Splashing in the Rain!!!

I know I showed some of these pictures before but I thought that I would put up more of my kiddos playing in the rain!!!  I really did enjoy watching them.  I guess next I will need to get them some wellies.  Enjoy the pictures!!!

And now time for a movie to show off how cute these kids really are when playing in the rain!!!

Cousins come to play!!!

On April 26 and 27 Brian's Sister Emily stopped by while on her way to Boston with the family.  It was so much fun to see the kids all playing together and having so much fun.  The only pictures I got were of them playing in front of our house on Monday.  

They found that it was fun to pick all of the dandelions from our front lawn.

I was a little to slow at getting the group picture.

Sunday we had Brian's parents over as well for a big family dinner.  It was Brian's dad's first time being here and his mom hadn't seen it since the day that we closed on it.  All in all it was a great time and so nice to have family there.

Gone Fishing!

Well due to me not feeling to good for the last few weeks, I have some catching up to do with this blogging stuff.  I am hoping that what I had was just swine flu so that I won't have to look forward to it again next year.  I don't have allergies.  I don't have allergies.

On April 25th the local fire department held a Fishing Derby.  Even though I wasn't feeling good we went to see what it was all about.  We didn't have any fishing poles but some nice people who have reach there limit for the day let us use their fishing pole for a while to see if we could catch anything.  It was fun to be able to fish for a time and to have the kids try out fishing.  Here are some pictures of the day.

The picture below shows what they really enjoyed doing there.

Well that was our day fishing.  We enjoyed the short time that I could handle being there.

Lizzie Turns 31!!

Well I figure that since I did a Jamie update for his six month birthday and I didn't for Lizzie that I should give a little update for her for her seven month birthday.

She has most recently started to talk a lot, although I am still trying to figure out half of what she is saying.

She can be as cute as they come, or as demanding and whinny as you would expect a two-year-old to be.  Hence why she got to try on her swimsuit before going to bed one day.

She loves to clean and will clean most anything she can.

I found out yesterday that there is one thing in which her cleanliness bug doesn't hit and that is when it comes to jumping in puddles.  For once she wasn't bothered that she was wet up to her knees.

She is very good at finding things and getting things for me when needed.  

(She doesn't just find the things with the candy inside.)

She (like Jamie) enjoys her pre-dinner snack of spinach, however she is not quite as willing to eat anything placed in front of her without bribery.

Both Lizzie and Jamie have become very helpful in setting and clearing the table.  

They would really like to load the dishwasher too, but I have yet to figure out how to have them help much with that.

Well that is a little bit of what my little girl is doing now.

We love her and are grateful to have her in our family!!!

Jamie Turns 18!!

My little man turned 18 months today, 

so I figure that I should write a few words about why I love him so.

He is always ready to give a smile!!

He also loves to give snuggles and kisses!!

He loves to play . . . 

and explore the world around him.

He is working on growing up big and strong by eating his spinach (and almost anything else that you give him, except dessert) . . . 

and exercising just like mommy does with her big ball.

He loves to push buttons and would do it all the time if I would let him. 

He is growing so fast.

He is starting to walk like a big kid, and has lost his steps of faith.

He has even started talking, saying almost everything that Lizzie, does just not quite as clearly.

Well that is our little boy full of giggles and fun,  energy and curiosity, determination and strength.

We love you Jamie!!!

Happy 18th!!!

My Crazy Kids!!!

While I was blogging I thought that I would put up a few more pictures of the kids.

Lizzie with her hair all full of static from playing on the couch. 

On Tuesday, the kids once again decided that they had to clean the crayon off the wall, yes it is still there.  Side note:  Sunday while Brian and I were cooking they decided to color on the stair wall, thankfully though it came off much easier off that wall.  We only needed to use a wet rag. 

After cleaning one of the children decided to climb on the table, when I went to get the camera, encouraging the behavior, the other joined him.  Yes, that is right the first one to climb on the table was Jamie.  

Also as you might have noticed from the above pictures, we now have carpet in the playroom.  It got put in on Tuesday as well.  We wanted something fun and colorful.  After looking at many different kid type rugs, like the kinds with the roads or different games to play, I found this carpet that just has circles.  I was so excited, I think that it looks great and fun!!!

Finally, a movie of my kids kissing goodnight.  Oh how they make me laugh some days!!!

Happy Easter!!!!

Well we had a great Easter here and I hope that all of the rest of you did also.

WE started on Saturday with trying to find an Easter Egg Hunt, but I guess due to the rain they didn't have it.

So we went home and dyed Easter eggs.

Then it was time for lunch and a nap.  While the kids were sleeping the Easter Bunny came to our house.  Jamie woke up way before Lizzie and did very good at not finding to many eggs.  We had to hide them inside as the weather was rainy and cold.  When Lizzie finally did get up they had a great time finding all that the Easter Bunny had left.

Along with the candy and eggs, the Easter Bunny left Hullabaloo (a cranium game for kids), and two opairs which are connectible fanny packs, so that I can have the kids on a leash without them getting to made, I hope.  I figure if they have snacks in there packs they will like them even if they have to be attached to someone.  We will see how they work after they get used to wearing them separately.  

The kids really seemed to like the egg hunt and amazingly found them all!!!

To finish off the day we made Easter Cookies (recipe in the post below).  There were different things for the kids to do, so we took pictures.

Sunday was a very nice day.  The meetings were very spiritual and well done.  The rest of the day was spent making and eating a big Easter dinner.

We love you all and hope that you had a great Easter as well!!!