Polka Dot Parker

Today Parker colored dots all over his face and arms. When I asked him why, his response was: "Mom I am tired of being like everyone else, I want to be different. Now I am Polka Dot Parker."

Easter

Coloring Easter Eggs:

This Easter turned out amazing. The weather was supposed to be cold & rainy so we were all pleasantly surprised when it was warm and sunny enough to do an Easter egg hunt outside. Of course I forgot to take pictures, but here they are Easter morning after finding all the candy:

Parker thinks the bunny is cool and was determined to sneak out of his room and catch the bunny in the act of hiding candy. Unfortunately for Parker, the bunny was to sneaky for him.

Kenzie likes the bunny and the candy he brings, but requested the bunny stay out of her room:

Kaitlynn is still confused why we keep talking about the bunny all she ever saw was snacks, and that made her quite happy.

Kaitlynn Going Down the Stairs

Kaitlynn has taught herself how to walk down stairs without help.

She has also learned how to put words together making small sentences. My favorite question she asks is "What doing dat mom?" asking me what I am doing with the item in my hand. She is by far our best talker at this age.

The 2 tricks I am not a fan of are taking off her diaper & climbing out of her crib. The other night Anthony went to check on the kids before we went to bed. When he walked in the girls room all he saw was Kaitlynn's little white bum sticking up in the air, it was priceless.

Easter Bunny

I took the girls to have breakfast with the Easter Bunny. Kenzie loved it:

Kaitlynn liked the food and Carousel ride, but wanted nothing to do with the Easter Bunny. The closest she came to the bunny was wearing this Easter Bunny hat:

New Pictures

These kids won't stop growing, so I had my friend Megan take there pictures. Here is Kaitlynn at 20 months she is usually full of smiles, but if she isn't in the mood nothing I can do can get a smile out of her:

Kenzie at 3 years:

Parker at 5 years:

31 Days

Anthony couldn't be happier, today he finished his last requirement to graduate. He has done every C.P.U., passed the W.R.E.B., & the N.B.D.E. Part I & II and he didn't ever experience any PMS(I only threw in that last acronym because that is probably the only one most people know). All he has to do is keep showing up to school every day and in 31 days he will be walking across the stage with a diploma in hand. In our 8 years of marriage I have never seen him so much, he often comes home for lunch and is home before 5 almost every day. We are loving this last month of school.

McKenzie

I love that McKenzie has to wear her high heels and purse to clear the table.

Kenzie's favorite things to do during the day are play at the mall or go to Wegman's Kids.

Snow

Parker's favorite part of living in Buffalo is the snow. 2 weeks ago we got a good snow fall, so we took advantage of it. Hopefully this was the last snow angel & snowman of the season:

Parker

Parker saw a horse being born live on T.V., no editing occurred. I asked him what he thought, he looked at me and said "That horse came out of it's mom's bum."

Kaitlynn

Every now and then it warms up so we get to play outside. Kaitlynn is the queen of finding nasty things. She is constantly bringing me rabbit poop, and other not so pleasant things she finds on the ground. Sometimes she just eats it instead of bringing them to me, I can't decide which is worse.

Flat Jacob

My sister and her family recently relocated to Singapore. Her son Jacob wanted to come visit my kids so he was recreated into a flat version and mailed to us.

The kids have enjoyed having him around:

He is a good listener and makes little to no mess:

Mr. Mike

Last week my Uncle Mike was in town for business, and we were lucky enough to have him stay with us. It was so fun to have him here, I thought it was funny/cute my kids called him Mr. Mike. I had fun showing him what makes Buffalo, Buffalo.

Tara I hope you enjoy those Wegmans O's, Anthony and I think they absorb milk almost perfectly and we like them even better than real Oreo's, enjoy.

Favorite Things

I went to a "Favorite Things" party where I got to hang out with some of my favorite friends:

Megan threw this amazing party, we each brought one of our favorite things (cutting board, cleaner, chapstick, food, etc.) to give to someone in exchange for their favorite thing. We ate our favorite things while we made a cute craft. Here are everyone's favorite things:

How cute are these cups:The food was absolutely delicious:

The decorations adorable:

Parker 5 Year Stats

I took Parker to the doctors and at 5 years old this kid:
Weighs 47 lbs
Is 3' 10" tall
He is turning out to be a tall slender boy

He is full of smiles, and a very happy kid.
He is an expert at finding all the things that are hidden in Where's Waldo books.
He has memorized the first 5 Articles of Faith.
Parker loves to build/create. He spends his days building forts, train tracks, and lego creations. With just some paper & a stapler he can make anything from a hat to a boat.
He loves to color.
Now that he knows his letters his coloring pages are covered in words (some real words, some made up words).
He is a good listener and helper.
He is so independent he can open house doors, car doors, turn on & off lights, clean up small messes and even use the computer with no help.
His best friends are Weston, Emma & Owen.
He talks constantly to me, but unless he knows you really well the most he will usually say is "hi" "thank you" or give you a smile.
He no longer has any hearing issues, and has both tubes out of his ears.
He gets speech 3 times a week and after 3 years of speech adults are able to understand most of what he has to say.
At school his teacher often uses him as an example as to what the other kids should be doing.
He is a nurturer, he is aware of people and there feelings.
He loves to eat healthy food. I have to buy 1 quart of tomatoes every time I go to the store because he eats them like candy.

16 cushions

Our couch has 16 cushions. I love it and hate it, almost ever day Parker builds something that takes up my whole living room with the cushions. I am always impressed with his creations, but dread the process of getting all 16 cushions put back where they belong.