More Spring Projects

Here we are completing more Spring projects - revitalizing an Ikea kids picnic table...

Generation to Generation

As you can see, we are setting our children up for a long tradition of falling asleep while reading...

Garden Fun

Part of my birthday present was some large pots in the front yard (not pictured) and some more plants in the backyard. Here are the kids planting a potato bush and Don digging a hole for the honeysuckle. We love our backyard so much! When Ryan comes home from school, he heads straight to the backyard for a little downtime. I caught him snoozing on the warm grass (fake as it comes) but couldn't get a shot in before he perked up and gave me a cheesy grin. We are also nurturing pumpkin, zucchini, white and yellow corn, tomato and strawberries in the veggie garden not pictured. We love being outdoors in the Spring!

Challenge

How many of the princess dress up clothes can you put on at once? Apparently, all of them...

Birthday Wishes

Well, lots has happened in the last month - lets start at the beginning with my birthday. The kids got me some great doller store presents, which I am modeling here. Flip-flops from Wyatt, "LOVE" earrings from Ryan, and berry lip gloss from Mia. Of course the best present is being loved by so many good kids! Here I am wrangling kids on my 30th birthday...

Picnic

We have had such gorgeous weather, it is hard to believe we are going to be suffering in a few short months. The twins decided that they wanted to eat outside in the backyard and since I decided to take more pictures of everyday life I tried to take a somewhat natural shot of them. It was not to be. As soon as I got the camera out I was able to take a quick photo and then amid "my turn, my turn!" relinquished control to other budding photographers.

Beds and Breakfasts

Wow - I am getting positively wordy! Yesterday morning, Don took Mia out to Dennys for a daddy daughter date before work. She was able to stay dry at night for a whole week and it looks like we have only one left in pullups at night. Frankly, I was surprised given the dubious bedwetting genes handed from both of her parents. Rest assured readers, we are not in pullups either. They left as we were getting Ryan out the door (he catches the bus at 6:40am) and I think she must have said "bye" fifteen times and in such a way that made it seem like she was going to be gone for a year instead of an hour. By her reports she had bluberry pancakes, sausage and bacon, some of Daddy's french toast and her OWN apple juice. Oh what fun it is to be a big girl!