Here Comes Peter Cotton Tail. . .

Well folks, it is Easter! All are napping (except Walker) and this is a good time to let you know how the big day went. First of all, a big THANK YOU to Aunt Tracy who came through this week with some super cute easter presents for the kids! Walker got his first. He got some Wiggles wrist bands (he took them to school the next day, very stylish I must say) and a Spiderman drawing pad with those magic ink markers to color (my favorite kind of coloring utensil since I have a very Avant Garde crayon design throughout the downstairs of the house courtesy of each of my children at some stage of toddlerhood). Lauren got a Barney doll to cuddle which she did right then and there as she was eating her dinner! Brady got the most popular, the Wiggles keyboard! He has to lay on his tummy to play it, what a nut! The kids were over the moon, especially after my boss (Ms. Kelli) bought them each a book from our Scholastic book fair for Easter! You would think that all of the bunny's work was done, but Easter had some good surprises for them! Lauren got a Princess book set with a read along CD (the most expensive of the bunny's gifts, but Daddy bunny said she was worth it, can you tell she's a Daddy's girl?) as well as some flip-flop looking slippers. She is always slower to analyze and realize what she has gotten. She wore the slippers to nap and Daddy has read her two of the books. Brady boy got a board book with some animal sounds which he enjoyed. Walker is always the one to get into the excitement of the holiday. He campaigned hard for a certain DVD from the Easter bunny, so I was a little nervous when the bunny got him something entirely different. The bunny got him one of those old school hopper balls (you know with the handle and you literally bounce yourself crazy). It has Spiderman on it. Wouldn't you know that he has not stopped bouncing all morning? Seriously. He even said he had always wanted one of those (he had no concept of what it was until he laid eyes on it this morning!). Needless to say, it all seemed to go over well. Lauren and I both are festive with purple nail polish and will be ready to go later to Debbie's house for the rest of the festivities. With all that said, it has been a pretty good weekend and we are getting excited for spring to hop back into some outdoor fun!

The Other Side of the Mountain

As you may already know, I am now on the other side of the mountain. I am officially in my 30s. What a thrill. Things look pretty much the same right now, so I guess that's the way it goes. On to the kids:
Walker is loving swim lessons, but looking forward to possibly doing baseball when swimming is done. He has been very philosophical lately and we have had long talks about death, good vs. bad choices and whatnot. Then he turns around and sings a song Lauren likes and substitutes all the words with poop, pee and fart. So, maybe he is not the most mature philosopher.

Lauren- My girl. She is loving the kitty kat her uncle got her for her birthday! She loves to pretend she is me reading books to her animals and babies. She LOVES her Barney videos. She is getting very spontaneous with "I love yous" and hugs which is soooooo sweet. Her new thing is to wipe off my kisses to get me to tickle her. She also likes to pick and choose when she is 3. If she wants to be carried, she is 2. If she wants me to let her do it herself, she is 3.

Brady-My little big boy. He literally is not much smaller than Lauren now. He is getting to the age where he's cute and he knows it. He is in a MAJOR Wiggles phase now. He is also a lover. He loves to lean in for kisses and hugs even with his siblings! But if you tell him "no" he sucks in his lips and starts to pout BIG TIME! He is growing soooo fast!

Well, here are some pictures from school so you can see what they do!