hellyer's farm

We had fun this morning at the Hellyer's farm. We went out just to see the baby lambs, and were greeted by lambs, puppies, chicks, kittens, calves, and a brand new foal. Charlotte wanted to hold all the babies and did not want to leave. Timothy was pretty content watching his sister hold most of the animals, and was super excited to see all the big equipment (he calls all of them big tractor)and get to ride the play tractor. Unfortunately we did not get a chance to actually see the foal born that morning as both kids were melting down and it was time to get out of dodge. Enjoy the pictures!!

ohhhhhh, the yard

 

 

 

 

I am looooving our yard. Isa, Sylvi, and Blair came over to play on Monday and once again boat races were in order.
I believe the backyard clothing of the summer for both kids will consist entirely of board shorts, rash guards, and crocs.

Blair always takes such great photos, I feel I must post them. For those of you who haven't experienced Timothy recently, here he is modelling his classic "don't bother me" look. The kid cracks me up!!

Fi-Ter-Tuk

 

The boy is obsessed!

the boy

 

 

 

 

lest you think we lost a child--here are some pictures of Timmy. He is here doing "man" work with Papa, and there is one shot of him watching his sister dance from the best seat in the house.

 

 

 

Charlotte's dance class performed at Westward Heights Care center, where her great-grandmother,Cinch lives. This is a video of her class' encore, where they just free dance around with the teacher. Nothing extremely exciting happens-mostly a video for those who can't get enough-you know who you are :)
Charlotte revels in the attention and spotlight--oh boy.

backyard fun

The creek in our yard is running full force. The melting of 12" of snow (in town and 40" in the up stream mountains) will do that. We donned our mud boots, got our catamarans and had boat races all afternoon. I love that our new backyard is full of different niches each with its' own set of adventures.

live update

Something I never thought I would have to say: Timothy, penis' don't belong on the table

mother's day weekend

We had fun Mother's Day weekend. Our friends Lauryn, Jordy, and Baby Whit came over to visit from Victor, Idaho. It was Lauryn's first Mother's Day. It was fun to celebrate with another mom. You can see their account of the weekend here.
Charlotte remembered as soon as she woke up Sunday morning that it was a special day, and she wished me a "Happy Mama's Day". The mom's were served a delicious breakfast of waffles, strawberries, link sausage, and orange juice.
Over the weekend, Charlotte went fishing with real worms, that she loved holding and once again this year tried to eat :) She bit the worm twice and then decided against eating it.
We also had some fun with the camera, Timothy and I took pictures of ourselves cuddling. He insisted that after he lay on me for pictures, that I lay on him for pictures. He also pointed out the boogers in my nose-fuuuunnny!! He is talking so much. In the bathtub, Charlotte asked Timothy if he could say "Happy Mother's Day" and he did!!!!
Kuddos to all the Mother's out there-it is one hard job!!!!!

spring recital

Warning: Seriously cute little kids. Charlotte had her spring recital last night, and although she is usually one to follow along with the class something took over once she got onto that stage. Several times she boogied to her own drum-maybe it was the loud music, the decorations, or the curled hair, but she had a blast. And I had fun helping her class too.
Beautiful photos complements of Blair and Phil :)

oink, oink

 

 

 

We had a fun afternoon visiting some friends piglets recently.

 

I consider myself fortunate lately because C and T are still getting along really well and playing together great. I attribute it mostly to some maturity and patience on Charlotte's part. We also tried to emphazise with her how special it was to have a brother, and point out perks and benefits. Timothy has always loved and wanted to do whatever Charlotte is doing. And finally, she allows it! She gets into a mothering role and has fun helping him, directing him, and then playing alongside him. Of course after about 45 minutes someone is usually crying and mom has to intervine, but I consider that normal :) Ahhh-here's to a bit more sanity.

our eggs

 

 

 

 

Well, here is our final product. Some beautiful Easter Eggs if I do say so. I decided with help from a wise friend to wait until the kids could appreciate that we are coloring eggs with food ---- so maybe next year. This year for sanity, I used brown eggs and regular-old store bought dye. We got some beautiful colors that way.

I had visions of egg salad sandwiches-however the kids had other ideas. As you can see they were eager to eat their colored eggs, and they each polished off 3-5 a day. It only took a couple days and the eggs were gone-not enough time for me to make my egg salad.

Charlotte kept asking "Why are we going to die eggs? Why would we do that to them?" So,we had to be careful to say that we were coloring eggs. She is beginning to learn more about death, but I don't think she yet realizes that it is an irreversible change (at least for the physical body).

Timothy is full of words! It is amazing. He can count to three and he knows a couple colors well. He certainly is developing into a little boy. I admit I still want him to be a baby-I love our cuddle time together before he goes to bed. I don't ever want that to end. He and Charlotte are playing together so well lately-it has been fun to watch.

If any of you out there dyed eggs with natural dyes, I would love to hear how it went.

sibling smiles

 

There are more of these times lately.

natural dyed easter eggs

Here is what we will be doing tomorrow morning.......

Circus

We had a blast at the Children's Museum Circus celebration :)

fun with food

 

 

 

The kids and I had fun creating and eating these bizzy beaver snacks!!

divide and conquer

Divide and conquer seems to be the best way to deal with sibling rivalry around here. One kid with one parent --it has been nice to get time alone with both kids. Timothy and I have had some great walks in our warm weather lately. One of our favorite things to do is walk 2 blocks and see the neighbor's horses. They are super friendly, sometimes a little too friendly for Timothy.

ballerinas

Here is Charlotte in her ballet class. She loves it. Next week I am teaching her class-so we will see how that goes. Thanks to Blair for all the great pictures :)

the littlest cowgirl

 

 

 

 

Right now Wyoming is having its Winter Fair and last weekend we headed up to the indoor arena at the rodeo grounds in Lander to watch the horses compete. The kids had lots of fun. They see lots of horses, cowboys, and cowgirls. They got to pet a few horses. And Charlotte made a couple new friends: a little cowgirl, Cassidy, and 3 Winter Fair "princeses". These 3 girls were the royal court at the Fair, complete with hats, boots, buckles, those ribbon banner things stating their title, and lots of sparkle. Charlotte insisted on sitting next to them and had a big time. She was the littlest cowgirl there. She even made the front page of The Lander Journal!