EASTER

it was a cold snowy one, but we'll take it. The pictures below highlight one of the Easter Egg hunts, as well as all of the kids going down the alley for an after dinner stroll. No, William is not barefoot. He just insisted on wearing his new flip flops for the hunt!

Monkey Island

Hannah did ot have school today, so i took all three kids to Monkey Island. Everyone (including the parents) can jump, run, slide & play on the inflatable "playgrounds". Good times were had by all.

Puppy Charlie

This video shows Hannah trying to get Charlie to perform various animal sounds, but Charlie just wanted to act like a dog. Acting like a dog is Charlie's new thing. When he gets excited or happy he sticks out his tongue and starts panting!

Skiing

Pace and I got a sitter for Charlie and took Hannah and Will skiing this weekend. We all had a blast! Hannah and William took to the slopes like fish to water. Hannah said she is hooked. I could kick myself for not getting video of them - especially Will, who by the end of the day, was going down the bunny hill by himself! I did, however, get a few photos...

HANNAH

This blog hasn't really given appropriate attention to our oldest, Hannah, who (as a normal 4th grader) spends a good amount of her time at school, doing homework, or practicing. She is growing to be such a sweet young lady (not a far departure from the sweet young girl she was a short while ago). I was sick a few days last week & don't know that I would have gotten through it without Hannah. She was so quick and happy to help. She also has a gift with the boys: Hannah can play "teacher" and the boys fall right into line and all play happily together for an hour! She is a great sister, daughter, and young person.

Valentine's Day Cookies

We sent out packages of cookies to some friends and family this year. Below are pictures of Will being silly with a cookie cutters (which we didn't end up using). He was helping me with the first batch while Charlie was sleeping and Hannah was at school. Will is an expert mixer and cookie sugarererer-er. He asked to have pictures taken like this, so I thought it should be posted.

Red-Shouldered Hawk

The hawk you see in this picture swooped down and attacked a pigeon sitting on our fence. It was crazy! You can see the mess of feathers behind the hawk. I have posted the least disgusting of the photos taken as well as a video Hannah took once the Hawk flew into a nearby tree. (Our neighbor Alexis is the other little girl you hear in the video). I was slightly creeped out being that close to an attack (and in our own backyeard), but Pace and the kids were totally into it!