This kid is at a tough stage right now--his vocabulary just isn't big enough to express his wants and needs--but it's hard to stay mad at this messy, smiley face for too long

It was walk-to-school day today so we loaded up the kids and paraded up the sidewalk from our neighborhood to school.  Love that almost the entire bus stop joined in on the fun!

This kid is a fish!  He's been working hard since November to be able to make the swim team this summer.  He has to swim a 25m freestyle in 60 seconds to make the team.  Lots of hard work and he can do it!!!  At his last lesson, he swam a 50m free and a 100m backstroke!  We are so proud of him!!!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  The Easter Bunny brought some treats and we're spending the day with family (MaMa and Pop are coming over for lunch).  We even had an early morning egg hunt.

Easter Eggs

We took some time this afternoon to dye easter eggs.  JG and Delia always enjoy the process, and I managed to keep Henry occupied elsewhere for one more year.  Next year I'm sure he'll be in the middle of things :)

Kings Dominion

John took the last day of spring break off and MaMa was wonderful enough to hang out with Henry, so we took the big kids to Kings Dominion for the afternoon! I haven't been there since I was a teenager and I'm glad to see they have spruced it up a bit.  JG is tall enough to ride some BIG rides and Delia is getting braver each time!  I was lucky enough to ride the Rebel Yell with JG and it was sooooo much fun!

Afternoon with the bigs

John took this afternoon off from work so we could spend some quality time with the big kids. We took them to the Science Museum and saw a shark movie in the newly refurbished IMAX dome. Then, we decided to "celebrate" with dinner at Shyndigz, an amazing dessert restaurant.  We had cake for dinner!

JG ordered the Kitchen Sink--pie with chocolate chips, marshmallows, Oreos.  It was delicious!

Delia ordered a Tagalong Humdinger, a yummy combination of cake and pie!