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This weekend we went to the Earth Day celebration that NASA hosted on the Mall. Jayson was in heaven surrounded by science and space stuff. Aidan was happy too because they had bananas and balls to throw. Charlie's always happy. We also went to the French Festival in Georgetown and met the most amazing balloon animal guy! He made Aidan the cutest Odie the dog and Jayson an alien/astronaut.












Jayson is coming along at swim.


I never know what I'm going to find when I open the doors of our house! Jayson was experimenting in the bathroom sink with stuff that floats (or not).







It was that time of year again! Jayson's school recital did not disappoint. And of course, Auntie Crystal was there to see it.






I felt so bad about our first trip to the zoo that I decided to take the boys back. It was another unfortunate trip...we lost poor Tiger! Later that night out of desperation Jay bought a new version of Tiger at Toys R Us. At first Aidan wasn't sure about the nose. But after a few tosses in the air and some kisses on the nose he said.."I like it!" Kiss, kiss.."I love you, Tiger!"




Jayson and the boys are so excited that warm weather is coming and we're getting our garden going.








Aidan's antics!



Happy Easter! Happy General Conference! This year Easter Sunday was on the same weekend as our church's semi-annual General Conference so we had just hung out at home on Saturday and Sunday and our good friends Nadia and Isaac and their kids came over for an egg hunt and Easter dinner. And...ta da! A two-layer pavlova!




Reading books with Dad...





The boys and I went to the beach one day during Jayson's Spring Break. It seemed like such a good idea, and they had a lot of fun! It's HARD to keep 3 kids happy and out of the ocean all by myself! The next day we went to the zoo, which was even harder...so hard in fact, that I didn't take a single picture!






Oh, I love these babies!!



we had the best time at the Kite Festival on the National Mall! It's held every year to kick off the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival. It was a lovely clear day and Crystal came and we met some friends as well. Jay and Jayson flew our transformer kite like pros.








Happy Birthday to our favorite five year old!! In astronaut style, Jayson turned five on March 26th. Our heroine Auntie Crystal came to watch Charlie and Aidan so Jayson and I could go to the Air and Space Museum. Then we rode the Metro and met Jay in the underground tunnels where he works near the Pentagon and had lunch. After that we came home and had a solar system cake with hilarious planets made of rice crispy treats. Lumpy? Yes. Round? No. Delicious to no one but Aidan? Yes.






I've been practicing my pavlova skills (the official dessert of New Zealand)


I made a cake for my friend's shower...



2 comments:

Coleen D said...

This is a wonderful cake, so imaginative!

Coleen D said...

This is like a "24-hour-in-the-Snow-Family" Makes me tired just thinking about it!

Shred Violinist on NY subway

Prep for Cross Country

Captain Jayson's Rocket Launch

Dutch Wonderful Rollercoaster!

The perfect vent for Aidan...

Rocket Experiment :(

I can't wait for Aidan to learn the Haka in New Zealand. Hopefully it will prove to be an effective way for him to release aggression, and he can stop throwing balls at my head.

feel like dancing?

Charlie's laugh

Jayson at Swim Camp

Swimming at the Beach

Swimming at the Beach

Charlie is multi-faceted.

Charlie, do you have something in your nose???

Happy Birthday Astronaut Jayson!

Da Bonk.

Happy Birthday Aidan!

Interview with a four year old...

Nadia CRACKS ME UP!!!

Watch this!

Our First Road Trip as a Family of Five!

Easter Message

Happy Birthday Aidan!

Aidan Learns to Walk

Jayson's usual eating antics

Aidan's Tickle Torture

Aidan Picks Up

Boo! It's Halloween!

Jayson's First Day of Pre-School!

Jayson the Pirate

Aidy the Inchworm

Jayson singing "The World is So Big"

In case you have trouble understanding...

The world is so big and oh, so round
And even God's creations are almost so found.
Brothers and sisters and trees so tall,
animals big and animals small.
The world is so big and oh, so round
And even God's creations are almost so found...
etc, etc.

The correct words are:
The world is so big and oh, so round
And in it God's creations are found.
Mountains and valleys and trees so tall,
Animals big and animals small.
The world is so big and oh, so round
God loves us all, His blessings abound

Pictures of Our New Apartment!

Jayson's Top10

  • The Beach (any pile of sand qualifies)
  • Daddy ("Daddy's just my favorite")
  • Singing (even during sacrament meeting we cannot squelch his humming!)
  • Dumbo, his everpresent Elephant
  • Robinhood (as in the Prince of Thieves. "Mommy, my name is Robinhoodin, not Jayson.")
  • Swinging, sliding, climbing, jumping at the park
  • Marshmallows
  • All guys, boys, men, grandpas, uncles, etc.
  • Doritos (spicy red chips)
  • the color yellow

Aidan's Top 10

  • Mommy
  • Babbling
  • Drooling
  • Wiggling
  • Watching the dog
  • Watching his brother
  • Sucking on anything that comes within close proximity to his mouth
  • Sucking on his two middle fingers
  • Breastfeeding
  • Eating

A Photographer in the Making

Jayson loves taking pictures! He took most of these while we were on vacation in Washington and a few at home. I love that he takes pictures of himself. He then asks me to show them to him and he giggles a little when he sees what terrific shots he's gotten.

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blip, bleep. I. am. a. robot. lover.

Aidan carries his tiger in his mouth so he can have both hands free

Our little beekeeper

Is it a fork or a magic wand?

Big Carseat! Happiness!











At good ol' GW's house (Mt Vernon)


Brothers

Trying out the new running shoes.

Murphy tickles Aidan with his whiskers

Jayson being tortured by his swim teacher

Scary! Look at my sun damage since we got here!

Help Me!

Our Little Smarty

Monkey on a tightrope

Jayson's best pirate face(yes, he always closes his eyes.)

"How does that music fit in that tiny box?"

Bryant, Angela, Zoey, Mia, and Brodi on the 4th of July

Making a fast getaway

Jayson's "trampoline"

Mom and Jays

Aidan kept trying to eat his mask!He'll eat anything!

First 4th of July!

Checking out the competition





My guys on the Metro

"Oh Daddy, I love food!"

Jayson's just cute!

We know where we'll be this summer!

Aidan after a hard day at the pool

Aidan bumped his lip...he first "owie"

Jayson and his bud, Lex have matching bikes!

the bike: "Rock it" Awesome!

My Man...He be Lookin' Fine!

Jayson loves Aidan

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