Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter this year. The kids all had great Easter baskets waiting for them Sunday morning. No one really seemed interested in eating candy at first (not even Christian!) but that changed when we got to Mom-mom and Pop-pop's house. Ben was the first to dump his basket, but Maddie really seemed to love the jelly beans. She kept eating them and eating them, and eating them! She had a whole mouthful of them at one point.

After this we all went outside to hunt for eggs. We had good ones for Christian, and then others with jelly beans for the babies. Again... Maddie was eating the jelly beans. Christian really seemed to love hunting for eggs. He was not too interested in the contents, but loved looking for the well hidden eggs. Ben and Maddie's eggs were not well hidden, but they still lost interest in lieu of the climber and swing set until it was time to go back inside.

So lunchtime comes, and alas, Maddie had enough of her jelly beans, those in the eggs and those in her belly. Now anyone with kids probably knows where this is going, but alas, their own mother was clueless. You will notice in some of the pictures (see link to the right) that she had a wardrobe change.

Overall, everyone had a great time and was sad when the time came everyone to go home.... well everyone except maybe Mom-mom and Pop-pop. I think they were grad for the peace and quiet!

A vision of the the future

I had to share this Easter Day Picture. Maddie & Ben are both fascinated by the phone. I was just lucky to catch Maddie with her toy phone with the camera.

Created by Chris

The Easter Bunny

Well, let's just say that the kids were not the fans of EB as we expected them to be. A few weeks ago, Tarri, Paityn and I took them to see EB when he first came on the scene. We actually did not know he would be there and were not dressed for photographs. So, they walked up to him and took a present and seemed very happy. Well today we got them all dressed up, went to the mall for the EB picture. Mom-mom and Pop-pop were there along with Tarri and Paityn. Everything was great until they had to hop into EB's lap. Not a pleasant time. I guess the picture speaks for itself, but Maddie wanted out of his lap and Ben just screamed. Gee, I can't wait until the next holiday!

The New House

Well we are set to settle on the new house on April 24th. We may start the move as soon as April 27th. Here is a picture of the new house. Additional photos can be found on the link to the right. (the link says "Photos of Ben and Maddie".)

What a difference 20 minutes can make

Chris was laughing about how our living room is a perfect example of the fact that we need more space. I had not really given it much thought (the mess that is!) until after dinner I walked back into the living room and thought ... how did that happen??? Chris took some pics of the mess and than I took a shot of the same room just twenty minutes later. Its amazing what a difference twenty minutes can make!

The upside of being sick

Well, Ben is working on his fourth ear infection. This time it is a double ear infection with some gunk in his chest so we are sporting the inhaler too. What I find most amazing is how tolerant he is of being sick. I called the doctor because he had a fever for 48 hours, but no signs of ear problems. When I took him in to the doctor, he was very unhappy with the ear inspecton and then he just toddled off around the room checking everything out. He never really cries or shows signs that something is going on. He is such a little trooper! Well, he got up especially early this morning - 7 AM! By the time 11 rolled around he curled up in Daddy's lap and fell asleep. This is the first time since they were newborns that either one of them has done this. I had to take a picture and share. It was too too cute. Ben seems to have the same effect of Daddy as he did when he was first born. Put him out like a light! It was a great napping day and now we are off to watch the Super Bowl (commercials!).

Can Lunch be a Hat?

Well, we had some lovely sandwiches of cream cheese and jelly. Alas, we can not have peanut butter until we are three, so we used cream cheese instead. Well I was finishing a clean up and when I turned around it seems that Miss Maddie was confused with what to do with her sandwich. Apparently it resembed a hat and thus she used it as one. She seemed somewhat shocked when I shoved her head under the faucet after lunch and scrubbed it out. I guess she wanted to wear her "hat" all day.