Easter

We had a different kind of Easter this year because most of our family was out of town. We went to the 11am church service because we were going to do an easter egg hunt before church. But, an unnamed child had a 40 minute tantrum so we had to cancel the event. (I call it an event, but Grant and Kate were the only two participants.) Said child got a chance to pull it together in the afternoon and did considerably better. So, I went out back and hid the eggs and they had a blast searching for them. Later that night Jim made us power pancakes for dinner (think low carb, high protien). We ended up eating them out of tupperware in the car because we were late for the ice cream party that our friends were having at their house. We learned the kids love whipped cream shots straight from the bottle. Must have been hanging around uncle Josh.

Sweet Grant

Here are just a couple photos of Grant recently. He is in really sweet phase. Kate has been sick lately and has had a hard time sleeping. The past two nights he offered to sleep on the floor next to her bed and he actually fell asleep. He woke up saying his back hurt but it was worth it to help Kate.

Hosanna

Yesterday when Grant's "alone time" was over he told me he had a surprise for me. I walked into my room (where he was playing) and in front of me were a ton of hangers, towels, washclothes, bathmats and hand towels zig zagged around the room. I was about to express my frustration with the mess that I had to clean up when he interrupted me. "Do you know what this is mom? These are the coats and palm branches we put on the ground because Jesus is coming! Hosanna! Jesus is coming!"

Florida in April

We had another amazing visit to Florida. This time we spent the first half of the trip with the Koss grandparents and the second half with Grandma and Grandpa Ned. The kids loved zipping around in the golf cart, playing with Snickers (the dog), swimming in the pool and eating in a restaurant where they could throw peanut shells on the ground.

Another one bites the dust

It seems like just about everyday Kate's climbing antics get her into trouble. Tonight at a restaurant she climbed to the top of the booth (after being told not to) and fell off onto her face. She has a nice large welt on her left cheek. Earlier today she decided to put on my high heels and walk down two flights of stairs before tripping down the last three steps and landing on her head. This lovely photo was taken after she tripped on the driveway and landed on her face. I thought Grant was active!