Thursday, April 28, 2011

Happy Easter!

These are my favorite Easter pictures.  I hope your holiday was a happy one!

Matthew and his teacher at the Class Party.
The basket stash

Coloring Easter Eggs

                                                           
 Carrot painting at school

                                                               
 Helen's first basket

                               
   Easter morning - they kept laughing at each other
while I tried to take photos.   I loved it! 
 Amie was here with us - a wonderful weekend...







Never a dull moment...


Matthew has decided not to get married.  His reasons?  He wants
to be the only boss of his house and doesn't want to share his money.  Of course, if he does get married, he'll just marry Helen
(I already married daddy).
There you go.

In perfect 5-year-old-boy fashion, Matthew said the following:
You know the best thing about little sisters?  They think the stuff that annoys everybody else is hilarious!



At Helen's 9 month check-up, the Dr. was slightly "concerned" over her gross motor delays.  This news did not settle well with Helen.  One week later, she decided to conquer them all at once.  Now we spend most of our time making sure she doesn't pull the house down around her pretty little ears.  Her new found skills also allow her to eat everything.  So far, I've pulled the following from her mouth: a dice, a coin, numerous legos, varied paper products, the cat (yes, the real one), sidewalk chalk and one smooth stone from Matthew's rock collection.  Sigh...


Helen loves her baby shortbread cookies.  The other day, I mixed in a few with other, healthier, finger foods.  She quickly weeded through the pieces on her tray, ate the cookies and then tossed everything else to the floor.  She's a woman after my own heart!

The Greatest of Our Latest

 Matthew has started Karate lessons.  His favorite part is the
sparring competition.   He's the one in the middle with the red helmet.
 Matthew with his Karate buddies...and one of their little sisters.

 Our cartoon picnic (ie: lunch in front of the TV)

Helen's first wagon ride.  She loved, loved, loved it.  That
girl is all about adventure!


Helen loves her excersaucer, but we had to switch to a bouncer
with less noise.  See for yourself:


Helen can crawl!