Thursday, February 28, 2013

Basketball

 
Levi enjoyed playing basketball again this year.  And he got to be on his cousins Simon and Lucy's team this year which was a lot of fun. He is at the top on defense in the first picture and then the one under this he is number 23 running.  (Not great action shots, but I just had my phone which is better than nothing!)





Monday, February 25, 2013

Nana and Papa's visit!

 Nana and Papa's February visit!
Lots of game playing, "roaring", some baseball throwing, cuddling and even some hiking!








Visit from Kate!

 We all enjoyed our visit from Kate!  The kids enjoyed having her read to them and play with them and of course I enjoyed it most of all to have my precious friend to spend time with!  I'm not sure why we never get a picture of the two of us together!


Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Just some February days...

Clara LOVES to pose for pictures.  She put on my sunglasses and wanted her picture taken and then to see it.  It reminds me of those funny glasses that are huge they sell for dress up.  They kind of make her face look tiny like those. :)

 Ollie loves to vacuum.  I'm not sure how much he actually picks up with the vacuum, but he enjoys trying!  And he wants to wear one of Thomas the Train shirts EVERYDAY.  He has a couple and is willing to alternate them with Buzz Lightyear when they are in the wash.  He really just likes to have a say in what he wears and everything really!




 
 

Clara Kate and Ollie play "house" or "baby" a lot.  This is Ollie's crib Clara made for his with the couch. Sometimes they are the mom and dad and carry dolls to the park, on picnics, etc and sometimes they take turns being the baby and the other takes care of them. 
 I'm not sure why Ollie's doing a pout here but this is just an example of how he's our own little garbage disposal.  He eats most anything and will clean up after others.  This was popcorn not finished from the night before that he took upon himself to finish.  (This is why levi has to be Very careful if he eats regular cereal or snacks that aren't gluten free because if he drops any, Ollie will want to clean up after him!)

 





And our sweat pea who loves to draw and color and do crafts all the time!!  She is always making things or coloring pictures for people.  Levi and Ollie enjoy it too but I don't think they do quite as much as Clara!
And Levi the "teacher".  He loves to play school with the kids and be the teacher and really teach them stuff. He loves to teach Clara how to add and work on her numbers and sight words and get her to spell things.  Ollie is not always as cooperative for his teacher so he often gets his name moved to "red" on the discipline chart but they try to get him interested by having lots of PE and specials that he likes.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Snow!

Snow! The kids were so excited to see the snow! They ran outside to play and good thing they did because it melted within a half hour, but it did stick temporarily and was beautiful!

And this is just a random picture of our Ollie pop.  He does love his dips.  He likes just a little carrot with his ranch or a little fry with his ketchup.