Posing

One of Ansel's favorite things to do is take pictures... Of himself!!

Below are some of his best poses. 

Hoping For Rain

Spring at daycare is a messy season, so I needed to order some rain boots for Ansel (they were all out of his size at Fleet Farm!).  When they arrived in the mail, he was beyond ecstatic!!  He couldn't wait to put them on and march all around the house.  He showed them to Sissy, Daddy, and Mama all night!

St. Patty's Party

The kids wore green to daycare for St. Patrick's Day, since no one wants to be pinched!  They had matching Oscar the Grouch socks to complete their outfits.  I took these pictures after I picked them up.  The first one, Ansel is yelling, "Cheese!" as loud as he an for the camera.  The next one, they are both very focused on their socks (though you can't see those in the pic!).

Silly Stuff

It has been a busy few months for our family.  We've had some changes to our childcare situation, which has had ripple effects into most of the other areas of our lives.  The kids are doing well though, and they seem to really love silly things right now.  One of Ansel's favorite catchphrases is, "That's kinda silly!" and then he cackles like a maniac!!

Here he is with a sticker on his face.  It was his sister's idea to put it on him... but he seemed to really enjoy the reaction it got from all of us!

Here he is with a bowl for a face.

Silly is the only way to describe fitting this many creatures into one chair.  This is the living room equivalent of a clown car!

Amita loves silly dress up games.  She makes up all sorts of costumes and plays pretend almost daily.

Four Years Already?

We celebrated a big milestone in January: Amita's 4th birthday!  It's hard to believe she's that old already.  I feel like I blinked and here we are!

We had an amazing time celebrating.  Grandpa helped make Rabbit-dogs for the kids, which they loved!

Here's all of us... and more surprisingly, we're all looking at the camera!

Amita loved her "Frozen" themed cake from Papa and Nana.

It's hard to open more presents when you're already wearing or playing with your presents!

Amita's 4 year birthday was then end of another tradition: We finally recycled the potty training sticker board (it was more than time!).

Everyday Is Like Sunday

We spent Sunday at Lambeau Field to see the Lions/Packers game. It was a blast (except the final score!)!!!

We found my dad (only a block away from where we parked!) and got to tailgate in relatively good weather. 

I made sure my Honolulu Blue was visible. 

The stadium was a lot of fun!

I even found a few other Lions fans!!

Awesome experience. Next time I say we catch a game in a heated dome though!!

The Big Day

We were excited to wake up early on Christmas morning to see the looks on the kids faces.  Amita and Ansel were up shortly after I started the coffee maker, so we didn't have to wait long.

Before we opened any gifts, we read the Christmas story from the Bible that we'd been piecing together every day in our Advent calendar.

Ansel was very interested.

Then we opened our stockings to see what Santa left.

Sunglasses are awesome!  Even if you can't see out of them!

And it's monkey see, monkey do around here.

Santa brought M&M's.  The kids were VERY happy!

Then the gift opening began.  We had to take a short break for Amita to put on her police officer costume before we could continue.

And in monkey do fashion, Ansel also needed his firefighter costume on.

After the gifts from grandparents and parents, it was time for the Santa gifts.  He brought Ansel exactly what he asked for... pretzels!!

They were delicious!

He also remembered a trumpet for Amita.  She was beyond thrilled!

M&M's make a great breakfast on a special holiday like Christmas!

So does coffee cake.  I took a stab at making Nisu inspired cake.  It passed inspection!

A few days after Christmas, we made our way north to visit Nana and Papa.

The kids had fun giving and receiving presents.

They loved "helping" everyone open their gifts.

All that celebrating really wears a girl out!