The Budensiek Family: Sunshine and Other Happy Things

I'm glad to finally say that we've had some lovely sunshine-filled days, warm enough to even be worthy of shorts and tank tops! And, to top off the happiness that the sunshine brings, tax season is finally over! We were all extremely excited about that, and had a great weekend TOGETHER! We haven't had an official "celebrate tax season being over" day yet, but we do have a couple of little trips planned within the next few weeks.

But, before I get ahead of myself here's what we've been up to for the past couple of weeks.

I keep randomly finding words/made-up words lying around our house. This is one time when Kai actually spelled his name right. Usually he spells it, "KIA".

He informed me that this spelled, "tuque". At least he's a good Canadian!

My big yard work helper.

First outdoor picnic of the season. Hooray!

Tracing all of his stuffed animals, and of course practicing his current favourite letters "H" and "I".

Kai's first trip to the dentist. Surprisingly it went really well, although he did look this serious the entire time.

Bryon popping his last tax-season countdown balloon.

Kai waiting with his sign to welcome daddy home from work.

Kai's good buddy Hunter turned 2 last week and had a fun train party.

See the 3 moose behind the yield sign? That is right across from our house! Crazy. We saw them after we woke up one morning, working their way from yard to yard eating everyone's gardens. We found all of our tulips completely devoured beside a big pile of moose poop. Sad! Kai had been checking on the tulips everyday to see if they were blooming yet, proclaiming, "they're growing just like me!" each time he checked.

Learning new skills is always fun, especially when you can do it in your pjs :)

Helping me make hamburger buns for our first BBQ of the season.

First day of soccer camp, complete with a personalized t-shirt. I'm not sure who was more excited, Bryon or Kai.

Each group of kids has a coach and a team colour. Then all of the teams rotate through different stations where they play games or learn new skills.

This was Kai's favourite station. They got to kick over as many cones as possible :)

Kai and another little boy got to demonstrate the rolling game. It's weird for me to think that my "little baby" is now participating in organized activities. Time flies!

Bryon attempted another sleepover in the shed with him that night, and this time it worked! I think it helped that we gave Kai his own bed this time, instead of having him share with Bryon. Personal space is apparently a sleeping necessity for him.