Toe Dancin

For the last several months, whenever a show or movie ends and the music starts the credits rolling...Emma jumps up and starts swaying and dancing. She does this dance where she points her toes side to side....so cute!! Silly sweet Emma.

School Trip to Zoo

For our Z week, we decided it would be fun to go to the zoo. We have season passes to Point Defiance Zoo so that is where we went. We had PERFECT weather and a great time. All the animals were awake and active so that always makes it more fun. The kids do love the Kid Zone and never want to leave, hopefully we will have many more trips there this summer!!

Getting more daring and making mama more nervous!

She loves to slide Sweet Sisters

Emma would feed the goats all day long if I let her or had enough quarters

Enjoying first trip to the Zoo

Another favorite...although not happy that we now have to pay to ride...ridiculous, we are filing a complaint!

They wanted to ride on the sleigh together

Preschool Day - E & Z

Shortly after Easter, we had a preschool day so we decided to do the letters E & Z. We still LOVE the Handwriting Without Tears program and worksheets, teaches great letter formation and fun ways to learn the technique.

During Holy Week I had wanted to make Resurrection Eggs, but did nto get to it. So we decided to make them here. THEY ARE AWESOME. The kids decorated the boxes and then filled the numbered eggs as we talked about the Easter Story. It was so amazing to see what they knew and understood. I used the list on the link above...but you could make more eggs for different symbols...next year might do it for two dozen since these were such a hit. I found all the items just around the house and did not have to go buy anything!! Angelica has been doing it almost every day since, will have to get a video soon. Kids love the tangible, hands on ways they can tell stories and it sticks with them longer.

We made the delicious Resurrection Rolls for a snack and to show the Empty tomb....they really enjoyed making these by themselves and thought it was very funny that Jesus was a marshmallow and how we rolled Him up! We will definitely be making these again!

To practice Z - I gave them graham crackers with peanut butter on them and they had to make the letter with pretzel sticks and chocolate chips...then they got to eat them of course!!

And what better way to celebrate Easter and the letter E but with an Egg hunt!!

For the letter Z we went on a trip to the ZOO! Pics to follow...

Loving the Easter Duck? Bunny?

The older girls have had a blast playing the crazy Easter Bunny-Duck for Michaela. Michaela stares at it, tries to grab it and gets so excited keeps throwing herself backwards.

Always Happy & Laughing Baby

Too Big

We had to retire our baby swing a few weeks ago....especially when I came in the room and saw Michaela like this!! Just chillin, happy...but so glad she was strapped in!!! Jason and I have joked that with Michaela we finally got our money's worth for this swing. Angelica would go in for a bit....Emma hated it and Michaela LIVED in it for the first several months of life. Bittersweet to put it away...

Multi-Purpose Boppy

We love the boppy....I use it a lot in the hospital to nurse with....at home my babies sleep in them for the first several weeks....they help when they are learning to sit up...and sometimes just serve as a good pillow when you get sleepy....

Little Gardeners

Last weekend we took advantage of some nice weather and got all of our plants in. After each hanging basket I would give it to the girls to get watered. They loved planting all the seeds with Papa for our garden....but for some reason they really loved just filling up the watering cans all day!! And Michaela wasn't too sure what to make of being outside!!

After Bath Dress Up

After baths, the girls get to play in Angelica's room for a bit. They LOVE to take all the dress up clothes out of the closet and play....this night for some reason Angelica got to wear the dress and Emma, well...got to wear the cape!!

Tea Party for Two

CHEERS!!

Excited..

...about her exersaucer. She has really been enjoying this and I am thinking that we need to get her jumper out soon....maybe work a little weight off of those chubby thighs!! Can't believe how big she is getting!

Taylor's baby shower

A few weeks ago, friends threw Caitlin and baby Taylor a shower. My camera of course decided to have the flash break so most of the pictures were dark....but here are two that came out...

the excited grandmas

two anxious aunties

"On the Rock" Photo Shoot

Down at the end of my parent's long driveway, there is this great rock. The kids usually love to jump off of it or climb all over it...but we decided it also makes a great place to take some pictures...and not bad with four little ones in the cold!!

Not a lot of room on the rock anymore...

Silly cousins

I think they definitely look related here

Silly Angelica

Hard to believe...

Pictures of Marmee and her baby-grands

Tacoma Children's Museum

Back in April when Megs and Albert were in town, we went one day to the Children's Tacoma Museum. We were even able to walk there because my sister Caitlin lives right down the road! It was our first time there and the girls LOVED it, might have to get a pass. They had all kinds of different areas, block mats, a kitchen shopping station, gardening area, arts and crafts, movie time area etc. The girls made necklaces, built towers, painted, played store and loved these Magnet Slides to build with. We were there during bubble time when they walk around and make bubbles all over for the kids to pop, lots of fun....definitely going back!

Taking Marmee's sandwich order

Never too old to play

Loved the art station and just HAD to paint!

Making necklaces is serious work

VERY cool magnet slides to build with

Angelica LOVES to trace

Lots of bubbles to pop....my mom liked their bubble blower so much, she ordered one!!