At the Park

For an assignment, I had to get some specific photos of a 4-5 year old.  So of course a lot of these pictures are of Evelyn, but we made a day out of it and had some fun at the park while we were there! Every day I feel more and more lucky to be a mom to these three sweet, fun kids.

 Just trying to chew a flower...

 Evelyn, lost in thought and oblivious to the fact that Blake has been head-butting her several times while trying to crawl that direction.

Easter

We woke up the kids early on Easter Morning so they could find a couple eggs and look at their baskets before church at 9am (A wonderful Easter Message here). For Addi, Easter ranks right up there with Halloween and Christmas on the candy scale, which if you know Addi, is a determining factor in how much she enjoys a holiday.

 The Easter Bunny brought books in the girls' baskets this year.  Lance asked Evie how the Easter Bunny got into our house and after careful thought she concluded he must have thrown the stuff in through the "flunt" (aka a name she made up on the spot for the mail slot on our door).

 Later we had dinner and an egg hunt with Joe, Sarah, Wendy, and Eric. There were about 150 eggs and only five kids hunting them, so things got a little crazy. Let me introduce you to three of the participants:

The Candy Finder

Evelyn inevitably became the egg-finder after Eric and Addi moved on to opening eggs and eating.  She liked finding and sorting the candy way more than eating it so it was a perfect job for her.

The Candy Eater

No surprise here.  Candy is her favorite food, word, activity...you name it.  If it involves candy, she's there.  She quickly figured out that if she stayed by Evie's basket, the candy would just keep coming.

The EVERYTHING Eater

Yes, Everything. He's lightning fast and has an affinity for easter grass and foil wrappers.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

Blake-8 months

Don't ask me how, but this kid is simultaneously my easiest baby and my most difficult baby all rolled into one.  He is such a sweet boy...and the master of trouble.  He is into EVERYTHING.

Oh and Lance thinks Blake's parted hair might be a little George Bush-ish.  Thoughts?

Playin' in the Rain

Early Wednesday morning we got the kids out of bed in their pajamas and drove downtown to drop Lance off for Boards. It had been a beautiful, clear springtime morning, but sometime along the return trip it had started pouring ran.  We arrived home, parked in our carport, and the girls laughed and screamed the whole way to the house because they had to walk through the rain on the wet sidewalks and through puddles in their lovely footie pajamas.  Of course they were already soaking wet by the time we reached the door, so when they wanted to stay out for a while and play we just went with it and made sure the pajamas were extra soaked before we went in.

 

 Making footprint designs

3rd Year Girls Weekend

Last weekend was our official Third Year Girl's Weekend.  It was hard to believe this was our last hurrah before we all head our separate ways after graduation.  What an amazing group of girls that we have had to go through these crazy years with!  I am going to miss park days, Wednesday playgroups, girls' nights, baby showers, and family get-togethers not to mention the other things like laughter, tears, and advice. A HUGE thank you to our husbands who took all the kids for 18 hours so we could do this! We will be heading all over the country, some permanently and some temporarily to: Southern and Central California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Iowa, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, and Missouri.

The city girls:

The whole group from SF and Marin: Morgan, Linden, Annie, Kari Lynn, Me, Laura, Stevie, Emily, Kristina, and Juli (and we missed Joanna!)

Bay Area Discovery Museum

I took the kids to free day at the Bay Area Discovery Museum last week, and they had a blast! Addi was just a baby last time we went so it was especially fun for her to finally participate.

 Ev found a ladybug to play with

 We stayed in the stream area for an entire hour--it was their favorite by far.

 Ad learned about splashing

 Evelyn: "Oh, I just love him!"

 copying everything her sister does

 Addi wanted to be a Bumblebee

 And Evelyn was a great spider

 And naturally, spiders attack bumblebees

And as always, you can't beat the view from the parking lot!