Biking

Continued construction has kept me busy and I haven't posted much, but I don't intend to let the blog die entirely!

 Matt has learned to ride his bike with no training wheels!  An event of this importance warranted a post.  He was so excited after the ride that he called pretty much everyone in Jamie's phone. Video from Day 1 :

MattPedalBiking from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

Less than a week later he has graduated from the small bike to a bigger bike.  Yes I know it's a girls bike, but it was free and so far he doesn't know the difference.  Poor Lily wasn't quite big enough to ride Matt's old glider, so I found a real glider bike for her that's a bit lower.  So far she hasn't quite got the hang of it, but she's getting there.


More biking from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

And now a few out of sequence, random pictures to show how much the Monkey's are growing.

 This was just the other day.  I'm impressed Jamie managed to lift them both.  They're getting BIG!

Matt, checking the quality of the construction

This is grandan's $100 hotub.  The kids love it.

A little dip in the sound.  Much cooler than GranDan's hottub

Volcanos!

What a nut.

Auntie's co-worker has a horse and lives near us.  She's been giving the kids "lessons"  Matt looks thrilled bacause he wants Lily OFF.

Camp redneck.  Hope fully to be abandoned for an indoor kitchen by fall. 

Matt and Lily did a little construction of their own.

He looks like a grumpy drowned rat, but he had tons of fun in the rain, racing through it falling off the roof.  Gutter will be on soon though!

This is what happens when you let him have the camera on the drive home.

Working at the beach

Jamie and the kids caught a caterpillar.  They're waiting for it to turn into a butterfly.  I'm betting moth.  

More riding, this time trail riding

Matt's Leading, Lil's riding a 1200lb horse.  What could go wrong?

Competition style!

ICE CREAM!

Matt helping pull wire.

Matt played to hard and didn't nap.  Lily took a 3.5 hour nap, so she got to hang out by the fire.

Checking out the seals.

Working hard, drilling holes.

Not quite sure what Lily's thinking there....

It doesn't happen very often, but every once in a while they both just sit.  They must have sat there for 10 minutes or so, both just looking at the water.

Jamie and the kids found grandan's cookie stash.  Behold the Happy Cookie Dance - 

Happy Cookie Dance from Virnig Family on Vimeo.


Lily has learned to use the swing in the basement all by herself -


Swinging from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

Construction!

I know this post took a while, we've been busy keeping up with our little monkeys and construction at the beach property.  With any luck we'll have construction wrapped up in August, so life should get a little less hectic then.

Anyway, on the the kiddo pictures!

Any chance Matt has to get down to the construction site, he's all over it.

Getting Muddy.

 

Any chance to play in a muddy trench.

Had to clean him up for the drive home.

 Cleaning off the foundation.

 Watching the framers.  Serious business.

 View from the second floor.

 Matt hard at work as usual.

Taking a break for some beach time. 

Last weekend Lily finally got to come down and check things out.

Bob the builder and his assistant inspecting the progress

 I think Matt's getting comfortably at the job site.

 Pushing sister in Auntie's new car.

 Uh, buddy, that's not going to work to get rid of her...

Showing off more construction skills

"Smile!"

Well, at least we got one to smile.

Jamie and the kids found a thriving colony of lizards in the yard this winter.  This has provided a lot of entertainment.

 Believe it or not the lizard survived the baby.

Big girl working with her spoon.

 Bust still a baby at nap time.

 Auntie helped Matt this year at the Children's Hospital Lego build fundraiser.

A masterpiece.

 Cuddle time after nap.

Kisses for brother.

Auntie Tina readying to Lily

Isaac helping Matt build... something?

The right way to eat spaghetti!

Playdough is exciting!

Easter time!

 Lily got some peeps!

 Matt ate his in small bites.

Lily just shoved the whole thing in.  It was a while before she could talk.

Matt stole Lily's ears.

Baby Gillian came over to help look for Easter eggs.

Lily in her Easter dress playing on the deck .

 The frog boots make the outfit.

The excitement of the hunt.

GranDan and Uncle had the right idea.  Staying out of the chaos.

A few weeks ago Jamie had to attend her Grandfathers funeral, leaving me with both kids for the day.  I knew the only way to survive was to keep them busy, so we loaded into the car to go adventuring.

 

First a little hike on the Snoqualmie railroad trail.

Then a visit to the trains in downtown Snoqualmie.

 More trains. 

 Can't go all the way up there without a visit to the falls.  It was windy, and there was a LOT of water coming over the falls. 

Couldn't get them both to look at me at the same time.

Followed up the falls with a stop by the Tolt river for some rock throwing.  They napped well after that.

Turning the tables on Mommy.

A little dinner with the Heidergott's.  The boys are big enough to need a kids table!

Hair is getting long enough to make a pony tale!

Baby girl in her prisoner jammies.  Matt wore these at 9 months....

 I turn away for 1 second, and Lil has gone to work on brother with tub crayons.

Loving the little sister.  Little sister not loving it.

Mommy and Lil.

They're awfully cute when they're getting along.

 Teaming up for cat torture.

The other night after dinner, Lily lost her mind. The entire video is 5 minutes long.

Crazy baby from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

Friday we finally got to do Matt's Birthday helicopter ride.  We lucked out and had AWESOME weather for it.  The pilot even took off the door, which for a 4 year old was pretty great.

 One of the pilots got trapped answering a LOT of questions while we waited for our ride.

Ready for takeoff.

 Cruising the coast.

Space needle 

 Very serious in flight.

 Post ride he finally smiled. 

Lily was with Grandma and GranDan while we went for our ride.  Anytime I leave her with my family, she comes home in cuter clothes than the ones we left her in. 

Sun Baby!