Saturday, May 9, 2015

early april

spring break!

smiley


the Byron bear


our berry lovers



taking advantage of spring break to visit with friends

 

dying eggs


resurrection rolls

'it's soooo hot!!'  =p



I thought we should take a drive out to the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum at Walnut Grove before we left, since c is such a fan.  it was a long day - three hours each way, plus one for a wrong turn =p - but I'm glad we did it:
our own pa, ma, laura and mary

a replica of the chapel

school house

a replica of the dugout at plum creek

s' fsavorite: walnut grove jail cells

there was lots of hands on stuff for the kids





a hands-on store; there was also a life-size covered wagon, which was pretty amazingly small


sporting the doll hat and night cap that we got at walnut grove

getting bigger

both of them!

 

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

late march 2

the season's biggest snowfall, palm sunday and nai nai's visit!

 
we've had surprisingly little snow this year, and relatively mild temperatures compared to last year


hehe


 

making a path around their snow fort

snow or no snow, we had hundreds of birds in our crab apple tree - spring is coming!
 
cute, right?

but what's with the pants??
more sleeping cuteness


'memo!'
look, ma!
homework

loving grandma #3's train tracks gift


proud sisters introducing baby s to miss a


palm sunday




daddy and a pile of munchkins



big boy swing (yes, we went from snow to sleeveless in the same week =p)



little man on the beam

playing a Chinese clapping rhyme (yi jiao, liang jiao, san jiao shing)
 




nai nai and huei huei