Slithering like a Snake

that is what Caroline was doing in these pictures...her words, not mine :)

other updates for the week:

Caroline has been "tear free" at school the last four classes

Emma is taking more and more steps each day

Sam can eat a whole hot dog and banana in one sitting (not much to brag about, but I had to put something down for our "little" guy...)

Sweet Caroline's Birthday: Part I

On Saturday we celebrated Caroline's third birthday with family. It was a wonderful day- Amy was in town both my family and Matthew's were able to come. The weather was beautiful and we had a great picnic in the park! pretty for her party
beginning to open gifts. This is the Princess Card from Amy...a gift in itself!

Amy helping
isn't this the perfect picnic area?

Fritos...what's not to love?

Emma really enjoyed lunch

birthday cake

more sharing

he's a long drink of water

loves to swing

Emma

Emma and Nonna

Doc and Sam

hard to believe this turned out...no morning nap and a long day of playing

starting to fall apart...

four generations

Amy

On Wednesday, our (Matthew's) cousin Amy came for a visit. My kids LOVED her...she played and read with them, helped bathe and feed them, and was great company for all of us! What a treat it was for us to have her here and how sad we were this morning to take her to the airport! Caroline has been asking for her all day long!

Great Find

For the last two or three weeks, a bird had been trying to build a nest on our front window sill (at the top of the window). Unfortunately, there is nothing to hold it in place. It is a flat piece and the wind blows it down daily. All that is resulting is a mess for me and frustration for her. My mom had a nest this year with three chicks and I was hoping that this bird would get it's act together so Caroline would have babies to check on, but no such luck...until yesterday.

We found his sweet little nest near her new swing set. It was complete with egg shell pieces! We might have missed the full eggs and little birds, but we sure enjoyed finding this!

Back Yard Fun

We played outside again today after lunch...this time everyone had fun!