Jump and etc.

J participated in Jump Rope For Heart on Friday and had a blast. The school had different jumping "stations" that they set up for the kids. Though he tells me the last station was the limbo. Thank you to Grandpa Maltby and Grandma Linda for their sponsorship! He's going to get some very fun prizes!


E and I had big plans last Wed to go into the city to a super cute kids boutique and with the spending money from Grandpa M, add to her dollhouse furniture. We got there and it was closed! So sad. I then proceeded back to the car to discover that I had locked my keys in my car. Luckily my sweet sister in law was available to fetch our spare keys and deliver them to us. Another blessing is that we were not along. Our friend Deanna was with us to witness my absent mindedness. So after that failure, we headed to Starbucks for treats and as you can see below, E is getting sucked into the subculture(that her dad hates) of Starbucks. It's a short/kid's hot chocolate, no espresso yet!



Three of my dearest girls collaborated and sent V a box of goodies. He is modeling some of the loot below. Yes, the boots are too big for now, but aren't they fun?

Happy Easter

HE IS RISEN!! and you say??? That's right, He is risen indeed! (My friend T and I have a fun tradition of me stalking her by phone and saying He is risen and she responds. I just always loved the way she emphasized the "indeed" that it became a thing. Perhaps it's her Lancaster County accent. Don't hate me t)



The Thursday prior to Easter I filled in for another mom and helped in E's preschool class. She has been asking me to do this for a while now, and when I told her about it on Tuesday, she asked me everyday several times to make sure it was true. I did feel wanted as a mommy. So V and I went to her class and enjoyed observing her in that environment.



Her teacher brought and "Easter bunny" to class. Originally named Barnabas, it is now called Bun Bun after having babies :) E could have held her the whole time, she love love loves animals. (I thought all kids did, but there is a diff between the way her and J respond to them, since they were babies)


Everyone has a job for the month and for March she is the weather girl.



Whenever I ask her what her favorite thing to do in class is she says, "um... i like the painting."




My goofy girl with the bunny ears that she colored and cut and mommy stapled on crooked




Saturday we spent most of the day in our pj's. We read the Easter story (again) and put Easter stories on paper and colored, and then we colored eggs. I always love doing this. We did an egg for V too.





On Easter Sunday we went to church and then headed down to D's moms for lunch. I took a Lemon Velvet Tart. It was delicious!! But it was very rich, a tiny slice is all you need, which is perhaps why it's a cooking light recipe, tiny servings. Okay, I just looked it up for the link...NOT cooking light, it's Southern Living...makes sense.

Decked out in Easter gear.


V's first Easter, and he was looking mighty fine as this outfit matched his eyes perfectly, although the pic does not do it justice.



Yes, an egg hunt. Really I think I do it as an excuse to have some chocolate in the house.


E was not feeling 100% that day. We often found her snuggled up with somebody trying to rest. This time it was Uncle Dwayne.

For those of you looking for the details on V's development, as of last Tuesday he weighed 12.5 1/2 oz. He is 24 inches long. Head and chest have a girth of 15 inches. He is a growing, healthy, happy boy. He wakes up on average 2-3 times a night still and in the mornings I'm exhausted. But he brings us such joy. He is cooing and talking more and more everyday. (video to come) The latest thing I've noticed is that he is talking to toys. Below you'll see a yellow lion(?) that plays music. I caught him talking to it as if he was saying "please, will you play me a song?" In the other one, which was taken today, he was staring and cooing at the giraffe, "oh giraffe, you are so silly!" He's a great communicator :).

Been wanting to put this up for a while now. D is so much better at getting our babies to laugh than I am. V has been cooing and laughing more and more for the past couple of weeks, sometimes w/o our prompting. We're loving it.

Elephantino

"Really mom?"