Twice Blessed

On Friday night we had friends over for dinner. Afterwards, the kids snuggled up to enjoy a movie together. Dee's too young to realize how lucky he is!

Dee and a friend discovered that the Japanese maple in the front yard is the perfect size for climbing. They decided to hold their "Jedi training" upon it's branches.

We had a few days of nice weather before the rain returned and luckily we took advantage of it.

Deepak balancing across a fallen log in the Tualatin Hills Nature Park, where he attends preschool as a Nature Kid.

Now that I am feeling so much better, Dee and I have been getting back into our groove. Thursday he started his day with a playdate, followed by his return to tae kwon do and then straight from there to Kumon class. After Kumon we sat by the pond outside and watched the lone duck wading thru the water.

When we came home, we joined our neighbors for a walk around the block, then all the kids came back and played basketball and hopskotch in our driveway.

Today, Deepak went back to preschool. I haven't been able to take him since about 1 1/2 weeks before spring break. He was happy to return and his friends were happy to see him.

Here they are on their daily Nature Walk.

We've been pretty cooped up at home while I've been dealing with some pain. I've been able to be creative in keeping Dee busy and active while hanging around at home and in our yard. But after my multiple doctor appointments on Wednesday, we decided to stop at the park and enjoy some fresh air and sunshine.

Aeryn is another of Deepak's very close friends. She will be four this July and she is so energetic and bright. She shares the same creativity and imagination that Deepak loves and they have so much fun playing make believe.......whether he's Fred and she's Daphne or he's Batman and she's Catwoman, they always have a blast!

It was such a nice day during their weekly playdate that they decided to do some running around and hopskotch jumping outside.

It was recently the 4th birthday of Dee's best friend and one of his first Oregon friends, Emma. They hit it off from the start and just love each other. To celebrate her birthday Deepak and Emma spent the afternoon at Chuck E. Cheese followed by present opening, cake and more playing at her Nana's house.