Mikey's 1st day

Mikey started daycare with Jenna, and so far things have gone really well. Jenna seems to enjoy having Mike there with her, and I'm sure he's comforted (or at least entertained) by having her there. Here are some pictures from his 1st day at Melissa's:

'Big' boy...all ready to go:

One last snuggle:

On the way to Melissa's Jenna explained the 'rules' to Mikey, it was pretty cute. He's one lucky little boy to have constant entertainment in the form of Jenna. He's either going to think it's completely normal to have someone constantly talking to him, or he'll be deaf in one ear; guess we'll have to wait and see! Now if we can just get him to not have blows outs everyday while at daycare.....

Monster Cookies & Monster Smiles

With some of the loot from Easter we made Monster cookies, here are some pictures of Andrew & Jenna helping:

Their favorite part of helping bake....licking everything of course!

Showing a little sibling love:

And here's the monster smile that Mikey loves to flash:
He loves to play patty cake, which is what he was doing in the picture. He's still a very happy little guy, and he adores his siblings so we get to see lots of smiles :-)

Easter (Part 3)

After all the fun in Owatonna, we headed to Faribault to have Easter with Bongers. That Easter bunny was extra busy in Faribault...he hid eggs for all the grand kids and since Andrew & Jenna are the only ones that are walking, they got to find all the eggs!

Jenna hunting for eggs:

Andrew searching:

Mikey chillin' with Grandpa Vern:

Grandma Dee with all her great grand kids:

After all this Easter, everyone was pretty tuckered out....now to find hiding spots for all the candy.....

Easter (Part 2)

After Easter morning at our house, we headed to Owatonna to have Easter with the Fullertons. Here are some pictures from the day:

listening to the letter from the bunny:

Mikey all ready to help out with the hunt:
And they're off!
Wow...look at all those eggs!

Testing out his airplane (cool!):

Take off.....

Jenna walking Sir Thor:

Jenna & Sir Thor's walk didn't end very well...luckily Uncle Tom was there to grab the leash just as Thor & Jenna were buzzed by the airplane. Pretty sure that Thor will never be a fan of the airplane, and thankfully Tom saved Jenna from a trip across the yard w/ Thor.

Easter (part 1)

The kids really enjoyed getting ready for the Easter bunny this year, and loved dying the eggs. Along with dying eggs, Easter bunny prep at our house this year also required a clean playroom & clean bedrooms; otherwise the bunny wasn't going to come. Good thing he let mom & dad know the new rules, otherwise our house may have been skipped.

Here are the kids all ready to dye eggs:

Waiting (almost patiently):
Checking the eggs:

All that hard work paid off, the Bunny came! Since Andrew & Jenna were a flurry of activity, Mikey was the only one slow enough to get a picture of....which I'm sure will not be the case next year :-)

Next up - Easter @ the grandparents. Mr. Easter Bunny was busy.....he hid eggs, baskets & presents for the kids at their houses too!

2 months

Here are some pictures of Michael on his 2 month birthday. I'm going to attempt to remember to have the giraffe next to him in all his 'month birthday' pictures to show how big he's getting.

Spring! (or so we thought)

Back in April we had what we thought was the start of Spring (it only lasted a day), so of course we hit the backyard. There was t-ball to be played, running/dancing to be done & of course bubbles to be made.

The boys practicing t-ball:

Mike kicking away making bubbles:
Jenna running around/dancing, just enjoying the warmth:

When we went back to the rainy, cold weather we were all sad....come on spring, where are you?