Poppies

We had a playdate out at the Poppy Reserve today. It was so beautiful, on the way out to the preserve it looks like the hill is on fire, it is so orange. These are some pictures I took on the way out there.




Nathan and Alyssa's friends are Colt and Nathan. Alyssa was too busy running off to play much with them today, something she is doing too much of now. And Nathan was busy feeling sorry for himself because Mommy wouldn't hold him. I wanted to take pictures!






We got a smile!



Here are my beautiful children playing together! They play so well together now. When Nathan wakes up from his naps he looks around the house for his big sister and if she is still sleeping he cries at her door. It touches my heart when they give each other hugs and kisses; and they wrestle and play together. I just love my babies so much!

Happy Easter!

The kids were fairly patient this morning as we all got ready for the hunt.

This is the way Alyssa searches for thinngs these days.

She was so excited her feet just couldn't keep up with her.


Nathan needed a little help this year so that Alyssa wouldn't get all of the treasures.
It is so funny how different our kids are. Nathan likes the fruit snacks and bunny crackers and Alyssa loves the chocolate. They dig through each others baskets and they both get what they want, no problems sharing anyway.
We tried a different kind of coloring kit this year where they get to paint swirls on their eggs. Nathan just wanted to eat.




We gave them their water guns a day early since the weather was so nice. They had a blast chasing Mom and Dad with their water guns. Nathan was a bit shocked the first time Alyssa sprayed him but he laughed it off and had fun too.





Have I mentioned that my kids like bubbles?

Happy Anniversary!

I was putting Michael's anniversary presents in a box and Alyssa decided that she was going to find some presents to put in for Daddy. She looked around the house for a minute and then climbed right in. So Michael, Happy Anniversary!

Good Weather/New Clothes

We had such good weather last weekend that I decided to get my summer clothes out this week. The box of clothes that I pulled down were from before I was pregnant with Alyssa and have not fit me since then. They fit! Wahoo! I weighed in today and I have lost 17 pounds since mid-January. I guess I don't need to go shopping for summer clothes after all.

Kids Having Fun!

We splurged a little and got Alyssa a Tinkerbell costume for Halloween this year. I know it is a little early but she has fun dressing up and flying. She came up to me the other day and told me she wanted to fly like Tinkerbell. Her expression was so serious and she just can't seem to understand why I won't let her fly for real. So both kids climb up the couch and jump off pretending that they are flying. Alyssa flaps her arms as she does it.


Alyssa is always counting now. When we go shopping she counts as loud as possible, you should see the looks we get from other shoppers. We are working on the written numbers so I printed out shamrocks with numbers on them and we stuck them to the wall. When Nathan woke up from his nap he pulled them down and crumpled them so we had to put them up higher. He got to play with numbers 16 and 17 though.



The kids love to march around the house so we made band hats and watched them march around and around the pool table. My how easily they can be amused.




They also like playing pirates on the couch, they jump around and chase each other, it is so cute.






When Grandma and Pi came down to visit they made sugar cookies. I have two little bakers but unfortunately I can't seem to bake much of anything very well.





Nathan is constantly asking us to set up the bowling pins so he can throw the ball at them. At least he is setting them up on his own half the time now.

Easter Egg Hunt

Today we went to an Easter Egg Hunt with one of our playgroups. We played on the slides and had lunch, actually I spent most of my time trying to keep track of my little ones, but we had a great time. Then it was finally time for them to take their baskets and collect eggs. Alyssa spent all morning carrying around her basket and talking about hunting eggs. They were so busy opening each egg as they picked them up I didn't think they would get much in their baskets but they made out all right. When we were leaving Alyssa said to me "We had so much fun at the park today."

Got Sand?

I learned something from our camping neighbors that might be of interest to anyone going to the beach this summer. Baby powder takes the sand off of your skin. You know how kids get sand everywhere, just pour baby powder on them and it wipes the sand off like magic.