A New Milestone...

This may seem trivial or pointless to most people, but in our home Tyler eating something "new" is a BIG deal. So yesterday we had a simple, relaxed evening. Nothing formal for dinner, (although we almost always have dinner around the table every day) I just made some chicken nuggets for Tyler and grilled chicken for Tory and I. I was washing some strawberries for Chase and thought "how can a kid not like strawberries?" Sure the tiny seeds might throw you off at first, and some strawberries can be quite tart, but I was feeling very optimistic at the thought of offering some to Tyler. So I grabbed one strawberry and one carrot stick and went to the table.

I figured my chances were better if I cut up the strawberry into pieces and offered them with a fork, (nothing cold and wet to touch). And to my surprise, after offering it to him about 3 times he opened his mouth and reluctantly ate a bite! The taste was obviously a little shock at first, but tolerable. Carrots took a little more coaxing, but he did eventually take a few bites of the carrot.

In the end, Tyler ate one whole strawberry and almost a whole carrot stick.(Chase pretending to be a bunny wanting lots of carrots helped encourage Tyler). Plus, the whole experience was done with no screaming or forcing involved, and that is another big deal!

May 12, Tyler's 4th Birthday

My little Tyler turned 4 yesterday. We waited all day for Dad and Grandma and Grandpa Harris to get off work so we could have a party.

This was my attempt at a Wall-E finding a "bike" in a pile of garbage (garbage being granola bars).

I was so proud of him he actually blew out all his candles all by himself, which he couldn't do last year.

I got him some "Pop-Out" books in hopes he will sit better during church if his books are more interactive.



The cheapest little present seems to be the favorite: a glowing, spinning ball on a stick; under $2 at Toys R Us.

Grandma and Grandpa got him dinosaurs!! And to no surprise he knew at least half of them, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Ankilosaurs, exct. His favorite is the one that walks and roars, which went to bed with him last night along with the glowing Ball stick.

We finally got him a bike (Lightning McQueen). He has been riding a little tricycle around that we got for Chase's 3rd birthday. He's defiantly ready for a bike. He is tall and growing fast. I'm so grateful for this little angel in my life, and I'm grateful that my Heavenly Father trusts me with Him. I love my little Ty-Ty. Happy Birthday little boy.

May 1st: Our Day Hike

Tory planned a nice little family hike for us on May 1st. So that morning we got up and packed some lunches and got dressed and packed our gear, the we met the Mitchell family at the church.
Cory and Tory like to do the out-door's things together once in a while. And Tina and I like to hang out a lot.
Cory and Tin have 2 boys, Ben and Dallon. Ben is in the same Primary class as Chase. Dallon is about a year younger than Tyler.

We went on a short mile (maybe mile and a half) hike by Camel's Back Park, down town Boise.

We parked one car at the bottom of the hill and piled in the van and went up the the top. There was a little nature walk where we started.

about half way down, there was a pond with a small beach where the boys could throw some rocks.

Then about 3/4 way there was ha large sand hill that looked fun, but too steep for my taste!

The little boys kept up pretty good. I had to carry Tyler occasionally, but that wasn't so bad.

We all had a lot of fun!

Tina refused to let us take any pictures of her.



When we finally made ti to the bottom of the hill we had a picnic.

Then we crossed a field to the park and let the kids play for a while. The whole experience only took about 2 hours including eating and play time. We had a lot of fun.

Thanks Tory for keeping our life exciting!