Another Major Block Tower

A perfect rainy-day activity- massive block tower building!

James with his latest creations.

Children's Fair in Chico

This time of year for a teacher is very chaotic, so I have been absent from my poor, neglected blog for quite a while now. I'm back though and ready to update my blog with recent pictures of all the fun we've been having! I might not write much since I'm trying to get caught up, I'll let the pictures will do the talking for me...

A few weeks ago we took the kids to a Children's Fair in Chico at the Downtown Park. James had his face painted like a tiger and was so impressed with himself for the rest of the day!"Can I have a mirror, Mommy?"

James stared at himself in my little mirror the whole day.

Owen, James & Charli tooting their new whistles.
Charli got a beautiful unicorn that looked like a pig painted on her cheek.

Owen was very excited about all of the Play-Dough, bubbles, stamps, and other hands-on activities offered at the Children's Fair.

Girl's Spa Weekend Coming Up in May!!

I can't get over how EXCITED I am about the girl's spa weekend we have planned for Mother's Day weekend! A group of my best girlfriends and I are going to Reno for two nights to bond, laugh, and relax. We're taking Brooke to Babies-R-Us, having lunch, spending the afternoon at a fabulous spa, and celebrating Kristi's Bachelorette Party! We haven't seen Kristi in almost a year- since Brooke & Jake's wedding, so it is awesome that she can make it. I can't wait to post pictures on my blog from this unbelieveable trip in a few weeks!

The Easter Bunny Came To Our House Today!

The boys were genuinely shocked and surprised to find "millions of eggs" (as James states) hidden all around our house this morning! Jason's working nights and got home around 7:30 this morning, just in time to see the boys discover the baskets in the living room and to watch the boys hunt for eggs all over the house before he went to bed for the day.

Easter at Grandma Sally & Grandpa Mike's House

On Easter we usually spend the day at Sally & Mike's house. The boys love getting dressed up and spending the day with family.All dressed up & excited to find that the Easter Bunny visited Grandma & Grandpa's house too Alina stole a celery stalk while Jessica made the veggie platter!

Owen & Alina love each other so much- they crack each other up!

Poor Alina wasn't feeling well at all. The boys and I decided to make cupcakes to decorate & share.

Owen helped me with mixing the batter.

James decorated each cupcake with care.

We shared the cupcakes with our friends & neighbors.Blowing bubbles in the drivewayJUMPING!

Owen, Owen, Owen...

I should know by now that when it's quiet in my house, something is up. Once again, after a quiet little bit, I discovered Owen into something. This time, he decided he needed his hair to be combed- and very wet. Looks nice, huh?

Dyeing Easter Eggs

I spread out a sheet of plastic and let the boys go to town with the Easter eggs yesterday!All the pretty colorsOwen was very proud of his egg dyeing work.Can you tell which eggs Owen were reponsible for? He cracked about half of the eggs before we were done. Poor boy, he just couldn't resist!
Messy hands & another cracked egg...

James was serious about his work.

The boys got camo easter egg kits from their neighbor friend, Belle.

Notice all the cracked eggs?

So proud!