Easter

Today we celebrated our first Easter back in Wisconsin, and what a celebration it was. We woke up to our favorite game of hide-and-seek. Apparently the Easter Bunny decided to hide our Easter baskets while we were sleeping, and we found them in the bathtub of all places. We got lots of fun stuff, but our favorite was for the second year in a row, Crunchies. We can't get enough of those things, and Mom never buys them anymore so when they show up we can't help but sit and eat them all right away. We made sure to save room for pancakes and bacon though...our staple Sunday breakfast.

After a yummy breakfast and nice warm bath we got ready to head to Grandma Williams' house for an Easter egg hunt. When we arrived there were eggs everywhere. We both jumped out of the car in search of our orange and pink eggs only to be told that we had to wait for all of our cousins to arrive. The suspense was killing us and we couldn't help but look out the window a thousand times to make sure the eggs didn't go anywhere. Somehow we survived though and when the Easter egg hunt finally began we took off running super fast as we like to say. Mom had a hard time keeping up with me, and in the end I was the first one to find all 16 eggs. It was fun opening each egg to see what was inside, and then Grandma Jackie surprised all of us kids with Easter bags. Of course the fun didn't end there. We spent a good amount of time outside riding bikes and playing basketball. We can't forget about dinner too...the food part is always good! We headed back home around bedtime, and quickly fell asleep in the car only to dream about what a great Easter we had. Wishing all of you a very happy Easter from our world!

Easter Eggs

Mom was daring today and let us dye Easter eggs. We were mesmerized by the dissolving tablets, and still can't quite figure out where they went. I thought the whole point was to drink the colored water, and wasn't sure why Mom put eggs in each cup, but once she pulled them out we understood. The eggs look so cool and after they dry Mom is going to let us decorate them with stickers. Things just got more colorful in our world!

Gone, But Not Forgotten

A letter to Grandpa Wayne:

Why we've never met you is hard for us to comprehend. We've never seen you in person, touched you, or heard your voice, but we know that you are our grandpa. Mommy always tells us when we do something that reminds her of someone else in the family, and your name seems to come up an awful lot. Like whenever I pretend to answer the phone and I say "Yello" instead of "Hello". We think that's a good thing considering we turned out to be pretty amazing kids, and from everything we've heard about you, you were one amazing man. You passed away five years ago today, before we were even a dot on this map of life. Although we never got the chance to meet you we feel like you are a huge part of our lives. Mommy and Daddy share lots of photos and memories of you with us, and we feel lucky to know that we are a part of you. With time we see more and more of you in us. We're bummed that we'll never get to experience one of your whisker rubs, we'll never go for a ride with you on your four wheeler, we'll never share a HUGE bowl of ice cream with you, and you won't be around to teach us how to catch our first fish. We're glad though that Mom and Dad are sharing all of these memories with us, and trust us, we're eating enough ice cream for all three of us. You may be gone Grandpa, but you will never be forgotten. We love you.

Organization is Key

Gigi, Pop Pop, Titi Molly, and Uncle Craig came up this weekend to celebrate Easter and help out with some stuff around the house. The big project was organizing Daddy's garage. When we moved in a few months ago everything that didn't have a place, got piled into the third stall of our garage. You can imagine what that looked like, and Daddy decided it was time to get it all cleaned up. I put on my work shirt to look like Pop Pop, and grabbed a few tools, but I didn't work for long due to interest in some new found treasures that were hidden deep beneath all of the stuff. Daddy found one of our tricycles and both of our scooters, and they were just calling our names. Mom warned us that we are headed to buy helmets this week (thanks to me and all of my accidents I'm sure). I'm not a huge fan of things on my head, but I'll deal with it when the time comes. Mom and Gigi also taught us how to play hopscotch with pine cones, and we got in a Spanish lesson while hopping around. We're wondering what else we can organize here in our world!

Wonderful Wednesday

Today was a wonderful Wednesday, at least by our definition of the term. We were wonderful shoppers, wonderful nappers, wonderful eaters, and wonderful playmates. We were able to spend most of the afternoon outside blowing bubbles and drawing with chalk. We even took a field trip all the way around the house discovering all sorts of new things along the way. Mom surprised us when we came inside with some of her stuff she used to use when she was a working mommy. Our favorites were the horn and the echo microphones. Lily and I put on quite a show singing songs for Mommy, and Lily tried to play along with the horn. Hopefully tomorrow will be a terrific Thursday in our world!

3 Strikes and I'm Out

Pillows and duct tape, bubble wrap, or a helmet...Mom hasn't decided yet what I am going to have to wear after my latest incident. I fell yet again, and this time the result was a cut and a black eye. No stitches this time though which is good news considering my face is pretty beat up right now. Just trying to heal (x 3) here in our world!

Shopping and Shadows

Today was my kind of day so I guess I get to talk yet again! After a busy morning driving our Cozy Coupes around we took nice long naps to gear up for an afternoon of shopping. Mom succeeded in adding a few pieces to both my and Ryan's summer wardrobes (I think I came out ahead though by like 3 or 4 items since girls' clothes are so much cuter than boys', at least that's what Mom says), and I scored these really cool rainbow sunglasses. I love them and insisted on wearing them around the house when we got home along with my new apron Grandma Jackie got me.

When it came time for bed, I discovered a new friend, "shadow Lily". I've seen my shadow before, but for some reason tonight I seemed to take notice of it, and let me tell you, it was cool. There are so many fun things in our world!

In Like a Lamb Out Like a Lion

March has been relatively warm up until we saw the weather report last night. Today it was in the 60s and wonderful...by the weekend it is supposed to be back in the 30s and there is a chance of snow. What's up with that? I think Mother Nature is teasing us by giving us such warm temperatures this week. We aren't complaining though, after all, we did get to play outside almost everyday for the last week. The hard part is that we had finally accepted the fact that Frosty was gone until next year, and now they are saying it may snow again. I guess the crazy weather is just a fact of life here in our world!

Triplets???

We thought we'd give Mommy an idea of what it would be like to have triplets today. Our friend, Jack, who is exactly 6 weeks younger than us, spent the afternoon at our house and we had a blast playing outside since it hit 50 degrees today. We pulled out almost every toy in our garage, and the fun didn't end until I landed my behind in a puddle of mud, literally. I'm proud to say Mom made it through the afternoon in one piece, but we tried to give her a run for her money in our world!

Busy Sunday

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Since Dad was gone for most of the day yesterday the four of us had a lot to get in today. We had one less hour to do it in too because of some crazy thing called Daylight Savings Time...who invented that??? After our Sunday pancake breakfast and a little play time, we went down for an early nap. Lily succeed in this task, I on the other hand did not. I managed pretty well for the rest of the day though so Mom and Dad don't have much to complain about. After nap we met Dad for the Milwaukee Wave soccer game downtown. We had a blast and I convinced Dad that I needed a horn. He couldn't just buy me something though so Lily got this cool maraca that lights up. Score! Mom did have to take away half of my horn after both Lily and I crushed some guy in front of us. We managed to have fun with it whatever the size though, and we did our part to cheer on the Wave. After the game we headed to Dad's clinic so I could get my stitches out. Getting them out was more traumatic them getting them put in, but it is over now so we don't have to talk about it anymore. Finally, we were off to the mall for new shoes, tennis shoes to be exact. We burned off the last of our energy chasing each other around the store, and then went home to eat, take a bath, and head to bed. It was a busy Sunday here in our world!

Wrigley

I've decided it is my turn to talk since that is what I do best!  I know this picture was posted previously, but now that it is what I would call beautiful, I think it deserves a second posting.  I'm not sure what I like more, the fact that Wrigley is in it, or the fact that the only color you see is pink and that is my favorite color.  It is a tough decison, but I'm going with Wrigley!  I could devote pages and pages to my Wrigs (that is what I most often refer to him as).  After Mom, Wrigley is my dog.  I tell him daily that I love him, and I'm always throwing his bunny or tennis ball because I know he loves to play catch.  Notice it isn't fetch...he won't drop for me even though I repeatedly say drop in my meanest voice.  I always have to get Mom to say drop before he will give up his toy, but I'm convinced that someday he will learn.  Wrigs is great for cuddling with, giving high fives to, and for licking my fingers after I eat (even though Mom says that might make him sick).  Every time we leave the house, as we drive away, I yell "Goodbye Wrigs".  I want him to know that I'll miss him, but that we'll be back soon.  Wrigley has been sick on and off over the last few months...all of it weird and unexplained.  Mommy has dragged us along on some of his doctor visits, and whenever he gets meds I stand right by him and tell him it's okay.  The doctors can't seem to figure out what is going on, and luckily he hasn't gotten any worse over the last three months.  I'm praying he stays the same old Wrigs for a long time because I'm not ready to stop driving him nuts just yet.