Baby bugs....seriously disturbing!

Melia found a leaf with lady bug eggs on it. They are now hatching and appear to be squirmy little alien lifeforms. Have a look, just don't plan on eating soon.

Homeschooling Tastes Good!

Making Letter Biscuits

Fun AND Tasty!

Happy Mom's Day!

My family, minus Gabe (working)
Gma Debbie with her grandchildren

I told you I got the tongue, Mom! Too bad it's a little bit blurry...

Apple Blossom Pictures

These are kinda backwards because Blogger uploads them that way. So evening is first, then afternoon, then the parade. :-) I'm sure you can figure it out!

Isaac LOVED his boat ride. So much so that when he was screaming because I took him out, I went and bought more tickets so he could go again.

Imagine even more screaming when I took him out the second time. He tantrumed all the way to the car. I learned my lesson, though I'm not exactly sure what that lesson was.

Cutie Patooties

See what I mean by "adrenaline-junkie?" :-)

Love this pic...

Here we go!

Dogpile on Ken!

Melia, in the Grand Parade with her friends (and mine!)

Kiera, watching the parade. She has such a beautiful stoic face...

Isaac, waving to the peoples in the parade. He was amazing, sitting in his stroller the whole time!

Happy Birthday Kiera!

Kiera recently turned 5 (Yes, I know... She's FIVE... I'm trying not to think about it...), so here's some of my favorite pics of our spicy, adrenaline-junkie, wild child... We had our family party here at our house, and a littles party out at the toy at Rocky Reach Dam (her request, my priviledge ;-)

Bubble machines are the best!

All lined up for juice and cupcakes!


Her reaction to my suprise cake for her... She'd been grouchy about it since we made the cake because it wasn't going to be like the picture- and she just didn't believe me that it would be better...

Posing...
Hello Kitty Purse cake... WAY better than the boring yellow purse in the picture! :-)




CASH!

Such a funny smile

In shock over her baby doll set

Just what she wanted :-)

Ahhh Life....

We've been having so much fun lately, but that fun also means we've been crazy busy. I just thought I'd drop a little line here and say... Raising ladybugs is SO much fun! They're turning into pupas tonight... so I had Melia start on her "Ladybug Life Cycle" journal before it's too late to draw them as larva.

Oh, and I said "Adios" today... so now the girls are saying "Howdios" :-) Heh heh... I love it too much to correct them!

How to Say K-I-W-I

Melia: Kiweed
Kiera: Bikini

Quotables

Kiera: Look! We found rolly-pollies!
Daddy: Kiera. You may only eat three rolly-pollies.
Kiera: Ok!
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Kiera: I'm making a river.
Melia: I'm walking around talking about stuff. It's good exercise.
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Kiera: I like Isaac. He's so cute and fun and naughty.

Kiera's Biscuit Recipe

" 'Dis is my recipe:

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
3 cups salt
5 cups rice
1 cup butter
6 eggs

That's my recipe!"

Don't you want to come try some? ;-)

Isaac sure is blessed...

He has fabulous big sisters!