Easter at the YMCA

The YMCA had some fun Easter activities for the kids today.


The made Easter cards with stickers and markers and they made bracelets.

They decorated eggs with foam stickers.



Nathan thought it was more fun to decorate himself...

and Daddy!



Easter Tatoos

Tere were a couple of jumpers there and they were a hit.

Easter Egg Hunt

Off to the Easter Egg Hunt!


Everywhere I go I get beautiful flowers!


Nathan wanted his Daddy so he just cried instead of getting eggs.


At least Alyssa had fun. She noticed that they were empty and wanted to drop them for different ones. The kids trade in the eggs for their prizes.

Who Needs the Toys?

They just dump the toys out and chase each other around the house with the boxes on their heads.

St. Patty's Day Fun

We hosted a lunch for our playgroup today. Alyssa was so excited for the party she couldn't stop talking about it. In fact, this morning when I was getting ready she started sweeping flour all over the kitchen trying to clean up from making rolls and Nathan was washing the dishes all by himself. That will teach me to try and take a shower.


We made green shamrock rolls with chicken salad, Frog eye salad (I boiled the pasta in green water), broccoli salad, sherbet punch, and shamrock jigglers for dessert.




The kids couldn't get enough rolls and the punch. I had to hide the rolls from Nathan,as always, so we would have some for the party.



It is nice spending time with friends, although I was running around a little too much playing hostess and making sure kids were all right.


The kids had so much fun that most of them whined or cried when their Mothers tried to leave.




We also had bubbles and the kids were so cute trying to pop the bubbles. One time I had five kids going after one bubble and there was a slight crash. Good times!


We also made Leprechaun puppets, this was the highlight of Alyssa's day.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Click on the picture for your birthday card.




Alyssa wanted to meet Tangled (She means Rapunzel but calls her Tangled). We went this week and waited in line to meet Rapunzel and Flynn. We also had to wait in line twice to see Minnie because the first time she forgot to wear her minnie ears and wanted to show her, how things change when you have a three year old princess.

Tired Much?

Nana and Tata came to visit the kids in January and like always, Nana had to go shopping to spoil the kids. Thanks Nana and Tata. She bought them a Lighning McQueen tent and they love it so much they wanted to have a sleepover in it in Nathan's room. I was shocked they fell asleep in there, although it didn't last long. Alyssa woke up crying cause she was scared and woke up Nathan.


My babies love each other.


Since I have been on this new medication I've been quite tired so I often indulge in an afternoon nap. I usually have two dogs and two children snuggling with me, they keep me nice and warm.
BTW, That is the Cowboys blanket Mom made for us. Thanks Mom, we love it.

Sledding

A few weeks ago we took the kids sledding in Wrightwood. We had so much fun watching the kids play in the snow. Alyssa keeps asking to go to the cabin and play in the snow but there is way too much snow up there right now.


Alyssa was not scared at all, she couldn't wait go sled down the hill.



Nathan on the other hand took some time warming up to the idea but we got him on the sled. How scared does he look?

He was quite content running up and down the hill to Mommy and Daddy.

Oh, is that a smile?

Oops. Crash, or as Nathan would say it "Oh, pash"




Alyssa decided the hill wasn't enough for her after a while so she had to go off the jump. It reminded me of Mark and Matthew when they were little going of the jumps on the thundertubes.

Lately Alyssa has started giving us the tough girl look. Check out her eyes.

Vroom Vroom

We don't have our Christmas pictures, hopefully we will get those soon but we have some pictures of their new car. They have a blast driving their car around and Alyssa is getting quite good at driving, just ask Nana and Tata. The kids had them running around the block they were driving so fast. Alyssa always makes sure her seatbelt is on and then helps Nathan with his. She is the best big sister! Nathan tries to drive it but can't steer so I have taught him to go forward and then in reverse. I just set the steeringwheel so that he goes in a big circle, otherwise I have to follow him around and pull him out of the rose bushes.

Christmas Cookies

Alyssa is constantly asking to make cookies or muffins so we decided to make cookies for everyone for Christmas. We baked and baked and baked and... Their favorite cookies were the gingerbread cookies because they got to put frosting and sprinkles on them. What a fun mess!

A Day at the Park

Anytime we go to the park Nathan runs straight to the swings and hangs on one until I get there.
They both love love love the swings.

I keep trying to get a great picture of both of my little darlings together. Without fail, only one of them is smiling in any picture I take. Oh well they are beautiful anyway.


They have so much fun running in the park and hiding behind trees to play peek-a-boo.