Mother's Day

Well here it is Mother's Day!! What a wonderful day we had. Started out with church followed by a potluck picnic at Easter Lake. We rented a shelter with a fence and a playground. The Hawkins brought their canoes. All of the kids were out in the canoe at one time. Ethan loved running his hand in the water while he was out. Owen just sat on Taylor's lap and enjoyed the ride. Olivia sat on the floor of the canoe and laughed the whole time, when she got out and I was going to put the life jacket on Ethan she screamed her head OFF!! She was not ready to be done. Elliott cried the whole time he was out, needless to say his trip was very short. By the time Elliott went he was very tired and no nap. He will like it more next time, I hope! Duncan loves the canoe and did not like that he couldn't go out every time, Gabby and Heidi were there too, so they had to have turns. He did better as the day went on and just played while they were out in the canoe. Tracy, Sarah and Duncan went out in the canoe too, Tracy did well until they were coming to shore. He fell as they were getting the canoe in. Owen loved playing on the playground and he was getting pretty comfortable and decided he was going to hang over the side of the playground. All 4 of the babies loved the slide and would walk up the stairs and lay on their bellies and slide down. For no naps today the kids did very well. It is fun to go do stuff like this, but lots of work too! Thank goodness for family to help us out!!

We went to the children's museum at the end of April. It was a good time. Lots of stuff for the kids to do. The babies ( someday I will have to stop calling them the babies) really loved the ambulance. They played and played in it. Duncan loved it too, but he moved on to the pizzeria and made pizza's. The grocery store was a big hit also, along with the planes. We went to lunch at Outback Steakhouse at 3pm, because it was time for a break! Then we came back to the museum and played in the farm room upstairs, I think my kids would of played there all day. We will have to go back again. It was a good family day with Hawkins, Mom, Kathy, Rhonda and Carlos and all of the kids. It is so much fun to be together.

Duncan has only 2 days of school left. I am ready for a break and not have to run to school 3 days a week.

Owen has decided to walk up the stairs at home. He is also starting to talk and say more words. He says ball, and dad.

Elliott has also decided to walk up the steps, he was the first to do this!

Olivia has decided she is going to let everyone see that she CAN walk on her own! I think it was an accident yesterday when she took like 4 steps and just looked at Tracy and I. She is well on her way now.

Ethan is still his ornery self. He jabbers all of the time and is always yelling at "D", Duncan or Hannah or Sarah. He also loves to body slam anyone!