Spring break, Andrew's birthday, and just plain silliness!

Poor Andrew turned 6 a few weeks ago and I am just now updating the blog. Busy life and sickness are to blame!

For spring break we took the kids for a quick trip to Chicago.  First stop:  Legoland!

Then off to the hotel to go for a swim in the pool (probably the kids favorite part of the whole trip).

The following day we met Uncle Matt at Shedd's Aquarium.  The penguins captured the kids attention the most.

On April 7, Andrew turned 6.  He wanted to spend some time at Meijer Gardens to see the butterflies.  We had such a good time.

Back at home we had pizza, cake, and presents!

(Sylvia's photobomb...makes me chuckle :)

Playing dress-up.  The front...

...and the back

Sick Evelyn giving Dada some good snugs

But after a few days her goofiness returns!

March 2016

Oh siblings. They love each other one minute and then fight the next. I love these next few pictures of the kids actually getting along :)

Easter!

Chocolate for breakfast.  Yum!

Evelyn didn't know what to think about her chocolate bunny.  She talked to it.  Played with it.  I actually had to show her that she could eat it.  Love that girl!

End of February

I love this picture: my three kids watching cartoons and eating cereal together...all in a row. So cute!

Evelyn's days of taking a bath in the kitchen sink are coming to an end.  She is just so stinkin' cute

Sweet girl with a big smile :)

A Valentine's Day gift.  The kids loved them and I got a lot of good pictures.

We recently bought a used piano.  Andrew has always wanted one and he spends a lot of time on it.  Now we just need to set up some piano lessons, though he plays beautiful music on his own and is good at sounding out songs by himself.

The end of February brought two big snow storms.  Andrew and Sylvia made a snowman all by themselves.

Fun in a box

Evelyn playing with a juice lid.  Such a funny girl.

Evelyn's one year pictures

Here is a sample of Evelyn's one year pictures. Props to our photographer since Evelyn cried almost the entire time.