Thursday, April 22, 2010

Presents

I have to apologize. As the weather warms up, I’m spending less time in my office and more time entertaining my munchkins. That means less time blogging and more time playing.

We’ve started making plans for the summer, so I’ll be taking loads of photos and hopefully be finding time to post them too.

I had to show you my little gifts.

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Don’t these girls look like they need to be unwrapped? Love their new bows!

My children are a gift that I get to enjoy day after day.

They love their new activity table and Lyla is quickly learning that she misses out on a ton of fun if she’s not there with the big kids.

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Lyla loves to crawl through the grass. I think she likes eating it more than anything.

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Masie is loving pulling out all her clothes and hats and books and shoes and taking them to the couch to hang out.

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Our neighbor had this Miles-size 4-wheeler sitting out front of his house. He sold it to us for $40. It works great! I never wanted our kids to have the popular motorized riding toys because I think it’s more important for them to learn and love to ride their bikes and scooters. Of course they’d choose something with buttons over something with pedals. I gave in to this toy because we’ve set rules so that it will only be driven on special occasions. Miles is so excited to have one his size to match his dad’s.

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Monday, April 5, 2010

Our Easter

This little Honey-Bunny

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gave us a little gift on Easter, and decided to start clapping!

A huge step for her at 10 months old. When Lyla’s pediatrician asked during her 8 month wellness check if she were clapping, I had to tell her no, not even close. We’ve been working on it for 2 months. Now Lyla is clapping all the time and loving all the attention she gets.

She’s pulling herself to standing on most furniture, so she’s soon to be walking also. Yikes!

We used dye AND glitter to decorate Easter eggs this year. Yikes!

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Baskets full of sugar. Yikes!

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Three bundles of joy sitting still at the same time. Yikes!

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Easter lunch with cousins while racing around Grandma’s house. Yikes!

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Who’s Counting

Luke’s birthday was yesterday.

Miles wanted to know where all of Daddy’s friends were while we prepared for our little party. Sorry Luke, we’re all ya get.

Miles practiced the Happy Birthday song all day including “Hip, hip, hooray!!!” Repeated three times. Blowing out the candle on the ice cream cake was a family affair.

Don’t let him fool you. The number I wrote on the cake is correct.

Happy Birthday Luke!

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