Funlanta

Kuntry Mouse meets City Slicker Mouse

Just three weeks apart, Ellenie and cousin Christopher finally got to meet this weekend!

They loved making funny faces for the camera....

and Christopher loves to smile as much as Ellenie does....

and likes to sleep even MORE than she does...

He's such a doll!

Since it was raining all weekend, Lillianna helped Aunt Shannon out by walking her two, large dogs, Redford & Newman...

I told Lillianna that her Aunt should pay her at least $1 a lap. But she said she loved her Aunt Shannon so much that she'd do it for free...this time.

We also got to see dear friends Stephanie, Stu & Liam.

Liam is so much fun and loves to pose for the camera.
He also loves a good dance party!

So Lillianna got one going with the egg maracas and

boy, did they have fun...

We all had so much fun!

(p)lay date

A Playdate with Emma Hensley & William (not pictured).

Beautiful, adorable sweet emma Hensley
Ellenie: Mom, I think I can see something coming towards me in the corner of my eye...
Why hello there friend!

How many hands can we fit on the paci at once? Ready, set, go!

That was fun! Is it naptime yet?

Very good visit

My how time flies!

This picture was taken in July of 2006 on a special rock at Brad's grandparents house.

We took this one this past weekend. What a big girl! Please don't get so big so fast!

We had alot of fun visiting with family and being outside.

Lillianna got very excited to go fishing with her dad for the first time...

but then wasn't so excited when they didn't bite.

Playing drums on the fishing pole was sorta fun though.

Then we gathered more treasures and lady bug boats.

While Ellenie just enjoyed all the good lovin'

Potty Training Talk

Quote of the Week:

(Hanging out on the potty, waiting for something to happen)

Lillianna: I think that my poo poo can't come out because....um....my feet are too long.

Wabi-Sabi

I'm participating, along with 14 others, in a Online Photography Workshop that starts today.

iMollie is the creative genius behind this (thanks Mollie!) and it has been so much fun to think outside the box as I snap photos each day. You'll have to read more about the assignment and check her site each day to see the photos submitted from a different participant.

Here's one I didn't turn in:

Don't know what day I'll be featured so you'll just have to keep checking her site (Mom).

A little Springtime Haiku

Bursting, blooming buds

telling of the Spring to come

Let's go play outside!

Sisterly love

Lillianna: Here, let me get that booger for you.

Ellenie: Yowzers! You got it alright!

Song for a cloudy day.

Sunshine, you are my sunshine.

You make me happy when skies are grey.

You'll never know dear,

how much I love you.

Please don't take

my sunshine away.

Happy Easter!

What a weekend!

First we got a visit from Dandy and Wil which lasted all weekend and was wonderful!

Then Uncle John Eric was in the neighborhood from Chicago and stopped by which was terrific!

Then it just happened to be Easter with lots of fun things to do and Ellenie was baptized which was very, very special. Then, Sue-Sue & Pops surprised us with being able to come up for the baptism which was truly great! To top it off, Aunt Kelsey & Uncle Ben brought Cousins Ella, Daisy, Leah & Bentley to visit and play which was fantastic! It was all just so good.

Here are the highlights:

Church Easter Egg hunt on Saturday morning... All the hunts in our front yard the past few weeks really paid off. Lillianna racked up on the chocolate and jelly beans.

You mean I can't eat all the candy right now?

Maybe just one more piece...

Our beautiful girls on a very special night!

Yea! The Millers are here! They made it just in time for the service Saturday night. How special & fun!

Easter morning!

Ellenie: Can we go get our Easter baskets now?

Lillianna: No, not yet.

Ellenie: How about now?

Lillianna: Sorry Ellenie but we have to wait for our cousins to get here from the hotel.

Ellenie: I don't know if I can wait that long.

The Easter Bunny left so many great treats!

Leah riding the Easter Horse

Ella galloping on the Easter Horse

Sweet Cousins!

Leah got all geared up for The Big Egg Hunt

The Sunglasses gave her an obvious advantage as she found the first egg!

Daisy stopped to pose for a pretty picture but...

Lillianna was in hot pursuit of another plastic pink egg.

Bentley found it first though!

Everyone sat and compared their loot and concluded while jelly beans really are the best.

Two very sleepy girls had a very happy Easter!

All the way up

So in the many books Lillianna likes for us to read to her is Guess How Much I Love You. It's about a Daddy rabbit and his little rabbit expressing how much they love one another. At the end of the story, the little rabbit says, "I love you all the way up to the moon." And the daddy rabbit says, "I love you all the way up to the moon....and back."

Last night at the dinner table I shared a piece of a York peppermint pattie with Lillianna who gobbled it up and then asked for more...

ME: Who loves chocolate?

Lillianna: I love it all the way up to my mouth...and back."

It was supposed to be sunny & warm

A playdate at the park on a warm, sunny Spring day. Who wants that when you can have a surprisingly chilly, very windy day where the french flies blow off the table and your newborn cries because she doesn't have on a jacket that zips up.

Oh, it really was fun...it's always great to be outside playing with friends.

Especially since this special park is right next to the train tracks!

Hi train. We're sorta excited to see you but a little unsure of how close you are...
Now we see that you won't run over us so yea, we're getting really excited.

WHOOO HOOOOO TRAIN! THIS IS SO GREAT! PLEASE COME BY AGAIN SOON!

BYE BYE TRAIN! I WISH YOU'D COME BY BY HOUSE SOMETIME!

Okay, now back to swinging.

and climbing...

and sliding...
and driving...
and taking turns.

Great fun = Great nap!