Easter Fun

We had a very nice, very quiet Easter this year. Brett made ribs on our smoker and we had artichokes out of our garden (and lots of other yummy food).

 Deviled eggs taste much better when my Grandma makes them-even though it is the same recipe!

 These girls LOVE artichokes-weird.

We all fight over the heart.

 The ribs were delicious-just ask Saige

 Tried to get a cute outdoor picture of the kids. Nothing fancy, just wanted all to be looking at the camera at the same time. I think I have a better chance of winning the lottery.

 Our biggest Easter surprise...

We got BABY CHICKS!

 Coloring eggs!

Growing Babies

We just had Dalton & Sydney's 9 month check up.

Here are the stats.

Dalton: 22 lbs. 1 oz. (67%)

30.3 Inches (92 %)

Sydney: 19 lbs. 3 oz. (49%)

28.5 Inches (71 %)

I hate that they are growing up so fast.

SJ

She ALWAYS has something in her mouth. Makes me nervous when she is crawling and standing up!

 She DID NOT like sunglasses!

 Likes to climb in the toy more than play with it. Dalton does this too.

 Look at those CHEEKS! I LOVE THEM!

 This is my favorite picture of Syd. Dalton is crawling toward her and she is SO excited. She LOVES LOVES LOVES her brother!

She loves her puppy. She gets super hyper when we give it to her. She squeezes it, bites it, and then rubs its' ears in her eyes to help her fall asleep.

This little girls has loads of personality all ready.

We have sung this song to her since she was first born and she fits the description more and more each day!

(to the tune of If You're Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands)

S. Y. D. N. E. Y spells Sydney

S. Y. D. N. E. Y spells Sydney

She's cute and nice and full of lots of spice,

S. Y. D. N. E. Y spells Sydney

Random things I want to remember about her:

*She has a snorty laugh

*Fuzzy blonde hair

*Radiant blue eyes

*Laughs like Saige sometimes

*Looks SO MUCH like Saige's baby pictures

*Constantly moving-flapping arms, kicking legs, etc. Even while eating.

*Likes every food she has tried so far

*She is very patient unless she needs something-then she gets nasty fast

*Super fast crawler

*Very happy

*Has two teeth (bottom)

*Loves playing and reading with Madi and Saige

*Makes funny sounds to get Dalton's attention

*She is VERY LOUD

*Has petite features-especially her hands

*Loves to play rough with dad. She loves it when he throws her up in the air-the higher the better.

So, there’s this boy

He kind-of stole my heart

He calls me mom

Things I want to remember about Dalton:

*He used to cover his eyes with his hand while eating-like life was so stressful for him!

*Lights up when we call him BIG D

*Has BIG brown eyes

*Likes all foods but it takes him a few times to warm up to some of them

*When he sees you come into the room, he drops down on all fours and crawls toward you as fast as he can with his mouth wide open and a BIG smile. Then, when he reaches you, he buries his head into you to give you a love. (Madi used to do this too). The best is when he does it with Syd and since they both don't have control they end up banging their heads together pretty hard and crying. At least he is trying to give his sister a love, right?

*He is interested in things my girls never were. He is already trying to figure out how things work. He loves to look at the washer/dryer, won't leave my blinds alone, and can figure a way out of every corral we have made so far.

*He learned to do the milk sign in January and once he learned it, he did in constantly. He is a hungry boy!

*He does this thing with Brett-when Brett says, "Hey D-wanna play some football?" they bang their heads together. He must have a hard head because sometimes they do it pretty hard and he just laughs!

*Loves the bathtub. He gets mad when you take him out of it!

*He looks so much like Madi's baby pictures

*Loves all of his sisters.

*His hands and feet are HUGE. I mean REALLY HUGE. I am amazed at his hands every time I look at them.

*He shakes his head 'no' a lot! (doesn't do this as much any more)

*He is social, but cautious. 

*Smiles all of the time

*He LOVES to stand and look out the window. Especially in the laundry room.

*When he is going to sleep, he lays on his stomach and reaches behind him with both arms to hook his blanket. Then he acts like he is burrowing into the ground. He 'digs' himself into the corner and then he hooks the bumper pad with one arm. I need to remember to get this on video-its pretty unique.

*We have a song for him too-it goes like this...

D. A. L. T. O. N. Dalton, Dalton

D. A. L. T. O. N. Dalton is his name

He likes puppy dogs, tractors, and tonka trucks

D. A. L. T. O. N. Dalton is his name

Hillside Galloops

This picture is from back in August but I found it just now and realized I never wrote the story for our journal. My dad tells the story of a hillside galloop that he once saw. It is his favorite story to tell when we are camping up Loss Creek. It is half man/half animal and it has one leg shorter than the other. So, if you are ever running around a hill and are being chased by one (and they are fast), all you have to do to escape is turn around and run the other way because that will cause him to topple over because he can only run one way around a hill because of his short leg! He will just fall down the hill if you turn around!

Sounds scary right? Well, my girls are afraid of them and even though they have never seen one, they believe that they do exist because Grandpa swears he has seen one. 

Anyway...one day we were shopping for school clothes and Saige saw these pants/capris, held them up and said with excitement, "MOM! This must be what the hillside galloops wear!!!"

One day Madi came home upset from school because she had been telling the kids on the playground about the hillside galloops and they told her that they weren't real. She said to them, " YES THEY ARE-MY GRANDPA HAS SEEN ONE!"

Thanks Dad!

Share Week

Back in March it was Madisen's share week. This is like show and tell for one student, all week long. She decided that she wanted to play her violin for her class. I was so proud of her. She doesn't like to practice or go to lessons but she does like to perform (which is SO unlike her-she gets embarrassed so easily and worries about what others think of her). The kids in her class were so impressed and asked a million questions when she was finished. 

 She was getting ready for school and came out like this and said, "every violinist gets dressed up before a recital"!

The only thing that wasn't fun about it was that Brett was gone to a conference in Dallas and I had to take the babies. I loaded them up in the stroller and once we got inside the classroom, Sydney was SO loud. Every noise she made resulted in a roar of laughter from the 30 kids in Madi's class, which made her only want to make more loud noises. Madi's teacher was getting really annoyed so I ended up waiting outside for them to finish. 

HELP!

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