Easter

Most events around our house occur at the very last minute and are extremely chaotic. Easter was no exception. The night before Easter, around 8pm, we realized we hadn't dyed any Easter eggs. The kids were  eager to participate, especially since it meant staying up later.

Trevor is a ham (and I love it!)



Dying eggs late at night meant that the Easter bunny couldn't visit our home until much, much later. In the morning, Lincoln raided the recycling tub and found Tadj's evidence of a late night.



Miss Kendall searching for eggs.



So stinkin' cute!



Trevor was still trying to figure out Easter. He would find an egg, immediately open it, and try to eat whatever was inside.





Lincoln eating candy, wrapper and all.



Tadj left for church early so I TRIED by myself to get a picture of all of the kids dressed up in their cute clothes. But NOTHING turned out where all 4 kids were looking at me.

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April Fool's Day

Tadj and I wanted to plan something fun for the kids for April Fools Day but I didn't want to do anything too time consuming. We finally decided on writing the kids first initials on their foreheads during the night. I was tasked with Kendall and quietly tip toed into her room (literally). She immediately felt the tip of the marker and started slapping her own face and squirming. I was using all my self control to keep from laughing out loud hysterically so I was only able to get a single "K" on the middle of her forehead and a couple hearts on the side. Tadj marked Hayden (who also reacted like Kendall) and Trevor (who is a hard sleeper and ended up with multiple T's.) We didn't do anything to the baby because if you know Lincoln it would have meant him waking up and sleeping on top of me in our bed all night long (such a momma's boy!)

Tadj and I awoke to hear this conversation:

Hayden: "Kendall, you have something on your forehead!"
Kendall: "Hayden, you have something on your forehead, too!"
Hayden and Kendall getting concerned: "What is this?" "Who did this to us?" "Trevor has something on his forehead, too!" "Let me see!" "Mom/Dad who did this to us?!"

The kids trying to hide the markings:

Snow in March

A dusting of snow on the ground was enjoyed by two little boys and one big dog on a cold March morning.











Warming up with Hot Cocoa:

Pinewood Derby

Hayden and his very first pinewood derby car.



Hayden was obsessed with Ninjago at the time and was very insistent that his car carry one of the Ninjago characters. I think he called his (and his dad's) creation "Skull Truck." He won at least one heat, dropped the car once breaking a wheel off (it was barely fixed in time for his next heat), and was very disappointed he didn't win the entire competition. Lesson learned: not to use a character in a car that creates drag. But, he definitely had one cool lookin' car! ''





Taking first in his heat:

Lincoln's First Hair Cut

Lincoln at 17 months old getting his very first haircut.

Before:





During (dad is doing the cutting while mom is the entertainment):





After:

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Kendall on the Basketball Court

Kendall played her first season of basketball and it was great! I had a feeling this determined, feisty, aggressive, athletic first grader would have some ball skills. Here she is waiting for the game to begin, sticking to her matched opponent like glue (players defend the girl wearing the same color arm band) and taking a water break. Watching little kids play basketball is definitely one of my faves! I just need to learn how to photograph fast sports like Basketball. Most of my pictures are blurry.





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Hayden's Spaghetti Dinner

One of Hayden's Cub Scout requirements to earn his Wolf badge is to make a meal for the family. He decided to make...Spaghetti! There was some help from mom (and Ragu and canned green beans.) But it was edible and fun to have Hayden work in the kitchen.