Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Strawberry Picking

We hit the strawberry fields this morning with some friends from church. Still not sure how many of our strawberries are edible, but I know Andrew had fun grabbing them!


We tried to institute the "only red ones" rule, then we had to add "the big red ones"



Matty wanted to help too


We "may" have eaten some along the way! Now what to do with them??







Silliness!

Little Matthew thinks that walking should only be done in the tub, God help us!
We've made hair styling part of bath time, this look courtesy of Andy!



How many people/animals need to watch the garbage man? 4 days a week






Easter 2011

Easter 2011 was so much fun, all the family came to us, so lucky. We had the Wagners, the Somars, and the Noonans in town. This was our attempt at a family pic, I'm sure there are about 20 copies, hopefully someone got something good!


Our church separates the kids by age group, makes the egg finding interesting (see below)!


there is supposed to be a 12 egg minimum (unfortunately, most candy has some kind of nut in it, so I think Andy could only have candy from one of his eggs, fortunately, we were prepared)


Matt knew just what to do!


An attempt at a family photo









Yellow River Farm

What a fun Saturday morning activity, Brian found this really great farm/ranch that rehabilitates animals, and the second you walk out the door, there are deer to greet you! So amazing! They supply corn, carrots, crackers, etc to feed the animals. We walked around for about an hour on a great trail!


Andrew wasn't afraid at all, he loved it! We're thinking it might have something to do with our dogs (horses) at home!


Matthew was a trooper, he didn't mind the deer in his face; however, he was a little hesitant to give up his cracker, he was happier eating them!


After the farm, we grabbed some lunch, and the boys were out!






Friday, April 8, 2011

Slacker Mommy

I have realized that my guilt for working on the blog really takes over after about a month! I think about it often, and know that I should contribute more, but it just doesn't happen. I know that my memory will not hold everything that we are seeing on a daily basis, and can only hope that my guilt really pushes me to record more videos, take more pictures, and write down these stories. God knows there are way more memories than I have contributed. I'll work on it, hold me to it!


Of course, I was slow on the uptake here. The boys are starting to play together more and more, and they had gone from the playroom down the hall each pushing their own truck, so cute! And, yes, Matt will follow Andrew anywhere! These fun shirts are from Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Mike, somehow we were able to get them sitting together for a picture, we'll work on smiles for next time!
This is from a few months ago, but it had us both laughing quite hard. After a delicious Mexican dinner, Andrew decided that he needed to bring some free chips home. He found the ziploc bag that we had brought grapes in, and packed himself a little to go bag!

A Real Haircut, Oh No!

We finally decided that Matty was ready (or at least his hair was) for a real haircut, Snipits here we come! Sadly, for poor Matt, he is not a fan of strangers; therefore, he spent about 15 minutes screaming while his little hairs were chopped. The nice haircut lady assured me that most kids have this reaction, and she too was ok with the crying! This about sums it up
Had to get him out of the chair and away from the "stranger" before we could get an after shot!