Pretties

I think I might have a cosmetologist on my hands. Look at Abbi's handywork...so sexy!!! 

She Walks

I love it when babies start to walk, and Brynners started walking. She has been taking steps for more than a month, but she actually started cruising on the 13th. It's great because she follows me around that house as I'm cleaning or doing whatever else. Brynn is funny because if I show her prolonged attention, smile at her, or talk to her she thinks I want to hold her so she is walk to me as fast as possible with outstretched arms. She is a serious mamma's girl, and I love it!  

Easter Time

Easter is a good time at our house. It is a favorite for both Abbi and Reese, and I'm sure Brynn will love it more when she gets older. The Easter Bunny is so nice and leaves a basket full of goodies on the ends of their beds, but also leaves eggs and small gifts around the house. The girls love hunting for eggs, getting dressed in pretty dresses, learning about Jesus at church, and having a super yummy meal (if I do say so myself). Overall it is all good at Easter time! 

Getting pictures where everyone is looking and smiling is pretty tricky. No fancy background this day. I was lucky to remember to take pictures at all!

This pictures says it all about who my girls are. Abbi is smiling just like she should, Reese is posing and being silly, and Brynn is trying to get away so I will hold her.

Another Field Trip

We are off to the farm. On the 10 we went to Thanksgiving Point to visit all of the animals there. Abbi loves the farm, so this was a fun field trip for her! We were able to go on a tractor ride (well we were in a wagon being pulled by a tractor), we toured the facilities checking out all of the cool animals and even petting some, and had a quick lesson on what different animals like to eat. Abbi loved the horses the most, but also loved the baby goat she was able to pet, and the baby cow that was there.  

Walking Field Trip

Abbi had a walking field trip yesterday. We walked from her school to the library, the park, the firestation, a policeman came to the firestation, to the post office, and then walked back to the school. 

All of these things are within 5 blocks of her school, so it wasn't like we were hiking for miles with a bunch of kindergarteners. We had lots of fun, and I love that she is so excited when I come on fieldtrips, or volunteer at her school. She held my hand the whole time, bink, bink. I can't get enough!

Discovery Gateway

We LOVE, LOVE, LOVED this day!! We had heard about Discovery Gateway, but had not enjoyed the fun until last week. This place was 2 giant floors of action packed kid stuff. A place where kids are encouraged to touch EVERYTHING. 

On the first floor there are rooms where everything is made in minature like this grocery store, a house, a construction zone, a farm, a gas station, and way more stuff. Then on the second floor there are blocks, the media zone, a "play room" like where you can make your own play, or create a comic strip. Then there are magnets, blocks, etc, etc. The list goes on. 

I can't say enough good things about this place. Abbi told me while we were there, "This is the most fun I have ever had in my entire life!"

Then to really top off the day we went to a friends house on the way home and stayed for a few hours. Being a kid Rocks!!!   

Sunny Days

We don't get a ton of warm days in early spring, so we had to get to the park and take advantage of a nice day. Luckily this nice weather stretched into a whole week, yeah!
My girls love hats, and their cousins were nice enough to let them wear their hats for the day.

Yummy Potato

Yeah,  she' s eating a potato, yummy! 

Brynn loves getting in the pantry and pulling out every bag she can get her hands on, or she plays with the broom...yuck, but today she found a bag of potatoes and thought she would try one out. She doesn't look quite sure whether she likes it or not. She is an adventurerer, (did I spell that right?)  

Look at that funny face. When I ask her to smile half the time I get a regular smile from her, and the other half I get silly faces like this. Reese has been doing an intro to Jazz dance class for the past 8 weeks. The class is only 25 minutes long, but for a 3 year old even that amount of time can be a bit too much for paying attention. She may not have been focused the whole time, but she had a fun time, and that's all I cared about.
Reese is easily distracted at times, and she just loved drawing pictures on the ground with her prop while everyone else danced.

Here she is actually doing the dance. This is her favorite part when they lay on their tummy and kick their legs.

We Love Our Cousins!

It was so fun having Laura, Issac, and family visit last week! They were only here for a few days, but we always love seeing them! We have a trail that follow a stream close to our house, so we had fun exploring with the kids. 

So cute that the kids were walking like this on their own, I just caught the picture!