Music Together

"Hello to Emeline, so nice to see you, Hello to mommy, so nice to see you!"  She loved this class.  We sang songs and danced for 45 min. with other kids her age. I proudly think she was the leader of the pack because the boys would follow her every move.  At the beginning of class she sits quietly in my lap and takes it all in.  As the minutes go on she starts walking around to each mother and child and stares.  Then she walks around to all the windows and continues to go up to the mothers watching them.  Only now that the class is over does she dance at home and yell at me to turn the CD on.  She has the CD memorized and has made up a different dance to each song.  Their is a finger song, which is probably her favorite because she does what the song says to do with your fingers and hands.  Musically inclined, these kids are.

Our Evening Mlik Time

I don't know if I should be embarrassed or not but this picture was taken in April and we still have our morning and night milk time.  Yes bottles.  It's time to stop but I love the two moments of us laying down on my bed and relaxing.  It literally is only 3 minutes long because she downs the milk so quickly but it's 3 precious minutes.  She is probably my last baby, selfishly I am relishing every moment.

My favorite stuffed animal

Zackary never had a favorite stuffed animal when he was young but Emeline on the other hand loves this kitty!  She sleeps every night with it and if we read a book about cats she has to go and get it out of her crib and cuddle with it.  There is a husky a white cat and for awhile a baby she carried around as well but those didn't make the cut!

She just woke up from a nap here-her hair was all curly in the back, it's hard to see here.

Petting Zoo, Train Ride and Picnic

Today we took the kids to a local park that has the neatest petting zoo.  I mean it was an actual zoo with bears and snakes but the petting zoo, that was were the real show was!!  There were a lot of goats and they were super friendly!  They literally clean the poop up the second the animals poop...which I love.  They loved to be groomed and Zackary really took to brushing each of them.  Emeline just wanted to take a break with them and relax!

We have a certain pumpkin patch we go to each year that has a petting zoo.  It's disgusting compared to this place...going to have to come here for pumpkin picking this year!  Hope they offer that!

The train ride takes you all around the park and of course as we passed the waterfall I knew this place would be a hit!  When we were all done with the train we had a nice picnic in a wide open shaded grass area.  We will be back soon!

Easter Day

Easter Day we went over to my stepsisters house.  My mom put on a Easter egg hunt for the kids and they had so much fun.  Once the okay was given to start hunting Zackary went to it.  Ben helped him while I helped Emeline.  Zackary searched high and low and really got into it with his cousin AG.  It was so cute to watch.  Emme sat a lot in the grass and practiced putting them in her bag and taking them out, opening and closing.  I think next year she will drop kick kids to get her eggs!

My little man gives the best hugs.  

Emme looked super adorable in her tutu that she got for her 1st birthday.  Like a little bunny angel!

Notice the above golf caddy Zackary got from my mom.  That is like the 3rd set of golf gear he has gotten.  I wonder if he'll play? 

Our neighbors bought Emme these bunny ears.  She wore them well and surprisingly kept them on awhile so I could show off her cuteness! 

Next was the piano time.  The kids practically ran to JH's piano and played to their hearts content...well as you see below Emme had had enough of Zackary's music!  Like she's 13 already! LOL

 She finally got her own time and had a blast playing.

Easter morning was special for us watching the kids open their baskets from the Easter bunny.  Emme got some yellow shoes and a yellow dress (hum Easter bunny has good taste) and some other toys.  

Zackary got some lollipops that he was more excited about than the toys, well the jellybeans were a huge hit too.  Literally, he spent an hour finding each one in the baskets and hidden in toys and then counted them and tried some.  Now I know what to do next year...jellybean trail to baskets (what Ben's Dad did Easter morning for the kids).

One See's lollipop for you, and one for me!!!  Took him months to eat those, by the way!  Such a good boy!

                                                          Happy Easter Everyone!!!!!!

Garden Time

The whole family has been spending a lot of time out in our backyard and I love it. It's a little oasis for us all. Zackary loves cultivating his strawberries and pill bugs (hehe) and tomatoes and they both spend a lot of time playing with Zackary's fountain from Santa.  For me I can garden or just sit and watch the kids enjoy the plants, bugs and water and I love it!

Cooking Together

Okay I am back.  I have major updating to do for this blog it has been awhile.  It is July now and I am updating starting back at April.  Sharing highlights, fun moments, and sweet pics that take my breath away!  Here goes:
For awhile Zackary was enjoying cooking with Dad.  Instead of watching Dinosaur Train every night he wanted to help at dinner time.  I think it's a good sensory project for him to feel the food and squish it in his fingers.  Now being July he isn't into helping as much anymore...note to self-get him back in the kitchen for dinner!