First Day of April

It is finally starting to feel like Spring around here! This seemed like it was the longest Winter ever, so it is nice to enjoy some warmer weather!

We woke up this morning to a sweet face peeking out at us through her crib rails. As much as I am ready for Sophia to have her own room, I know will miss her once she is not in our room anymore. Poor Jaime has a cold, so we spent most of the day in the house. He was off from work today, so it was nice to have him home, even if he didn't feel well. 

I am using this week to do some spring cleaning. I am hoping to have it all done by Sunday so that we can enjoy next week. Next week is Jenny's spring break. We have lots of doctor and dentist appointments scheduled next week, so I want to try and take advantage of the time we are able to spend doing fun things. I definitely don't want to spend the week cleaning! Today we started with cleaning out the van and washing the outside. If you know me well, you will know that I have never ever had a clean vehicle! It is usually always full of things that don't belong. When I was younger it was things like: trash, extra clothes, shoes, etc. Now that I have kids it is usually: trash, toys, sippy cups, clothes, jackets, shoes, video games, etc. This time it was particularly bad because it hadn't been cleaned out in a while! Between Girl Scouts and Aiden's baseball games, plus all of the other things in between, it had gotten out of control! Jaime and Aiden cleaned out the inside while Sophia took a nap and I cleaned a few things inside the house. After Sophia's nap, we went to the car wash where we washed the outside and vacuumed and cleaned the inside.

After the car wash we went to the park so that Aiden could practice baseball with Jaime. Jaime doesn't really like baseball, and he has never played before. Where he is from, soccer is more commonly played. So he and I helped Aiden together. Jaime even said that he thinks that Aiden's baseball bat might be the first real bat he has ever swung! Aiden wasn't too thrilled about coming to the park to practice. All he wanted to do was play on the playground. First he practiced throwing and catching the ball, and then he practiced hitting. Eventually we told him that after he hit the ball three times, we could go to the playground. There's nothing wrong with a little bribery if you as me! Especially since it helped him to be more serious - and it wasn't long before he hit the ball three times!

We headed to the playground where he had a blast! Sophia played on the swings, and tried out the slide. She really loved swinging, but she wasn't too sure about the slide. Haha! We put her on a slide last week for the first time, and she liked it. This slide was a little different though, it was steeper. I think it made her a little scared. 

Once it got so dark it was difficult to see, we came home and had a late dinner of sub sandwiches. Publix makes the best sandwiches. I think I might like theirs better than Subway. Aiden and Sophia were up past bedtime, so hopefully they will sleep in a little tomorrow. I doubt it! 

Tomorrow is day two of spring cleaning. I haven't even decided what I am going to clean yet. Whatever I do, I also need to do the laundry too. After our busy Easter weekend, the laundry is out of control! Funny how it seems like whenever I focus on a certain area, like today I focused on the van, it seems like all of the other areas of the house fall apart and get out of control. Most of the time I really feel like it is impossible to have a perfectly clean house all of the time. This stay at home mom stuff is much harder than it looks! 

I hope you all had a wonderful first day of April and I hope you didn't fall for too many April Fool's Jokes!

Easter Baskets 2011

Jenny's Basket

Jenny got bubbles, Play-Doh, a chocolate bunny, a Crayola Color Wonder drawing pad and markers, a magnetic tic-tac-toe game, and "The Miracle of Easter" book.

Aiden's Easter Basket

Aiden got bubbles, sidewalk chalk, a Crayola Color Wonder Toy Story 3 drawing notebook and markers, a coloring book with crayons, and a chocolate bunny.

They also both got....

Guinea pigs!!

The one in the first picture is Aiden's, his name is Reeses. The one in the second picture is Jenny's, his name is Ralphie. They are both boys, and we were told that they are about 6 months old.

So far they have been very easy to care for, and Jenny is able to help with a lot of the responsibility. She refills their food and water before going to school, and helps me clean their cage every couple of days. She especially loves giving them treats and getting to hold them. Aiden loves them too, and he is very sweet with them. Everyday he asks to hold them, and he is always telling them that he loves him and he thinks they are cute. Haha!

Stone Mountain 2011 (Pictures)

All of the kids

View from inside the Skylift

Another view from inside the Skylift

View from the top of the mountain

If you look closely enough, you can see Atlanta's skyline in this picture.

Spring Pictures of Aiden

Over the weekend, my mom and I decided we were going to try and get a few good pictures of Aiden. I should probably tell you that Aiden was in a horrible mood, wasn't dressed for picture taking, and the whole thing was pretty much a last minute decision. Overall, I think some of the pictures turned out pretty good. We will try again soon!

He really enjoyed playing in the creek in my parents' front yard. I think for a minute he couldn't believe we were actually letting him play in it. Haha! Hopefully I will get some good pictures of him soon. Right now, since he is two, he is so hard to photograph. He doesn't always smile or look at the camera, and he definitely isn't going to be still any longer than a few seconds. Years from now when I am looking back at photos of Aiden, I will always know and remember what a joy he was at this age. Two is a hard age, but it is also a very fun age!

Fun at the Park

It was nearly 80 degrees here today! After all the rain and cooler temperatures we've had this week, it was nice to finally have a good day to play outside. The kids and I spent the morning laying around in our PJ's and playing on Jenny's new Nintendo Wii. After realizing it was way too nice outside to be indoors playing video games, we headed to the park.


As usual, the kids had a great time! Aiden runs all over the place like a wild animal, and it's difficult to get a decent picture of him. Jenny on the other hand, is all about posing and getting her picture made (as you can probably tell from these pictures)!

It is supposed to be even warmer here tomorrow, with a high of 86 degrees! Of course it is supposed to storm tomorrow night, and go back into the upper 50's on Tuesday. Boo! Oh well, we're just happy to be enjoying this beautiful weather while it lasts!

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