Mother's Day

At pre-school Zade was asked questions about his lovely mother since mother's day is coming up. Here are his responses to his teacher's questions (per the sheet that he came home from school with):

- My mommy's name is: __TARA__
- She is __10__ years old.
- My mommy's favorite color is __BLUE__
- Her favorite food is __SALAD__
- My mommy looks prettiest when she __WENT ON 2 DATES WITH MY DAD__
- My mommy is silliest when she __RYZEN KEEPS BITING HER ON THE SHOULDER AND SHE SAYS "STOP IT!"__
- Her favorite thing to do with me is __PLAY AND I LIKE THAT SHE MADE MY BEDROOM COOL
- My mommy always says __"I LOVE YOU"__
- I love my mommy because __SHE BE'S NICE TO ME!__

Marsh Field Trip
Aria's school took a field trip to the marsh in State College.  I was able to meet her there with Ryzen and accompany her class around the marsh.

Rub dub dub
Ryzen is now old enough to take a bath with his older siblings (w/o polluting the water). The kids had a great time splashing around together.

Ryzen enjoyed his first bike ride.

Ryzen update
I'm still trying to get that perfect picture of Ryzen.  Here are a bunch of my most recent attempts. Ryzen knows a number of words now.  He can say "Mamma," (definitely his most favorite word). He can also say, "Dadda, Uh-oh and ball."  He does hand signs for "all done."  He loves to bite me on my shoulder while I'm holding him and it really hurts.  My shoulder is currently bruised with green and purple marks.  Ryzen thinks it's pretty funny.  I don't think it's very funny though.  Ryzen is still getting around by scooting on his bum.  He entertains himself very well, and will happily scoot around for long periods of time investigating different areas of the house.  I finally stopped nursing him at night, and he has actually slept 7-8 hours in a row without waking up.  Sleeping through the night is an amazing feeling!  I can finally get up at 6:00 AM and actually feel rested!  I still need to end that 11:00 PM feeding though, which I hope to do within the next few weeks.  I think that Ryzen will be the hardest baby to wean from nursing because he has never taken much from bottles, doesn't take pacifiers, and really loves to nurse.  Ryzen loves to swing and be outside!  Whenever we go outside near the swings, he gets really excited.  When I try to take him out of the swing, he gets mad.