Tuesday, April 24, 2012

March and April!

Whew, it's been awhile since I posted pictures...March and April have FLOWN by.  I can't believe May will already be here next week...and then summer!  We've had some great weather these past two months.  We've been spending our evenings doing wagon and bike rides and enjoying time at the park. These first pictures are a BBQ at the park - this was early March, it certainly was warm last month!








Here is Alice gearing up for St. Patricks Day - notice the tank top...still really warm.


Ah, then it got rainy.  Here is Caleb getting some use out of his rain boots.


And then it was sunny again.  Here we are enjoying a quiet Sunday morning.  At least it was quiet for awhile...I believe soon after these pictures Caleb threw all of his flash cards down the stairs and then refused to pick them up.  That spawned the paper chain idea...



For each time Caleb did something good (like finish picking up those flash cards), he would get a paper link for his chain.  If he was naughty, then a link would be taken away.  As soon as the chain hit th the floor, Caleb would get a special toy.  This worked extremely well for a week, which was one complete chain.  We tried again the following week and it fell flat.  We'll keep this trick in the rotation and try again in a couple months.
 Caleb with his special train.

We had a baptism/adoption party to attend for friend's of ours and we got all dolled up.  Of course the kids aren't too into posing...Caleb tried but Alice is too "on the move".
 So then Caleb decided to just hug it out with this tree.
 And here is Alice, always the lady with her scrunchy face.