Ahhhh May. Look at the green grass. The late evening sunsets. The shorts and t-shirts and general merriment.
Have I mentioned lately how much we love our front yard? It's the perfect layout: corner lot, no houses across the street, awesome neighbors on our right, I can inspect everyone who drives by like a nosy neighborhood watch lady :). This particular evening was spent tossin' the old football around. I feel like all we're missing is the white picket fence....
More random outside pictures - can you believe it was ever warm enough to jump on the trampoline with sprinklers? Sounds dreamy. (Also: we have a picket fence! Off to paint it white...)
Jack and Chuck got to have a super fun adventure in Boise one afternoon. Ada County participates in Bike to Work / May in Motion and they held a fun bike ride and barbecue for employees.
It fell on Chuck's day off, so he and Jack headed over. Jack was a superstar - he was the only kid there and did great. He also heartily enjoyed his cheeseburger!
While they were in downtown Boise, Chuck and Jack stayed on their bikes and tooled around for a couple more stops, including the zoo and the library - for Star Wars books, what else? Jack blooms with one-on-one attention (story of a third child!) so days like this are perfect for him.
We got this picture via email after the fact - someone in charge went around to document the event. I love Jack's little hunched shoulders - as much as he thrives with personal attention, he's still our shiest kiddo!
Clyde also got some father/son time out biking on a nice windy afternoon:
By all reports they had a great time and it was possibly pretty tiring as well ;).
Carma June's love language is opening the front door for her to scamper out, so May was a delightful month in her little life. She continued to master her balance bike:
... and was thrilled whenever her buddy Andy was over. These two play together so well - they take turns pushing each other in the car and are super chill and it's the cutest thing ever and it's possible that we have high hopes for the collective future. Carma is eight months older, but to me that just sounds like they'll be out on their missions at the same time, right?
The last of our beloved tulips were waning, so naturally a bouquet was bestowed upon Carma:
Jack is never happier than when he's ensconced in some kind of little hidey-hole or fort. Oh man I love him.
We headed over to Boise for one of our newest favorite activities with Grandpa: paddle boating at Julia Davis Park! And as we'd like to do it again, please don't report us for Clyde clearly breaking multiple rules, SIGH:
My dad started off with the two older boys while I struggled to keep Jack and Carma on the boat haha. Fun fact: I learned later that they offer courtesy life jackets for kids. Definitely grabbing a couple of those next time!
Random pictures of our picnic right before the boatin': That's Will tucked inside a blanket; he wasn't feeling super great...
Couple more pictures - at one point we swapped out Jack for Will. Poor Will continued not to feel well. He's probably our toughest kid when it comes to being sick; you have to ask him detailed questions to find out what hurts.
In this case, I finally figured out it was his throat and he felt pretty warm so we ended the afternoon at Instant Care - where we had the MOST patient nurse who indulged Carma and took her vitals as well haha.
Aaaand we walked away with a strep diagnosis for poor Willy boy, some stickers for Jack, and a nap on the way home for the little two.
One sunny May afternoon found Chuck up on a roof doing some painting, because it turns out even if you're rather your friends not move like five states away, you'll still do whatever they need to help with the process ;). I hung out for a bit, helpfully shouting things like, "I can't even tell where you painted! That color is the same as the exposed wood!" and "Hey, what's your life insurance policy like again? How much traction do you feel like your shoes are giving you right now??" before peacing out and letting the man do his work haha:
I did sneak a wee Swenson boy home with me: Jaxen! He and Jack played and played and took turns on Jack's bike and Carma's bike haha.
I also discovered that taking a picture of little Swenson and Izatt men is almost as futile as photographing their dads haha. I love the first picture - Jaxen's hiding behind the tree haha.
Eventually they cooperated with the thumbs up pose, which meant I could create this side-by-side comparison:
So awesome, right? Dan and Chuck, Jaxen and Jack. Love it.
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