Baaa Baaa Yummy Sheep

In preparing Sunday dinner, I had invited little Allison to help, in hopes that it would keep her from teasing her siblings. On the menu, leg of lamb roast, and as I prepared it, Allie kept calling it "kicken" (aka chicken). So I explained to her that it was lamb, like a sheep.... Baaaaa! Of course I have to use sound effects to communicate the type of animal. Allie loves sound effects, so she quickly realized what sort of animal I was talking about. Of course she kept repeating "BAAAA" over and over again. Thank you Allie, for taking dinner to a presonal level.

Winter, it's the new Spring

Just a few pics to sum up the week.





As much as Rachel and I enjoy the cozy nature of a snowstorm, it seems to me these tulips were not in accordance. I like the last photo, almost like the tulip was peaking out the door to see if the snow was still there.

Happy Anniversary Honey!!

EXSCARED! - Quote of the Day

"I'm exscared. Do you know what that means? It means I am excited and scared at the same time."

-- Emma, on getting her tooth pulled.

Random Acts of Randomness: A Unique Bus Ride

Sometimes when I ride the bus to work, I close my eyes, and rather than the dry, semi-industrial slash construction zone scenery, I can see a lush forest of green with running waters. I can see country side colors, and rocky mountain landscapes. Even then, sometimes that gets old and then the world becomes painted in bright and unusual colors, nothing remains it's shape in reality, and animated shapes and creatures populate the open space. Roads become way higher than possibly engineered, giving a sky-scraper-top view of the city below, with criss-crossing pathways that twirl and loop with endless directions. Oh! The places you'll go...

Eastertime!

Ahhh Easter, time for Spring, time for tulips, pastels, chocolate breakfasts and... snow? What the what! But despite our wintery encore, we still had a great Easter. Naturally starting with the Easter Egg hunt. Andrew and Emma really got into it. Allie gets into it until she realizes the little plastics eggs have chocolate in them. Then it's breakfast of chocolate bunnies, and sugar coated anything.






We had some fun this year. Apparently the Easter bunny hid clues in eggs as to where there were the Easter gifts. So the kids were running around the house as they would get one clue, which led them to another and then onto another, etc.




THE FEAST!!

The food rocked!! Not much more to say on that. Except the fact that the kids are growing an ever stronger liking to lamb, which sucks because then Rachel and I have to share. Last year Emma downed like a whole rack of lamb, and now Andrew is catching on. Blasted kids... they're supposed to like mac and cheese, ramen noodles etc, and not the good stuff!

Some pics from Sloane's Baby Blessing

So a bit late on this post, it was like two weeks ago, but we really appreciate the love and support from friends and family, and just want to say thanks to all. A special thanks to Sloane's Grandma Deming for making the blessing dress. The dress was just stunning. Thank you.