Lots of whining, a little temper tantrum and....

Now.....keeping fingers crossed that she KEEPS doing this!!!!

Comfy Eva?

Eva really loves....

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY.....

Ahhhhh the midwest.....

This is what we woke up to this morning.......April 8th!  I took this pic around noon so it's melting but still....I'm over snow!  Even Kira asked if summer was over!!

Eva Ruth....

THIS SWEET,

SILLY,

ADORABLE,

GIGGLY,

13 1/2 MONTH OLD LITTLE GIRL.....

REALLY, REALLY, REALLY needs to figure out a way to sleep through the night....or atleast limit her waking times to once night.  Mommy loves you sweet Evie but you are pushing me to the point of exhaustion.  Please, sweet girl, Mommy will still be here in the morning, I promise.  You don't need to wake up multiple times to be sure that I'm here.  I love to cuddle but I PROMISE that we will have plenty of cuddle time during normal waking hours.  Sleep is good. Sleep is your friend and Mommys too.  Sleep sweet girl, sleep!!

(Just a short memo to Eva!!) :-)

Easter weekend....

FRIDAY

We headed to Iowa on Friday morning.  Kira and Dylan were pretty excited to go see Grandma and Grandpa.  They always start asking as soon as we're in the car if we're in Iowa yet....you'd think after as many trips to Iowa as they have taken they would have it a little figured out!! ;-)

We stopped at McDonald's and were surprised to see Dylan take off and climb up in the playplace!  Go Dylan!

SATURUDAY

Saturday was Grandma Judy's birthday so the kids had fun wishing her Happy Birthday multiple times and giving her flowers.  And of course, they were excited about the cake too!!!

They also knew that Saturday held Easter fun....we planned on doing our easter egg hunt since we needed to get on the road after lunch on Sunday!  After Mommy had lunch with a friend and the kids took naps, it was time!!  They were excited to have fun gifts from Woods to open...all were a hit!  And of course, Grandma and Grandpa had a little something too!!

Waiting to see what Grandma had for them....

A monster truck was a big hit!

Looking good Kira!

Sweet Eva!

Waiting to look for eggs!

Saturday night after Kira and Dylan were in bed, Jason and I went out for dinner......we knew Eva was about ready to go to sleep and this is what we found when we got home about an hour later.....

SUNDAY

The kids couldn't wait to see what the Easter Bunny brought them...ZhuZhu pets were and still area  huge hit!

Jason and Kira went to church and I stayed at the house with Dylan and Eva.

My handsome little man!

My sweet Eva....

Just few of our attempts to get a picture of all 3 together.....

Spring break day #4....playdough, picnic and possible breaking of child labor laws..

We started out today making playdough which turned out to be a great idea because it kept both kids happily playing for almost 2 hours....

Someone seems to finally be over the fear of Mr Potatohead too!

Eva just liked being outside!

Then we decided that 75 degree weather was perfect for a picnic outside!

Eva ate for over an hour because she kept getting distracted with noises, birds, squirrals, etc.

Dylan was "taking my order!"

I kept laughing at his too long shorts, huge t-shirt and backwards hat!!!  All boy!

Eva still eating..... ;-)

Then after naps, they wanted their water table set up so I told them to work on cleaning the chairs and tables while I got it ready.......

Dylan cleaned the watertable once I had it set up...

And then the fun began....

Mommy is tired! :-)  Off to make dinner and pack to head to Iowa tomorrow morning...somehow not much got done today!!