Seattle Day 4: Time to go home

We finished off our Seattle vacation with a bang - - or more accurately, a crack!  We smashed confetti eggs on each other outside.  :)

Maxwell posed to get Emmalyn

Confetti everywhere!

Lucky Konrad on clean up duty

After that, we headed to the airport to go home.

Score - got her to fall asleep again!

Rosy red cheeks post nap

Silly girl

Update on what the kids have been up to...

Emmalyn now says "butt head". I thought at first she didn't know what she was saying but no, she was calling names.

Emmalyn still puts her hand down my shirt.

She loved the stairs and the motorcycle when we were at Ashlee's. 

In the morning when I'm nursing her and have to stop to use the restroom, Emmalyn peppers me with questions when I come back.  She will ask if I washed my hands (she can smell it) by saying, "Wash hands Momma?" then "Soap?" and "towel?"  Girl is giving me the third degree!

She picks on her brother by touching the screen on his iPad or pushing him if he's next to her.

She hasn't gone potty in the potty again after that one time.

She sleeps with her pink puppy and her purple turtle on either side of her face each night when she goes to sleep.  

Often people will comment on how clear her talking is.

She is demanding!  And her tantrums have escalated to throwing things, flailing, and kicking. (Is she 2 years old yet???)

Emmalyn wants her binky all the time.  She got it a little more on vacation than she usually would.  Normally it would be during sleeping only.

Emmalyn asks for "cereal" and "malk" (Milk) every morning after asking for milk from me.  She will now say "cereal and malk in bowl" which means she wants it like you would typically eat cereal instead of getting a sippy cup with milk and some cereal in a sandwich bag.

In the morning she always asks about what Maxwell is doing.

Maxwell in still in 3t pants.

Max started learning multiplication in school this week (I had already taught him the 0s. He totally got the concept of that.) 

Seattle Day 3: Easter 2016!

The Easter Bunny visited and had stuff for the kids even though we weren't at home

All the kids ready to go find their baskets and the eggs! Sam, Emmalyn, Maxwell, Kimber, Camryn, and Allison

Emmalyn has loved going up and down these stairs all day

You know how it goes...once she knows what's in the eggs it's hard to keep looking instead of opening.   :)

In Ashlee's house, the Easter Bunny not only hides eggs but he hides the baskets too - - Emmalyn found hers!!

Maxwell found his and was really excited about what was in there (a transformer, a toothbrush...)

Everyone looking through their stash

The aftermath

Maxwell's favorite thing to do is play PacMan.  He's getting better and really enjoying it.

Two cuties reading their books

Yummy pancake bunnies for breakfast.  Ashlee's so skilled in the kitchen... she whips up amazing desserts so quickly or does pancakes like it's nothing.  

With the kids all dressed up for Easter, we took some pictures outside with the pretty lake as a background.

(Ashlee lent Emmalyn these rain boots and she is obsessed with them and LOVES them.)

These cuties...what a blessing they are to our family!

Enjoying the trampoline

We went out for lunch and then went over to my Aunt Leanne and Uncle Clay's for dinner and the annual traditional Easter Egg Hunt!  I was excited for my kids to get to participate in this tradition that is so special to me.

Maxwell really loves being around Sam.

Happiness is seeing a big pile of shoes by this front door.

Maxwell had dinner at the kids table (and Peter and I got to eat with adults!!!).  It's great to be around so many kids.

Even Emmalyn had her own little spot (although I helped her eat a little bit).

My baby girl searching for the eggs.  She did great!

It was rainy and cold (Pretty typical) so they were all bundled up.

Maxwell searching

Emmalyn and her money from the eggs

Back in to warm up and dry off!

Uncle Clay taught Maxwell how to play Uno.  He got to play with the big kids.  Uncle Clay called Max "Maxwell Smart".  Maxwell would teasingly tell him that's not his name. He closely watched Clay keep score and so later when I played with Clay, Maxwell, and Sam,  Maxwell wanted to keep score and did a great job adding up the scores!! (great practice on that multi-digit addition)

The adults played games too

It's not a good picture but here's Max playing Uno with Uncle Clay.  He couldn't get enough once he got started.  It was the only thing he wanted to do and Clay was so kind to keep playing with him. 

Eventually they stopped playing and Maxwell went upstairs to watch a movie with the other little kids.  (We put Emmalyn down to sleep earlier.  We tried as much as possible to keep her going to bed early so that we wouldn't have to adjust when we got back to our time zone at home.)