Catching Up

We've been having trouble with our computer, so I haven't been getting pictures off the camera. The computer decided to start cooperating the other day, so I took advantage of to get pictures from the camera and now create one post for the last month.

In January a local bookstore had a Lego creation contest for kids. This is what Rudy came up with- Monster Factory. The Lego people go in as regular people and come out as monsters.

Once again we went out for a walk at the wildlife refuge in the cold.

And another day we went to walk a trail at Batsto and saw some cool sites. Snow and ice around a tree.

There was a layer of ice around all the water, which Rudy wanted to see how far he could go on it and we kept calling him back.

 Water half frozen.

A little bit of green moss peeking up through the snow.

A monkey in a tree

A monkey trying to get in a tree.

Making their own tracks.

Charlie stayed with us for about a week while Chris and Patti went away. He brought some costumes with him that Noel enjoyed using.

We had snow one day.

March brought Read Across America week and Wacky Wednesday.

 

And Cat in the Hat face painting.

Rudy had another class at the Arden and we were lucky that it was one of the few, warmer, sunny days we've had this winter.

Noel brought chap stick with him that he felt the need to apply continuously all over his mouth. And then point out to everyone we walked past that he had his own chap stick.

Rudy's class at the Arden was a Scavenger Hunt. So they just told us about they did and where they found clues.

And for my birthday, we went to Bass River and had a little picnic and took a short walk.

Notice Rudy's amazing physique. (he wore his Iron Man costume underneath his clothes)

Rudy showing ff his muscles.

And N showing off his muscles.

March Madness

Catching up on recent activities...

Wacky Wednesday outfit/

I told him the first picture he had his eyes closed, so this is how we fixed it in the next picture.

Notice the two different shoes- both left feet. I sent his other sneaker in case the boot bothered his foot, but he wore it all day.

Thursday Rudy had his first piano lesson. Bryan is the choir director/organist/pianist at church. Rudy really likes him and he was excited to teach Rudy.

Thursday night, while getting ready for bed, Rudy fell down the steps. The short version is, he was trying to get dressed on the stairs (after being told to go up to his room) and when he heard me coming up, he tried to go up the stairs, but his pants weren't all the way on.

Saturday we went into Philly to the Arden theater. They had a kids day with different activities set up including trying out some theater classes. Here, he pensively waits for his first class.

The first class he wanted to try was musical theater. Each class was just a 15 minute trial. During this class they learned a short song and did warm up exercises. He was very reserved and shy in this one, but except for not wanting to introduce himself, he fully participated.

Immediately after the musical theater class was a Mixed-Up Fairytales class. This one he loved and got right into. They all picked a fairytale character to be (he was Robin Hood- notice him clutching his bow), then made up a story as the went along.

We then walked around Old City and visited some other places that had activities- this class studio let the kids make seed balls to plant at home.

On the way here he had his face painted- a spider.

Then he made something else with clay.

The last class he tried was called Once Upon a Time. The first sentence of a story was given and then the kids talked about what was going to happen next and acted it out.

Doing ninja moves.

Jumping....

....and falling.

He LOVED the classes and asked when he could do it again. So it looks like we'll be signing him up for some and Paul and I will be hanging around in Old City some Saturdays (life could be worse!).
We went to lunch before heading home and Rudy continued his dramatic flair.

And ate a huge plate of pancakes. Notice his eye- two days after and it's nicely purple all around his eye with the lid a little swollen. Between his long hair and his darker skin, it doesn't seem to be really noticeable, though.