To Hold You Over...

while we're away.

on the playground during big brother's cello lesson

personality!

morning greetings

sharp dressed man (notice the belt)

full rainbow

visited by my favorite bird

father's day breakfast

Yesterday.."Mom! Come to the door quick! I have to show you something!"

She found this baby bird , got him to climb on the branch and carried it all the way to the door to show me. It was the most chill bird I've ever seen. She might be an animal whisperer.

Birds at the adolescent stage are awkward, just like us.

aye yi yi....

What new excuse can I think of for blog neglect?

Chasing baby up the stairs?

Tied up?

Dirty kids take up a lot of time? Ah...who knows, but here we are again. Let's look at my birthday first!

The day started with a lovely brunch prepared lovingly by my dearest Tina. Quinoa quiche, homemade whip cream, Earth Balls, and the BEST strawberries in the world. You'll just have to trust me on this.

One of my escorts.

Evening dinner sans kiddos with SIL and BIL and Tina & her hubs.

My candle and singing...my ONE brithday requirement was met! Great and yummy night.

Later that week I picked berries for my jam and for eating of course!

After picking I took 2 of my kids and some of my nephews and a niece to see Mom Mom at her school. She is a lunch lady...ahem...Food Manager.

J is here leading the baseball pledge. Baseball is now done.

The kids are home from school now and I'm looking forward to having more time with my twinkles.

Back it up...

to the beginning of May,

Where we said goobye again to Mindy. It was a quick trip, but every moment we had was treasured! Love you Min!

And now we are fully in spring. Complete with showers and flowers.

Dennis pick away at the lot when he has time while V picks at...other things.

This spring we've been able to see all sorts of babies.

Last week we were blessed with a visit from both of my parents.

They were able to join us for J's last cello concert,

view E's displayed art at school,

help us cheer on J at a very cold baseball game,

and celebrate B's first birthday.

He was a very polite host and showed interest in all of his presents.

He enjoyed his first taste of sugar.

He also played pin the tail on the donkey. (J decided to make a political statement w/ the hat on the donkey)

A good day!

1 Year

Things that make me smile...

At school...

J juggled scarves at the school book fair. He was scheduled to do this for 15minutes. He probably did this for 2min. and spent the other 13 bopping around doing who knows what. He's a social bug.

While we were there I was finally able to E's art on display at school. They have what are called outstanding artists and their art is displayed either for the whole year or for a month. She is here with art that has been chosen to be up all year, in a frame.

This was a piece chosen for a month. These skills she gets from her daddy.

J had his 2nd cello concert and did great! He started playing it cool when mom's around. I'm not sure how I feel about this. He wasn't please with me taking his picture here. I don't think he really cared, but he acted like he did. I'm not having it.

Easter

I love Easter. I love it. I was so thankful for a gloriously warm day yesterday.

Here's a keepin' it real collage of the kids in their Easter attire. One keeps his eyes closed, another only smiles after being threatened by her father, one keeps moving and the youngest looks high.

We had a restful afternoon and then later on Den's fam came over for a light meal and dessert. I put together an egg hunt including resurrection eggs (the girls are in front of a chart for it where they put the elements from the eggs) but the boys decided they were too old for it this year. What? Too old for chocolate? What's this world coming too? They would've rather played ball and they did.

We spent a good deal of time watching and wondering if the storm would reach us.

It did.

So we crammed inside and loudness and chaos ensued. The kids loved it all.

E's dress that I made this year.

Today was also beautiful and we had guests to enjoy it with. J stayed the night at his cousin's house. I need more pics of that boy!

Just in case these two are best buddies and either have a grad party together or get married, we are going to have plenty of cute pics for an awesome slide show. Just in case.