Monday, April 30, 2012

April Pics

Here are a few random pics and videos from April.

Lena put together this ensemble and said, "Look, I'm Mommy!"


Lena singing a montage of Adele songs.


The deck chair that Jim totally obliterated. If only I had gotten video of that!


Eva falling asleep in her high chair.  This happened multiple times this month! 


Video of Eva doing the sleepy head bob at the dinner table.


On the 25th, Eva tripped and fell face-first into our deck railing.  She was bleeding from her nose and two places on her lips.  :(


This is how she looked later that night. :(


The next day, the swelling was gone, but she looked a little worse for the wear!


The girls enjoying watermelon sorbet and frozen yogurt with sprinkles at TCBY.


Friday, April 27, 2012

Cell Phone Pics

We are getting new cell phones today and I was trying to figure out what to do with all the pictures on my old one.  I have recently discovered that I can email pics from my phone to the blog, and have been doing that each month. But I have a bunch of old pics from before I started doing that (some even from the phone I had before this one). So instead of just deleting them (can't do it!), I am putting them all here for safekeeping.  I have dates for them because my phone uses the date as the filename.


September 23, 2011.  Lena playing the little guitar Daddy scored for free at a garage sale.

September 20, 2011 Eva at the Caledonia Fire House during Lena's preschool field trip.


May 12, 2011 Lena wearing some cute sunglasses I found at Goodwill.


April 18, 2011  Eva peeking out from behind the curtain.  This was the day it snowed 2 days before my birthday.  You can see snow on the ground outside the window.

March 26, 2011  Eva in her crib, with a pacifier in her mouth and one in each hand, and "HAPPY" written on her jammies.

March 8, 2011  Eva sleeping in an unusual position in her crib.

March 8, 2011  Another angle.

January 19, 2011  Lena showing off her gorgeous blue eyes.

October 16, 2010  Lena reading a book in her room.


August 13, 2010  Happy baby Eva.

August 2010  Eva sleeping with three fingers in her mouth.

July 12, 2010  One of Eva's first smiles.

June 14, 2010  Eva sticking her tongue out; 11 days old.

June 3, 2010  Eva on the day she was born.

June 3, 2010  Lena meeting Eva.

May 23, 2010  Ha ha! Jim breastfeeding.

May 19, 2010  Lena enjoying some ice cream after a fun day at Meijer Gardens.


December 30, 2009  Lena and her new horsey friend, Blueberry.



June 18, 2009  Lena and Daddy watching tv at the Chryst's house in Wisconsin.


May 2, 2009  Lena on a beautiful spring day.



January 1, 2009  Lena taking a New Year's Day nap on me.


Lena chowing down on some lima beans. I don't have a date on this one, but it was sometime in the fall/winter of 2008.


September 11, 2008  Lena and Daddy in the car.

August 20, 2008  Lena at just under 6 months, shortly after learning to sit up on her own.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Kite-Flying and Bubble-Blowing

Lena got a kite in her Easter basket from Aunt Amy and Grammy Tammy.  On a beautiful spring day, we took it over to the large grassy area next to the church and let Lena fly it.  It was the perfect day for it; there was a slight breeze, but it wasn't too windy.  We also tried out the girls' new bubble blowing gun. It shoots out bubbles inside of bubbles!































 Jim thought it would be fun to pose the girls on this tree.  Love this picture!


 Tree hugger.


Lena making goofy faces.


Monday, April 9, 2012

Easter 2012

We had a great Easter weekend.  As in years past, Grandma Sheryl came up to spend the weekend with us.  

The project of the weekend was painting this old child's rocking chair.  Apparently this was from when Hilary and I were kids, but I don't really remember it.  Mom brought it up and got some paint that matches the girls' chairs that we got for Lena's birthday.


Step one: Sanding.  This is the best "before" picture we got.


Step two: Painting.  Grandma let Lena help.  She loved it.


She even got to make her own design on the bottom!

This is what happens when I let Grandma and Lena paint unsupervised!


The finished product.  Cute!


Grandma even put the girls' handprints on the bottom. Aww!


Grandma cuddling with her girls.


The girls dressed in black on Good Friday.


We went out to lunch on Good Friday and I got a cute video of Eva eating salad and wiping off her face with a napkin.


Easter morning at church.  Aren't we a colorful bunch!


The girls in matching skirts and coordinating tops.


Checking out the pretty Easter lilies.


The best pic I got of Mom and the girls, even though it's fuzzy. :(


Pretty tulips.


Time to open Easter baskets!


Eva with a mouthful of jelly beans right off the bat.


Hmm, what else is in here?


Gotta love the cheesy grin!


Even cheesier!


Grammy Tammy embroidered the girls' names on the linings of their Easter baskets.


Pretty!  Thanks, Grammy Tammy!


See how well the new chair matches the other chairs?  The rocker is hugely popular, which means they fight over it most of the day!

We had a great Easter weekend.  Thanks for spending it with us, Grandma Sheryl, and for our new chair!