Pictures

I finally got my camera working again so here are some pictures of the kids playing with the stomp rockets and Dylan with his new bunny bear toy. Two rockets have ended up on the roof already, I guess it won't be long until we have to buy more. One of these days I'm going to have to buy a new camera.






Here are some pictures of Dylan during his first month in daycare. I think it was a little bit of an adjustment at first but he likes seeing the other babies, the teachers and bubble time.









Today was a pretty warm day, a good day to play in the sprinklers. Gina and Andrew got completely soaked.

I WANT MY BINKY!

Tragedy struck this morning. Andrew woke up without his binky (which is not unusual) but when I finally tracked in down, there was a big hole in the end of it. No longer good for sucking. Andrew was beside himself. There are other binkys in the house, somewhere, but of course, nowhere to be found this morning. We will probably find the blue or the orange one weeks from now stuck in some odd corner or drawer. Andrew cried for a good hour about his lost binky which was not helped by being hungry but refusing to eat. Vic got him to eat by offering some Goldfish crackers first and then he was willing to try the now very soggy cereal.

At some point he got the idea that stomp rockets would make everything better. Since the kids had received money for Easter from Boppa, a trip to the toy store didn't sound like a bad idea. So after Dylan's nap, off we went to the toy store to get stomp rockets for Andrew and Critter stuff for Gina. It was the easiest trip to the toy store we have made yet. Once their toys were purchased, they were both very willing to leave.

Andrew would have spent all afternoon outside playing with his new toy. One rocket got stuck high in the trees and another got stuck on the roof. I got some good pictures of both kids playing in the yard as well as Dylan with his new bunny bear, but of course my camera stopped working this evening to download the pictures. Maybe tomorrow...

Easter

Easter took up the whole weekend this year. It started Saturday morning with the Big Bunny Fun Run. I've gone to this event for the last six or seven years though recently I have only done the 1.5 mile walk. This year Noemi announced that she was going to run the 5k. With no else to walk with, I decided to do the 5k as well. Having done very little actual running recently, I didn't even attempt to keep up with Noemi and Sonia. But I did run the first mile while pushing the double jogger. Then it was back to walking for the second mile and a combination run/walk for the final third. It felt good to run again though very hard on my joints. My knees were sore for 2 days.

After the run it was off to the next Easter event at Jean and Luke's house. Gina and Andrew were loading up on sugar the whole time we were there. Then it was time for the easter egg hunt. They had a great time looking for eggs. Each basket was filled in short order. The hard part came when we had to leave. Gina dashed ahead to the car while Andrew lagged behind not wanting to leave. I finally had to carry Andrew under one arm and Dylan with the other. Then of course, Gina said she needed to use the bathroom so it was back to the house with all three.

The Easter Bunny arrived Easter morning. Gina made sure to take all the eggs out of her basket the night before so that the Easter Bunny would be sure to leave something in her basket. The kids were also excited that Gabriel and Julian were coming over for brunch. Once again Gina and Gabriel led the way looking for eggs in the yard.