Thursday, April 09, 2009

The 4th Annual Easter Egg Hunt

The 4th Annual Easter Egg Hunt took place today on the neighborhood trail. We gathered at our place for a light dinner and then it was off to the races!


They ran and ran and ran. It was speed hunting!

I MADE then stop for a picture!


"Look Mom, a troll lodge."
(We call this the troll bridge and I think she's thinking beaver lodge type structure.)

The opener and...

the dumper.








Tuesday, April 07, 2009

What's That Noise?

While working on the computer last night, I heard this loud, cracking noise. I thought Ellie was eating something, but when I looked out our front window I saw this beast eating our crab apple tree!

26 Feet O' Fun!

Our 'new-to-us' travel trailer arrived from Homer!
Maren loves her top bunk!
The double bed next to the kitchen.

The eating nook


We can't wait for summer!





Girls in Dresses

On their way to Jonah's dress-up birthday party!

Thursday, April 02, 2009

Dot Art


Sadie bites off more than she can chew.

Speed Dot
by Sarah

"More Mama"
by Sadie
(We eventually added about 25 dot sickers- she loved sticking them onto the paper!)
Monster Dot
by Maren




Celebrating Who We Are

Ms. Deb (Maren's teacher) lets the kids create a bulletin board that shares something about who each child is. This week is Maren's turn. What a fun project to do! Maren led the charge! She chose what to share and what to say and what to display. She even helped me construct it. She did all the typing, sorted through and selected all the pictures and chose what she wanted to let her classmates know. I love the words she chose to describe herself and her illustration of her favorite things ( hard to see) Hooray, her favorite stuffed toy and chinese food, her favorite meal. She insisted on including all the flies she made made with her Dad. We also had to hang her dragon and her phoenix. What an opportunity to learn about what your kid is thinking!

We LOVE Bouncin' Bear!
















Duct Tape Things




The Easter Gnomes are Coming!