Long time, no see...

See? How about talk...or read? Anyway, at the request of Lori, I am here blogging again.
 We had a good Easter. The kids did an egg hunt and I was impressed with Madie's finding abilities.

 And of course there was a pinata.

 Grandpa had to wear it on his head again this year.

 In May, Madie turned 3! I can't believe that she is 3 already! She wanted a princess birthday party (we added pirated as well for the boys) and invited her cousins and a few friends from church. She looked so cute all dressed up in her princess outfit, but took it off as soon as her guests started to arrive. I was bummed about that.

 The girls got to decorate tiaras and the boys made pirate hats.

 They played "pin the princess on the castle"...

 and "pin the pirate on the ship."

 Next up was a game called "walk the plank" where the kids had to walk on a wooden board while holding a water balloon on a spoon. They all seemed to really enjoy this game (and throwing the extra water balloons afterwards).

 Madie wanted brownies, not cake.

 Holy cow, is this kid spoiled!

 Madie got rain boots for her birthday that she got to use just a few days later for jumping in puddles.

 She has also enjoyed using them for playing in the sprinklers over the summer.

We also enjoyed a fancy dress tea party with Jenny & Katie.

 And I got a few pictures of Molly smiling.

 Here we were playing dress up with baby Molly and making fun of the giant flowers that people put on their babies heads. No offense if that is what you like, to each his own...it's just not my cup of tea. The only reason I had a flower that large is because it came on a tutu that I won from a blog giveaway a few months ago.

 Kristi and Cliff blessed Molly on the 3rd of July. My mom's mom came and then came to our house afterwards for lunch. Madie quickly made friends with Grandma. It was so cute to watch them together. The book they were reading was about a little girl and her grandma and Madie got excited because Grandma T. was wearing glasses just like the grandma in the book.

 We enjoyed our first 4th of July with legal fireworks. Madie is addicted to fireworks!

I don't have a lot of pictures from this summer, but it has mostly consisted of swimming, eating popsicles and weekly outings to the movie theater with Kristi and her girls. That's about it for now..."see" you again soon!