Beautiful Day

Today was just one of those days.  Not a thing in the world to complain about, just blessings abound.  BEAUTIFUL weather.  Nothing on the calendar (other than church).  A few hours of alone time to get a pedicure followed by family time at the golfing range.  Davis had a blast.  Hanna had more fun finding rocks. 

 Davis is using some old clubs Vince had that he cut down for him a few years back.  He is almost too tall for them now.

Clearly, Hanna is using Vince's putter.  Putting was her second favorite after the rocks.  Mainly because there were small flags in the holes.  

Spring Fling

Friday night was Spring Fling at Hanna's preschool.  It's a fundraiser event where the school raises money for Make-a-wish foundation.  There were lots of activities.  Pony rides, photo booths, games, dance-a-thons, food, face painting and braided hair.  If you saw her at church today, you know what I am talking about.  It was a good family night out.  The weather couldn't have been better either.

Donut on a rope.  The trick is you can't use your hands.  It was tricky and lots of fun!

Silly!

Davis' 7th Birthday Party

Davis managed to make it to his birthday party (after being sick the day before), but unfortunately for him, he relapsed.  Poor guy.  He managed to have a good time at his party, but you could tell he was low on energy.

Every year has been fun, a little more than the year before.  It is THE best thing to see your children grow, become independent thinkers and express themselves.  Mostly I love that he still thinks I am the best mom in the world.  He says that, I'm not making that up.  Just ask him.  I cling to it, because I know that won't always be the case.  

Here is my best effort to try and capture a photo of him to remember him just the way he was at 7 years old.  (+/- 10 days or so).  :-)

My children's feet

I have always had an obsession of capturing my kids hands and feet in photos.  I don't know why.  I guess for me its the clearest evidence that my kids are growing.  Faster than I prefer.  It's such a quandary.  I want them to grow up so they can dress themselves, to make their own juice, start their own movies, but in the same vein, I can't stand it that they are growing up.  I have included a photo of Davis' feet/foot in each of his yearly photo books.  I am now trying to do the same for Hanna.  Here is the latest from a joint bath session when I was trying to get baths done quickly (before leaving for somewhere we were supposed to be by a certain time).  Except on this particular day, I realized I had an opportunity.  I was easily distracted, grabbed my camera and caught this picture of their feet side by side since the light coming in the bathroom window happened to be really bright on that morning.

Really?

Davis is sick.  He has a fever.  He got up in the middle of the night last night and lost his dinner.  He has been able to keep liquids down since about 10 am today.  Tomorrow he turns 7.  It just doesn't seem right to be sick on your birthday.  Obviously, there are a lot of things that could be much worse, but I'm his mom and well, frankly, I don't ever want him to hurt.  I am hoping that whatever bug bit him, it only has staying power for 24 hours (or less).  Fingers crossed he will be over the hump with another night under his belt.  We have a roller skating party to go to tomorrow!

Feel better soon, Davis.  Want another popsicle?

Easter Outfits

I know Easter is MUCH more than the cute outfits, but it certainly is one of my favorite holidays to take photos of the kids.  

Thanks to Aunt Lauren and Uncle Nick, they stocked an easter basket full of candy and today, complete with bunny glasses.  The kids got a kick out of them.

Easter Egg Hunt at Church

There is nothing like a good egg hunt. Unfortunately for us, the kids had to wait an extra day due to showers on Saturday so we had the hunt on Sunday.   The event was well worth the wait.  They had fun, and found lots of eggs (candy).  The fellowship and crafts were fun too.  

What are boys to do while they wait for the "green light"?  Play with their baskets of course!

Little sister always follows big brothers lead.

 Waiting for "GO"!

There she goes!

Davis taking time to pose for me.

Sorting the bounty. 

Silly Hanna

While we were at soccer practice last week for Davis, Hanna made a new discovery.  She decided to  roll down a steep hill close to the practice field and proceeded to have a blast.  I had to capture a few videos of the fun.  She did this NO less than 20 times.  She slept like a log that night!  Luckily, I had brought my new birthday camera (Canon S100) with me to try and test different settings.

Booked Davis' 7th Birthday Party Today

Taking a stroll down memory lane thinking about how fast 7 years can go by.  

 

Busted!

Hanna has been doing great going to bed on her own, not begging to sleep with us and crying when we say "no".  However, she just isn't tired when we put her to bed at 8 p.m.  We can hear her upstairs jumping out of bed, going to her bathroom, and all sorts of other things to pass the time away.  Last night when I went to bed to kiss her goodnight (a ritual I do for both kids before I head to bed) this is what I found.  I had to capture the memory.  The cutest thing is, she is snuggling with her Llama Llama book.  She has all of them and LOVES them all.  Too cute!

Yes, her bed is a mess, but if you ask her all of her stuff animals are essential and I can tell you she snuggles with them all.  She is good about rotating the love around.