Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Cookies on the Deck

When Sue and Larry came out for their ski trip in March, Sue brought homemade sugar cookies. The kids LOVE them. They live in our freezer, and only come out for very special occasions. On Monday evening after the zoo, Chris took Emily sock and shoe shopping, in hopes of finding socks and shoes she would be willing to wear. I knew they were going to get some sort os special treat, so I brought Addie and Elizabeth out to the back deck and gave them each a CeeCee cookie. They were so excited!




Did you know there's a certain order in which a sugar cookie should be eaten? First you take off all the toppings!



A neighbor gave Elizabeth this big kid bike last summer. It lives on our back deck, and sometimes she climbs up on it and pretends to ride. She's so excited to be a big kid!

This was our cookie-eating view. Not bad! :)

Monday, April 11, 2016

Spring Break! Zoo

We got to celebrate spring break last week, and even though we had to wait really long as ours didn't start until April, it was worth the wait because we were blessed with gorgeous spring weather.

We started the week off with a trip to the zoo with our friends Jennica, Kaia and Kastor. The sky was blue, the sun was shining, and the temperature was absolutely perfect. We had a great time with our friends!

Elizabeth and Addison look for monkeys on the island

Hi Little Guy!

Elizabeth getting silly with Kastor

Kaia and Addie rode the carrousel together



Lunch Time! Eating with friends is so much fun!

Kastor had a couple of good helpers keeping him on the path

Kaia's looking for flamingos

The Lorikeet Adventure! Jenn fed nectar to her first Lorikeet!

Kastor was super brave and wanted to get in on the feeding right away

Hugs!

Of course we needed to visit the flamingos, since they're a current favorite. They were still in their indoor habitat.

One, two, three, weeeee!

It's Spring!!

Sweet girl!

Hard to believe I've known this girl for 18 years!

Addison was super sweet and offered to share her ice cream with Emily

Who's that cute girl?

Elizabeth was kind and shared with both her sisters!

Addie brought Sparkle Baby to the zoo, and found a little spot in a cave and then asked to take Sparkle's picture. :)
What a fun day!

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Unicorns V. Dynamos, Mom Brings Out the Big Camera

Going up against a team with a name like this gave me the foresight to bring out my big ol (not working great these days, but still fancier than a phone) camera.
Coach Chris helps Cutie Patootie Emily get her shin guards on before leaving

An Already-Ready Addie takes advantage of a few outside moments to swing

And who's this big girl? Lil Sis!

C'mon! Let's go to soccer!

Cool as a Cucumber

Who's that handsome man? It's Coach Chris!

Clark joins in the drills, he's ready to show these girls how it's done! (And Emily does some sort of excited dance!)

Cute soccer players!

Kickin' the ball with Dad

Go Unicorns!

Yep, these Dynamos knew what they were doing

But we worked hard to keep up with them!

Go Emily!

Chris gets them ready to charge!



This picture perfectly represents Annika's attitude on the field. "Give me the ball!"



Elizabeth charmed her way into getting an early snack, she has Miss Sonya wrapped right around her finger



Girls in way-too-big shirts sometimes leads to shirt play


Cheer Tunnel!!





Woo Hoo! Go Unicorns!

The game after this one was against the Dolphins, and I didn't take any pictures for some reason. Then the week after that was a scrimmage against ourselves, and all the parents took to the field as well, so I was too busy playing to take pictures. That was pretty fun! The kids got such a kick out of playing with their parents. The last game was on Halloween, and Emily was so sick, and trick-or-treating in Niwot that morning totally wore her out, so I took her home for a nap and let her skip the game.

We're looking forward to playing again in the fall. Unfortunately, we'll be without Jenna and Alexis as the Robbs are moving back to Ohio at the end of the school year (a fact that makes me tear up every time I think it). The Homolkas will be with us again, though, and Kiara and Annika have already requested Coach Chris.