Easter!

We had a great time this year celebrating the risen Christ! We started out with breakfast at Egglectic Cafe with my parents and sister.

Here's hoping the Elmo bib keeps the Easter dress clean!

Isaac had his peaches and oatmeal at home, so he just rotated laps throughout the meal. Pancakes for you next year buddy!

Grandpa was pretty tired with Easter falling a week before tax day, but he stayed awake the whole meal :)

Grandma gave the kids their Easter baskets. They each became very attached to the small stuffed animals she gave them. Nathan got a rooster named Henley, Emie a duck named Puddles, and Isaac a bunny named Fields.

We took a few attempts at a family picture. I think this one captures a lot of our family personality :)

After breakfast, we headed to church. Then we came home for naps and had a group of our close friends over for dinner. We feasted and celebrated!

Some funny Easter stories to remember:

At the Good Friday service, Nathan was asking me about communion. I told him that my cracker stood for the body of Christ which is broken for us. After squinting at my cracker for a few seconds he said "so, that's like, his foot?". I looked down and low and behold, my cracker was in the perfect shape of a foot! We'll have to work on explaining communion :)

The kids were really excited to answer "He is Risen Indeed!" as often as possible. Emie decided to add a quack, quack to the end of it. "He is Risen Indeed, quack quack!". Apparently quirky is genetic.

E is for Egg

Holiday traditions are getting more and more fun as the kids get older. Nathan and Emie were really excited about making Easter eggs this year.

Emie with her favorite egg! Of course she wanted to sleep with it that night :)

Nathan's favorite egg!

Nathan wanted to make a pattern with the eggs, but Emie wasn't about to give up her favorite egg. Oh well. 5/6th of a pattern is pretty fun too.

Summer in March?!?

I still can't believe the kids spent almost a whole weekend in March in their swimming suits! We set up a bucket of soap and some huge sponges and they cleaned up the play house, slide and sandbox for me. Then I brought out some finger paints and let them paint their bodies.

Nathan went for the Incredible Hulk look.

Emie went for stripes and then declared herself a zebra.

So much fun! Can't wait for the summer days ahead with our enthusiastic kiddos!

6 months

Our little cutie turned 6 months on March 22nd. The last two months have brought big changes for our little guy! He's rolling all over, sitting up like a big boy and just this week has started getting up on all fours and scooting backwards. He started pureed foods about a month ago and seems to like everything he has tried. Green beans sometimes take a little coaxing and the little guy gets seriously excited for peaches.

His growth has slowed down a bit, but that is pretty normal for our kids. He weighs 15 lbs 10 oz and is 26.5 inches tall.

He is still a rock star sleeper at night and is taking 3 naps a day. I'm looking forward to the two nap stage to give us more time to get out and about, but we are fortunate that he is still able to nap on the go for now.

He doesn't have any teeth yet, but chomps on anything in sight. You have to watch your hands, shirt and whatever else around him because he will start gnawing on whatever he can get his gums on. He was sitting behind Emie tonight and grabbed a handful of her hair and started munching. She wasn't a big fan of that! Things could get interesting as our very hungry little caterpillar becomes more mobile in the months ahead :)

We all love our little Ikey Ike so much!