April 2013 Highlights

 

swinging with Dada who's imitating our friend

We went to Erik and Tiffany's wedding where they had a petting zoo of baby animals for the kids.

Max petting the baby duck.

Our friends, Heather and John and their son John, came for the wedding.

Gramma Ninny and Grandpa came for a visit.

snails!

more snails!

Surprise face!

mowing with Dada

Doin' homework

little helpers



school program-Eli's in the middle

making trucks at the Home Depot table at the farmer's market

hangin' out

playtime!

Eli made this for me, "10 Things I Know About My Mom"

Eli's 7th Birthday

Eli and his first grade class celebrating his birthday

Eli was very particular about where he wanted his party and who he wanted to invite this year. He even specified that he wanted a lemon cake with vanilla icing. The party was at Locomotion Inflatable Play, our favorite bouncy place. Eli invited all boys except Mia, of course! He also requested an army themed party, which means army cake, plates, napkins, and table cloth. I like low maintenance parties! It was fun all around!

Eli is getting taller!

blowing out candles on birthday breakfast tacos

reluctant birthday pic before school

birthday pic before school

another bday pic with Mama

the cake!

Easter 2013

John was in Germany for work during Easter this year. Not only that, he was away for two weeks! Somehow we survived.

dying Easter eggs

The Easter bunny ended up hiding the eggs inside

Jed's bunny impression. I wish I would've gotten a picture or video of Max's bunny impression (wearing the ears while naked and hoping around)

Easter Sunday 

One out of three dressed in Easter Sunday clothes

Soccer

Eli and Jed both played soccer last spring. This was the first time Jed got to play, and he was so excited about it. John coached Jed's team, which was fun and entertaining for both the kids and the parents! He was his usual silly self with the kids and had them do funny celebration dances after goals and games within the game, like chase the goat into the cave. The kids took him seriously, which is what they're supposed to do with their coach, but it made John's tactics even funnier!

It was a little crazy on Saturdays with both boys having games, but it wasn't bad since their games were on the same campus. I think we're going to do the same this fall!

Jed's had a few friends on his team. (Luke-above, Marley, and Maya)

A teaching moment

I debated posting this one, but it really is too good not to share. Eli created this piece of art all by himself. Apparently, he and his friend, Kian, had been talking about what exactly is a bitch. We had the Pandora music station on our tv and a song called Sexy Bitch came on. (side note: since then we have discovered that you can block songs with questionable lyrics)  So this is the definition that Eli came up with. We had to tell him what a bitch is and how some words aren't appropriate to use, etc. The Disney characters add so much more to this note.  At least his grammar and handwriting are good! (another side note: Kian never got the note, but I did show his parents the note and they thought it was hilarious!)