Mother's Day Tea

Tyler's school had a Mother's Day Tea and it was so precious! The kids sang two songs and then served the moms some cookies and lemonade. Tyler asked me to get him the food and then ate it all. Such is the life of a Mom...

Old McLucy Had a Farm...

We were at Tumble Time and Miss Jen asked Lucy what her favorite animal was. She said, "Mommy." The teacher asked Lucy what sound Mommy made and Lucy said, "Pfffft."

Soccer Clinic

It's that time of year again...the rain has stopped (sort of) and the sports clinics are starting. Tyler did soccer last year, but he had so much fun at the clinic that he's been asking to do it again. Why not? It's exercise and a good skill to learn. He had his friend Aden in the clinic with him and they had a great time playing together. Here are a few pictures from his last day (crazy hair and dress day), the game they played, and the certificate ceremony. It is a lot of fun and we are even more excited that Tyler is playing soccer in a "real" league starting in August. I'm going to be a soccer mom...legitimately.

Tyler & Aden racing towards the goal...

Waiting for their names to be called...

And getting high fived at the end of the clinic...

And now we are on to T-Ball...

Swim Lessons

Tyler and Lucy are both in the middle of swim lessons in preparation for the summer season of swimming, swimming, and more swimming. Originally we had just signed Tyler up for lessons and figured Lucy could start next year. Unfortunately Lucy didn't agree with us and begged and cried and pleaded (no joke) until she got her way. We figured if she was THAT excited about swimming then it couldn't be a bad thing, right? Ask her again after the got dunked if she still wanted to do swimming lessons. That would be a no. Tyler, on the other hand is doing SPECTACULAR and loves his swimming lessons. He's doing really well too. I'm such a proud Mom.

This picture is really blurry, but it shows Tyler swimming to his teacher...on his own!

This just shows how happy he is with lessons

This is Lucy going down...

...and this is Lucy coming back up.

The pictures aren't great, but I wanted to share the experience with everyone!

Is There Such a Thing as a Pre-Teen Toddler?

Oh My Gosh! We really have a pre-teen on our hands here with this little Lucy. I don't know where she picked this up...but little miss attitude has a new saying. I hope this doesn't last long.

Fer-Goose-Licious

Zach likes to call Lucy Fergoose (like Fergie, I guess). We love the new Black Eyed Peas song and play it all the time. Now we've got Lucy singing it and it's almost better than the real deal.

Easter Weekend

On Easter weekend the kids and I went to an egg hunt at a friend's house. Her parents hid 1,000 eggs all over their property and divided up the search by age group. Tyler and Lucy were in different groups this year so I had to keep an eye on both hunters. They found lots and lots of loot! Lucy used her ballerina basket and Tyler used the dinosaur basket he had made the day before with Grandpa Gary.

After the hunt we came home and colored our hard boiled eggs for the Easter Bunny to hide. Tyler had a Cars themed kit and Lucy had princesses...of course. They had a really good time and Zach and Tyler enjoyed dipping their eggs in every color to see how that would turn out. Kind of brown if you were wondering...

On Easter Sunday Tyler woke up bright and early to see what the Easter Bunny had brought him. He was excited to see that he got 2 dinosaur books, some dinosaur pajamas, some dinosaur Easter eggs, a dinosaur plate set, and some dinosaur toys. See a theme here... Tyler also woke up and saw Mommy outside "fixing" some of the eggs that the Easter Bunny had hidden. Oops. Lucy woke up a bit later and checked out her girly basket with princess dishes, some pretty pajamas, and some books. The Easter Bunny was trying to be more practical this year.

We hosted an egg hunt and brunch on Easter Sunday. The kids had a great time in the backyard finding the eggs and got a wee bit 'o help from the adults. I don't know if that was just out of the goodness of their hearts or the need to eat the food in the house. :) Tyler was a pro at egg hunting, Quillan followed right behind, and Lucy was a more cautious hunter. She kept looking over her shoulder to see if that darn bunny was going to pop out. She's not a fan.

Lucy, Tyler, and Quillan

After the egg hunt ended we came in the house and had a YUMMY brunch. The kids wolfed down their eggs and monkey bread so that they could tear into their Easter baskets. Lucy and Quillan got some adorable Fancy Nancy dress-up dresses. They looked so fancy.

Tyler got some really cool swim goggles that the kids enjoyed. We enjoyed how they looked too. Ha ha!

Family Trip to Monterey

We thought it would be fun to go to Monterey during Tyler's spring break, so we got in the car and went! Well, not that spontaneous, but just about. The kids were excited to see the beach and play in the sand. Tyler found this cool spot under a restaurant that he could explore (the picture below was taken there). Lucy had fun running from the waves.

On Wednesday we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Zach and Jenn hadn't been since they were kids, so it was kind of a new experience for all of us. We explored the whole aquarium in record speed. Tyler would look at something and say, "Next!" It was frustrating, but probably a blessing in the end since it started to get really crowded around noon...and we know how Zach is with crowds. A new exhibit opened up the day before we toured the place...it was all about Seahorses. Pretty cool really. The one pictured below looks just like seaweed.

The kids had fun checking out all the cool stuff. It was a great day!

On Tuesday we had driven to Cannery Row to scope things out and have some dinner. On our way back to the hotel we saw this really cool park and figured we had better check it out. For some reason it was closed on Tuesdays (wouldn't you know?!), so we decided to go there after the Aquarium visit the next day. We got some lunch at McDonald's and found a picnic bench and enjoyed the sunny day. It was a really cool park and we all had fun.

Later that night we decided to check out Fisherman's Wharf for dinner. It was such a cute little place. We found a restaurant with some reasonably priced fish 'n chips and clam chowder (quite the feat in this tourist town!) and enjoyed our seafood. Then we stopped at an ice cream shop and got dessert. We took our cones down to a little beach and enjoyed our last night at the ocean. It was relaxing (and sticky) and fun. We'd like to go back again soon.