School Concerts

The night of school concerts is kind of the worst thing ever, in my opinion. They shove a billion people in a hot gym that has no air conditioning to watch a *cough* first rate performance of everyone's child. We all survived, though. And both kids did great. We even got some decent pictures of them. Andres was in a goofy mood and Addie was just having a great time because she loves to sing and perform.

Recent Shenanigans

Just a little peek into our world for the last little while.

 We went to visit Dad at work and the kids wanted to be wrapped in the papooses. I don't think you're supposed to be so happy when you're in those things.

Jason has been studying a lot lately, which is not the funnest for anybody. But the great part is that this will be the last time he will be studying for a big test like this! Ever! Woohoo! The end is in sight.

18 months!

Eliana turned 18 months old on Easter Sunday and I've been feeling a little neglectful on writing down her milestones. With the other kids, I was in the habit of posting on here frequently and there was a lot more of the day-to-day details of them as little kids. I am sorry Eliana, but that did not happen for you. I did post things on Facebook and Instagram, but there is nothing here. So, I thought I'd post about all the fabulousness that you are right now. Because right now, you are pretty darn adorable.

You love to climb and actually get yourself in a lot of trouble doing so. I have to make sure there no stools or chairs in the kitchen or you will find a drawer that contains dangerous things and try to throw them on the floor. You also love hanging out at the Lego table with your brothers. You like to stand there and even though you can't put them together, you will take them all apart and act as if you know what you are doing as you move the Legos around like your brothers do.

Oddly enough you really like to clean out your toes. When we take your socks off, you very meticulously pick in between each of your toes to get all the fluff out. It's adorable but also kinda weird.

You are starting to be very expressive. Your vocabulary seems to increase daily. You are also very vocal in letting us know when you are happy and when you are not.

You are getting pretty good at being grumpy. One of the words you say the most right now is "Stop!" and it is usually to one of your siblings when they are smothering you because you're just so cute.

You really love your dad a lot. You get excited when he comes home, and sometimes when he's really busy you get excited if you get to see him in the morning.

You also really love slides...

...and hugs (you give really good ones)...

...and snuggles (which I hope you don't outgrow anytime soon).

Easter 2017

Our Annual Easter pictures. Much to Jason's chagrin, I decided to do all florals. The tie he is wearing is the most floral I could get (insert eyeroll). I personally think the boys ties are awesome and thought it was fun to have to the whole family in something similar. Oh well.

Easter Egg Hunt

This year, I got to go to the neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt. Addie was sick and was quite upset that she didn't get to go. They had different age groups, so I was trying to run around to each one to get pictures of everyone. The 0-2 age group had about 10 kids Eliana's age and then 1 giant 2 year old, who picked up all the eggs before the parents could help the little ones figure out what they were doing. Luckily, her brothers got A LOT of eggs and put some out just so she could pick some up.

There were prizes and lunch for everybody. It was a lot of fun, and we're definitely going to miss this next year.

Park Day with Aunt Kim

Aunt Kim flew into Detroit to do some business nearby and we were lucky enough to get to spend a bit of time with her! It was unusually warm so we went to the park where we played in the sand, Andres got to play some soccer and we learned that Eliana loves the slide.

Wax Museum at School

Addie has been excited about this Wax Museum project since the 3rd graders did it last year. She decided to study and portray Jane Goodall. It's been fun for all of us, and surprisingly hard to find interesting women from history. She did a great job and had a lot of fun.