Clean Up, Clean Up

Why is it that when your kids are 4 and 1.5, they fight over who gets to help clean.. dusting, vacuuming.. it does not matter.. I know that when they are 14 and 15, I will be fighting with them to get their help....
For now.. I will enjoy their enthusiasm and use it to my advantage...


In the picture below, Shannon is waiting-oh-so-patiently for her turn, can't you tell? oh, she is so fun!!!

The Portland Children's Museum

Today we went up to the Portland Children's Museum to meet up with Aunt Kim and Cousin Brett for a visit. We had not been to this museum before and all I can say is WOWOWOOW... lots to do and see, and LOTS of kiddos.



Ok, really? Who thinks teaching kids to undo locks is a good idea? Aren't these designed to keep the kiddos safe and inside??


One of the coolest rooms was the construction zone room.. lots of stuff to dig in, and I was glad it was not sand!!!



Allie and Shannon were encouraging Cousin Brett to crawl into the treehouse... of course, he did.. :)



The kiddos had a great time, and we even went to Red Robin for lunch afterwards. Shannon did need a 3 hour nap to recover!! It was great to spend time with Kim and Brett!!

The Lemonade Stand

For some reason, today Allie decided she was going to have a lemonade stand. ( Apparently she saw it recently on an episode of Olivia). So, she made some lemonade (we had to be sure it was not too sour, she said). Then she made her sign, and a stand. And outside we went.



Only problem.. it was a rainy windy Oregon day.... not too many folks are around for lemonade in this weather.

Catching Up on April Happenings

So, April has been full of fun little events.

First, we had friends over for dinner and they brought over baby kittens, which the girls got to bottle feed. They loved it.




We enjoyed a few sunny days in April, and even had a chance to picnic on the front lawn.


Also, the girls were very helpful in planting our herb seeds.... now, hopefully they will grow and we will have a plentiful herb garden.



Shannon's hair is growing.... so much, that I am able to do two pigtails (well, mostly)... it is cute look. She is also fascinated by momma's phone...



And last weekend, an old dear friend came to visit and Allie beat her at Candyland. Allie did promise to go slower for the next game...

We also headed up to Seattle to see more friends... :)

Boy, it has been a blur of a month!!!!

Go Beavers

We decided to head to Corvallis to attend a Beaver Baseball game.... and then stay the night.

We were blessed with good weather and a great game.. though I neglected to get my camera out. Luckily, Allie drew a picture for us...
(Mommy Brag: Ok, so check out the details. You can clearly see the Mitt, ball and bat. She was hoping for fireworks at each hit, but that didn't happen, but she added it to her picture. She drew this before the game, mind you!! What detail!!)

The next morning we enjoyed some playtime at a park before lunch and heading home.





Sometimes I really miss that town....

Happy Easter

It is Easter!! Happy Easter to each of you! We hope your day was full of Blessing!!! We have had a great day so far!!




After getting up, we headed to Church for breakfast, attend service then the fun Easter Egg Hunt!!. The girls got wayyyyyyyy too much candy at this hunt!!!


At home, the got to really check out the eggs..

During the later service, the Sunday School Kids sang a song (see previous post of video). After Church, we came home and the girls found a surprise!! Easter Baskets (well, not baskets, but they didn't notice).


Shannon's favorite was the ball, of course...


And Allie was excited to get a new skirt (such a girl) and a new movie!!


Happy Easter. He is Risen!!

Easter Sunday School Performance

Getting caught up

Ok, so I have been busy and got behind in my posting... but luckily for me, you can post and back date... :) So, now I am all caught up in one day, and it looks like I never missed a beat.

Easter Egg Coloring

This is the first year we have let the girls color Easter Eggs.... And I think it was worth the wait. They are both really into coloring these days (Allie is especially interested in drawing right now), so the eggs turned out great. We found these color tip things that they used like markers, and then we also soaked some of the eggs.

Easter Cookies

Allie and I decided to make some Easter Sugar cookies that she would decorate with her friend Sadie when she came to visit. So, away we went..



After the cookies were done, we had to wait one whole day before Sadie arrived and we could begin decorating... it was a long day for Allie. Finally the time arrived..


Time to enjoy the work.....

Visitors

This past couple weeks have been super busy... Papa came to visit, and Aunt Shasta and her family. Then after Aunt Shasta came, our good friend Sarah came with her two little ones. So, it was a full house.. but tons of fun to have so many kids to play with.

Shannon and Keane are just two weeks apart in age.... they didn't really play together, per say.. but they sure did have fun...

Allie is six months older than Sadie and the two of them had a great time playing together. They managed to play outside and get very dirty often, resulting in bath times.... which they loved. at one point, all four little ones got in!!!



Of course, we had to make time to enjoy a glass of wine... this is Sarah relaxing.. who knows where the kiddos were...

Shannon having a snack with papa...