Parents Night Out

I had forgotten how nice it is to get together with other adults and have a nice dinner. You know, one with no crying or food being thrown on the floor. What a great feeling to sit and eat a nice (hot) dinner and chat with other adults...and not about the Dora episode that we just watched together. It is amazing how quickly the babysitter meter adds up, but it was well worth a night of adult conversation and game playing...and not Chutes and Ladders!!

First Steps

Andrew has been shuffling around the furniture for a few weeks at least, but this morning he has actually taken his first steps by himself. We are very excited! I will try to get a short video on with his newest accomplishment later today. Yeah, Andrew!

Genius

Lauren is a genius! She amazes me everyday. She has been spelling words with her fridge letters - words like dish, flag, fish, etc. She is even able to rhyme the words and knows that if you just change the first sound it becomes a rhyming word. She also wrote a "menu" for lunch the other day and it looked like this ...."penut butr jele." Wow!

Easter

The kids enjoyed finding their Easter baskets this morning...at 6 a.m. Both kids woke up a little early and Lauren could not wait to go find the goodies that the Easter Bunny had left for her. We thought about telling her that the Easter Bunny didn't fill baskets until 8 :00 a.m., but thought that wouldn't do any good. We enjoyed the church service (of course, it was packed!! and we got there "right on time" this morning.) and a little nap this afternoon! What a nice day!

Happy Easter!

Standing Up

Andrew has just started standing up by himself. He is loving it! He laughs and screams every time he is standing by himself. It is amazing that he is doing this so well almost over night.

Doing the Dishes

I was picking up the kitchen tonight and went around to clear the rest of the dishes off the table. When I walked around the island again, this is the sight that I saw...

How does he move so fast?

My teenage 4-year-old

It has begun...