THE BASTINGS BUZZ: Enjoying the Spring Weather!!

This year the spring weather has been perfect!! Last year it rained so much which kept us indoors and then when the rain finally stopped it was already hot. This year we have had rain here and there but plently of nice spring sunshine in between. So we have been outside trying to enjoy the weather as much as we can.

One night we borrowed bikes & took the kids on a ride to the park.

We have been to the park several times already this Spring. Mikayla is big enough now that she can climb up and get around the playground pretty well and she loves the slides. However she is not big enough to be trusted alone so I still have to stay close by. But Austin loves having her there to run around with. They are getting to be much better friends now that Mikayla is older.

We also enjoyed Go-Karting here in town. The first race was Craig with Mikayla and me with Austin. I thought Mikayla would cry but she actually made it through the race. She was probably just too scared to cry because the next race I couldn't get her to sit down in the seat. But Austin had a great time racing!! Craig went faster than I did....as evidenced in the picture where Austin is sliding out of his seat. There was a birthday party going on that same night and the b-day kids had fun racing Craig who of course egged them on. And Austin even scored big when they shared their b-day cupcakes.And just this last week we finally made it to the zoo!!! I had been a little nervous about going with the two kids, mostly because Mikayla doesn't like to sit in the stroller for long periods of time. And even though I did end up pushing an empty stroller for half of the time it was worth it because the kids had a fun time. And it was fun having some friends there with us.