Monthly Archives: April 2011

Is it just me, or do holidays get better with kids? We had such a wonderful Easter! JT and Haley started the morning with their Easter baskets from us. (Me: “JT, pleeeeeease stand by your Easter basket for just one picture?”) We had a leisurely breakfast. Jim picked Blueberry French Toast Casserole, this fabulous recipeContinue reading “Easter”

When you’ve had one of the rainest Marches on record, and the coldest April on record, it’s a pretty big deal the day the sun comes out and the temperature hits 68 degrees. We’re back to cold and wet today, but we certainly enjoyed it while it lastest. The Saturday before Easter, I met ourContinue reading “Saturday in the Sun”

Haley turned eight months old last week! She is doing a great job feeding herself puffs and Cheerios, has waved goodbye a couple of times, and just started giving big sloppy kisses. So sweet! It was a gorgeous day on Saturday, so we took a few pictures outside to mark her big day. Yeah, sheContinue reading “8 Months Old”

JT and Haley, like most kids, love books. I snapped this picture of JT reading to Haley a couple of mornings ago. They are snuggled in the sunshine in their pajamas.

One evening after dinner, we took a walk to our local elementary school playground and the boys played a little baseball. JT has to have baseball in his blood: Jim and my brother were both high school all stars, and my dad played well into his fifties. JT got a baseball tee, ball, and batContinue reading “Baseball”

JT got a couple of new puzzles from his older friend Eli and he loves them. One is a Thomas puzzle and it has 25 pieces. JT can do the entire thing by himself. I think that’s pretty awesome! The other puzzle is an alphabet train. This is perfect because JT knows about half ofContinue reading “Puzzles and Clocks”

JT enjoys his friend-who-is-a-girl (not girlfriend), Gracelyn, very much! We enjoy her and her family, too, so that works out well. 🙂 Gracelyn’s family came over for an indoor picnic lunch this week after we got rained out of a boat ride. JT and Gracelyn play together most weeks at workout, and they both didContinue reading “Friend-that’s-a-girl”

I bought Haley some new barrettes at the store the other day. She rides sitting up in the cart now and her eyes LIT up when she saw them. It’s so crazy to watch a little girl who is just riding along, enjoying life, and then she is screaming because she can’t hold the barretteContinue reading “Barrettes and Cheerios”

Haley and I got to go to a baby shower for two of my cousins, Cora and Rebecca. (What’s with my family? We seem to get pregnant in multiples.) They are both having boys! Cora lives far away, so she joined us via Skype. Aren’t we so cutting edge? 🙂 The group Catching up withContinue reading “Baby Shower”

Jim had to leave town for work and I had Book Club plus a baby shower, so JT went to spend the night with Grandpa and Grandma Cole. That left Haley and I with the house to ourselves for 24 hours! It was pretty fun “just us girls” and I must say that I amContinue reading “Girls’ Weekend”