Latest Addiction

I found a jigsaw puzzle web site this week. The kids and I are completely addicted. Zach will sit on my lap and tell me when to start and even show me pieces that fit together. He starts yelling when the puzzle is almost done. I must say it is more fun to do the puzzle with his lively encouragement. Emilee likes to do the puzzles by herself. She primarily does the puzzles when they are divided into 20 pieces, but she has done the 48 classic puzzle. The attached link is one of Emilee's favorite butterfly puzzles.

Daddy's Building a Park

Robert and I decided to buy the kids a swing set. We debated between the wooden sets and the metal. We decided on this metal one because all the reviews raved about this set and it stated that it was not like the swing sets you had growing up. The metal is very sturdy. The box to bring the set home is smaller than the wooden one which is the main reason we picked this one over the others. Without a truck to haul things around we just prayed that it would fit in our SUV. The kids were at our friends home while we were shopping and when we got them home and showed them what we were going to put together, Zach excitedly said "Daddy's building a park" (over and over and over again). Robert had everything put together on Saturday and tightened it up on Monday. The kids have had several friends over to play this week and it's a hit. Emilee has not told her friends about her new toy. She has them close their eyes as she leads them outside. It's pretty fun to watch the excitement on their little faces.

Easter

The Easter bunny didn't make it to our house until we were at church. We knew that if the bunny came before church that we would have to deal with the sugar high all morning so the kids didn't get to look for eggs until after 1:00 p.m. I sure didn't take long for them to find the eggs. Emilee would fill up her basket and run inside and transfer her eggs into a larger basket. Zach just ran around picking up eggs while I held his basket. After he had a minimum of 5 eggs in his hands he would then place them in the basket. Alyssa slept through the whole thing. It was great fun.

Em's Latest School Pic

Em's school did pictures again. I forgot they were taking pictures so I am just relieved that her outfit matches. Emilee has started picking out her own clothes and she doesn't always coordinate when she leaves the home.

Here's a sample of one of her ensembles. Robert is constantly reminding her that not all pinks match.

Although, she did have fun putting together her outfit for Valentine's Day.

HEMA

I just got an e-mail regarding HEMA. HEMA is a Dutch department store. Take a look at http://producten.hema.nl/ HEMA's product page. You can't order anything and it's in Dutch but just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens. This company has a fabulous sense of humor and a great computer programmer.

Alyssa at 4 Months

My parents were out here when Alyssa turned 4 months. As I am looking through the pictures, I now realized we didn't get one picture with my parents and the kids. Not only that, but my Dad got way better pictures of the kids. So I'm pleading with those of you in Utah that are technically savvy...will someone please help my parents start a blog so they can share their pictures. I think I need to start doing what Tamara is doing and take a picture everyday of the year. Then maybe I won't miss pictures of the important moments of life.

A Day at the Park

Actually, it's 2 days at the park. The first 3 pictures were taken a couple weeks ago. Emilee loves to dig a hole everytime she goes to the park to see how deep she can dig. Last week, while everyone was in town for the Super Bowl the weather did not cooperate and it was amazingly cold (for us) and quite wet so we didn't visit the park that week. Now we are back to a balmy 70 degrees. The last picture was taken yesterday by my friend Becky. The picture is of Emilee and her bff Bailey. For some reason the kids would not look at the camera when there were 3 dogs to play with. Zach didn't waste his time with the dogs.