My Ball Players... I Love 'em!!!

I'm not sure if Olivia is working on her batting stance or modeling pose,

but I think she's adorable!

I just love this picture!

Spencer is practicing his swing... I think...


Just in case you wonder where they learn this stuff:

Resurrection Day 2011

God's Most Precious Gifts, Easter morning, just before church.

Olivia was very excited from the get-go and wanted to find as many eggs as she could!

From start to finish, she loving the egg hunting this year!

Olivia's basket overfloweth...
Why, might you ask, is Spencer's basket empty?
Hmmm.....

Spencer's egg hunt didn't last more than five minutes.

He had other ideas for the morning...
He is only two!

When he wasn't trying to shove his eggs up the rain gutter,

Spencer was throwing them as far as he could...

across the yard or down the slide.

Okay, guys, let's do it again!

Planting Flowers

I tried planting flowers about 3 years ago and few of them lived over a month... Those that did survive had all their petals blown off in one of our many wind storms by early summer. There's just not an ounce of green in my thumb. But, thanks to Richard's prompting, we made a trip to Home Depot today and we are trying again!

I asked Olivia for a picture and she gave a great big "cheese".

Here's an bit more natural shot. One of the flowers in the back is a snap dragon. I am really, really hoping it grows well. We planted it close to the house, so it should get quite a bit of shade. I remember a beautiful snap dragon in our back yard growing up; it was always one of my favorite flowers. Even better, it came back every year, if I remember right, with not a whole lot of care. Time will tell, but I hope our flowers do well!!!

Potty Training? Probably not quite yet!

I'm not starting yet, but I am planting the seed... We bought Spencer the underwear of his choice a few days ago. What would he pick? Cars? Toy Story? Mickey? The answer is... Sponge Bob, aka "Ponge Bo" (the "o" is a short vowel sound).

This is what Olivia wanted to do with Spencer's new underwear.

This is what Spencer wanted to do with his new underwear!

He's such a character himself!!! To his credit, he was quite upset when I refused to let him wear them to bed. He did prefer them to his diaper, but I know he has no idea of the consequences.

A Typical Sunday Ride

We are love, love, loving the beautiful spring weather. The kids spent quite a bit of time outside this weekend. It looked a little like this.

Olivia enjoyed riding her Hot Wheels jeep, even though it's really gutless, it constantly gets stuck on pavement gravel , and only one wheel turns when you push the gas while stuck (the others don't move at all).

Spencer (who was lucky enough to ride the Power Wheels that actually has power), in typical boy-like fashion, continued to find ways to get his little 4-wheeler stuck. Whether in the rocks, on the grass, or on the curbing, he was constantly finding himself stuck. PS: Ignore the fact that his negligent parents had yet to enforce the helmet law at this point in time. So, Spencer would take matters into his own hands, and usually didn't get far....

...Until his very sweet Big Sis came along and gave him a big hand.

Chores

Olivia has decided she is going to start making her bed all by herself every single day. Richard and I need to work out some sort of reward system... and soon!

She was so proud of herself for her hard work, accomplished with no help or prodding from either parent. We are proud of her, too! Looks good!

My Little Professor!

Spencer thought he would model Grandpa's glasses on our last visit!

Such a little smarty pants:)