Bitter Sweet

Our little five year old, who by the way just finished K4 (born in december) is doing MATH!!! I was in the other room and she didn't know I was listening. She can do her one's all the way to 10 and her doubles to 10 ( 2+2 is 4, etc..) Naturally we are sooooo proud, but COME ON, SHE'S FIVE!!!!!!!!!!! Where's my baby?

so sweet

Elijah has started to talk in small little sentences these days. He loves his sister, whom he calls "sissy". When she walks out of the room he says "bye bye sissy"

Daddy's little Fisherwoman

So these pictures are from last summer, but they help me tell a story. Shane is an avid angler, and takes his little girl fishin' when he can. He has tried very hard to teach her the basics of casting, hooking and reeling in. Well, this weekend Nanny and Papoo, took my nephews down to Roosevelt state park and on Saturday I took the kids to play while their daddy was FISHING.
Riley Grace caught three fish all on her own, and even reeled them in herself. Her daddy has taught her well!!! I only caught a turtle. Each of the boys caught their share of turtles too. Papoo did all the re-tying of hooks and stuff, but AUNT CHRISTY hooked all of their worms. :) These pics are actually from the first fish they caught together. Unfortunately, we didn't have a camera this weekend.

Easter Time

John and I have started a family tradition of getting our children together to dye easter eggs. The kids have sooo much fun, this was Elijah's first year to comphrhend what was going on. He said in his little voice....eeeggg, eeggg. ( the "g" sounds more like a "k" and over emphasized. )So sweet. Jacob said " Aunt Christy, can you get me some more eggs." This process is probably as much for me as for them. There are a couple of shots of my two on Easter. Elijah also discovered the Chocolate Easter Bunny this year.....

Soccer

This year was Riley's first year to play soccer. She was the only one on her team to have never played before. I must say they did Very well. Riley scored several goals this season. They actually managed to play very well as a team, i.e. they passed to each other, assisted each other with goals, and by the end of the season acutally executed thier positions correctly. :) Sadly though, the only thing Riley really cared about was the TROPHY.

Potty Time!

Well, what can I say. In our house, you have to keep all of the doors shut. Aunt Krissy was visiting from Texas, and needless to say didn't shut the door behind her. ( I don't know how to change the dates yet, but this was in February I think)

"Melmo"

This is sooo cute. Yes I am biased. This is Elijah playing with the Elmo Tool Bench he got from Santa this year. Anytime he sees a picture of Elmo or Plays with elmo he says, in a low drawn-out voice..... "Melmooooo"