April 2010 Snow

On the morning of April 8th Isaac was the first to walk out into the kitchen and see the blanket of white snow. He just kept saying mommy snow, mommy snow.... then Chase and Hannah noticed and realized what it was. From then on all I heard was Mommy Out, Mommy Out. So I finally gave in and dressed all of them

and sending them outside to play. They loved it and of coarse didnt want to come in.

At the park

Easter weekend we wondered over to the park where "daddy" played as a kid... The kids really love going to any park. As long as there is a swing for each of them and a fast slide they are happy.

playing with our Easter toys at Grandma and Grandpa O's

The Easter bunny brought the kids T ball and bats at Grandma and Grandpa O's. Here are some pictures of everyone trying to hit the ball. Not sure who has more fun-- the kids or Grandpa and Daddy......

Hannah being Hannah

This is the way Hannah says that you ride Spencer's airplane. And Aunt Nicole trying to get Hannah to smile for the camera. She never smiles for Aunt Nicole to take her picture.

Easter 2010

The kids had a really good time with Easter this year. They all colored (or cracked) the eggs that we made for the easter bunny to hide. It took a few times of telling them what they were suppose to do when searching for their baskets... once they caught on they didnt want to stop. Then the sugar high kicked in...

Before and After

Here is Chase before and after losing his battle with the slide.... just ask Aunt Nicole the details. Isaac is enjoying his day outside in the kind a warm but windy weather... and well Ms. Hannah is in one of her moods.... (HINT--- it is not a good one).

My 3 little skaters

One of the nice days we decided to try out one of our christmas presents.... their roller skates. who will be the first to get hurt.....

The Blizzard

The kids loved playing outside in the snow and shoveling. Miss Hannah also enjoyed her sled ride

by daddy... Now the boys want to play outside all the time. Mommy doesnt like the cold...

The Train Ride

Grandma and Grandpa O. took the kids on a train ride with santa in Baraboo. The kids really enjoyed the ride and seeing santa too.

Quarry Quest

We spent the day at Quarry Quest where the kids got to see the diggers and pushers first hand. Nobody wanted to ride anything except for Isaac who wanted to go up in the man lift. We went up about 50 ft and he actually enjoyed the ride. Maybe next year they will want to drive the diggers...

The First Babies

I thought the puppies needed a picture on here.... They feel left out. So here is Hunter and Morgan enjoying our many days outside.... Oh and that is a picture of Jarrod with ppl from the Freak Show in Vegas..... He insisted.

The Big Spill

We had our first major spill. This is Isaac helping himself to Milk from the frig. I think it scared him more than anything.... I can't wait to see what lies ahead...

The Doctors...

Chase had his colonoscopy and endoscopy last week. Let's just say we don't want to do that anytime soon. He was really good for his IV and NG. He had a little trouble tolerating the go-lightly so he ended up having many enemas that night. They gave him some happy drugs before leaving us for his procedure and it was quite funny... We have a video to come....He was diagonosed with eosinophilic esophagitis. It means that his esophagus is slightly swollen and has little white bumps on it. Hopefully it is due to all of his food allergies we just learned about. So now the task at hand is to eliminate dairy, wheat, egg, peanut, tree nut, fish, rice and peas. Then in a few months do a repeat scipe to see if he is better. I guess he will never out grow this so hopefully we can manage it.I am not sure who was more tired daddy or chase. ? And the big white "hive" is on Isaac's back. That is what a positive dairy allergy looks like. Poor Chase's back was covered in those....

Green Bay Zoo

Last weekend we took the kids to the Green Bay Zoo. They all love walking around and seeing the animals. We went early in the morning and on a day it was suppose to rain (which it did) so there were not a lot of ppl there. Isaac tried to feed the giraffes but dropped his cracker. As for the group photos... Isaac would not have anything to do with it.

Potty Training

We have started the long process of potty training... The first day was almost the last day for awhile. We went through 12 pair of undies and many many pee pee spots on my floor. But I went with day 2 and the boys really seemed to get it for the most part. We made it into a competition to who could go first and of coarse get a new hot wheel and cracker. We are still working on the poo poo part. I am happy with how well they are doing. As for Hannah she just watches and pretends to go potty. The outfit she has on is one of mine when I was a baby....

Summer Time

The kids have really been getting into cleaning lately. So I have been taking advantage of that. Here they are cleaning the floor, table, wall or whatever is dirty from their food not

staying on their plate. Shopping can be very interesting. At least we are able to entertain everyone at the grocery store with or train of customers in training carts.... Mommy decided to eat outside one day for lunch. We will just say it was a lot of work but they seemed to enjoy it.