Quick lake trip in the SUNSHINE!

Today was a GORGEOUS day so we gave the kids a handful of outside options.  Surprise surprise they chose to go to the lake.  It's only about 60 degrees out but they wanted to wear their swimsuits.  At first they were a little hesitant to even get their feet wet but every time they went to fill up their buckets they would go in a little deeper.

We brought Hank along with us, the kids and Daddy had fun attempting to play fetch and Daddy had a great time trying to get Hank in the water, though Hank got pretty close to getting Daddy in the water instead.

They made a path for the water to make a river and Kayda kept deciding to make it longer and longer, which meant a lot of work for Daddy!

 Hurry Daddy!

Dillon decided he wanted to swim.  That didn't work out so well, the water is VERY cold so he spent the whole time in the water with this shocked look on his face.  Not that you can see it with all that splashing!

Kayda decided to brave it too, about two seconds after this picture Daddy let her go, then her face and Dillon's facial expressions became very similar.

Kayda's Preschool Art

I got kind of behind.  My thought, way back in October was that I could just take pictures of Kayda's art instead of trying to hold onto all of it (since she comes home with several pieces of art every time she goes to school).  I got a little behind, a little meaning these pictures represent the majority of her art from October to now.  So much for keeping on top of things!  Next year I'll definitely have to be better about it considering both Kayda AND Dillon will be in preschool and it will be twice as often!  Here are the pictures of the things Kayda has made at school.

Happy Easter!

Kayda woke up ready to go see if the Easter Bunny came!  We had to delay her until Dillon woke up about 20 minutes later.  They were happy to find the candy and toys.  We had our egg hunt inside since once again it's raining outside on Easter.  The kids had a great time wandering around finding the eggs that they decorated!

Easter Prep!

Today was Easter prep day, it ended up being a little more extensive than usual because the Easter Bunny did us the favor of checking the weather!  We started with our typical egg coloring which Kayda and Dillon have been BEGGING to do since Monday.  Dillon was just like last year, he wanted ot put every egg in every color. 

Daddy taught Kayda and Dillon how to do eggs with TWO colors.  They each took a shot at it, though Kayda was more patient so hers turned out a little more consistently. 

 Blowing on the eggs to get them to dry some before flipping them over to dye the other half.

While we were waiting for the eggs to dry so we could do stickers we discovered that the Easter Bunny had been kind enough to drop off the kiddos clothes early.  The Easter Bunny sure does know our kids!  Kayda got a new pretty dress (she LOVES dresses) and Dillon got a couple of cool shirts (he HATES dress up clothes).  Today is a BEAUTIFUL day, tomorrow is supposed to be raining so we headed outside to take some pictures.

 The kids were so great about taking the pictures I LOVE these pictures of them together.

 ...Then is was play time!

 She was explaining something to Daddy, check out that face!

 Red light-Green light with Daddy!

 We played a few other games, including sardines, the kids thought that was great!  Then back inside to put stickers on the eggs!



Swimming with Daddy!

Kayda found a swimsuit I bought her last year so it was easier to use the potty.  She wouldn't wear it because she didn't like having her tummy exposed.  When she found it she decided that she HAD to wear it to go swimming.  So despite the fact that she just finished a round of the flu, and Mommy couldn't go swimming because she needs a swimsuit, they went swimming.  Kayda loved kicking around with a noodle or the pink mat.  Dillon's favorite part was jumping.  Unfortunately the camera wasn't getting clear shots of the kiddos mid-jump, they're a little blurry but you get the idea.  Daddy was a busy guy in the water with two little ones who can't swim too far on their own.  Kayda kept trying to swim off and Dillon just wanted to stay at the edge and keep jumping.  Mommy sat on the side taking pictures and having tons of mini-heart attacks (Daddy was much more lenient about proximity than Mommy would have been).

Kayda swimming, she started using breast stroke type arms though she's NEVER used them before.  We were very surprised.

 Kayda was "paddling" with the noodle.

 Blurry but you can see his smile!

Dillon swimming.  We have to remind him to keep his head down though.

 Kayda decided to pose mid-jump!



A little bit of sunshine!

There wasn't much of it but we did get some sunshine today!  The kids had enough time to go out and play with some bubbles.  They started out playing with their big bubble wands but I have to hold the tubes so I couldn't get pictures.  We switched over to the bubble machine and the kids were having a fantastic time chasing the bubbles.  Next thing you know they're both running around with their bats trying to pop the bubbles that way!  They were both in their jamas because we're trying to potty train Dillon with little to no success thus far so I figure why dirty more clothes than we have to?