THE SUN IS SHINING!

With the weather being so incredibly beautiful, we decided that Spike deserved a venture outside. She is suffering from Spring fever inside her aquarium and has been trying to escape for the past three days, so we thought we would give her a go! Is it possible that she is truly a city-turtle and hasn't been outside before? Brian, Erica, comment.....
This little turtle was left loose (under strict supervision), and she sat on the front porch with only her head poking out of her shell for quite a few minutes. THEN, this is so funny, she literally walked on the sidewalk!! She would NOT leave the perimeters of the sidewalk! CITY TURTLE!
Eventually, she managed to muster enough courage to try the road less traveled. She was unsure, but once she was comfortable, she was FAST! It was time to call it a day, and she willingly accepted her indoor home .....until today, when she tried to escape yet AGAIN!




Well, baseball season has begun! This is Ayden up to bat. He nailed it , unfortunately the second baseman was quick, and was able to get him out at first:( What a great a sport, though...he kept up a great attitude throughout the whole game! Too bad, his Mommy is an over protective mess.... As Ayden hits the ball, is it bad to whisper to myself (directing my thoughts to the other team....of seven year olds?!!) ,"Drop it, miss it, overthrow!" What is wrong with me? All of these thoughts just so my baby can make it to first base? Yeah, motherhood definitely brings out the best in us!


Speaking of my babies....My little girl is now officially a jack-o-lantern!! She lost her other front tooth on Friday! Again, she pulled the thing right out of her mouth, all by herself!! Where Ayden was self-consious without front teeth, Claire is genuinely proud!! She smiles at everyone, hoping they will notice her fashionably toothless smile:)

NOTICE ANYTHING NEW?

Is this the prettiest toothless smile you ever saw OR WHAT?

LET'S CATCH UP!!

LET'S CATCH UP!! Our lives have been a whirlwind of activities lately! Here are some pictures to keep you up to date with what we have been doing over the last month...or so! Claire had a Spring Hat Parade in her class. She designed and decorated her paper plate into a grassy, flowery bird's nest with rattling eggs for that extra effect!





Occupation Day was a hit at East High Elementary. As you can see we have a future police officer...which should not surprise anyone. Ayden is ALWAYS concerned with following the law...i.e. "Claire, are you HAVE to be in a booster seat or Mommy will go to jail", OR "Mom, what would happen if you were pulled over for driving too fast?" Of course I don't say, "Mommy would beg the police officer to let me "go"...after all running two kids from here to there can be a little stressful!
Claire on the other hand is looking to orthodontics as her profession.....don't ask? I wouldn't even be surprised if she follows through with that dream!







A quieter moment at our house was celebrating Earth Hour. Earth Hour was started two years ago as an effort to conserve energy, and make a statement to stop global warming. Simply, you make the conscious effort to turn off everything electric for 1 -2 hours on this night. It was a lot of fun last year as the four of us sat in the dark trying to solve the world's environmental problems....we have such inventive kids!
This year Ayden and Claire decided to play the piano by candle light, sing songs, talk about earth hour, and even tried to read without electricity. They like to think about what it was like before electricity was even invented! We decided that it would be fun to do this more often, and maybe even make a party of it sometime! Maybe this Summer we can!

On a NOT SO QUIET night at our house, the kids had a boxing match....
against their viscous father!

Needless to say the kids won!!

St Patrick's Day food!! YUM YUM! It really was tastier than it looks!! Can't you tell by Ayden's face?