Contents of my pockets

I just emptied out the pockets of my raincoat.  Relieving them of the burdens that they accumulated during the last 2 days.  Contents were as follows:

one Kleenex, unused but crumpled

one grocery list

one gummy frog toy

one green match box car

Happy Mommas

Mother's day fun...

R's little friend and his Mummy (my friend)Grammie with R and A

R with Grammie and Nana

I should mention this is the preschool mother's day tea, and the kids were dressing up for a little fashion show. R is a king and A is a knight.

Me and my Mum

Me and my oldest sweetie

I received many lovely handmade treasures for Mother's day, and of course the gift of a weekend away!

a princess indeed

Our princess turned one last week. I remember her popping out like it was yesterday, ahh, paramedics and firefighters, Daddy catching her, the whole bit. And what a joy she has been to us all year with her sweetness and affection. She gives great hugs, has 6 teeth, has been walking since Easter Monday, she loves to watch the boys, and likes to take the tupperware out of the cupboard. She loves to cuddle and thinks R's antics are hilarious. She likes to carry a purse though even my smallest purse is gigantic for her. She is so light we can't turn her carseat forward yet, and her socks don't have treads because she is still wearing 3-6 month socks!
These first few pics are her dedication at church.
Below are the details of her princess party. We played pin the fire on the dragon, and the kids decorated their crowns. They got bubble guns instead of goodie bags, which was a big hit since it was sunny. And we had hot dogs, potato salad and chips for lunch. All in all it was low key, and fun.

Our house as a castle

Fabulous cake by Uncle G

Auntie L, the photographer, gets some cake

Princess L

King K, King R wouldn't sit still!

Queen A

Truckin'

Uncle D bought a new truck. It's big. Really big. And it came to live at our house for about a week so he and Grandad could build shelves in it.
I guess you could say the boys were a bit excited about it.
But that would definitely be an understatement.
K loves to drive. And this is pretend driving at it's best.

Click on these bottom 2 pics to make them bigger. The expressions are priceless.

Easter pics

As always a little late, here is our Easter fun.

finding eggs

following clues

discovering our treasures

L got a mixer and cookies

the boys got cameras (from Grammie)

and chocolate pirate ships

Arrrr!
Happy (belated) Easter

I knew it was TOO quiet... (aka time to put baby locks on the pantry)

We were all in the kitchen, I was reading, they were out of view behind the pantry door.
Wow, they are playing so nicely together, that's great.
Ok, why did they suddenly go silent?
Ahh, hot chocolate powder, a nice pre-lunch snack.

At least he was sharing....

I guess this calls for a post-lunch bath.

Monkeys!

Hanging out in the sun

We have loved the sun this week. Well, I have. The kids are sick-ish and have not tolerated the cold at all. So, we have watched the sun from inside the house or car. We went for a walk Tuesday, but I consider it a failed attempt at getting out, since everyone cried on and off all the way to the park. Then at the park they all cried so we left and came straight home. It was an hour of fresh air, but it was not relaxing. But yesterday afternoon I convinced them to try going out again. It was so lovely. But cold.
This little one toddled down the driveway making me laugh. The guy delivering the paper laughed out loud when he saw her too, and some people walking their dog ohhed and ahhed, presumably at her cuteness. I got a video, it's hilarious.
Next some group shots....


So that is it, we rode bikes around the driveway, we played with sticks, we let the sun soak in to us a bit. It did me good.
Oh, and I decided K needs a better bike. Maybe he will inherit R's when June rolls around...