Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Easter/Spring 2016 Photo shoot - Bunny and Ducklings

We hurried home from Austin and just barely made it in time to grab the kids clothes and get them dressed in the car for the photo shoot.  I didn't get to spent as much time prepping (or doing hair) as I would have liked but it all turned out okay.

I snuck in a few shots while the photographer was taking the pictures (the next three pics).

Emmalyn was ALL ABOUT the animals.  She had no fear and wanted to touch and hold them.

Max on the other hand... you can see here that he was far more hesitant!







She just kept asking to hold them:)

No ducklings were harmed in this photo shoot (even though it looks like they were!)

This is such a huge different from last year when we took these pictures and I had to beg and bribe him to be in them.

Just the tiniest, littlest, most cautious touch...


LOVE!!!!


Again, just touching the animals with his fingertips.



My favorite picture.  Siblings!  (This type of affection from Maxwell is not common but I'm grateful when we asked him to put his arm around his sister that he did it.)

He's feeling way brave now!  (But still not holding on very well... )

don't worry - we quickly saved the duckling

Finally!  She gets to hold the duckling!

Love this beautiful, bold girl with her little curls, her big eyes and her baby face.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Last week of February 2016

I got a ton of new kids books through USBORNE Books thanks to an online party I hosted.  I'm super excited!  (I'm so glad my kids like books!)

Max at swim lessons.  They weren't able to use one edge of the pool so he had to hold onto one of the teachers like a monkey because he can't touch the bottom of the pool

Max and the other kids in his class, some were 2 heads taller! (He's wearing blue and right in the middle in front of the kid in a green shirt.)

He wanted to get some seaweed strips at the grocery store so I let him (He didn't really understand what he was getting) but kuddos to him because he actually ate it and liked it!

Skyping with Grandpa and Nana.  Max wrote them a note.

Silly boy ready for bed.  He's been putting one of his blankets on top of his pillow.   He really likes soft textures for his blankets and pajamas.

Rocking his BYU shirt

Emmalyn was NOT happy that I put this dress on her.  I asked her to wear it long enough for me to get a picture.  She never wore the dress again.  I don't really understand why she didn't like it.

One night this week, Emmalyn tossed and cried for hours. Finally I figured out her mouth was hurting her, she must be teething her 2nd year molars! So I put some lavender on and gave her Tylenol.  Poor girl.

Maxwell's Kindermusik class and their instruments.  Daddy helped him make one that sounded sort of like a duck quacking.  It was a cup, a string, and a wet napkin.  It was pretty cool.

Max had a friend birthday party at a bounce house place and he was all about it and had a great time climbing up some BIG houses.  (He's kid on the left)


Although he liked the bounce houses, he was constantly drawn to the video games and I had to keep pulling him away.



We played air hockey.  It's sure fun to hang out with this kid (and so weird that he's grown up enough to do things like this with him!)

Emmalyn wanted to ride bikes with the big kids but the scooter is the only one she can ride.

My cousin Brandy was in town so we all went downtown to have breakfast and hang out with her.  It was soooooo fantastic to get to spend time with her.  It's been a long time!

Peter swapped with me so I could actually be in a picture

We walked to Klyde Warren Park (a cool urban space over the freeway in downtown Dallas) and the kids played in the kids area

Emmalyn wanted to sit and listen to story time

Such a monkey with no fear


They loved it when dad spun them around


We tried a bahn mi sandwich from a food truck.  It was good.

Enjoying some Doritos (so messy!)


More houses going up on the street behind our house.  I miss our great wide-open view when none of these were here... :(  The progress on the house behind us is going so slowly! (which stinks because of the endless construction noise but also good because I want to delay having a neighbor back there as long as possible)

Dressing for spring in hopes that it comes faster!

Even though it's not yet spring and the grass is brown, the weather is warm enough to play outside in with shorts and t-shirts when the sun is shining brightly.