.
She'll shove her fingers into my nose and ask,
"Mom, do you smell chicken poo?"
YUCK

Jon did a great job on the chicken coop. It's way to posh for chickens. Crazy how our kids have wanted a playhouse for years, but the chickens get one first! LOL

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Leah Rides a Two-Wheeler Bike!

We took the training wheels off of Leah's little bike when I bought her a big bike at a yard sale a couple of weeks ago. We put training wheels on the big bike so she could start riding it. Well, she self-taught herself how to ride on 2-wheels by using her little bike without the training wheels. Last night she was getting really good at riding it, so I took the training wheels off her big bike today and watched her go. One push is all she needed and she took off on 2 wheels and didn't look back!

Just like with the boys I had bribed Leah with something special if she learned to ride a two-wheeler. She decided to get 2 babies and a basket for her bike.

Leah riding on her little bike

Leah on her big bike

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Fathers and Sons

Our stake fathers and sons campout was this weekend. What a bad weekend for camping! Jon was planning to take the boys, so Leah and I went to my moms house for a girls night out. When the weather started to shift and the news said it was going to rain he decided just to take the boys fishing in Provo instead. They all caught a fish. Alex caught the most! They had a good time and got to eat fish for lunch today.

Girl's Day Out

I have come to realize that there is only a month of school left! That is so crazy. So, that means there's only one more month of Leah/mommy alone time! How sad! My baby is growing up and will be going to kindergarten next year! :( I keep telling her not to get bigger, but she's not listening to me!

I just wanted to document our time together. She's a really fun workout pal. She's gone for walks in the morning with me since she was a baby. These are some pictures from our walk last week. She rides her bike...I walk.

She gets to choose a park to play on during our walk. There are 3 parks that we pass on the Provo River Trail that she picks from. Her recent method of choosing is whether or not the park has monkey bars or not. Sometimes it's based on what color the slides and toys are.

I love my little girl! I'm glad kindergarten is only half day so I can still have my little buddy for a little while longer.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Chicken Training

The boys love their chickens! Leah is still warming up to them. The boys like to make a chicken training in our backyard to teach the chicks to fly. They put them on the edge of their box, or on top of their water bottle and call for them. Alex likes to run around the yard with one on his hand to watch it flap its wings.