Dancing in Cody

On Saturday evening, the girls dressed up in "princess dresses" and danced to some Disney music. They had lots of fun, and Caleb and Davis got in on the action as well.

Pictures from Cody

These pictures are from last Saturday in Cody. After the snow on Friday morning, it warmed up enough for the kids to go outside. (That made all the adults very happy!)
They had fun doing sidewalk paint and side walk chalk, and just running around being kids.
I have some more pictures that I will try to post tomorrow before we go on our next trip. We are going to take a field trip on Friday to West Glacier to look for the Harlequin Ducks. Then we will go to see the Orts in Kalispell for the rest of Friday and Saturday. We have to be back on Sunday for Children's Church.
We have been busy this week, catching up on things and unpacking from the trip. We are mostly back to our normal schedule, although the kids behavior is not quite back to normal. Someone (who will remain nameless) has already been to time out 4 times this morning, and has been told to expect an early nap time today. Someone else has been to timeout twice, and probably deserved it more than that. Someone else is grounded from Nintendo and computer games for the day, and has to earn the privileges back. On days like these, I feel very mean, but I know that the consistency and discipline will make everyone happy in the long run.
There is always some adjustment after being away from home for a week. However, I don't want all good behavior to go out the window. We will probably be traveling on many weekends in May and June, so I am trying to reinforce good habits and behavior now.

Winding down before bed

Pictures from Cody

Bubbles

While the big kids were outside, Caleb and Davis played with the bubbles. I had trouble getting a good picture of Davis, but I got several of Caleb.

Caleb got a new bubble mower on Tuesday. He is very cute with it.

Lots of Smiles and One Frown

This is a good picture of Ian. Most of the time now, he has a silly look on his face for pictures. This one seems to capture him well.

This is our little Caleb-- happy and ready for the next adventure.

Isabella and Reina were so excited about being together. They even had matching outfits to wear!

Davis-- the face says it all.

I'm not sure what is going on in this picture, but I think that maybe Ian doesn't want his picture taken.

Another Day in Cody

Caleb wrapped in a sheep skin

Isabelle and Reina sleeping on the futon

Isabelle and Reina decorated princess crowns.
Davis squeezed into the picture, too.