Life just flys by...

It's then end of the month and I haven't posted in about two weeks. Life has been a little busy.
Here is the craziness that we have been up to.

The kids have started swim lessons again and are all really enjoying it. I take Eve on Wednesdays and she swims with me and four or five other moms and their babies. Eve is by far the oldest and biggest. One cool thing is our good friend Christy and baby Lewis are taking the lessons with us. Eve has gotten really brave. The newest thing she does is a "Bob" she holds onto the side and pops up then under the water all by herself. Usually the top of her head is still showing, but her nose and mouth go under. Every time she pops back up she yells "I did it!" She then tries to get everyone who is there to "wook at me."

Providence is a daredevil. She has no fear except maybe swimming on her back. Every time they try to get her to do that she sinks because she tries to bring her feet out of the water and lift her head up, like she is folding herself in half. It's pretty funny. The sweet little old ladies have to keep an eye on her because she will just start swimming away without anyone knowing and eventually she sinks. Her diving is my favorite. She gets herself all set up on the side of the pool with her hands out in in front and instead of falling or diving in hands and head first, she just jumps and her feet go in first she ends up looking like a little frog.

Noah and Josiah are like fish. They are having to learn the more difficult stuff and it's pretty funny because they thought they had arrived and knew it all already. So, having these little old ladies critique their kicking and belly placement is entertaining. They are both getting tons better at diving too. Josiah still enjoys a good belly smacker.

I look at these pictures and realize how old I am. I met Julie (dark hair) and Nichole (blond) when they were both 13 and 14. They are now 21 and 22. Noah was like 2 or something like that. Time flies... These are from the Wiseman family Easter hunt. As I said in the blog before Nichole took Providence and Eve all day on the Saturday before Easter. They had a blast.

Today has been a pretty good day. I couldn't tell by the looks of the sky this morning if it was going to be nice. It was though and the girls and I went to the zoo. We got to ride on the Merry-go-round and we ate hot pretzels by the big lake with the fountain and watched the ducks.

Everyone played outside this afternoon. We had the big toys out and were riding tractors and cars down the driveway. There is no mistaking the sound of great big plastic wheels on bumpy pavement. I am sure it was music to my neighbors ears along with all the screaming that went along with it.

Wow, life is crazy...

The beginning of April was pretty crazy, I am still trying to figure out why. The kids were on spring break and we did a few pretty cool things together. We went to the Reds/Findley Market parade for the first time. It was really pretty fun for me. The kids liked it for about 15 minutes but became increasingly bored as they realized that no one was going to throw candy. They said they liked the Norwood Day parade much better because it has candy and all the "big men who drive the little cars." We got to go over to grandma grace and grandpa tim's for dinner and to watch the reds game. It was lots of fun, the weather was great and we played in the yard and ate some really good steaks.

We also went to lunch with our friend Christy and her little one Lewis. Christy took all the pictures for us. We walked from her house to Wendy's and then to a park. The boys are really into jumping off of the swings right now.

The weather was beautiful for the first few days of spring break and then it sucked. That is the best way to describe it.

Another cool thing we did that made one day a little better in spite of the weather was go to Barnes and Noble. The kids got gift certificates from grandpa dennis and grandma linda. They each picked out a book and a little toy. It was a great way to spend some time and find a book to read later. The kids really enjoyed the entire experience.

Easter weekend was pretty cool too. The kids got these awesome easter baskets from our friends gil and Joanne. They have sort of adopted all of us as family. They get the kids Christmas presents and easter baskets. The get good stuff too! The kids were so excited about their baskets. They went through them immediately. It is such a blessing to be loved by so many.
On Easter we got to hang out with Josh's family and ours. The annual Easter egg hunt at the Seurkamps, the kids really love it. Josh's grandpa goes all out. He fills the eggs with money, prize tickets, candy, etc... Then all the adult men hide about 75 eggs and then the chaos begins. All the kids just start running and you know which ones know how it works because they don't stop to look in their eggs they just get as many as they can. The little ones like Eve and Providence just can't put their eggs in their bag, they have to look inside of it. It's really cute.

Providence and Eve got the special treat of hanging out with "our Nichole" on Saturday. They spent the whole day hanging out with her and her family. They loved it. We just wish Nichole would stay here in Cincinnati all the time, she's like family and it sucks to have her far away. We miss her.

Easter night we had a huge meal with my mom and that side of the family. When we got to her house Josh and I realized they had hidden about 40 eggs inside the house. We had to keep the kids quarantined in the kitchen until dinner was over so they didn't cheat and find them. That was next to impossible each kid found some excuse to come through and look for eggs while thinking no one knew what they were doing. It was comical the way they tried to trick us or talk to us while looking around the room for eggs. All in all it was a great holiday.

The transition back to school hours has been lots of fun...