Terrific Tuesday

 

Everyone was up from nap an hour early today and it was hot…like 92 degrees hot. William had been asking to play in the sprinkler (which is funny because he has NEVER liked the sprinkler) so we pulled it out and turned on the water.

He wanted “baby” water. It appears we still don’t like to run through the sprinkler.

And when the princess had had enough we headed in for dinner…at 4:15  

I always laugh at the dinner I choose when Ryan isn’t going to be joining us. Thankfully that is not a lot considering tonight’s dinner…

Fried egg sandwich and a margarita (the kids had French toast and milk) and dessert was ice cream and pringles.

And because my kids are so used to their routine, they both ran right to the bath as soon as dinner was over. I wasn’t about to stop them even though it was 4:45.

And just so I didn’t mess up our routine, bedtime was shortly after their bath and I am enjoying a long evening on the couch wishing that there was more on tv Tuesday nights and that I hadn’t caught up on all my shows on the DVR last night.

The most wonderful time of the year…

is when we get to take pictures with the amazing Grethel Van Epps! The disc arrived today and I could not be more excited to share some of my favorites with you!

Catching up…

I have some catching up to do and it might be a little out of order. First up…a day at the lake. Last week we spent Saturday at my parents’ lake cabin. The weather was beautiful and we had a wonderful day!

My parents found “Tommy” the turtle on their drive in. He was a little scared and only came out to move himself under William’s dump truck in the sand pile.

William and Ryan did a little fishing on the boat. I think this was William’s first time out on the fishing boat. They didn’t catch any fish but William didn’t seem to mind.

 

William skipped his nap for like the first time in his life. It won’t happen again any time soon But I did have some quiet activities for him. He did some lacing cards with Oma and read some books. His favorite book these days is a Thomas the train book our sweet neighbor, Miss Wanda, gave him.

Virginia LOVEs to chat on the phone lately. It’s just about the cutest thing I have ever seen.

We took some walks and played in the sand. I cannot tell you how happy I was to see them enjoying the sand! I’m keeping my fingers crossed they will LOVE the beach this summer!

Beautiful Iris blooming on the dam.

Easter Sunday

We were done with our Easter basket surprises and hunting eggs by 7am! William really got into hunting the eggs this year. He was very serious about it. Virginia found an egg  and enjoyed playing with it while William hunted the rest.

He was ready to go out with BOTH baskets and hunt more eggs!

We dressed up in our Sunday best and headed to church.

 

Virginia does love William but she does not like for him to get too close to her which makes taking pictures with the both of them nearly impossible. Poor buddy…he tries so hard.

After church we enjoyed a wonderful lunch with family at our house. Sorry folks, I only took three pictures.

The first two are of my precious bunny and her Oma.

And the third is of a delicious cake that Oma and Megan made for dessert. Peeps on a strawberry cake!!!! YUMMO!