Easter Egg Fun!

After Kira's nap and Dylan's "destroy-my-room" time, I decided to decorate easter eggs with the kids outside.  Kira's done it several times but this was Dylan's 1st time....last year he had no interest at all.  Of course, try telling a 3 year old to GENTLY DROP the eggs in......I'm pretty sure the ones he put in the dye all cracked....oh well, he had a fun!

Dylan's eggs.....

Kira's eggs.....

Spring Break day #3.....holy anxiety at the park for Mommy!

So we headed to the zoo this morning and got there right when it opened so that we could play on the playground before it got crazy busy.  Last year when we went in May, the kids really didn't venture up too far unless they had someone with them so it was pretty easy to take them.....ummmm, apparently they both got brave in the last few months because I couldn't keep up with them, I couldn't find Dylan because he would go up as high as he could and then there were several places to slide/climb out!  After about 45 minutes, it was getting crazy and the big kids were showing up so I decided that Mommy had had enough anxiety for one day and bribed the kids (mostly Dylan) out with a snack!!

This is the 1st thing Dylan did...and I knew I was in trouble.  Kira didn't get much further than that before she decided to find the steps!

Kira would have NEVER gone down this slide so quick last spring...

Kira was having quite the conversation with the giraffes....

And the tiger was pacing in front of the glass.....looking for a treat maybe??

The kids couldn't stop laughing at the tiger!  Love those giggles!

And don't you know that there's nothing funnier than a rhino's butt to a 3 year old.....

As the pattern has been the last few days, Eva was perfectly content in the stroller watching everything and hollaring "bro" and "is" (sis) when she saw them!  She loved the birds today but I didn't have a chance to take a pic of that because K and D HATED the noise in there.

I couldn't resist snapping this pic when we got home of Evie.  This was one of my favorite outfits that Kira had at this age and I was thrilled to see that it fit Eva too!  LOVE IT!

I'm thinking of dyeing Easter eggs with the kiddos after naps...we'll see how that goes! :-)

Spring Break day #2...

Not getting along quite as well because this is the face "the boy" has sported all day.....

Crabby, growly and naughty....

Kira was pretty good until she broke her whistle from Jer and Val...heartbreaking and sad but she's convinced she can get another one so I'll let her believe that one.

And Eva was just content to check out the new toy we are borrowing from a friend......realized AFTER I sold our exersaucer that I had nothing to sit her in outside except her stroller and highchair, neither of which really made her happy for long!  This worked today...we'll see if it continues!

Tomorrow?  Maybe the zoo if kiddo wake up with moods that would make for a FUN trip!! :-)

Pinwheels + parks = pooped out kids!

Today was the 1st day of Kira and Dylan's spring break.  We started out the day with a trip to WalMart to look for shoes for both of them.  I lucked out and think that I have shoes for Kira that will work with her braces....$10 instead of $70!  We'll see how that works out.  Dylan is excited about his new shoes too.  I decided they both needed a pair for church that aren't covered in dirt. ;-)

As we were walking through the store, they say pinwheels and went nuts over them.....$1 each and when we got home they played in the backyard for over an hour with them!  :-)

Later in the afternoon since neither kiddo took a nap (Eva did so we had to wait for her to wake up), we headed to the park.  I hadn't planned on taking so many pictures but I was amazed at some of the things Kira could do!  What a difference from last summer!!!

Kira led the way since we were going to "her" school.....Dylan kept hollaring at her to wait up to which she would tell him to walk faster!!  Kira walked from our house to the park which amazed me right away.

 She couldn't wait to show me how she could hang from this bar and pull her feet up...Mommy was pretty impressed with that one!

Dylan didn't like this bridge to begin with mostly because he fell everytime he tried to step down on it...he finally realized that Mommy knew what she was talking about when I told him to hold on to the rails as he stepped down!

Swinging on her belly and loving it!

Showing me her "monkey skills" again!...really, I can't believe she can do this!  Last summer in therapy we worked on it and she wouldn't hold on for more than a second...she made it to 5 and 6 seconds today!

"See Mommy!  I'm holding on and I didn't even fall!"

Ready to slide!

Trying to be like sissy!

Look at that concentration!

It took him about5 minutes to get this far and then he panicked about getting down.

And Eva was happy to be watching the action, eating her bagel until.....

She tried the swing for the 1st time...I would stop and she would say MORE! MORE! MORE! and sign more...but notice, we still have the bagel! :-)

And I was impressed that Kira could do this too.....

And by 7:30 PM tonight all 3 kids were in bed, asleep! :-)

Palm Sunday

This morning the kids got to be in a "parade" at church...waving palm branches and singing.  Kira was REALLY excited about it and Dylan was pretty much clueless.  He got pretty upset at the end when the organ came on, REALLY loud.  Luckily Jason was able to get up to the front of the church and take him from me so I could help Kira and the kids in my class!

Kira is right behind the girl in the pink and black dress.....

Here's a video of part of their song...pardon me moving around trying to get Kira in the video..... :-)

Cute Eva

I had gotten this crown for Eva to wear at her 1st birthday party...she screamed when I tried to put it on but now she loves it!

The big yellow school bus!

On Friday I got to go with Dylan on his 1st field trip and if I'm being 100% honest, I wasn't REALLY looking forward to it.  I'd been to the lamb farm with Kira twice but I wanted to be able to send J to the nature center in April so I went on this one!  What I didn't think about was that Dylan would be over the moon excited to ride the big yellow school bus....he was more excited about that than the farm!!

Soooooooooo excited!

Never quit talking...

I think every little boy in his class touched the "really big wheels!"

Trying to sneak a kiss....

I love you Mommy!

Today Dylan walked up to me as I was cleaning up from breakfast and out of the blue told me that he loved me.  He will always say it back to me after I say it but doesn't say it first very often.  So it melted my heart!!

I gave him a hug and asked this adorable, sweet little guy why he loved me....

"I said I love you so that you don't get upset when I tell you that I peed in my pants!  I really, really love you Mommy!"

They start so young......

I still love you Dilly Boy!

Confessions of a 3 year old....

Saturday night I was downstairs with Kira and Dylan...Jason was upstairs with Eva.  I was folding laundry when I heard Jason say, "Ummmm, I need your help up here."

I THOUGHT Eva must have made a terrible mess of some sort but I was ohhhhhhh so wrong.  I walked into the bathroom and there was 1 quart of Blustery Day blue paint all over the counter.  Yes, I freaked at first but then realized that it was still wet so that was a good thing.  As Jason and I are trying to figure out the best way to clean it up, we're also discussing who our prime suspect is.  I was fairly convinced that if Kira had done it, there would have been tears, screaming and basically mass hysteria....so that left "the boy!"

I went downstairs after the mess was cleaned up and asked Kira is she got the paint down and spilled it.  (It was sitting on top of my medicine cabinet on a towel.....which I thought was high enough but clearly, well, it wasn't.)  She said no and I knew she was telling the truth.

So I asked Dylan...his answer NOPE.  So then I went about it a different way....

Mommy: "Dylan, did you try to get the paint can off Mommy's shelf"

Dylan: "Nope."

Mommy: "Did you try to get the paint brush?  You need to tell Mommy if you did. (showing him my hands with paint all over)  The paint spilled and made a big mess and now I can't paint the bathroom.  Did you try to get the paintbrush?"

Dylan: "Nope."

Mommy: "Did you climb up on the counter?"

Dylan: "Nope."

Mommy: "Are you telling me the truth?"

Dylan: "Yep.  I'm not lying. I tried to get the towel to dry my hands.  I gotta go watch Snow White.  Wash you hands good Mommy!  You're a mess!"

That was the end of the conversation because I didn't really have much to say after that! :-)  I'm pretty convinced that he didn't even realize it was paint and that it didn't actually spill or start leaking out when he was there...if it had, I'm sure he would have FREAKED!  Of course, Jason's thought was that if he had known it was paint, we could have won money of America's Funniest Home videos because who knows what would have happened then!

Atleast I know now that Dylan knows the different between telling the truth and lying! :-)

Sooo..the bathroom isn't painted and Mommy learned that paint should be under lock and key!

BEFORE the snow....

We had some BEAUTIFUL weather and believe me, we took full advantage of it!  We took "adventures" around the neighborhood, trips to the zoo and lived in the backyard!  Hopefully the next few days will bring warm(er) weather again!!

Bubbles are a HUGE hit with Eva...Kira and Dylan love how it makes her squeel and laugh!

Not much room to actually PLAY in the sandbox!

Trying to find the tiger that he could hear roaring!  He was roaring back and giggling like crazy!

"I'll take of Eva Mommy!" ...as he pushed her toward the camels!

Time to stop for a snack...this is hard work walking around the zoo!

Dylan spent 99% of the time walking behind me...at his request!

Then we hit the park.....

A very sleepy, but content, Eva!

Ready to go home..she was asleep in about 10 seconds!