Gardening begins!

Farmer Chris and sidekick Kylie worked hard to get the garden ready for planting. On Saturday they planted onions, carrots, and lettuce.


Planting the onions

Kylie digging in the dirt. And did you know, princesses do play in the dirt!

Kylie's new word, she is "cultivating" the dirt with Dad.

Charlie Garber comes to visit!

Last week we had a great visit with Charlie Garber (and his mom too!) The twins were more interested in just watching him and observing his moves. (Charlie turns a year at the end of June, so a bit younger than the twins). Too bad they don't live closer, but its great to see the Garbers everytime they are in town.

I've only got one picture of Charlie, so hopefully Katie will share some when she gets back home to Ohio.

Websters Dictionary, watch out....

Kylie has come up with a new word for the dictionary.

Bath night was last night and we've got a routine. "Usually" one of the twins will get in first, get her done, then Kylie and the second kiddo will get in. It normally gets stressful during the second bath because once Kylie is in the water, she has a hard time listening and being careful of her sister. I think every other thing out of my mouth is "Kylie, watch out!" or "What are you thinking?" It gets frustrating since it always seems she is constantly getting scolded. In any case, last night before she got in, Kylie announced she was going to COOPERTENSION. I asked her to repeat herself so I could get it right....

"Coopertension, mom. You know, Cooperate and pay attention."

Smart kid-- so, look out all you smarty pants, Kylie is now here and making her own words up....

Happy Easter!

Easter weekend proved to be busy, but not sure what busy means..... three kids under 4 keeps us pretty busy in itself!

Friday the kids were happy Chris was home, so all attention was given to him.... "play with me daddy, play with me!"

Saturday, the whole crew went to Famous Footwear for Kylie.. she had an audience when she was picking her shoes out. Never would have headed there until a friend told me about a sale... I had to ask where it was located-- can you tell I hate to shop! HA! Kylie ended up with two pairs of shoes and if you call, she'll be sure to tell you all about them. She was SOOOOO excited.

Sunday, the Easter bunny made a huge mess of carrots and lettuce all over the kitchen floor- can you believe it! The bunny did leave eggs out for all the kids. Kylie and Shay were most into it, Anika was not too interested. The weather outside allowed us to get outside for a bit and hang out on the swingset...

And that's the end for us...

Anika in the toybox

Shay wearing Kylie's Dora nightgown-- see almost fits Shay better than Kylie... hummmm...

All three kids playing row, row, row your boat...

Chris and Anika sitting on the stairs watching Kylie on the swingset.

Rock Climbing Adventure

Before Kylie's rock climbing adventure....

She did it!! Yeah!!

Dora then and Dora now... (this one is for you Katie)

Just so you can see the Dora nightgown is still around and still fits--- well, that is debateable. the poor nightgown has seen better days, but Kylie refuses to give it up... :)

Kylie October 08

Kylie April 09

April Indoor fun.... We are patiently waiting for Spring..... ha!

Kylie fixing the twins car..... Anika is trying to help too!!

Fix it Kylie

Anika is Kylie's room--- stealing books and pillows (Kylie rarely lets the twins in her room-- must have had a weak moment of some sort...)

The twins checking out the snow, fallen branches, and Odin chasing squirrels.


Anika finds playing in the toy boxes is more fun than playing with the toys... odd child...

Shay pushing over the tower that Kylie and Chris made.

Anika trying to beat Shay to the knocking over of the tower.

Shay gives the blocks back to Chris, while Anika puts them away in the toy box.