T-Ball

Madeleine & Braden received a t-ball set from the Easter Bunny and Madeleine is having a lot of fun with it! Check out that stance...proud to say mama taught her!

4 Miles!

Madeleine had her longest bike ride yet over the weekend. She rode 4 miles round trip! We walked and she rode all the way over to a park. We were very proud of her and she had a blast! We came home and had s'mores around the firepit for a treat when we got home. What a great day!

Braden at the park!

These pictures capture exactly who Braden is: boy on the move! It is absolutely nerve racking taking them both to the park. Madeleine is basically on her own because I am CONSTANTLY running after Braden. He is running all over the park! He LOVES it! He thinks it's pretty funny to run away from me too.

Playdate with JD!

We had JD over for a playdate! Madeleine & JD played so well together! It was beautiful outside so the kids had a picnic and rode their bikes. JD has a balance bike that he let Madeleine try out. She loved it! JD can balance very well and go pretty fast on it and he showed Madeleine just what to do. I really wish we had one for her and for Braden to use when he's old enough. Every child I know that starts with a balance bike completely skips training wheels and is able to ride a bike....would be so fun!

Zoo!

We ventured out to the zoo this past week and met a group of friends there. We hadn't been to the zoo in ages! The morning started out chilly but the sun finally came out and we had a fantastic morning! It was a quick visit though since we had to get Braden home for his nap. He was done anyhow after sitting in the stroller for two hours...this boy wants to walk!

Here is part of our group in front of the flamingos

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! The Easter bunny stayed up late preparing for Easter morning! Too much Easter candy was consumed in the process.


The kids woke up and found some Easter eggs on the stairs and leading all the way to their Easter baskets! Madeleine was so excited that the Easter bunny had left her a hula hoop! So fun! She quickly tossed it aside though when she saw the candy. She could care less about the cool sticker book too....oh no, we were all about the gummy bears and chocolate. Go figure. Braden received some new bath toys and had a ball in the tub that morning!

Madeleine did get excited about the t-ball set she received! Braden will like it one day too! Madeleine has two little friends who are currently playing t-ball so now she is showing some interest. We played outside all day with her new t-ball set and she's pretty good!

We headed over to my parents house to celebrate Easter. They had a fun egg hunt set-up for the kids! Thanks Mom & Dad!

Braden was mostly interested in climbing up and down the stairs. He showed no interest in any of the eggs!

Ethan, Zach & Kim also celebrated Easter with us. He was pretty good at finding the eggs!

This past week was Spring Break for Madeleine's school so we were busy all week doing lots of Easter themed projects which of course included dying lots and lots of eggs! We had our neighbor over for our first round of coloring eggs. Madeleine LOVES Avery! 

We had beautiful weather this Easter! We lucked out two years in a row! I remember a few years ago when Madeleine was literally wearing her snowsuit to hunt eggs. We were invited to a friends house who has an enormous back yard for an egg hunt. Madeleine hunted while Braden was more interested in the grass...this was his first time sitting in grass! He could care less about any eggs. After the hunt, the kids did a series of Easter themed games. So much fun! Thank you Derstadt family!!!

Braden barely sits still for us to take any pictures. Here he is trying to eat one of the eggs...a classic shot of Braden :)

Easter Bunny!

Over the weekend we went to a little Easter egg hunt put on by PCC. We saw some friends there & Madeleine got lots of treats! Then we made an Easter themed dessert, yum!