Happy Easter!

Um, this kid cracks me up. Only he could pull off this look with absolute cuteness!

on a major mission

 This is a picture of Lainey and her friend John just before church this morning. Lainey, Kaitlyn, and Ainsley like to play "wedding" on the playground after school. All three girls marry John because, as Lainey told me, "He's the only boy, Mom!"

Walker is looking a LOT like his cousin Collin in this picture.

 And in this one. I think it's the hair and the white shirt...he's Collin's mini-me. :) 

 We LOVE Aunt Elsie!

 This boy loves strollers.

 And he's about to throw this dog toy at me. 

See Kate's mac 'n' cheese on her plate? Walker kept putting his fork INTO her bowl! He wanted that mac 'n' cheese! Thank you, Kate, for sharing!! Walker certainly needs to work on his table manners. :) 

happy sweet girl

Walker was so determined to get that basketball IN the basket!

playing some four-square

Walker playing with ants..as usual. 

 dribble, dribble, dribble

 More ants!

And now he's found a bee.

In a show of cousin love...the two older ones told the little one to step on the bee. :) And so he did!

 So focused on moving that bee around with the little wood chip!

I love this picture because I love Walker's little stray pinky toe. It does this a lot. It just kinda does its own thing!!

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Hope everyone had a fabulous Easter weekend!

Easter Weekend (Part I)

Our Saturday night was spent with the fabulous Young and VanCampen families...friends in Texas (Youngs) and neighbors to my parents in Colorado (VanCampens). What a fun group of people - I'm already looking forward to Colorado this summer!!

And Lily is amazing. She and Walker bonded. :) 

 Hi, Anna!

 Lainey, Cate, Anna, Walker, and Lily :)

Crummy picture, but cute kids. They played so well together!

 playing hide-and-seek

 This picture makes me laugh. Lainey was getting pretty grumpy (tired) there towards the end of the night, and she's griping at Cate about something. Sorry, Cate!

This picture is hilarious. Lainey is counting, and Walker is helping her. I love watching these two play together. Walker LOVES playing hide-and-seek and duck, duck, goose. Except he calls it "duck duck boooook!"

ANTS!

We are probably all a little over-excited about our new ant farm. I bought one for the kids but I think Ben and I are equally fascinated by it. Walker, of course, LOVES it. Since he has a love affair with ants. :)

 "Hi, Ants!" (And Walker says "ants" like "aaauuunnntt.")

 "Mommy! Ant! Nainey! Ant!" -Walker, on a daily basis.

Love that cute little smile behind his binky!

Crazy Weather Day

Wow...what a day to be in north Texas. We had tornados in Addison (just south of us) and in the cities to the west of us. We spent a scary ten minutes or so in the "art closet" (a.k.a. the coat closet under the stairs) and that was pretty miserable for several reasons (one being that we were in an art closet..that one's self- explanatory...and two being that Reagan was completely freaked out and NOT as distracted by the art supplies in the closet as the kids were). Thankfully, all is well in our house and neighborhood. The kids could not have cared less about the storm, the sirens, the thunder...any of it. They were cool little cucumbers. After the craziness, we kept Kaitlyn and Brayden while their mom ran a quick errand. The kids played so well together despite the ongoing storm...and I was able to snap a few pictures of their cuteness.

Lainey, Kaitlyn, and Ainsley are three little peas in a pod. They love being together and they play really, really well together. And Brayden and Walker are in the same class at school, and they do pretty well together, also!

Looking at the radar on the TV...I am pretty sure they were discussing all of the colors.

See the little indention in the middle of Walker's chest? His uncle Greg has the same thing. :) I think they are the only two in the family. Walker also has the same little vertical line that I do in the middle of my nose. He's got some cool traits!

 Walker looks like a disgruntled teenage lifeguard. Minus the pacifier and girls' sunglasses, of course. :)

Little Brayden loves coming to our house to play "upstairs...costumes." He is such a good sport when it comes to dressing up (and being dressed up by the girls).

Watching Sissy

This is Walker's favorite place to be during Lainey's dance practice. He loves to watch his sissy. And only sometimes does he imitate the moves and follow Ms. Tammy's instructions. :)