Hello Out There!

Yikes!  Has it really been a month since I posted any pictures?  Sorry about that, family!  Here are some pictures to catch up on the last few weeks...

The boys, just hanging out

 

Hmmm, why do the girls have towels on their heads while playing on the computer, you ask?  Yep, it's true, we got head lice for the very first time.  I knew this day would come but I was still so sad when it did.  Every year when I was a teacher one of my students would get lice and I would be SO paranoid and itch just hearing about it.  I guess it comes with the territory when kids are in school so we've now experienced it for the first time.  In the end, Big Sister was the only one who had it but we treated all 3 of us girls with the awful smelling shampoo and careful hair inspection.  A very sweet friend was SO kind and went through all of my hair for me.  That folks is real friendship!

Man oh man, getting rid of those little tiny bugs takes so much work!  The laundry we had to do, the cleaning!  Oh my, I'm tired just thinking about it.  With head lice and a mild stomach flu that went around I felt like I was doing laundry for a week non-stop!

Daddy was gone at a conference for a week so one night we made a tent and the three of us girls actually slept in it for the night!  I have to say that I got more sleep than I expected to but I guess I wasn't expecting much...  It was fun and made a good memory.

Mother's Day passed and Daddy helped the kiddos make this for me.  I was so surprised!  A craft with the kids!  That's serious Daddy points!  :-)

It is an adorable bouquet of flowers made from pipe cleaners and cupcake papers.  Super cute! 

Somehow I didn't get a picture of myself with the kids on Mother's Day, I'll have to work on that next year!

Hooray for the Beach!

Even though this weekend is cool and rainy last weekend was hot, sunny and beautiful!  We got to head to the beach and we all had a blast!

 



 

At first the little man didn't want anything to do with the sand and only wanted to climb on top of Mommy.  This did not seem like a great way to spend the day - in Mommy's opinion, at least! 

Little by little he started playing with the sand and then realized that this stuff was great fun!  He was covered and he loved it!

We are SO blessed to live so close to the ocean (about a 20 min drive)!  It is such a great way to spend the day as a family!

In the Dishwasher

So should I wash him in there??? 

 

Check Her Out!

Another tooth! 

How cute is this??? 

A toothless smile!  How in the world is she old enough to have lost her two front teeth??? 

Here's what the girls came up with to do this evening before bed: 

They're building Jericho!  They were even yelling as they "walked" around the walls.  Pretty cute.

A Day at the Zoo

Here's some pictures for the grandparents! 

A Birthday Kiss!

I've been meaning to post these pictures since the little man's birthday...

We have made a tradition of going to our local zoo for each of the kids' first birthdays. 

There is a fun dolphin and sea lion show and part way through they actually had the sea lions go through the crowd and give people a kiss. 

(I don't think this would happen in America, do you?)

Since we were there on the first birthday of our first child we HAD to buy the picture.  So cute, right? 

We happened to have a year pass to the zoo when Little Sister turned one so we went down and saw the dolphin show that day too. 

We, of course, bought the picture that day too.  So cute, right?

For Christmas we used some gift money and got a pass to the zoo for this year too so, of course, we went to the zoo for the day to celebrate the little man's first birthday.  We made sure to get there in time for the dolphin show only to find out that they no longer do the seal-in-the-crowd-kiss-all-the-people part of the show. 

Bummer.  My 3rd baby needs his sea lion picture too, right?!

Not to worry!  After the show you can line up to have your picture taken with one of the other sea lions.  Perfect! 

This is what we got:



So cute, right? 

Ha!  This thing was HUGE!  And he was laying right on top of me!  I got slimy all over on my arm. 

There's the little man looking at this big old whiskery thing thinking, "What in the world is this???" and then there are the girls looking very fussy but in reality they just couldn't look up because the sun was RIGHT in our eyes. 

Oh my. 

Not exactly what I imagined but we had to buy it anyway, right?  :-)

 

Bubbles!

We had an activity in the park yesterday so we busted out some good old bubbles.  They always draw a crowd!  This little guy was so excited and really wanted to catch some!

We finally, FINALLY have sunshine and warmer weather in the forecast.  Hooray!  Hopefully we will have lots of sunny park days in the near future!

Catching up - Little Sister!

This little lady is just bubbling with personality!  She loves to dance, sing and play anything with princesses and pink!  She's starting to write her name which is very exciting and she loves preschool and playing with all of the kids. 

Catching Up - Big Sister!

This sweet girl is growing so much! 

She loves to learn new things and explain everything to all of us.  "You see, it's like this..." 

She's loves to help with her little brother and play with her little sister (well, most of the time!).  Amazingly enough she has already lost FIVE teeth!  I think this is seriously advanced for 5 years old!  :-) 

Catching Up... Here's Buddy Boy!

This cute little guy is doing great! 

He has spent most of the winter sick in one way or another.  From alergies to bronchiolitis to regular old colds he is ready for warmer weather and SPRING to finally come! 

He loves to throw a ball (he's got a pretty good arm too!) and mess up anything that his sisters are trying to play with or his mommy is trying to clean up.  His daddy's bookshelves are a favorite place to play too!