Proud Mama!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MOMMY!!!

I have a lot to be thankful for this Mother's Day! I have an amazing family!

Anna is a learning like a human sponge and her newest accomplishment is counting to ten in English, Spanish and French! She is really wanting to read things and we hear the question "why?" what feels like 100 times a day! Anna is an amazing little girl who is very sweet and loving.

Mason is still a boy who loves his mama! He is very sweet and it can be really hard to get him to smile but when you do, it is such a sweet smile! He is the observer and is very quiet, except when it comes to meal time when he loves to yell! And today he said his very first word, "hi!" It is so sweet to hear!


Olivier is our wild child! He is the first to try something, he has no fear and it is amazing when we can go more than a couple of days without a big boo boo. He loves looking at picture books and "talks" to us a lot. As much as he goes off to explore, he always checks back in and loves to give hugs and kisses. He also started saying "hi" on Friday!

P.S. You can hear Mason say "hi" for the very first time in the background on the second part of this video! Matt was trying to record Olivier saying "hi" and found out that Mason would say it too!

Busy Easter!

This weekend we had a lot of fun celebrating Easter! On Saturday we went to a local egg hunt. It wasn't on the beach like the one we went to last year but it was much more organized and easier with all three kids. Anna was very excited and the more we told her to put eggs in her basket and we would open them later, the more she slowed down and want to know what was inside of them. Typical kid!


Here is her opening one of her eggs before putting it in her basket.
Very excited to have all those eggs!
And of course a bit of chocolate around the mouth after having a piece!
Oddly enough, the boys and Anna really enjoyed climbing in and out of the stroller. It was either that or trying to run into the creek!
Olivier making a silly face.
You can't get me Mama!
Mason in a rare smile photo!
Not sure what this look was all about!
After we got home and played for a little bit we decided that we better give the kids lunch because they seemed tired (they have all weekend!) and at lunch time, Mason pushed his chair back from the table and proceeded to fall asleep.
And here he is after I picked him up, can you say tired?
On Easter morning the Easter bunny hid some eggs for the kids (Cheerios and craisins, yummy!) and they got to eat some for breakfast. That Easter bunny is smart! :-)
Olivier isn't really into hunting for eggs, I have a feeling that will change next year!
Mason was hit or miss on the hunting but he loves the buckets!
At snack time they all got to try a Peep! Anna loved her's, the boys didn't eat most of their Peep but I consider that a good thing! Here is Anna and Olivier:
And Mason facing them:
For most of the day we were with my family. We haven't seen Natalie in two months (shame on us!) and it was great to spend some time together. This is the best one I was able to get of all four kids. Tough job!
And all four with Grandpa and Grandma. Natalie will be a big sister in just a few months! These shots are going to get harder and harder to get! Well, maybe not, as they get older you can bribe! :-)
Hope everyone had a blessed Easter! Hope to get photos with all the other cousin's tomorrow night!

Three 1st Haircuts!!

First, here are some photos from the end of March when Anna went out on a bike ride, talk about a happy girl!



This weekend all three kids got their first haircuts! It is hard to believe we have yet to cut Anna's hair but the time had come to even out the length a bit. On Saturday morning I took her to get her hair cut and she was very excited and a bit nervous, not knowing what to expect.

Here is the before picture.
And here is the first snip!
Can you tell she is excited?
And the after!
Much shorter in the back! So much of the baby hair gone.
And being silly at gymnatics!
Mason playing outside at the water table Saturday afternoon!
And here is Olivier! I got some good photos of him. He was being very silly!
What's that Mom?
Love that girn!
And Anna's hair blowing in the wind! She loves the haircut!
And the next morning she still has what we call a "birds nest". Not sure how she does it but it is that way every morning!
On Sunday we took the boys for their 1st haircuts. Here is Olivier before:
And Mason:
Eating their snack before we left. So funny how they decide to sit places together sometimes!
Mason went first and was very quiet while his hair was cut.


Olivier was a little more wiggily. He didn't like the water being sprayed to get his hair wet but other than that he wasn't scared.
He didn't want to look where he was suppose to look so Matt had to hold his face! Made him look silly!At times the phone was a better distraction!


And Olivier after!
And Mason after!
And Sunday afternoon I colored eggs with Anna. Here are the beautiful eggs that she colored!

This video is a few weeks old of Olivier making the sounds like he is "eating". So funny to see him pretend he is eating.