Giggles for Grover

You never realize how fleeting the years can be until you take a walk down memory lane. Recently Jenna's sister showed her the following video. First the river of tears came flooding down the cheeks, then the realization that this sweet little 2 year old Conlan in the video is growing up way too fast. Seeing as though there is really nothing we can do about that, we decided to embrace this precious little moment captured in time and share it with all of you!

We probably should preface the video a bit. Conlan wanted to read one of his favorite Grover stories, "The Monster at the End of This Book", to Grandma. His favorite part was the last page when Grover says "I am so embarrassed". You have to listen really carefully because it is difficult to hear through the cute little fit of giggles that break out everytime that line is read by our little man!

Sassy Girl

Here are a couple pictures of our sweet, sassy little Aislinn. And boy do we mean Sassy with a capital S. You never know what will come out of the mouths of babes...just the other day we had been watching a Shirley Temple movie. No longer remember which one, but it is the one where she sings animal crackers in my soup. Of course after the movie we all had that song stuck in our head. Later in the day Aislinn comes up to Jenna and says "Mommy, I've got animal crackers in my butt!" This is how she decided to tell her that she had a poopy diaper (don't even ask about the potty training, as you can see it is going well). Yes, out of the mouths of babes indeed!

                          

Go Demi, Go!

Bryan got a new iPad and everyone in the family is having a blast playing or using it, even little Demi! Bryan found a game that she can play and there is no stopping that girl once she starts! We caught this video at the tail end of her playing spree. We particularly love that she not only plays the game, but dances to the music as she goes! Silly girl!  



Our First Garden

We have always wanted to create a garden as a family project. Jenna decided this year that there would be no more hoping, but instead doing to make it happen. Everyone pitched in and that is exactly what she got for Mother's day this year, a garden. The best gift ever and one that keeps giving! It took quite a bit of planning and hard work, but we did it! Even little Demi was covered head to toe in dirt! (Anything to lend a hand Mom) We had some great bonding moments and are looking forward to eating some of the results soon!

We found the perfect location and got to work

Our little helpers taking a break

Here we go, no turning back now

 

Almost there! Notice Aislinn in her fancy clothing (you can't see her shoes, but they too were fancy mini heals) The funny thing is she stayed cleaner than all of us put together!

Our handsome little man, job well done buddy

Our finished project, done just before the extreme heats hit

Easter 2012

We had a mellow, relaxing Easter. The kids actually slept in, Dad and Mom's Easter gift. We were ready for the day. We started off with the baskets, and hunt. And later had family over for brunch and a backyard hunt. By the end of the day the kids were ready to crash from their sugar highs. Fun day for all!

Conlan with his stash

Princess stuff! Right up Aisy's alley

Damara just liked pulling things out and then putting them back in

That silly bunny totally catered to Aislinn's princess fetish. She now has the crown to complete the ensemble. There will be no living with her now!

The bunny got pretty tricky with the hiding spots, but thank goodness all of them have been accounted for

Gosh, don't look so happy boys!

Let the hunt begin

Caydon wasn't too thrilled to take part in the hunt, sensory overload. But he was more than happy to tell his mom where to get the eggs from the shade! Silly Cay-Cay!

Damara, still getting used to those walking legs, she took a very slow, steady road to finding the eggs

Decorating Eggs

We all gathered at Gaga Nanny's house to complete our pre-Easter celebrations. With 36 eggs to decorate and color. Bring out the hard boiled egg recipes! The kids were revving to go!

Aislinn our little fairy princess is so prim and proper. This is how she looked at the start and the end. Mom's hands were in worse shape than hers!

Damara didn't care so much about the egg, but looked at it more as a bath for your hands.

Conlan really got into the egg decorating this year and wanted to experiment with how the colors look when mixed with different dyes. Could we have another artist in the making?

Demi's giving herself a mani. Notice the blue hands and hot pink nails.

Mmmmm, protien. Don't even think about taking this egg Mom, cause I will throw a fit!

Stuffing the bazillion eggs for the backyard hunt

In the Easter Parade

We have family that lives over in the Sun Lakes community that invited us to come and take part in the Easter festivities that their community hosts for the kids. We got there early to decorate the golf cart for the parade later that morning. Did the easter egg hunt and then the parade. It was a whirlwind and we all had a great time. Thank you Terry and Sharon for including us in the fun!

Funny story for the day: The golf cart was parked and all of us were frantically trying to finish decorating. Aislinn and Damara were sitting on the floor of the cart..harmless right. No! Aislinn figured out how to turn it on and release the break. Mommy was decorating the front of the cart, when all of a sudden the cart flys like a bat out of hell down the driveway. All we see is Damara holding on for dear life and Aislinn flung herself to the floor out of fear. Thank goodness we caught them before they hit the street. As scary as that moment was at the time, it is a hilarious story now. The two girls taking off down the street for a joy ride. Hopefully this hasn't thrown Aisy into too much of a fright so that she never wants to drive again!

 

Here is our cart all decked out (although some of the others were so festive we almost felt embarrassed of our entry)

Waiting for the easter egg hunt

Damara was in the 0-2 yr group. Total time for all the eggs to be picked up: 10 minutes

Aisy and Gaga Sandy. Aislinn was in the 3-4 yr group. Total time for all the eggs to be picked up: 5 minutes

Conlan was in the 7-8 yr group. Total time for all the eggs to be picked up: less than 1 minute.

Our  little funny bunnies. Getting ready to drive in the parade. The kids had a great time! Demi and Aisy loved waving at everyone and Con even enjoyed wishing everyone a Happy Easter too!