gymnastics

Greetings friends and family,

About a year ago we bought Easton some pajamas with a tractor on the front. He asked for them by name every night. Here's the earliest picture I can find of Easton wearing his favorite pajamas.


Fast forward one year to now and... Yup, those are the same pajamas! The only difference is now they have no sleeves on the top or legs in the pants.


It's clearly time to go buy some new pajamas and say, "Good-bye" to those tattered ones. In all fairness, we have bought several sets of PJs over the past year, but these keep popping up. I think they have reached their last bit of useful life. Kendra is certainly a cost-conscious mother and I appreciate that more than you know.

Layla squeezes every last bit of fun out of her day by playing dress-up for the 10 minutes between bath time and bed time. Her somewhat new silky pajama bottoms work well to slip in and out of her ballerina outfit, which is complimented by her princess shoes.


I have not idea what the hammer is for, but she hit something or someone with it after the picture was taken. Last night I took the twins to the park for some wear-out fun while Kendra spent the evening with Megan. We went to the zoo park because it's one of the only ones I can directionally find when I'm alone. When Easton and Layla heard the train bell, their faces lit up and they looked like this:


We sat on the bench watching the passengers load and unload as the train took a few trips around the park. I wasn't comfortable being alone with Easton and Layla on the train, but maybe next week we can swing by there and go one more time. Easton looks especially GQ in his button down shirt. What a good looking young man!


When I realized the plan for Kendra and Oma to be gone all day having mommy-daughter time together, I researched to find an adventure of our own. Luckily, the Little Gym had a class in the morning where the twins would fit in. Turned out to be a great hour of physical activity for all of us.

Layla followed directions particularly well and I'm sure Opa was proud of her push-up form over the squishy soccer ball.


Easton was more interested in throwing the soccer ball, which was fine by us and the instructor as well. The way he wondered around the room exploring along with the other boy in the room was a real contrast to the girls who stayed fairly focused and close to the instructor's directions. Easton sat down with the soccer ball just long enough to catch his breath then he was off again running.


I was the most proud of the twins when they were actively assisting with the clean up effort. As soon as the instructor would sing a "clean up" song, Easton and Layla would jump into action putting toys away in the appropriate containers. Not one other kid even knew what was going on, let alone had the drive to help out. It was a two-person show!

We asked Easton what was his favorite part of the gym time. He said, "swinging like a monkey!" and giggled.


Layla also liked swinging on the bars, but she enjoyed leaping from the platform over to the wooden pole as much as swinging around on it.


Did I mention she likes to jump??? She confidently walked across the balance beam and then randomly turned towards the wall and jumped off.


She landed safely asked to do it again. She's a daredevil for sure. Even though Opa and I had as much fun watching the twins as they did playing, I about fell out of my chair when the owner of the gym said it would cost $120 per month for Easton and Layla to be members. ouch.

GG spent the evening with us here tonight and seeing her arm all bandaged up looked very painful. Easton and Layla were very considerate and understood, "GG has a boo-boo". I'm sure it was difficult for her just to get transported here and back home, but she realizes the rare opportunity to spend time with the 4 Webbs as well as how fast time flies. On the way home I thanked her for the effort to spend time with us and she said, "well, time goes by so fast and before you know it they will be grown up".

I am very grateful Layla has the chance to be in the same room with her mom, grandma, and great-grandma. Not many people get to experience that even though I know she doesn't realize right now how special these moments are.

See you soon!