April

April was a busy month. We headed to Plano for a birthday celebration of all the Muns girls that had birthdays the first half of the year. Caden, Tate, and little cousin Hudson had a great time playing on the dog's bed. It makes me shudder a little just to think about all the dogginess going on there, but I guess they didn't die.

Cutest face ever.

After sitting on the dog's bed, they continued to act like dogs outside. Apparently it's contagious.

And....we had EASTER!

This was at the church egg hunt

Love this picture of Drayton...so debonair

Since I'm a mean mother and wouldn't let Tate have candy, he settled for the next best...orange peel.

Tate was not too excited about this year's Easter Bunny. However, I think this is a big improvement over last year's extremely scary bunny.

Tate learned how to fee himself with no hands

Gotta love a good grapejuice popsicle

Caden fell in love with his helmet

And wore it everywhere...even to eat

Picking blackberries is a full contact sport...hence...the helmet again

We went to our good friends' house in Mt. Pleasant for some easter egg dying.

Caden and Norah making sure they had the same amount

Our attempt at a family picture...we'll take it. ;)

The double chicken wing makes its way into lots of Caden's pictures. I like it.

This one makes me laugh. I was done.

Cousin Easter at our house

Before it got blazing hot, we could to and play at the park. This is one of Caden's favorite buddies, Jed.

Quinn and Tate had lots of fun putting out fires

And Kanyon gave him some lessons on the best way to palm a ball

Couldn't help but put this one in. It's a classic Tate face.

And we're off to May!!!!!!!!!

March 2011 - Yes, I said March

Since I'm almost 6 months behind, I'm going to catch up in a major way...each day....a new month, until I'm caught up. You might want to delete me from your reader. :) So...in March...we......

Drew on the sidewalk. Caden is in the process of making some quite artistic whales and owls. Mine weren't much better.

Below: close-up of a. owls or b. whales

Answer: a. owls

Caden took a nap with bears

So did Tate, but he was rudely awoken by a jumping bear.

Tate screamed. a lot.

Caden made a monster fort.

Um....not sure what happened here...but it happened in March.

Kids longingly looked outside

Avery wondered why Caden didn't use a spoon

And why he was so happy about having blueberry juice all over his face

made a fort out of bamboo sticks

aforementioned bamboo sticks

went on a nature walk and smelled some flowers

picked a tulip flower from a tree that is no longer in existence due to a large family of beavers... a family who picked the wrong house to vandalize...a family who cut down their last tree

avery lamenting the loss of the tree

Tate: pretending not to notice Mallory

Tate: offering Mallory a treasure

Tate: making sure Mallory had tickets to the gun show

remember those colors? :)

In March, we also went skiing.

and made Caden work for his room and board

Tate got his first guitar lesson

He meditated on the finer points of picking

and decided to give it a try

He also worked VERY hard on his mad scientist face. I think you'd all agree that his practice has paid off

In March, Caden also grew some spidey senses and can now climb up walls

Today March, tomorrow April