Blorch!

Remember when our blog posts had meaning and maybe even a topic?  Me neither.  Ready for another picture explosion?

Here's a few stragglers I missed from our trip to Kansas over Spring Break.  We tried to recreate last year's sequential age picture.  This was the best one I (or actually Tyler) got.

Most of them looked more like this: hardly anyone is looking and I think Addilyn's getting ready to sneeze.  There were a bunch of us taking pictures so I hope one of the others captured something more flattering.

Now disperse!

Maybe there were making a cake?  They look like they were having fun, whatever they were doing.

Elias was helping by mowing the Smiths' yard (or patio) and singing on the top of his lungs.

Back at home.

Another rendition of super baby.

This time being super wore him out.

Someone may have lost another tooth.

He likes milkshakes.

So does he.

This was while we were prepping for our first family bike ride of the year.  His head's huge so he can share helmets with the other boys.

All set up and ready to go!

Happy baby with a rib.

Looking pretty (I love the combination of the headdress and the Darth Vader shirt).

A family of birds has set up shop underneath our AC unit.  We get to listen to them chirping happily every morning.

More milkshake.

Look, they like milkshakes too!  This one was significant because Asher has started drinking regular cow's milk and can have the same milkshakes as the rest of the family.  Huzzah!

Asher rode his bike to preschool.

Our Wedding/Easter Trip and Such

In April, we went on a trip.  Courtney and Tommy had a party to celebrate their wedding.  We went to that.  We have no pictures to prove it, but they do.  Go here if you want to check them out.  After the party we hung out in Kansas for a week (it was Addilyn's spring break).  We visited lots of family and finished up by celebrating Easter in Kansas City at Courtney and Tommy's new house before heading back. 

Elias had a rough couple of weeks.  He did a lot of breathing treatments like this with Daddy.

He was sucking on a (luckily nontoxic) marker.  So pretty.

At Grandma and Grandpa J's.  Asher fell asleep like that.  Craziness.

One day we went to visit my grandparents.  Albert was playing with the speakerphone button on Great Grandma and Grandpa B's phone.  Grandpa thought it was pretty funny.

Group pic.

Great Grandma Audrey has a couple of dishes on her deck filled with bird/squirrel food.  The kids were pretty fascinated with watching the squirrel eat up close.

Grandma working in the kitchen.  This is how I most remember her from my childhood because she's almost always in the kitchen.

Another group pic.

Playing on the playground in Manhattan.

Swinging.

Climbing.

More climbing.

Rocking.

Flying (high).

These Pictures are Really Old

These pictures are all pictures that I meant to post about but never got around to.  They are really old.  Like before-Asher's-birthday old.

This is the last picture of Addilyn with her two front baby teeth.

This is Albert, being Albert, pre first haircut.

These kids love to paint.

Enjoying his quadruple sandwich.

Check out that hair prior to his last hair cut.  

Sleepy sheep fell asleep while playing in Elias' bed just before lunch one day.

My parents came to visit for my Mom's spring break way back in March.  The boys were helping Grandpa B shave.

Painting with Grandma & Grandpa.

A little basketball with Grandpa.

Go, team, go!

Playing with/on Grandpa.

Reading.

More reading.

Still more reading.

Super baby mows the living room!

Something Missing

Girly girl lost another tooth.  It's kind of a big deal.
She came home from school one day with it very, very loose.  Then she disappeared for a little bit (maybe 15-20 minutes).  When I finally went to investigate, I found that she had pulled her tooth but was too embarrassed to come show us.  Silly girl.  She looks like a pretty big kid now.  Craziness!

Birthday Interview

As I mentioned before, Asher turned 5.  He was pretty excited.

Here's his duck face.

And his ornery face.

So fierce!

Asher: Age 5

What is your favorite color?  Dark blue
Who is your best friend? Marcus
What is your favorite TV show or movie?  Cars
What is your favorite thing to do outdoors? play with kites (Tyler and I thought this was particularly funny considering the fact that we haven't flown a kite since we lived in Clay Center)
What is your favorite thing to do indoors? play with Lego
What is your favorite game? Guess Who?
What is your favorite thing to wear? My 5 shirt
Where would you want to go on vacation? Colorado, and play with Lego there
What do you like most about your siblings?  Nothing. (Two of the 3 might have been screaming at this point. He did admit to enjoy hugging Albert.)
Now that you are five, what would you like to know/learn? how to build trains
What do you want to be when you grow up? train driver
What is your favorite toy? plane Lego
What do you sleep with at night? my two blankets
What is your favorite thing to do as a family? go on a train
What is your favorite art project? painting
What is your favorite subject in school?  play
What is your favorite cereal? Cocoa Krispies
What is your favorite lunch?  banana bread
What is your favorite dinner?  burgers
What is your favorite snack?  fruit snacks
What is your favorite dessert? cake!
What is your favorite drink? milk
What is your favorite animal? sick bear (The bear he got when he was in the hospital for his allergies.)
What is your favorite song? Hark the Herald
What is your favorite book? Little Critter (the whole series apparently)
What is your favorite holiday? Easter 

 Genuine laughing face.

Sincere pose.