A girl and her hat

L has a new found love for this hat. Grandpa picked it out for her at Bass Pro Shop last summer and now she loves it. She doesn't leave home without the hat.

This is L with her three must haves--pacifier, baby, and hat--waiting to go for a walk

Next, we have L first thing in the morning. Seriously, we were out of bed maybe 5 minutes and she already put on her hat, found her baby, picked up a ball, and put on W's shoes (his shoes are another L favorite).

After church, she is still wearing the hat and playing a little t-ball. She did not bring the hat into church--that was surprising.

And today, she wore the hat all the way through W's soccer practice and on the way home.

Dauset Trails

Easter weekend we went to the "Bluebirds and Bluegrass" festival at Dauset trails. That kicked off with an egg hunt for the children. They had the opportunity to visit with the Easter Bunny W went willingly. L, on the other hand, gave the bunny the stare down
Dauset Trails is a beautiful area full of nature trails and animals for viewing. L was so cute--she really loves animals so much. She oohed and aahed over every animal she saw. But, I think her favorites were the pigs. They were like her kindred spirits the way they rolled in the mud and got all dirty. I think she really would have rolled around in the mud with them given the opportunity. Before leaving the pig area, L had to have an immediate wipee bath and a change of clothes. She had a little bit too much mud splatter from the pigs and smelled terrible!

Opening Ceremonies

Today was the opening of baseball seasoning--starting at 8 a.m.--that was a little early. All the teams paraded onto the field--the older children were obviously a little more orderly about this. The 3 and 4 years old did a pretty terrific job listening and staying in place. They were especially cute during the presentation of colors and the national anthem with their hats held across their chests. Today was just suppose to be parading on the field and typically pictures (who knows what happened to that)--the 3-4 years old don't usually play any games. But, late yesterday afternoon we found out that they would play two mini games. So, after opening ceremonies we went straight to our field and played the first "game" of the season. The way it works--every child gets an at bat and every child plays the field. When they are in the field, there has to be a parent for each child and when they are at bat, a parent for each base. These games were such cute chaos--all the children were a little lost. William, in particular, ran from home plate to first base then to the pitcher's mound instead of second base.
The boys couldn't help but cut loose when the music starting playing at the end opening ceremonies. They were so funny. William is the short one (that is funny to say because he is so tall) dancing between the tall boys.

Easter Morning

 

This morning started early. W woke up a little after 6 a.m. At first, I was a little perturbed by this. Then, realizing he wasn't going back to sleep, I figured we might as well go to the sunrise service at church that started at 7 a.m. So, we got up and threw ourselves together and scurried off to church. W and L both attended the service and did surprisingly well. The donuts and orange juice probably helped with that.
When we got back, they got their Easter baskets. W had a new Thomas movie and some sugar free gum--he was happy with finding just those two things, never mind all the chocolate and candy. L, on the other hand, could not overlook the candy and took straight away to eating her candy--she was partial to the jelly beans and tootsie rolls. Next, the egg hunt in Grandparents yard. L barely had a chance to get any eggs since W was so fast and more experienced. She was able to get ahead at times because William has to open up every egg to see what's inside.

Dyeing eggs

This was L's first time dyeing eggs for easter. W, at his ripe age of 3 1/2, is an experienced egg dyer. L loved everything about it--dropping the egg in, spinning the egg to make the color even; they were like her little babies the way she wanted to tend to them. So, she was very angry when W moved the eggs from the dye to the plate--as you can see in the last video.

W likes to try out lots of instruments--piano, guitar, harmonica, trumpet, drum, recorder--those are the instruments he has tried so far. This is W trying out Grandma's violin. I asked him if he wanted guitar or violin lessons. He chose violin, hands down

L loves roughing up the penguin. This must be the way she treats her "friends" at school--except they just don't seem to bounce back up like penguin. L has actually not initiated any attacks on her friends in a few weeks. Although, she did bring her baby to school one day and fearlessly guarded her all day.