A visit with Santa

Wishing you all a very Happy Holiday!

Daddy Boot Camp

Hi! My name is Becky and I’m a control freak. I like to control, umm… everything. Except for deciding where to go for dinner – too much pressure. Everything else is fair game. One thing that I’m not so proud of is my need to control Andrew’s discipline. I have a hard time standing back and letting Keith do his thing which in turn has caused Andrew to rebel against him and, quite honestly, be disrespectful.

All of this is very hard for me to admit because along with being a control freak, I don’t like to be wrong about anything and I don’t like to admit that my child can be disrespectful at times. My child? Disrespectful? NEVER! The many times Keith has asked me to just step back, I thought I knew better and just stuck my nose in where it didn’t belong and took over. That, of course, doesn’t help anything, now does it?

So, Saturday night, we had a very tired boy and a mom who’s back was on the verge of going out. I was laying on the couch while they were about to eat dinner and all you know what broke lose because Andrew thought I was eating in the living room and he had to sit at the table. The meltdown was much bigger than it normally would be because of the tired effect but man did he flip. Lots of yelling and lots and lots of disrespect. I realized, right then and there, that I had to step back and let Keith handle it. Man, was that hard.

And so Keith handled it and everyone wound up back at the dinner table in one piece where they should be and we made it through dinner without any further meltdowns. I, of course, couldn’t let it go (because I’m good like that) and gave Andrew a nice long lecture about how much he hurt daddy’s feelings, how daddy was very sad now, etc… Andrew actually apologized twice unprompted which was nice to see, but we still have an issue to deal with.

What’s the best way to deal with a control freak wife and a disrespectful child? While mommy’s away on a business trip for 4 days, Daddy Boot Camp begins. We talked about how we want to handle certain situations so we do things close to the same so Andrew gets used to hearing it from both of us. Besides that, it’s up to him. (Of course, watch… Andrew will be a perfect angel while I’m gone).

Keith is such a good dad and he’s such a peace keeper. Most of the times he’s trying to keep the peace with me because a control freak who doesn’t like to admit she’s wrong is NOT easy. I’m a yeller (which isn’t a great thing) and Keith is a calm, “let’s talk it out” type personality. Type A meet Type B. On October 5th, we’ll be celebrating 9 years of marriage so SOMETHING must be right between our two personalities, right? :-)

So now, I’ll go pretend I didn’t share my flaws with you. Because I’m a control freak who expects perfection and someone like that would never admit to being wrong.

Becky

The Moves

Andrew loves, loves listening to the music and is not shy when it comes to busting a move. Katy Perry’s “California Girls” is one of his favorites, much to his father’s dismay. And, of course, he’s listening to friends at school talk about things and so, one day, at the lake he asked if we could listen to “Justin Beaver” (yes, you read that right). My sister and I nearly died.

When we go shopping, Andrew asks if we can stop by the card section so he can listen to the musical cards. Tonight we stopped at Kroger to get a flower for his teacher’s birthday and we also stopped to get a card. Just in time, I captured a bit of Andrew’s talent.

I have laughed so hard each time I have watched this. Hopefully it will bring a giggle to your day too! (As a side note, I did NOTHING to provoke this… he eased his way into his dancing with some hip sways, which I captured, and then busted out with this.)

Becky

Kindergarten Musings

We finished our first full month of Kindergarten and we’re still alive and well!  I thought I’d share with you some of the things we’ve I’ve learned this past month as well as some random thoughts.

1.  “E” stands for “Excellent”.  As parents, we would all love our children to have E’s every single day.  As a matter of fact, the first “S” (Satisfactory) Andrew brought home devastated me.  Then I thought about my workplace.  Would I get an E every day?  Nope – I’d likely get a “U” (Unexceptable) for my attitude and wind up in the principal’s office.  Needless to say, an “S” every once in a while is okay. :-)

2.  Kindergarten teachers are organized.  This mom is not.  We’re slowly getting in a routine but it’s quite embarrassing to have to write the teacher and ask for another reading sheet because you’ve misplaced yours.  Twice.  I took it upon myself to scan the latest one in so I can print my own off when if I lose it again.

3.  Making lunches, signing agendas, picking out clothes (both parent’s and children’s) the night before is a must.  Otherwise, be prepared to be a mess in the morning, run out of the door late and have mismatched shoes.

4.  Sight words will be the death of me.  We have a box of 20 words to memorize. I first started quizzing Andrew while he was in the bathtub (he couldn’t escape!!) and quickly grew tired of that.  Thankfully, the weekly schedule they send home has games for learning sight words.  I’ll share some of those with you soon because they’ve been a lifesaver.  Of the 20, there are only 2 we are struggling with - “like” and “this”.  Just think – the next box has 75 words.  Woooohooo!

5.  T-ball is nothing other than a big sandbox.  During Andrew’s first practice he had the others on his team sifting sand through their gloves.  He also rumbled with another kid on his team trying to get the ball.  Good times.

6.  When your child is a social butterfly, he will have a hard time staying out of trouble.  For all of the S’s and N’s (Needs Improvement) Andrew has brought home it’s been for two things - “Talking” and “Not following instructions” which typically equals…. Talking.

7.  The favorite part of my day is dinner.  I remember loving dinnertime as a kid growing up and now, as a parent, I love it even more.  We talk about our highs of the day and lows of the day.  Andrew chooses who goes first, second and third and loves doing it when we have company.  It’s a good way for him to communicate with us and boy, can he communicate!

8.  When learning about manners at school, your child will correct you.  All. Of. The. Time.  “Mommy – you should use please.  Like Please put your shoes where they belong.”  If you don’t use manners and it’s been a long day, you’ll get a lesson in manners through tears and a complete meltdown.

9.  Speaking of meltdowns… phew!  We’re in a meltdown stage.  Andrew is learning some hard lessons.  Poor behavior = not sleeping in mommy and daddy’s bed on a “home night”.  Attitude results in losing books.  And  “N” results in losing games and the long awaited slushy.

10.  To be a good parent, you have to make tough decisions.  This applies to both the Kindergartener and College student.  It’s not enough to be popular, but is so much more important to teach lessons.  We're learning this lesson continuously and coming from someone who always wants things to be rosy, it’s HARD.  Really freaking hard.

So, how about catching up on some happenings??  It’s been a busy month or so and unfortunately I haven’t been carrying my camera everywhere.  I’m lucky I remember to dress myself properly these days!

August - A visit with bloggy friends!

I’m sure you’ve seen pics posted on some other blogs, but Andrew and I took a trip to meet up with some of our favorite people!  Here is a group shot of the kiddos (minus a few) taking a break after some swimming.  The picture of Andrew climbing is at the very end of the day and boy was he tired!

August 22 - Someone turned 5!!!

I can’t believe our baby is now 5!  Seems like just yesterday he was learning to speak English and was in 2T clothes.  He is growing like crazy.  I can’t wait to take him for his check-up (end of this month) to find out how much he has grown.   Mommy and Daddy bought him a skateboard for his birthday.  See – we have lost it!! :-)

 

September - Our little slugger!

We have our first game tomorrow night!  I took a bunch of great pictures on Sunday (before his professional team pictures) but haven’t had a chance to edit them.  Thankfully, he was being silly so I actually got some “real” smiles out of him!

   

Maybe, things will calm down and I’ll be able to post a bit more often!  I’m sure all 2 of you are dying to hear about this little Peanut… :-)

Toodles!
Becky

The Kindergartener

The first day of Kindergarten went splendidly.  Andrew was SO excited and he even came home with a smiley face in his agenda.  Of course, on day two he came home with a smiley face and a note that read “Was very talkative until he was given a warning”.  Yep, my son is a chatterbox and is already testing the waters.  :-)

Without further ado… pictures from the first day of Kindergarten!

Waking up… slowly!

Big smile from my big boy!!

               

Doesn’t he looks so little with that big ol’ book bag?

Walking to school with dad. 

(And yes, he’s grabbing himself.  It’s a common occurrence lately. I’ve reassured him that it’s not going anywhere. :-))

In the doorway of his class.  This year’s theme is “Wild About Learning”, thus the animal print.

Mrs. P., showing Andrew what to do with his book bag each day.

Mrs P. and Andrew picking out lunch for the day (as mommy and daddy were reluctantly leaving their baby behind!!)     

 

And how about a comparison?  Here was my little guy in September of 2008.  Fast forward, 1 year and 11 months later.

           

WOW!!!  This is the first time I’ve looked at these pics side by side.  What a big boy we have!  I really wish I had a picture the day Pre-K started, but for some reason I don’t.  Wow, wow, wow…

Off to give my little buddy an extra kiss tonight, because as these pictures show, they don’t stay little forever! :-)

Becky

Mixed Emotions

I got up at 5 this morning.  Partly because I was sleeping with one eye open waiting for my in-laws to arrive, but mainly because something big is happening today.  I thought I was ready for it, but maybe not.  Our baby, baby boy is going to KINDERGARTEN today.  There is no way that’s possible.

Remember this little boy?

He was 2 years and 10 months old in this picture.  This same little boy will be turning FIVE in just 18 days.  How did that happen??  All I did was blink!

Enough about me… Andrew is SO ready to start Kindergarten.  He has talked about it non-stop and do you want to know his number one reason for wanting to go to Kindergarten?  Because he doesn’t have to take naps anymore!  In Pre-K and summer camp, they had “rest time” for about an hour and Andrew was none too happy about that. :-)

Well, hopefully I’ll be able to hold back the tears this morning.  I will be THAT mom walking around with my camera taking pictures of my son and Andrew will be THAT son who grimaces everytime the lens is pointed his way. :-)  Hey, I would not be doing my duty as a mom if I didn’t embarrass my child, right?

Oh, funny story before I go.  We were getting ready for open house at the elementary school and I told Andrew we needed to go pick out his clothes.  The conversation went like this:

Me:  Andrew, we need to go pick out your clothes.  What do you want to wear?
Andrew:  Something that makes me look cute.
Me:  Something that makes you look cute?  Well, okay.
Andrew:  Not too cute though.
Me:  Why not too cute?
Andrew:  Uhhh… because I don’t want the girls looking at me!!

One more cute story while I’m thinking about it.  Recently, Andrew has been talking about how he came from my tummy.  I explained to him that he didn’t grow in my belly but he grew in my heart.  It seemed to satisfy him for now, but I know we’re going to have a lot of explaining to do in the near future.  Anyhow, Andrew was at my sister’s on Saturday and he met her new roommate, Lilly.  Lilly explained that she was the new roommate and Andrew turned and asked my sister if Lilly grew in her heart before she ever met her.  Too cute!

Well, off to get breakfast started for my little guy!  Such a big day – so exciting!

Toodles -
Becky

Summer Vacation 2010

This summer we went to Myrtle Beach for vacation.  I grew up going to east coast beaches but I now realize that I really prefer the gulf coast.  It’s SO hard to keep yourself and a 4 year old upright with the big waves!

I could lie and say we had a wonderful vacation and that it was so relaxing, but my parents taught me to never lie.  It was, to sum it up in one word, hard.  You see, Andrew has difficulty with change.  PI?  Maybe.  Typical child?  Maybe.  Moving to a new house and 6 days later heading off on vacation just threw him for a loop.  He was down right miserable which in turn made us miserable.  It was a struggle from sun up to sun down.

Don’t get me wrong, we did have some good times, but it won’t be one of my fondest memories! :-)  We actually left a day early because we just needed to get home and get Andrew moved into a schedule and help make him comfortable.  The past few weeks back home have been quite rough but I feel like we’re starting to level out a bit.  Sleep is better, tempers are better and timeouts are less.

The other day, you almost got a post in which you would likely be able to hear me sobbing.  I questioned my ability as a mom and whether or not we’d ever bounce back to our “normal”.  I saw a bitter side of myself that I really didn’t like.  Long, woe-is-me story short, things are getting better.  Andrew’s world has become smaller and tantrums have become less.  Shouldn’t have taken a rocket scientist to figure that out, but I’m not firing on all cylinders right now.  I think the structure that Kindergarten provides is going to be a blessing because the other issue (which is a whole other post in itself) is summer camp and the chaos.  Don’t get me started.

I DID get some pictures of our vacation.  Andrew is actually smiling in one picture! :-)  So why don’t I share those with you?  Without further ado….

Tools in hand!  Ready to go!

 

Boogying, baby!

 

Ice Cream… all over! 

Evil Andrew… “Mommy says not to throw sand… hmmm.. WATCH THIS!”

AND A SMILE!!!!!!!!!  (and quite a cute one, I must say!) 

Have a great weekend!
Becky

P.S.  Alex was on vacation with us as well, but we didn’t see much of him.  Don’t get me started on that! :-) For those of you with teens – I PROMISE you the most challenging time is the summer before college.  Brace yourselves!!!  You’ve been warned!!

We’re here!

In the new house.

Alive (barely).

Functioning (maybe).

Sore (most definitely).

Exhausted (without a doubt).

In lieu of actually having to use my brain, I was going to post some pictures.  Then I realized I haven’t uploaded pictures since early June.  Add another thing to my “to-do” list!  So, how about one picture of my little guy after eating tons and tons of blackberries at Ron and Dinia’s house?

Miss you all and the blog world OH SO MUCH!  Be back soon (especially now that we have internet!  WooHoo!)

Love,
Becky

1 day

Tomorrow we close on the new house. Oh, thank goodness because this packing stuff is for the birds. We're keeping our current house and will be renting it out. That being said, I still want everything moved this weekend because we are all procrastinators and might never get it done. Besides, we leave for vacation on the 10th and have contractors coming to the old house to paint and stuff so it NEEDS to be done.

As with any big event, it's always difficult to get anything else done besides the task at hand. The past few weeks, we've really gone above and beyond to ensure our stress level remains at a minimum. The list below is a small sample of the past 6 days.

Packing - CHECK!
Orientation at Auburn - CHECK!
Blown transmission in my car - CHECK!
Ensure the check engine light comes on in another car - CHECK!
Malfunctioned air conditioning in 98 degree weather - CHECK!
Dryer heating element starting to go out (and takes 3 hours to dry one load) - CHECK!

See?? We're doing SO well and our household is completely happy go lucky right now! :-) All smiles, no tension and just lots and lots of love. (I sure hope you read that with sarcasm!)

Thankfully, tomorrow and Saturday should be in the mid-80's so at least we're getting some kind of break!

Hope all is well with everyone!
Becky

BEEP!

You've reached the answering service for Becky's blog. No, she has not fallen off the face of the earth but instead is in the middle of mass chaos. It's not "controlled chaos" as the blog title suggests... it's complete and utter chaos. You see, as if two graduations, vacation, getting a child ready for college, sending another to kindergarten and being on two large projects at work weren't enough, this crazy family chose to buy a house and move. Yes, you read that right. And the best time to move in Georgia? Why, summer of course! It's a new weight loss program.

The family hopes to be back to the blog sometime in the beginning of July, once things have settled a bit (ha!). In the meantime, please leave a message at the beep and when the chaos lessens we'll be sure to get back to you.

BEEEEEEEEEPPP!

Graduation Day

The day started at 6:00 am. At 12:30 pm, Andrew’s Pre-K graduation. At 7:00 pm, Alex’s high school graduation. At midnight, we rolled in bed after a fabulous dinner with Alex and his friends. I’m fairly certain, we’re still recovering! :-) Enjoy the pictures for our very exciting, celebratory day!

Hugs!
Becky

Smarty Pants

I have so many things to post about, pictures to edit, video to edit and news to share but ZERO, and I mean ZERO energy.  It’s been an emotional week and I’m going to take tonight “off”.  Andrew is going to bed in 42 minutes (but who is counting) and Alex is about to head off to the beach for his senior trip (please don’t ask, I’m a nervous nelly about this whole thing).  I am going to bed in 43 minutes and will hopefully be able to put my body to sleep but, more importantly, my mind!

To entertain you in the interim, here is a brief conversation between Andrew and I.

The scene:  I had just gotten done in the bathroom and opened the door. I was picking up laundry and the toilet had just finished flushing, when Andrew came to the door.

Andrew:  I have to go potty.  (closes the door)  Mommy, you really need to get better about closing the bathroom door.

Me:  Oh yeah?

Andrew:  Yeah, Daddy tells me so and he’s the only one who is really, really smart.

And that, my friends, is just about how I feel right now! :-) 

Looking forward to a nice LONG weekend!
Becky

Being Silly

It was a Mommy and Andrew weekend.  Keith had to work and so we had lots of fun and surprisingly enough, it was a GOOD weekend!

Saturday morning started with a meeting with our social worker to do our 2 year post-placement report (which Keith joined us for) and then we headed off to the outlets.  I have an Ann Taylor Loft gift certificate that Keith’s parents gave me for Christmas and it’s burning a hole in my pocket.  Unfortunately, shopping with a 4 1/2 year old when you want to browse? Nah, doesn’t happen.  Instead, we hopped in a photo booth and took some silly pictures.

          

The ink was going out on the printer, but we still captured some rather cute pictures!  After pictures was chocolate ice cream in a white polo shirt which was then a brown polka dotted polo shirt, a trip to the playground and a well deserved nap (for both parties).  After our nap, we played a bit, had dinner and then had a movie night.

Today was a trip to the pool at the gym, a trip to Macy’s (obviously I didn’t learn the “browsing” lesson from the day before or from the past year and a half), grocery store shopping and more outside play.  All in all it was a great weekend, but wayyyy too fast!

This week is the week that makes or breaks me.  An action packed final week in Pre-K, two graduations and lots of work stuff.  I suppose I should head off to bed so I can deal with all that, huh? :-)

Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Becky

May 27

On May 27th, I’m going to be a mess.  A sobbing, crying mess.  Those two little boys in the picture above are both graduating on the same day.  Both in red caps and gowns.  Granted, one is graduating from Pre-K and the other is graduating from High School, but what an emotional day it will be. 

Andrew’s Pre-K class is going to be performing a song during graduation.  We’re not supposed to know about it but as soon as I heard Andrew practice the words, I knew exactly what it was - “I’ve Had the Time of My Life”.  Andrew told me they are supposed to think of their mom and dad as they sing it.  Tissues, anyone?

The graduation season began last week when our “other” son graduated.  Blake and Alex have been friends for many years and I remember the early days of them playing x-box all night, eating all of the cookie dough when they thought no one was looking and being “kids” regardless of whether they were 10 or 18 .  Blake lived across the street from us and has gone through many personal issues in his 18 years.  He comes from a divorced family and so we’ve always been his second family.  He’s been like a son to both Keith and I.  We surprised him at his graduation on Thursday night and, of course, I cried as he was getting his diploma.  There were days I wasn’t sure if he was going to make it through High School but deep down inside, I knew he could and he would.  He’s heading off to college in the Fall and I couldn’t be any prouder.

So, we have graduation announcements to get out and a party to plan!  The stress is running high, but I’m trying to get myself to just slow down and smell the roses. :-)

I need ideas for teacher gifts – both pre-K and High School.  I’m sure there are many of you that have been there, done that and could give a girl some help! :-)

And one last picture… Andrew is now accessorizing on his own. :-)  This is what my son looks like after a day with his dad, purple gatorade and WAY too much sugar! :-)

Toodles!
Becky

Monster Spray

We have entered the “monster” and bad dream phase.  Andrew talks about monsters and his “list” every night before bed.  He started out trying to see where he could go with it… planning his bad dreams in advance by verifying he could come sleep in our bed if he was scared.  I was on to him and knew that as soon as the green light was given we were doomed. The crocodile tears cracked his daddy.  “Of course you can sleep in our bed if you wake up with bad dreams or wake up scared.”  And that, my friends, was the end of Andrew sleeping through the night.

Anywhere from midnight until three o’clock in the morning we will wake up to Andrew at the top of the stairs (we have a gate at the top with the master on the main) softly saying “Mommmmmyyyy… I’m scared.  Mommy?  MOOOOOMMMMMMYYYYY!!!!”  I then kick Keith, tell him to go get his son and roll over and go back to sleep.  With a child suction cupped to me.

In addition to a visit into our bed every night, Andrew sneaks into Alex’s room and hides under the covers 5 minutes after we put him to bed.  We found him one night when Alex dumped a pile of laundry on his bed and it moved.  Then a foot came out from under the covers.  No, not just under the covers but Andrew had put himself under a full length body pillow, a sheet and a comforter.  He was sweating up a storm (and fast asleep).  Apparently, he’ll go to many lengths in order to sleep anywhere but his own bed.

In order to combat the monsters and bad dreams, I came up with a brilliant idea.  Bad dream and monster spray!  Take an empty water bottle, make a secret mix (of nothing but water) and then before bed, spray it everywhere.  My brilliant idea worked for a night and then next night it was “MOMMMMMMMYYY” again.  Oh, how I love being called mommy, even at 3 am.

A little investigative reporting has led us to the monster, the cause of the bad dreams and the reason for waking up.  Callie the cat.  The torturous cat.  The cat who terrorizes Andrew (and who Andrew hissed at tonight).  Keith said that when he went to get Andrew last night, Callie was laying in his door way with this devilish grin.  It’s like a three ring circus around here!

How could anyone mess with a face like this?

           

Photos courtesy of a bag of topsoil and a sunny Sunday afternoon spent playing in a filthy wheelbarrow.  I always knew boys liked to get dirty, but this boy was DIRTY.  And you know what?  I loved it… little boys rock!

Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Becky

Senior Wars

We are less than a month away from Alex’s graduation.  A month.  I just spent the past hour in the hot tub talking to Alex and man, oh, man… I am going to miss that boy!! 

One of the school’s traditions is the Junior/Senior wars.  It involves toilet paper (lots of it) and anything else they decide to do.  We weren’t hit last year so imagine my surprise when I woke up one morning to this:

Keith thought it was the funniest thing ever and Andrew thought it was awesome.  We explained to him what was going on and he said “Let’s go get ‘em!”.  This boy is going to be trouble when he is a senior.  Lucky for me, I didn’t find the defrosted fish from the grocery market on the front step.

That night, Alex went to his first prom (his school prom is this Friday).  He went with his friend Lindsey who you might remember from last year.  She looked absolutely beautiful and Alex was a charmer, broken wrist and all.  (He broke his wrist on spring break when he fell snowboarding.)

Our schedule is packed full the next few weeks… Alex’s swim team is being honored by the board of Commissioners within our county, the Senior High Awards banquet, two AP exams (Calculus and Economics), final exams and then…. GRADUATION!!

It’s happening way too fast, but Alex is more than ready.  I’m excited to see him go through the next four years, but will miss him so much!

Toodles!
Becky

P.S.  Still going to the gym… and, oddly, I am loving it! :-)

Look out Sports Illustrated

… in 6 more months, surely I’ll be on the cover of the swimsuit edition, right??

The family joined the gym on Saturday and today was our first day going.  Let’s just say I have a LONG way to go before I make it as a bikini model especially considering the fact that it’s killing my arm muscles to even type this post. :-)

Anyone that knows me, knows I HATE working out.  I hate sweat, expending energy and walking in one spot for 60 mins.  So why join a gym?  Because liposuction hurts and there doesn’t appear to be a couch workout that is successful, as of yet.

Today I did about 45 mins cardio (treadmill and stair climber) and then headed to the pool to swim some laps.  You see, in high school, I was on the varsity swim team and was even captain.  There was no doubt that 15 years later I would be able to hop right in and swim without an issue.  Well, let me be the first to tell you that I was huffing and puffing after my first 25.  I managed to keep myself going for about 30 mins and then I crawled my way over to the hot tub to ease my aching muscles.

I picked Andrew up from child care (which is fabulous, by the way!) and then took him back to the pool.  He had an absolute blast until he realized he wasn’t allowed to ride on the slides because he can’t swim well enough.  He didn’t like that one bit and if my arms weren’t like a bowl full of jello, I would have picked him up and carried him out of there!  Thankfully, after a nice talking to, he calmed down.

I thought working out was supposed to energize you.  Instead, on the way home, I stopped and bought a Reese’s PB cup (I ate one, Andrew ate the other), I looked at the back of the package and realized I just negated my time on the treadmill so I came home and took a nap. :-)  I think I have a long way to go before I get into the swing of this whole working out/cutting back thing.  That Sports Illustrated thing might have to wait 6 years or so and by then gravity will have taken over.  Oh well, a girl can dream! :-)

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Becky

Unbelievable

Please keep the families waiting to adopt from Russia, those who have met their referrals and the Russian children in your thoughts and prayers as the United States and Russia try to settle the latest adoption mess.

I'm stunned, heartbroken for so many families and am hoping for the best for everyone. For those of you not sure what I'm talking about, you can read about it here.

To the waiting families - don't lose hope. I know it's hard and the not knowing is even more difficult, but just have faith. There are many, many of us that went through delays and uncertainty and we're here to support you in any way we can.

Hang in there everyone. Sorry to post something so heavy on a gorgeous Friday afternoon.

Hugs!
Becky

Long time, no post

Where have we been? What have we been doing? Well, SPRING HAS SPRUNG and we might have also entered summer for a day or two with temperatures reaching in the upper 80’s. Crazy weather so far this year!!

Since I don’t have the energy to write how about letting the pictures tell the story?

We played putt-putt and made faces with the bear statue.

We went to our friend Ilya’s birthday party and bounced our little hearts out.

We played baseball while wearing our silly hat.

We did yard work and picked up lots and lots of sticks!

We rode our bikes… safely, of course!

We practiced our “get the camera out of my face” smiles.

We colored Easter eggs.

We (Andrew) spent the day with Nana and Grandpa and went on an Easter Egg hunt.

Last, but not least… we stopped by the lake on our way home one evening. We wanted to stick our feet in the water to see how cold it was. Well, Andrew was inevitably soaking wet after saying “just one more step, k?” about 10 times. :-) The result? A naked ride home… (sorry for the poor quality – was taken with my bberry at dusk)

Hope everyone has had a great week!
Becky