DID THIS REALLY HAPPEN? SERIOUSLY?

Yesterday I make a post about how my kids need to be bribed to sit next to each other to take a picture. Literally given candy to sit still long enough for me to snap a frame. After Easter is all said and done, pictures are given out to the grandparents, these pictures fall into my lap.





Here they are - heads touching, smiles flashing, both completely in frame. He isn't petting her or pointing at her. They are just there. Co-exisiting.

I have a feeling this summer there will be a lot more pictures like this. Them together. I can't wait!

THE ART OF TAKING EASTER PICTURES.

Our Easter pictures this year were quite a challenge since Daycen refuses to sit next to his sister for longer than two seconds. Whenever I set him on the couch the sound of loud shrieks echoed through the house.



He just wanted nothing to do with taking pictures this close to baby sister. Except for when we introduced candy to the mix. I offered him a piece if he'd let me take a picture.



Piece after piece. Snap after snap.



They didn't turn out perfect, but they are both in frame! That's good enough for me!

THE BIG FIVE! {has it really been that long?}

Can you believe it?! Sweet Aripsemae is officially FIVE months old. Where in the heck is all this time going? I can't believe how fast babies grow, it seriously seems like yesterday we brought baby sister home.



She is developing quite a personality of her own lately, which brings a little spice to our everyday life. My first was so mellow, & easy going. Ripsi on the other hand is a spitfire, A little firecracker. I'm looking forward to the day she can crawl, however, dreading it all the same.



It's been a wonderful five months, we sure can't wait to experience the next. ♥

EASTER 2011

The morning of Easter hadn't turned out as planned, as Daycen climbed down the steps I announced that the Easter bunny had come! He noticed the bunny prints across the floor and instantly began crying. He hates the Easter Bunny at the mall. So, the thought of him being in our house while he was sleeping must have frightened him. However, once we led him over to the baskets full of goodies his mood changed drastically. The Easter bunny isn't ALL that bad, right?



Our day was filled with sweets, lots of sunshine & consistent bouts of love! There was lots of rushing from one place to another, we were slightly late here & there but it turned out alright. All & all it was a very good holiday for our little family.


It was a very good FIRST Easter for baby Sister.

HAPPY EASTER 2011

GUESS WHO WAS HERE?



I hope everyone has a fabulous Easter with the ones that they love! God bless. ♥

WE EAT A LOT OF EGGS AROUND EASTER.

When you can get a carton of large eggs for .78 cents it is a good day at the grocery store. All winter long it seemed as if we were paying upwards of a 1.50 per carton, & now with the season of dying Easter eggs upon us the stores finally decided to give us a break on the cost of eggs! We've literally been eating them non-stop for the past three weeks. There is about three dozen chilling in our fridge currently - some raw & some boiled. All waiting for the moment we bring them out & crack them open.



Daycen has gotten a bit bored with the same old thing each & every morning. It's either; boiled, scrambled, or fried with a broken yolk. We've even shaped them to give a different appearance. However, he was still unimpressed after day fourteen.

So what does a typical kid do when he is bored with eating?!



Play with it, of course!

Even though eggs is the last thing he'd want to be eating, he was still hungry. Lunch time seems like eternity away - so, playing & eating seemed like a good idea. At least he could pretend it wasn't a by-now half cold chunk of egg.



To be honest, car driving eggs are much tastier than regular ones!



Have a great Good Friday everyone! And for your information, we had a bowl of cereal this morning since we both were fed up with the idea of eggs!

EMBRACING THE IDEA THAT SPRING MAY BE HERE!

Hey Y'all, the weather is looking nice over here!

It seems that all the snow from the other night has rapidly melted & our backyard looks as cozy as it was a few days prior. (Now, if we could just get the dead grass to turn a vibrant green & get our Peony's planted I'd be a happy camper!) Spring is a weird season, it seems to mixed up with winter, rain all the time, or be absolutely perfect. Today would be classified as one of those perfect days...



Oh, so very perfect even in the shade. It's nice to be able to enjoy a back yard for a change. Since last year we were living in a small three bedroom apartment on the corner of Scott street that had absolutely no yard - well, except for the slap of grass out from that the neighbor below us littered with dog droppings.



Not being in that little apartment also means not having our landlord's maintence crew come & do all of our yard work. Good thing I've got Daycen, he loves to mow the lawn! (Speaking of which, we need to invest in a real lawn mower right about now...) I just wish he'd do the whole thing instead of just around the edges & across the middle in the same spot!