Hair salon

My girls do not enjoy having their hair done. They would much rather wake up and leave it the way it is, tangles and all. If I pretend to be a hairdresser, get out their little chair, and talk in an accent asking what they'd like me to do today, they are more willing to allow me to do it. Of course I don't do this everyday. Ava knows on school days, she will be getting her hair pulled back. But it's fun to do the hair salon every once in a while. We did it on this paticular day and even Maya and Hannah were involved!

Happy (belated) Easter

"The greatest day in history, death is beaten You have rescued me, sing it out, Jesus is alive!"
These are words from the song "O Happy Day" and I love these lyrics. It really is the greatest day in history when Christ conquers the grave and rescues us from our sin. What lost, hopeless souls we would be without Jesus. Easter is such a great time to reflect on His sacrifice. We had a wonderful day celebrating this with our families. Mike and I actually were part of the worship team, so we had to be at church very early. My parents brought the girls to church and they were able to watch a childrens drama about Easter. They really liked it!

After church we let the girls find their Easter baskets. We then had them take naps because both the Epley and Ross families were coming for dinner. It was a full house!



It's fun getting all dressed up!


We seemed to have more candy this Easter than we did for Halloween. I don't know how that happens.

Hannah's basket was the healthiest!

All the cousins getting ready for an Easter egg hunt.

Their filled baskets.

We were thrilled that the rain held out because we ended up staying outside most of the day. Mike even took the kids on a tractor ride!

Hannah's best friend, Papa.

It was a beautiful and fun day, spending time with out families. Happy Easter!

Baby chics

When I was growing up, our family raised chickens. We always had fresh eggs, and when the chickens were done producing, we had fresh chicken. Within the past year, my parents have started raising chickens again. Mike and I have been talking about getting chickens as well, so we can have fresh eggs, and can sell some as well. We now have 12 chics taking up residence in the corner of our dining room. They have to stay under a heat lamp for at least the first two weeks. I believe once their feathers come in, they can go outside.

They really don't require that much work, especially once they're grown. You can usually count on one egg per day, per chicken. So hopefully we'll get a dozen a day!

The girls and I had a fun day today. We all piled in the car and went to Meijer in the morning.

After Meijer, we decided to get mommy a much needed coffee, and the girls some much needed "run around" time. This cold weather is making us all stir crazy. So we headed over to the McD's play place.

We love having Maya two days a week. The girls all play really well together.

Horsing around

My friend Lisa has two horses. She hosted our mom's group today so the girls and I were fortunate enough to ride one of them. Ava did great and wasn't scared at all. Allie was a little more timid but didn't show it! Maya had a turn as well. Even Hannah was able to sit on the horse. I was probably the most scared of all the girls!

My dad recently had surgery on his knee. Whenever he would show Allie the bandage she would say "AWWWWW." So then Hannah started doing it and it turned into a game.

Big Girl

Just within the past week, Hannah is walking more than crawling!

New phones

Mike and I recently purchased new phones. There are so many kid friendly aps available and my girls love to play with them. They also like to take pictures and videos and then watch them .

My girls love spending time with their Grandma and Papa. They happen to live down the street from us so we see them almost every day!

Big girl

Hannah loves climbing up into this chair. She will sit in it for a long time.



Doesn't it look like she's getting curls in this picture!?

Allie tried to give her some loving but Hannah thought she was trying to get into her chair. She wasn't having it.

Sisters

I haven't posted in a while so I figured I'd update about what the girls have been up to. Ava is 5, Allie is 3, and Hannah will be 14 months in three days.

Let's start with Hannah! She is so close to walking, but not quite there yet. She'll cruise along the furniture and walk if she's strolling behind a walker or holding someone's hand. She would just rather crawl or scoot along the floor for now. She loves vegetables, her blankie, watching her sisters dance and sing, Papa, and snuggling. We have been putting her to bed around 8 pm lately, and she usually sleeps till 8 am. Still giving me 12 hours, I love it! She only takes one nap every day, for 2 - 3 hours, around 1:30. She talks all the time, and will even sing if you ask her to. Her current vocabulary consists of these words: papa, mama, dada, ba bye, and ball. She tries to say Ava and Allie, coming out as ya and ye. She claps, dances, waves, blows kisses, plays patty cake and peek-a-boo, and gets into EVERYTHING! Her favorite thing to do is pull all the dvd's off the shelf or all the tupperware out of the cupboard.



Ava is loving pre-school and learning a lot. The dentist visited her school today so she learned all about how important it is to brush and floss her teeth. And she was even given a brand new Strawberry Shortcake toothbrush. She recently learned how to ride her bike without training wheels and is a pro now. We rode up and down the street last week with some of the warmer days and she rode so fast without falling for quite a while. Her favorite toys right now are her Barbies. Her and Allie play every day with their Barbies. Ava just recently filled up half her sticker chart and was able to pick out a new toy, which was another Barbie! She seems so old to me, it's crazy. She's very excited for summer so she can play t-ball and go swimming. And she's most looking forward to riding a school bus when she starts kindergarten in the fall.



My sweet little Allie is learning a lot this year too. She loves coloring and playing with play-dough. She know hows to write her name and is learning to write other letters as well. She was riding around a big wheels but is now riding a two wheeler with training wheels. Allie also loves playing with Barbies and is still into dominoes. She loves singing and is very good at staying in tune. She's such a good big sister to Hannah and is always looking out for her (when she's not knocking her over!). Allie is really looking forward to summer as well, especially so she can get out and jump on the trampoline. And she talks all the time about going to school when she turns 4. Allie loves to play dress up too! She's done with naps so I usually have her and Ava take a quiet time for about an hour every day. They play so well together in their room during that time.

We're having a lot of fun watching these girls grow. They have such wonderful and different personalities. We love them very much!

Wide awake

Fashion show

My girls love to play dress-up. Every day during their quiet time, they get down all their dresses and try them all on. It's pretty cute. So I suggested we have a fashion show with all their dresses. They could try all of them on and come into my room, and I'd snapped pictures while they walked the catwalk!

This first one isn't part of the fashion show! I just thought they looked cute in their new matching t-shirts.

Hannah enjoyed the show too. Actually, she really just wanted to take hold of the camera so she could chew on it.

Loved this pose!

The last four are my favorites. I love this dress and I just told Ava to do her thing and started taking pictures.

Sassy:)

I have a feeling the girls are going to be requesting fashion shows for a long time to come. They had a blast!