New London

We are in CT this week. On the way here, we stopped to see the Statue of Liberty. The Statue is in Little Einsteins, which Audrey and Avery love. Also, last week, Kai raised one fist in the air and Audrey said "Kai is saying he wants to see the Statue of Liberty." So this stop seemed like a pretty good idea. Once we parked, we decided it was way too cold to get on the ferry with the kids and that no one would have a good time, so we just looked at it from the boardwalk and then went to the playground that was there instead ... very good call. Also a pic of the kids on a whale in front of the children's museum, of Kai in a bathing suit for the first time, and the 3 of them in their footy jammies this morning in the hotel. =) Yesterday, we went to the aquarium and Audrey touched a shark. So brave!

Easter

Iain and the girls made some crosses and tombs. They nailed Jesus to the cross and then before bed they put him in the tomb. When they woke up the next morning, we had put Jesus in the "sky". They were excited to look for Jesus and also to look for their Easter baskets! Also a family pic with terrible sunlight, but it's all we've got.

9 under 6!

Two weeks ago, we went to NC with my brother's family (2.5 year old and 14-month old twins), my cousin Jill and her family (3 year old and 17-month old), my cousin Kelley and her family (19-month old), my mom and my aunt and uncle. It was AWESOME! Not relaxing. Not even a little bit. But fun!! We stayed in two cabins next to each other, and mostly just moved between eating and nap times with a park or easter egg hunt sprinkled in.

Grandma Swisher

Iain's grandmother died at the end of March. She was 102 years old and had a pretty amazing life! She was very gracious to me from the time Iain and I met and I even went out there for a long weekend once sans Iain and we had lots of great conversation and laughter. Iain, the kids and I went to San Antonio for the funeral and had the great opportunity to see his family while we were there. Here are a few pix, including Kai sleeping in a dresser drawer (the hotel didn't have a crib).

Audrey's Jack-O-Lantern apple

She was very proud of this. She also set up a picture studio on the porch and I took their pic. =)

Fun in New Orleans

We went to New Orleans to visit Ava, Emma & Sophie at the end of February (we also saw their parents). =) I was woefully terrible at using my camera while we were there, but here's a shot of all the kids, and also a pic of our girls and Mim on the way back home (a random stop off the interstate to use the little pink potty, which turned out to be a beautiful place)!

Snow Day

This winter was a bust. Snow on only 3 days and there was never any snow on the ground by the next morning. But on President's Day, there was some snow about an hour southwest of us so we drove to find it. Mim was visiting and we had a great time! We stopped at the perfect sledding spot ... a little church with a playground. So by the inevitable time that our children were done sledding, there was a playground to use!