We LOVE the SUNSHINE!!

With the weather so nice and spring like we have been living outdoors. The girls have been playing non-stop outside and it has been wonderful!! Zoe would truly live outdoors and the cold rarely seems to bother her. Cale loves to be outside but if she gets cold then she is done and ready for some hot chocolate. Micah loves it outside just as much as Zoe. If the door is open she is running out. If she is caught and brought back inside or never allowed to go out in the 1st place a big fit is thrown. She has the saddest cry!

Zoe has been riding her bike and is desperate to learn how to without training wheels (not exactly sure how that is going to go!).

Cale tags along and tries it all but mostly just ends up running behind.

Micah is particular to all the different cars and is most upset when she isn't the one riding in the jeep beside Zoe. She is getting better about sitting in the stroller and following behind as long as she has food!

I have tried a couple of times at the parks to get a picture of all 3 girls together but. Here is what we got. Micah is way to busy to be stopped for pictures.

I love this pic of Micah even though it is blurred. This is just a classic look for her. Her tongue is always sticking out there!

Zoe loves the crossbars and anything else she can climb on, hang upside down on, etc.

Cale loved watching the ducks and chasing them as they got close. Micah wanted down and the minute I sat her down she went right over to the edge and tried to climb right in. She was so upset when I wouldn't let her do it!

Any day there is sunshine Zoe is sure we need to have a picnic!

We have enjoyed outside so much we have worn Micah right out!

Jump-n-Bounce Fun!

Awhile ago we joined some friends at a fun bounce and play. The girls had a blast on slide!

Micah even had fun climbing around.

Afterwards we went and watch Brad play a little soccer.

The girls had so much fun they didn't want to leave. They stayed with Brad while I took Micah home for nap. They got to run around after the game and Zoe kicked it in the goal. She came home so excited for soccer to start again. I had to hurry and get her signed up because I wasn't actually going to do it!!

More Micah...........

When Zoe was a little girl she loved coats and Micah is the exact same way. If there is a coat, jacket, sweater, vest, etc around then she has to have it on. She brings it to you and holds out her arm making a little noise for you to put it on. It doesn't matter who's it is and the more the merrier. If you don't put it on her and put it up she cries and throws herself on the floor.

She also loves shoes and purses/bags. She likes all shoes but really likes to wear Cale's because she can actually walk in them. Often she has a purse/bag hanging from her arm.

She absolutely loves baby dolls!! If the girls have one then she is running after them trying to get one. She hangs on to the back of Cale's baby carrier crying because she wants it. It is about as big as she is but she carries it around rocking the baby. It is so cute!!

She loves all telephones and puts them right to her ear. If you are talking on it holding her she is scream while trying to take it out of your hand.

I am just amazed at how much personality has come out in the last little while. For her birthday I said she needed a baby doll. Brad said, "we have ton!" Looking back now we should have definitely purchased a baby doll!!

She loves books and wants you to read to her constantly. You can find her sitting in front of the book shelf in the girls room looking at books. Before her nap we sit in the chair with her blanket and read books. One day she slid of my lap and I told her to go get another book. Now she thinks it is a big game. She will bring a book, climb up, read a couple of pages, slide off my lap, look at me with a cute little smile, and run to the next room and bring back another book.

HO HO HO!!

A friend of mine told me about this foam soap you can buy so I purchased some for the girls. They have loved playing in the tub with it! Zoe decided that she should be Santa Clause. She thought she was pretty funny.

Our little school girl......

Zoe's hair was in desperate need of a trim so I set up an appointment. I mentioned to her that we were going to get her hair trimmed. The night before she said to me, "mom I think that I want to cut my hair short." I told her that would be fine but she wouldn't be able to braid it or put it in a ponytail. To which she replied, "that's ok, I really think I want it short."

The next morning she brought me her American girl doll magazine, showed me Kit, and said that she really wanted her hair cut like that. So she brought her magazine to the appointment with and told Kim that is how she wanted her hair cut. She could hardly hold back her smile as Kim cut and styled her hair. Zoe's only concern was that it curl under like Kit's hair.

She absolutely loves her hair and has been so excited about it. Later that day she said, "mom when my hair starts to get long again I am going to cut it short again right away!" I think she looks adorable. I can't believe how much more grown up she looks. I guess she really is ready to head to school.

Just a few of Micah's favorite things............

Micah has decided she loves the top of the table and can be found there quite often. Anytime we are in the kitchen she is climbing to the table top.
She loves to hang on to the edge of the red chair while someone is sitting in it.

The worst is the stove to which she also likes to bounce up and down!!

My mom says that I deserve her because I was the same way! :)

Happy 32nd Birthday Bradley!!

While in Bonners Ferry we enjoyed some really delicious birthday cake for Brad!! We enjoyed it for dessert, breakfast the next morning, late afternoon snack, etc. It was so good!!

His birthday was actually later in the week but he was going to be busy with work. However Zoe was sure that we need to do something on his birthday. So we made some chocolate chip cookies, cooked a big one for Brad, made a Happy Birthday poster, and the girls stayed up late to sing Happy birthday to him.