A combo entry

Easter Bunny came!

We had a hard time convincing Toby. He didn't believe the Easter Bunny came. He thought it was us!!! After much convincing he decided to believe....

Dyeing the Easter Eggs outside...

Throwing a fit.

Toby with is preschool friends at their Easter Party.

Toby with his friend Yuseke.

A school concert. Caleb is dressed up as the little boy from Magic treehouse.

Leisel in a dress my mother made. Toby hammin' it up...as usual.

me with my crew...

St. Patty's day parade in Charlotte.

They all are wearing their green.

12 month pics...she is just too cute!

Onederful, onederous, one and only Leisel

At our church (Awanas) they had crazy hair night. Ken is an artist isn't he?
Memaw loves reading to Caleb. He loves to read those Magic tree house books.

My dad is an artist!!!!!!!!!!! We had no idea, but he draws the best planes, trains, helicopters. the boys LOVE them and want him to make them for all their friends.

Unwrapping the gifts.

I made 3 kinds of cupcakes...Chocolate, lemon, and Strawberry.

The little cupcake herself! She ate it like a pro!

We played a few games and I actually witnessed my mother do a somersault! We had a gift that was wrapped 6 or 7 times and with each unwrapping there was a silly command that had to be done...whoever got to unwrap the last piece got the prize.

We had cheese/crackers, fruit/dip, Chips/salsa/guacamole, Carrots/cucumbers/ranch dip, pinwheels (tortillas with veggies/cheese), & Kelbasa coins. (I know you may not care about what we ate, but I'm logging it for scrapbook reasons.:)

This is Leisel in her Birthday Dress. I had been singing Happy Birthday all

week and now she can say it!

I bought plates with cupcakes on it and lime green polk a dotted napkins/plates/cups.

The theme was cupcakes.

E-pa and Leisel. She loves to be held.

Inside the house that Ken has finished.

The Kitchen.

The back of the house. It's on about an acre.

Ken sold his 1600 sq foot home. So this may be the last time you hear about it....Yea!!!!

Pretty eyes!

The 3 Musketeers.

Leisel has discovered chairs or things she can sit on.

Caleb will be 7 in August. He is doing well in Kindergarten and loves being a big brother to Leisel--not so much to Toby.

The 3 Amigos.

I thought this was cute. Toby and Leisel have a real cute relationship. They play back and forth.

Grant (a neighbor) thinks Leisel is sweet.

I just wanted to share a blog link to a woman I went to grade school and high school with. She has had breast cancer twice and it has now spread to her bones. This is an AMAZING message that I am very touched by. I hope you are blessed as well.

http://web.mac.com/flinthills/Site/My_Ramblings/Entries/2010/2/12_A_time_to_believe....html

11 months old

See the wild hair? Don't they look a like? She happens to be a Daddy's girl. Kind of surprises me, but since Ken has been home more she has become attached to him. They both seem to be quite fond of each other. She actually prefers him a lot of times. I'm not really sure what to think about that. It is pretty sweet, though.

My mom made this little rabbit we call Pinky and she has another one we call Violet. she loves to suck on the ears as she falls to sleep at night.

Several people have commented on how much Leisel has changed. She definitely is getting more hair. It's hard to tame and she doesn't keep bows in her hair for very long. We have bows scattered all over the World.

We tried to have the boys sleep together one night, but it didn't work out. Toby prefers to sleep in his own bed.

Leisel can say "meme"(Mommy) "Dada" (Daddy) "Babee" (Baby), she does the sound for "peekaboo", she says "elliodd"(elliott). She waves to the baby in the mirror. She is crawling all over the place. She plays very well on her own exploring how things work, or open, the way they taste, feel, etc. She is a VERY good baby still...She loves her brothers...they can always entertain her. She has gotten mad a few times when we or the boys take things away from her. She sort of mimics me when I get after the boys for something. She scolds them with her own voice. She is always trying out the stairs a little and has gotten up a couple of steps.

We have had some snow here in the North Carolina. It snowed Friday night (6 inches) and the kids only went to school on Thursday...The town of Troutman waits for the snow to melt and so life pretty much stops around here.

Toby wakes up VERY early these days, but is exhausted by noon.

Toby is sucking his thumb. I guess we need to make him stop. He only does it when he is tired, but he definitely has an overbite from it.