The boys vs. the trampoline

Pyper got a trampoline last month.  Being Pyper, she's already the master of all things bounce, and she had lots to show the boys when we went over for a quick master class last week.  Charley on the trampoline is just about the best thing ever.  Joy plus clumsiness = hilarity.

 Sam showed an early understanding of the physics involved with successful bouncing.

 Charley was more of a 'let's just see where this bounce takes me' kinda guy.

 The ninja has no time for these boys and their lame efforts!

 Twinkle toes

She's more up than down on this thing, let me tell you.  I was exhausted just watching her routine.

Thanks for the bounce/show, Pyper.  We'll be back for our next lesson soon.

Gymnastic-fantastic

Took the boys to an open house at Pyper's gymnastic club yesterday.  Sarah, Evy and Henry came along too.

Now our worlds will never be the same.  Evy and Sam have certainly declared their intentions of becoming the next big thing in the gymnastics world.  Charley just liked bouncing on the trampoline.

Pyper's a bit of a star in her club and the kids thought she was about the greatest thing ever.  There's a 40 foot trampoline tumbling run and it was all I could do not to get on it myself. 

 I will be 100 years old before this photo isn't hilarious to me.  The stride!  The intensity!  The mania!

4 floating boy-feet

 Trampoline-ing

Does this picture begin to capture the craziness of the afternoon?  He was so, so sweaty and overstimulated.

Thanks Miss Pyper, we had a super-dooper time.

Zoo!

Yesterday was a hooky (hookie?) day!  Erin and I took the kids to the Toronto Zoo.  It was crazy, overstimulating, exhausting and lots of fun.  Sammy loved it all and Charley went crazy for the Zoo-Mobile (it is, after all, almost a train!).  Pyper has boundless energy and kept the boys in line.

Too many photos to post.  You'll have to click the link to see them all.  Don't want your computer to bust a chip trying to load them all.

Tra la la!  March through the zoo!

Spring!

Dare I say that I think it's finally arrived? Flowers are out, birds are singing... I even heard lawnmowers this week.

These shots are from our impromptu egg hunt last weekend.  Yeah, it was late, but Miss Pyper was sick for Easter so we did it late.  As if they cared!

I love, love, love activities where kids run this hard, and yet I stand perfectly still.  Does it get better than that?