Pali Puka Hike

This was such an awesome hike! It started with this nice bamboo forest. Just starting out.

The parking lot on the right is where we started.
Juana & Terri making their way up.

We didn't have to go over this part. There's a trail thru the hole in those trees on the left.

This was a fun part to walk over.The Puka

Window to the WorldJuana & Terri making their way to the puka.

Terri crossing on top to make it over to where you can climb down to the puka. This part was the most narrow part of the ridgeline, which is why Terri decided to crawl.

Juana

Encouraging Terri to scale down the boulders to the puka.

Terri

Lori

To their left is a drop off. We all hung on to the trees on our right while crossing this narrow part.

Me standing on the narrow part they just crossed.

Another very narrow area with drop offs on both sides. Gotta pay attention on this hike.

Juana & Terri

See the tiny hole near the top of the ridgeline a little right of the middle? That's the puka that we just hiked to.

One of the 4th & 5th photos of us was from when we were by those telephone wires. This is just to show that from those wires on how much of the hike was right on the narrow ridgeline to the puka. Ok when I upload I guess you can't really she the wires, but they're right between those 2 sets of trees on the left.

Laura(who only went thru the woods until we got to the ridgeline cause she had the baby), Juana, Terri, Lori, & I. Yeah for just finishing our 1st hike labeled at "treacherous". Except for Lori who did Stairway to Heaven & the crazy way up Chinaman's Hat.

Rylie

Paci: So 3 nights ago I forgot to give her her paci when I put her down. As I went down to get it I was thinking how she wasn't crying, so I'd just wait till she cried to bring it to her. She never did, so I tried it again at naptime the next day. Didn't cry. So I just got ride of them all, thinking if she doesn't ever see them again it won't be a problem. She did ask for it last night & I told her she didn't need a paci anymore cause she was a big girl now. And that was the end of it. Wow! So much easier than taking it from Sienna & Rylie actually used hers more than Sienna.

Boots: You guys remember how Ashton was more into T-bone than Clifford, even though most kids are into the main character. I also remember how much Sienna was into Pete & how funny he was, instead of into Mickey. Well that's Rylie with Boots. Instead of Dora, she gets just so very excited over Boots. We have Dora & Boots bath toys & whenever Sienna says, "Rylie can you give me one of those please?" Rylie always gives her Dora & always chooses Boots. And she's always saying, "Yea, Boots!"

Rylie has a sense of humor: She has these PJs with cereal on them. Actually its a bowl & spoon with Froot Loop looking cereal & milk. So tonight when putting her to bed I said, "Now Rylie I don't want you eating any of that cereal on you shirt when your in bed tonight." She laughed hysterically, like those real belly laughs for a few minutes and then would pretend to eat some & laughed hysterically some more. I didn't even think she'd get the joke.

Time Out

Not happy to be in time out for throwing food.

Sienna loves this new outfit & asked me to take her picture before school.

Quotes of the day:

Sienna: "Mommy my butt is getting too big for these panties. I think you need to buy me some new ones."


Sienna: "Why does Daddy not live with us anymore?"
Me: "He wants to, but his job made him go away for awhile. He will come back and live with us when his far away work is done though."
Sienna: "Daddy needs a new job."

Happy Easter!

Rylie didn't really want to take pictures.

Sienna sharing the eggs she found with Rylie.

Rylie's done.

Rylie was smarter than Mommy & Sienna

I was really impressed with Rylie's intelligence tonight. The kids had brought a lot of toys out into the livingroom from the playroom. When it was time to clean up tonight, Sienna & I were going back & forth taking stuff from the livingroom back into the playroom. Rylie took the little grocery cart into the livingroom, loaded it up full of toys, pushed it into the playroom, & then started putting the toys where they go in the playroom. I was soooo impressed & told her how smart & good she was. She may not talk as much as Sienna did at this age, but she sure is thinking!

Rylie also has been asking to sit on the potty a lot. She says, "Mama, potty! Potty!" Then she goes over to the potty & starts pulling her pants down. Now she's never went on the potty, except the time she said "poo poo" when the girls were in the tub & I quickly pulled her out & sat her on the potty just in time, but she's wanting to practice sitting on it several times a day. I think just from seeing Sienna do it & wanting to do everything Sienna does.

The girls watching Berenstain Bears Easter. I love when they are being such good friends :)

A Day at the Beach

Finally getting around to some photos from when Stacey & Ashton were here.

We saw this view of Ry Ry a lot. She just loved sticking her head in the bucket & yelling to hear it echo.

New milestones!

Rylie had 2 new milestones today :)

1) She said more than just a 1 word sentence. She said, "Mama hep me." (Mama help me)

2) She learned to jump! I have to try to get it on video cause its so cute, she bends both knees, almost goes all the way down to the ground, puts both hands on her knees & then after much concentration she jumps.

Horsey

Rylie loves this horse just as much as Sienna did & I did as a kid :)

Checking out the camera lens.

Although her eyes are close I couldn't resist putting this one up too cause her smile is so cute.

Ouch! She bumped her head. Unfortunately the bug I found was confirmed a termite by the inspector.