Easter egg hunts

Robbie feeding Jence during the egg hunt. I was impressed with his no hands feeding technique

Once again the kids made a haul this Easter. Between to egg hunts the day before Easter, and their baskets the Easter bunny hides the morning off we have plenty of candy! Here are a few pictures of the fun festivities. Something funny that Kirk said today about the Easter Bunny "why doesn't he bring big toys like Santa Clause". I told him that he can only bring small things that fit into his Easter basket.

Easter sunday!

Jence giving his usual happy smile. He smiles at everyone he meets. He if our jolly little baby.

The two older boys got matching suits. Benjamin looks all grown up!
This was the first easter dress Kate got that wasn't puffy. She told me that she just doesn't like fluffy dresses anymore. She also informed me that she's not into princess anymore. She still, however asked for the movie Enchanted from the Easter bunny, so I guess Gisselle is still cool. Maybe becasue it's because it's not a cartoon. Kate looked so stylish in her simple lace tiered skirt, and of course the pop of color with her accessories, which which the easter bunny brought. Man that bunny has some great fashion sense!

Happy Easter everyone! It was such a beautiful day. The kids enjoyed looking for their easter baskets this morning. They looked for about 25 minutes. Kate found hers on her own, but Kirk started to get alittle frustrated. I don't blame him, the Easter bunny might have been a little to clever this year. I told him that I heard some piano keys last night, and he ought to look a little harder by the piano. He found it underneath a pile of piano books. They were so excited about their baskets. After I got the kids all dressed up in their Easter Sunday best it was time for a some photos. The kids hate getting their pictures taken, but it's not their fault. I'm a total photo nut. Saying cheese into the camera starts to get a little old after the millionth time. Benjamin has figured out how to say cheese, and chicken liver with out any expression whatsoever. But o-well, someday they will thank me for the torture I inflict on them right? This photo shoot was totally worth all of the effort, because the pictures turned out great. I love these photo's!

Birthday number Three!

Benjamin turned three! I loved this Birthday theme. It was Woody's Roundup gang. The kids all became little cowboys. They colored "WANTED" picture frames. Then they panned for gold. We ate hot dogs, applesauce, chips, and cake and Ice cream. Finally we had a special appearance with Woody himself. Jessie also showed up to join in the fun! It was a great party, and Benjamin loved every second of it. We love you Benjamin. We hope you had a memorable Birthday this year!

Benjamin

Here is a quick shot I took of Benjamin today before church. He actually wore a vest and tie, usually I'm lucky just to get him in a white shirt.

Photo shoot I did of Jence

.Jence is almost six months old now! Can you believe it? The time has flown by. I did a mini photo shoot of him I'm quite proud of myself because I shot this in manual mode. I set all of my own settings, and everything. I went to a mommy photography class today. The class really helped me wrap my brain around iso, shutter speed, aperture, and lighting. I'm super excited about what I learned. The only problem is that now I want a new lens. Why does photography have to be such an expensive hobby?

Kirk's sixth Birthday party

Kirk tuned six last week, and we celebrated with a friend birthday party. Every year keep telling the kids that we will soon be switching to having friend party's only every other year. This year should have been an off year for the kids, but I got this great idea to do a "pretend sleepover" and couldn't resist. Kirk has been excited for this party ever since November. I'm not exaggerating! I bought the fabric for the pillow cases that I made for the boys on black Friday. I had to find something to sew with the flannel was $1.50 per yard. They were practically giving the fabric away! The theme for the party this year was pizza sleepover. The boys didn't really sleepover but they wore their P.J's and stayed up till 9:00 pm. We ate pizza, had pizza decorated cupcakes, and played the candy bar game. Then the boys got their pillows and watched puss in boots. It was a fun night, all the boys loved their pillows. And they even got to take home breakfast for the next day, a mini box of cereal. Tonight Kirk said he saw a shooting star, and I asked him what he wished for. He said that he wished his next birthday could come fast. It seems like they come faster and faster each year. We love you Kirk, and hope that you have a wonderful year being a big six year old. I feel like six is such a big milestone. They all of a sudden seem so much more grown up and independant. Soon he will be going to school all day and it makes me feel sad to think I'll miss eating lunch with my little buddy.

Little Cindy Lou Woo?

Here are some photos of Kate and Kirk on their Dr. Seuss day at school. Kate's class came to school with who hair, and also wore their P.J's. Kirk's class made Dr. Seuss hats. Benjamin wanted his photo taken too, he didn't want to be left out!