Party Time!

Anna's 4th birthday party was at Monkey Bizz. She had been telling us since January that she wanted her party there. All of her closest friends attended!

Lily and her mom, Lauren



Drew checked out one of the rides, but we don't think he really liked it much.



Angelina


Sara



This is the most of Mick we ever saw. He had things to do!



Anna and Audrey



Kristen and Peter



Nanny and Poppy were there, too!



Drew and Peter played in the baby area while the big kids ran around.



Anna had (rather ugly) homemade cupcakes that were colored pink, green and purple, with purple icing. They tasted a LOT better than they looked. I have come to the conclusion that she is a cake snob, like me. We don't DO shortening- everything MUST be made with butter. No riff-raff calories for us! If we're going to ingest those calories, they'd better taste GOOD!



After the party- enough said.

Another Month Closer to Summer!

Mid-March and early April were busy for us. Shaun is in the midst of golf season, so he's been working 12 and 13 hour days. Both of us are completely exhausted by the end of the week, so we haven't done a whole lot of exciting stuff, or had the time to update this blog. Here's what we've been up to:

We attended Angelina's party at the park. You can see Anna between two of her friends, Parker and Audrey.




Andrew got the "professor" look down. We think it's so funny when he peers over the top of his glasses at us!




When we finally convince Anna and Sara to go out on the field and play during the soccer games, they run around, holding hands and hugging each other :-)




Andrew discovered the joys of scavenging in Fritz's food and water bowls. Perhaps he thinks that he will turn into a dog if he eats enough dog food? Watch out, Fritz!!




Here we are at another soccer game. I just thought Drew looked SO CUTE!




Anna got to "kick off" a few times during this game.




Drew made sure the chee-wees didn't fly away.




Grandma and Grandpa came for a visit. They had been working all week on their house.



Three generations with the same haircut. We are so creative.




The little girl who lives next door to Nanny and Poppy has been giving Anna some special attention. Anna worships Emily, especially because Emily invited her to come over and jump on her big trampoline.




Andrew started crawling and pulling up this month. His legs are strong because of the extreme jumping that he does in his hanging bouncer. Perhaps both kids enjoy bouncing so much because of all of the Jazzercise I did while I was pregnant with them?





He also went in to the doctor for his 9 month checkup. He weighed 22 pounds and was 28.5 inches long- 75th percentile across the board. Luckily, he only had to get shot twice this time around.




Anna became a professional at driving her power wheels, so I allowed her to take Roo out for a spin. He seemed to enjoy it- Anna certainly did!




She pulled all of her vehicles into the carport next to my car for the "party" that she was having. I enjoyed some leaf cookies and then she told me that I had to leave.




Andrew got to stay because he brought the microphone for karaoke.


So we've got about 6 weeks until school is out for summer. We can't wait!!

Puxtahawney Phil Was Right

It seems as if spring may have come early and we're loving it! Two weekends ago, the weather was warm and beautiful. Anna helped daddy get the peppers started.



Andrew and I soaked it in. He can move VERY quickly in his walker.



Here he is chasing Anna in her car.




We went inside to take a little break.



Andrew was so tired that he just sort of inched forward on the floor and then conked out!



We heard Anna driving around outside. Thanks to Parker, she now knows how to steer. We're a little worried about her parking skills, though...



It even got warm enough to play in the sprinkler! (According to Anna)



It appears that Drew disagreed. He just watched her.





Perhaps the best pic of Drew ever!




We went over to the Pasquier's on Friday night to watch the Southdowns parade. Everybody had a great time!!



Peter kept going after Kristen's beer can. We teach 'em early!



Then he passed out.



Anna and Mick had the best seats in the house!



You know you're an AWESOME dad when you can sport a sippee cup in your back pocket!



Drew and Peter are starting to notice each other! They did great together, especially since it was WAAAAY past their bedtime!

Thanks for a fun night, Pasquiers!

Reader Assignments

Hey y'all! You have two assignments:

#1: I know I don't usually write a whole lot on this blog- it's mostly just updates and pictures of what we're doing as a family and the kids. However, I have been reading a blog that "keeps it real" in the world of parenting. I decided to do a guest post about my misadventures in breastfeeding. If you're interested, you can click here. While you're there, check out the rest of the blog. It's great!

#2: I added a new blog to the ones we follow. It's hysterical, and the main reason I got absolutely nothing done during my planning period at school this past Thursday. Click here to start laughing until you cry. You might also go to the "best of" on the sidebar. I recommend "God of Cake" and "Sneaky Hate Spiral".

Super Soccer Stars

Last Sunday, Kristen and I went to the zoo to return some wild animals.

But the zookeepers refused to keep Anna, Sara, Mick, Andrew and Peter.



Andrew had a pretty good time watching the Anna and Sara show.



Here he is with his namesake, a donkey. As soon as the donkey moved, Drew started screaming.



In an attempt to burn off the endless supply of energy that Anna seems to have, we signed her up for soccer with Sara, whose dad is the coach. The first practice was on Wednesday afternoon.



Drew and Peter played while we watched and tried not to laugh.



A bunch of 3 and 4 year olds running amok with balls? CUTE and HILARIOUS!!




I truly think Mike missed his calling in life. He should have been a preschool entertainer.










Saturday morning was the first game. Anna's team wore their red jerseys. She was SO excited.



Until it was time to ACTUALLY play!



So she hung out on the sidelines for a while until Sara said, "Anna, want to play soccer with me?"



Anna decided to play, but only if Mike held her hand as she walked out onto the field.



Once she got going, I think she had a great time!



Peewee soccer is great. No times, no penalties, no goalies, no score keeping. Just fun!



Here is a video of Anna. I think she mainly had fun running around with the kids. Dunno if she understood that she was supposed to KICK the ball. The goal's presence never even phased her.



THANKS COACH MIKE!!