"Clusters of Crocus"

A year and a half ago on Thanksgiving morning my amazing sister Tonya and I planted bulbs all around my flower beds and we put Crocus bulbs in the grass.

They are all growing so great this Spring.

They are beautiful and are all over the lawn.

Jane wanted to show you the bunny she made out of playdoh today

Kate's words

Our little cakes talks SO much!

I wrote down the words I heard her say yesterday:

Grandma, mom, dad, Jane, Bruce, Kate,
"Watch!", drink, book, duck, bird, "Look!", cow, horse, pig, dog
elephant, show, baby, shoes, "Where's Jane?",
prayers, amen, WOW
snack, hot dog, cheese, roll, apple, mess
happy, car, go, potty, juice, "what's that?", bed, shh
nap, Oh, bus, nursery, outside,
(I love it when she falls down then says)- "I OK"
MINE... and more to come

Wearin' Green!

Last night Jane set a trap for a Leprechaun using Lucky Charms, but it was too sneaky and still turned out pancakes green.

Cute Jane wore lots of green for school today.
(In case you're wondering- that's string cheese in Kate's hand and mouth- she's saying "cheese.")
Kate loves her green dress too.

Bruce had a party yesterday at preschool so he was all greened-out.

B took this picture yesterday of Jane and her new bike, holding all her Webkinz.

Reach!

I found Kate doing this the other day- soo cute!

This little girl is so fun!
She talks all the time and loves to point to pictures and say what they are.

She's Six!

Yesterday our beautiful Jane turned 6 years old!

We started the day with taking her and her birthday treats to school:

(I dipped the top of the cone in white chocolate, added sprinkles, and filled with Jane's favorite fruit salad.)

I then spent a lot of the day setting up for her party...

(Thanks Grandma Damstedt for the dress, tights, and WEBKINZ!)

We had her party after school and I thought that not many kids would be able to come, but nope- all but 2 of the kids in her kindergarten class and primary class came (20+ kids)
It was CRAZY FUN!
We did a Science Birthday party where we divided the kids up into 3 "lab-teams." The first station was Reactions with B in the garage (fire, alka seltzer, mentos outside, etc...)
Then the 2nd station was BUGS with our very very kind friend Matt (we owe you big) who is an entomologist and he brought some collections and told about bugs.
The third station was dinosaurs with me and we had a big sand pit in the basement and brushes to find the dinosaurs. They each got a little thing for their treat bags at each station:

We had "worms and dirt" for dessert

and then we opened presents (CRAZY and WAY too much)

B thinks if we ever do this again we should have a canned food drive. These were such wonderful and thoughtful friends who came and Jane is set for years to come!

THANK YOU!

* Thank you Grandma Miller for the awesome package- 3 bags, treats, books, etc...
Thanks Jo again for the bows!
Thank you Heather for taking time and coming all the way over here and bringing the cutest birthday bucket of fun "6 year old" things!
Thank you to all who called, send cards, and emailed!

Toads, Dentist, and Hair Bows

This has been one fun week.

On Monday we went to "Cold Blooded Critters" at our library.
Kate liked the toad
Her impression

On Wednesday we got cleanings at the dentist
Jane
Bruce did AWESOME!
Today we got hair bows in the mail from my sister Joanna
Yesterday we went to my very talented friend Carolyn to get more bows- Thank you!!

I REALLY like hair bows!
(3 are missing- Jane& Kate are wearing them)

Saturday at the Rain forest

If it's cold outside and you are looking for something awesome to do, here's an idea:

THE RAIN FOREST!

Jane LOVED it!
Kate and Caimans

Jane and the toucans

Kate loved these little BRAZILIAN AGOUTI

Vampire bats

The fam. up top

This cute lizard is hanging on by one "toe"

They also had: Giant anteaters, an Onyx, Chestnut-mandible Toucan, Piranhas, GREEN AND BLACK POISON DART FROG, , roseate spoonbills, blue-crowned mot-mots and scarlet ibis, red-footed tortoises, vampire bats, piranhas, a giant anaconda, black howler monkeys, and dwarf caiman's (theses were awesome in the water.)
* Better yet- call us and we'll go with you! *