New Biker Kid on the block

Meet the newest biker on the block!
It took 5 minutes in a parking lot for Mike to get this little boy jumping curbs on his 2 wheeler...
He is so proud of his newest accomplishment!
Come to think of it 5 year olds have a Big year...he has learned to tie his shoes, read, do math, ride a 2 wheeler, lost his 1st baby teeth...sigh...he is growing up way too fast...not to mention he walks around all day saying 'dude' this and 'dude' that!

Kites & Crabs

This weekend we went to the beach for their Kite Flying day. I saw pictures of last year online and I thought it looked cool for the kids. It was Freezing out but worth it... I didnt know that there were some die-hard kite flyers out there...they have a club and matching coats :) They did crazy tricks and some of the kites were gigantic. We ended buying 2 classic kites and we came home w/ one...the wind was so strong- Caleb lost his...
There were hundreds of kites in this one field- Mike said it looked like the planes invading pearl harbor.
Then we went to the rocks and looked for some crabs...they loved that even more.


Caleb 'King of the Rock!'
The Sea Queen :)

A day at the zoo

The Long awaited Prairie Dogs!
The kids love prairie dogs and ran to them screaming like these creatures were their long lost family members! Luckily we had great timing and it seemed like all the females at the zoo just gave birth. There were tons of prairie dogs out w/ their tiny babies, the pigs had piglets and we saw tiny fluffy yellow chicks.
Love at 1st Sight...Jacob and his prarie dogs!She wasnt even posing for this picture...this is how she rode!The computer wont let me upload these other cute pics...oh well...
Sova was really nervous walking into the entrance- she didnt know what to expect...except animals, which do make her nervous. She also does not like crowds- she freqently says, 'too many people!' But she qucikly decieded she like's the zoo... The otters were a hit but Caleb was terrified of the peacocks that roamed freely and were sometimes perched above our heads in the trees. Overall, the zoo was a hit as usual :)

An American Citizen and a legal 'Turner!'

Today was a big day for this little girl.
Sova Grace became an American Citizen and we finalized her adoption in here in the US.
In the Indian court system we were granted 'guardianship' of her but once we brought her to the US we have to go through the US courts to legally adopt her. In India she recieved the cutest little green card to be here which now she doesnt need. They gave her a nice little diploma today and she was very proud of it...she stared at it driving home and beamed while pretending to read her name, "Sova Grace Elliana Turner." Today made her an 'offical' Turner- up until now her legal name was just 'SOVA.' She was treated to red nail polish and icecream today :)
Jacob was so excited to go to a, "courtroom and see a real judge" - I think he had some crazy image of a powerfully robed supreme court judge looking type of man. The judge was in and out in 30 seconds and wore regular business clothes....much to Jacob's disapointment he said, "THAT was HIM! "

The 1st tooth fell out! Oh my- this was quite exciting for Jacob...he was literaly extatic!
Saddly their are no cute little gaps because his big teeth already pushed through (he had 2 sets of teeth in 2 different spots...it looks so weird) the good news is that next week the dentist will only have to pull 3 teeth instead of 4!


These happy pics were taken Before our dentist visit today...Jacob had the appointment but the little ones came out in hysterics...Im still cooling down from this...ya see the little ones sat so good and played so queitely in the tiny room durring Jacob's 35 minute cleaning- when it was over the secretary called Jacob over to the 'prize box.' The little ones ran over with him and the box was harshly pulled away from them and the lady said 'oh no- these are just for kids who saw the dentist!" Caleb immediatly ran to me in tears (more from the scold from the stranger than from the lack of toy) but Sova waited w/ Jacob for the box to be shown again and dove her hand in... the woman then grabbed the toy out of her hand and again made her statement. Sova burst into tears and I had to make the followup appt. w/ 2 crying kids. We walked out and the hyterics grew louder and louder as the injustice of it all settled into them as we drove away.
I saw how hurt they really were...these were not selfish tears of 'I want I want" but they knew that that waited patiently and were expecting the prize box because they were there before. So really... what was that lady thinking! The prizes were litteraly stickers and small peices of knick knacky junk...If I work up the courage Im going to bring a bag of dollar store items to the lady next week at our appt. and ask her if I can donate it to her precious prize box, for all the sibblings of the patient, who have to suffer through sitting their patient, quiet and bored!
Sorry for the rant...
The (Kind of) Finished Chicken Coop
Horray, while I was away enjoying a homeschool conference in Mass this weekend- Mike surprised me with the finished coop :) I say 'kind of finished' because I want the kids to paint it (with their handprints)
I think I have found my perfect pet! Everyone knows Im not an 'animal person' therefore may have caused some concern as to why I would get chickens but so far they have lived up to my google research :) They are easy and it's just plain fun to say, 'kids lets go feed the chickens and get the eggs.' If you catch me w/ a hankie in my hair and wearing an apron you have permission to intervene ;)

Happy Easter!!!

Jacob was all business w/ the egg hunt...he started filling his pockets!

Sova-Grace pretty much freezingBecause Caleb missed his nap at nana's- he fell asleep driving to Uncle Ray's at 5 and pretty much missed out on the big easter party...we carried him into the party sleeping- put him on the bed- carried him out of the party sleeping- and carried him to his bed...I think all the sugar knocked him out!

Caleb and Sova preformed a song w/ all the kids in front of the whold church this morning- Caleb was the smallest one and they had to remember the 'actions' that went along w/ the song. I video taped it and I know that there is some way to upload video clips on here but I have no clue how....but they were so just darn cute that I think it might be worth me trying to figure this thing out soon :) (They are front -right of center...doing the 'tremble' action:)