Easter

I was in charge of our Ward's Easter Egg Hunt.  I had to fill about 450 eggs (which ended up not being enough).  The kids had a great time though and got way too much candy.

Norah looking for eggs. 

Owen helped hide all of the eggs so he knew where to look. 

Cute little Norah and her basket of eggs. 

Owen checking out his loot. 

Coloring Easter Eggs.   

Easter Morning.  Norah got some Tag books, a new dress, a new toothbrush, and a church magnet book.  And LOTS of candy.  I don't think she ate anything but candy for 3 days straight. 

Finding the eggs from the Easter Bunny. 

Owen was actually really good about letting Norah get some eggs too.  He got a new church outfit, a game, a toothbrush that he hates and won't use anymore, chalk, and a Book of Mormon coloring book. 

Our cute fam on Easter Morning. 

The Easter Outfits. 

More Birthday Fun

We went to Monkey Mania to celebrate Norah's B-day

There was a room to shoot balls at each other.  They tried to make me their target. 

There was a little exercise room which both of the kids will tell you was their favorite room but they hardly spent any time in it. 

There was a dress up room with tons of different costumes for both boys and girlos.  This really was their favorite room. 

Opening presents.  She got her kitchen in the morning and then she opened an ice cream play dough kit, Tangled, a dress, purse, and lovely hat from Gma and Gpa Mac, pots and pans for her kitchen from Gma and Gpa Wilde, and a princess book. 

Owen gave her Tangled. 

The birthday cake.  She originally wanted a  princess castle cake but I finally talked her into an ice cream roll cake.  They were delicious and she loved them. 

Norah, Maggie, and Luci all dressed up in princess clothes being pulled in the wagon by Owen.

Norah Lyn is 3!

Happy Birthday Norah!

I can't believe you are 3 already.  It seems like just yesterday you were born in Iowa.  You have turned into such a great little girl. We love you so much. 

Things you like:

*Pink

*Princesses

*Dress-up clothes

*Baby Dolls

*Owen

*Play Dough

*Cuddling with mom

*Taking 2-3 hour naps

*Listening to "kid" Music (that might be the death of me)

*Maggie and Luci

*Wearing dresses

*Shaking your booty

*Your cowboy boots

*Reading your Tag books

*Reading with mom or dad or whoever will read to you

*American Idol

The kitchen and a whole box of food.

Yes, that is what your hair looks like every morning.

Using the microwave just like Mom

Dad stayed home from work to celebrate your birthday and Owen had school so you had Dad all to yourself.  This is what you did with him for a couple hours.

Spring Break 2011

This past week was Owen's spring break.  We had a lot of fun together while Owen wasn't at school.  I think he was ready to get back to school this week and see his best friends, Diego and Jose.

At the zoo.

We took the kids roller skating this week.  They were really excited to go even though they didn't really know what it was.

They were really good at skating on the carpet.

Norah was definitely the better skater of the two.  I think it was because she was a lot lower to the ground and didn't have as much weight to try and balance. After the first few times holding her hand she let go and actually did better when we weren't holding on to her.

Mr. Owen Man stuggled a little bit but by the end he was going pretty fast.  He wouldn't let go of my hand but he felt pretty good out there.

Luckily the kids weren't the greatest/fastest of skaters, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to keep up.  I don't think I have been roller skating since high school.

Brandon and Miss Norah.  I think both Brandon and I were a little sore afterwards but it was mostly from holding a 50 lb boy up for 2 hours.

Owen had another soccer game this week.  They played the Jets.  Owen scored 4 goals and they won 6-4.  He leaned over to me during the quarter he had to sit out and said, "My team is really not as good when I have to sit out."  He loves playing and is actually very good at it.

Go Eagle Warriors!

The Circus

We decided to take the kids to the circus.  We got some free kids admissions so off we went.  Neither Brandon or myself has ever been to a circus so we had no clue what to expect.

Dad and Norah watching the show

The circus.  All the lights in the background are from these souvenir lights wands that EVERYONE was buying for the low price of $15 each.  The things people spend money on.

The tightrope walkers.  They were actually pretty cool even though we had a straight on view of them and couldn't see everything they were doing.

Owen and Norah looking on.

These dancers that hung from ropes and did cool tricks.

At intermission they let everyone down to ride the ponies, elephants, and take a picture with a real bear...all at a price.  Brandon splurged and let the kids ride the ponies.  They LOVED it.  Norah loves animals and so she was so excited about it.  That is pretty much all she remembers of the circus.

The Owen Man riding the pony.  He also loved it.

The elephants were preetty cool.  They did some pretty cool tricks for elephants.

Owen loved the motorcycles that went around in this ball.  They got 3 going at a time.  It was pretty cool.

They shot a guy out of a cannon.  There was a lot of hype and then it was over but the kids liked it.

The guy getting shot out of the cannon.

All in all, the circus was pretty fun.  A little overpriced but could have been a lot more pricey had we bought all of the things that everyone else did.  Probably won't go back for a while but we enjoyed ourselves.

Springtime

We have not been missing the Idaho weather these past couple months.  Rarely has it been too cold to go play outside.  My sister told me I was going to turn into a pansy if we move back to Idaho.  We are wearing no jackets and flip flops most of the time. 

The kids have put a lot of miles on their bikes already. Owen has gotten pretty daring on his bike-one handed, really fast, with his eyes closed. I keep trying to talk him into taking the training wheels off but he tells me he will when he is 5.

Owen got this remote control truck for Christmas and it still works! Norah loves chasing it and racing it on her bike.

The crash from not holding on. He got right back up though.

Winter Beard

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