The First Lady

I attended a Women's Summit in Reno earlier this week and First Lady Michelle Obama was the keynote speaker. What a wonderful opportunity to hear her speak in person. She was just as articulate and dynamic as she is on TV. And no matter what your political beliefs are, there is no denying that she is one amazing woman.

Besides hearing the First Lady speak, there were other topics discussed during this 4 hour Women's Summit including: financial stability, consuming locally grown food, supporting farmers markets, adopting green habits, and even breastfeeding and family friendly policies in the workplace were mentioned (as you can imagine, I was thrilled)!!

I attended with some friends, Michelle and Brenda, along with 1,600 other women in Northern Nevada.

Goodbye Ms. Devoria!

I LOVE Owen's preschool teacher, Ms. Devoria. She is calm, patient, creative and runs an unstructured, freestyle preschool room. And did I mention how calm she is? So, I was beyond disappointed when I found out she was leaving to move to Washington with her family. Sniff, sniff. I was really hoping she would be around for Adler too!

Well last week was her last week as head of the Raccoons room. We spent some time with her at the school, took her to lunch, had a party and even made a scrapbook for her filled with pictures and art from the kids.

Bear Hug for Ms. Devoria!

Last week Owen's school also celebrated Music in May. Each class performed a couple of songs. Here they are singing I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee.

And this was another song where each child was dressed up as an animal.....Owen was a fish!

And here are Owen and Sofia with Ms. Devoria on her last day. I hope the new head teacher is just as good!

Gone Fishin'

Micah is really excited about fishing this summer and already took Owen out last weekend.

Owen was so proud they caught a fish! And they even brought it home for lunch.

Mother's Day

I had a lovely Mother's Day weekend, starting on Friday at a Mother's Day Tea at Owen's school. They had the room nicely decorated and Owen even pulled my chair out for me to sit down. Then all the moms were served tea and cookies and then we were given a gift.

Owen made me this cute picture frame.

Owen has been learning how to button a shirt. Here he is buttoning his friend Harmony's shirt. Look at that concentration.

Micah and Owen gave me this cool bird house for Mother's Day. Owen loves to watch the birds in our garden and was very proud of his work on this.

We went into Reno yesterday and enjoyed some shopping and lunch.

Last night Owen and I had a date! I took him to see the movie How to Train Your Dragon in 3D. It was the best animated movie I've seen in a long time.

On Saturday we went to Orrin's 4th birthday party and watched a bunch of kids get crazy at the gym.

The babies also had fun!

Mikki, Maureen, Tessa, Brenda, Kelly, Adler, Gaby & Jimmy

Micah remembered his days as a gymnastics coach.

Beer & Cheese

Last week Adler and I took a trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a National WIC Conference. She has become quite the traveler!

I presented at the conference on our Bring Your Baby to Work program. Adler even entertained the audience while I spoke!

My mom met us in Milwaukee to babysit while I was attending the conference. It was so nice to spend some time with her there and I know Adler enjoyed her Grandma!

Lake Michigan

I'm not much of a beer drinker, but while in Milwaukee we had to try some beer and cheese! For those of you that know my mom well, you'll find this picture hilarious! My mom.....the woman who never drinks:

What a great way to take a nap.

Adler Swings

Around Here

A few mornings ago this is what Micah and I woke up to......the kids took over our bed. Think they're related?

Adler is starting to think about crawling.

Owen made a nest for himself to nap in earlier this week. He found every blanket in his room and curled up with them. Looks cozy.

When we're eating dinner we always give Adler a clementine to play with. On this particular evening Owen gave ALL of the clementines to Adler to play with.

On a hike, enjoying some wonderful spring weather.

We bought this cool swing at Ikea and the kids love it! I took a video of Adler swinging in it that I'll have to post.

Adler's first bike ride. I think Owen was so excited to ride in the trailer with his little sister.

Just a swingin'

These pictures are from a hike a few weeks ago.

Can you find Micah and Owen???