Easter Festivities

Dying Easter eggs.... I never liked eating hard boiled eggs as a kid, still don't.  But luckily Ryan loves them.  I think he has almost eaten the entire dozen, by himself!

Mabel left the bunny ears on all morning.

Andrew was all business during the Easter egg hunt.  Ryan would excitedly talk about finding eggs, but Andrew was silent and running from place to place.  It paid off too, he got more eggs.

Spencer's parents are in town and the boys have been working on getting our new swingset up!  We can't wait to play on it!

dirt rocks

one of the boys favorite outdoor activities is throwing "dirt rocks" against the wall.  We are happy when we can go outside!  (and by "we" I mean the kids, and I stay inside watching TV and eating bon bons.  Just kidding....kind of :)

book worms

It looks like Mabel is going to grow up to be a bookworm like her brother.  Ryan is always very good about helping her look at books.

just talkin'

Yep, Spencer is digging ditches again.  He's putting in more sprinklers for our garden this spring and a drip system for trees and bushes and stuff.  When he can, he goes out after dinner and the children all follow.  (I love daylight savings in the spring...the kids play outside all night with dad and they are still sleeping in).  

Mabel follows right beside Dad and moves with him as he goes along the ditches.  It is so cute, she just talks up a storm to him in her fun babble.  As you can tell from the pictures, she is very expressive with her hands.  She'll talk, and then giggle like she said something funny.  And everyone once in awhile she'll pause in her talk and walk up to Spencer and give him a hug on his legs.  And yes, Spencer loves this.

happy 1st day of Spring

This is what it looked like outside when we woke up today...surprising after our week of beautiful weather.  Poor Spencer is out camping with the Scouts right now.  

It's all gone now though and blue skies again!

Crazy hair day

Girls are harder to maintain then boys...at least as far as the hair goes.  I feel like I have to do Mabel's hair a couple times a day to keep it looking under control.  But it makes for some fun bed hair.  She's so happy and cute waking up from naps these days.  I like to listen to her talk in the monitor when she first gets up.  

Andrew was very excited for all of his presents, most of which had to do with Buzz Lightyear.  He loved blowing out the candles all by himself and of course loved his pizza and cake.  

*I love that cheesy grin he gives the camera now when you tell him to say cheese.