Because

It has been so exciting to listen to Maison's speech develop over the last few months. She has really improved a lot since Christmas. For all the concerns I had about her being delayed, she has caught up fast. She is speaking in clear complete sentences and asking questions now. We just finished the "why?" phase. Currently we are in the "because" phase. That is the answer I get to most questions. I typically respond with, "because, why?" She looked at me so serious the other day and said, "No more because why, Mom." I guess she didn't like me pressing her. I'm sure we will revisit this phase when she is 14. The other funny thing she said recently was, "Mommy, what is gum made of?" Before I could answer, she said, "Probably potatoes." I guess I should have known.

Egg-cellent Easter

At this point in the evening I am surprised my children haven't turned into jelly beans, especially Maisy. Every time I looked at her today her cheeks were packed full and a different color of drool was oozing down her chin. The candy was far too accessible for her HUGE sweet-tooth.
Overall it was a lovely Easter. Following church, we hosted the Jeremy's family at our house, which was fun, but it is always hard to miss a holiday with your own. A brunch at the Country Club would have been much easier. Jeremy and I cooked entirely too much ham and have enough to last for months. Too bad Carson doesn't like it, unless it has ketchup on it. YUCK!
The kids were great sports with the egg hunts, even in the cold weather. I prefer a much later Easter, personally. It was fun watching them hunt for eggs. Carson is turning into a full out little boy. He was quite competitive about the whole egg collecting bit. He did allow Maison a few though.
Maisy was very nervous about the whole Easter Bunny bit. She really didn't want him coming into the house. When we put her to bed last night, she kept saying, "Easter Bunny not come in-probably dirty." Then this morning she thought it was really funny when Carson told her the Easter Bunny pooped jelly beans. Once she made the candy connection, I think she decided he wasn't so bad.

This is a photo timeline of our day! Enjoy!















Happy Easter!

Smokin'

Carson is a great skier! He was a wonderful traveller and well behaved roommate. We are so proud of him. Our trip to Winter Park went better than expected. Carson skied all day, each day. And, amazingly improved from one day to the next. He was cruisin down blues before we left. In his words, "I'm smokin'!" Granted, he is not the fastest kid on the mountain, which is fine with me. He is fairly cautious and only tested the limits a couple of times. Jeremy and I were left scared and screaming behind him. Luckily there were only a few major wipe outs, leaving him in tears and declaring he couldn't ski.


The first afternoon was the roughest. When we started down the first green after the bunny slopes, he threw a major fit. I was really frustrated and promised day care the next day. He got it together and was a different kid the rest of the trip. It was amazing to see his improvement from one day to the next. Just sleeping made him better, I think. Before long he will be skiing circles around me. The most memorable part of the trip for me was listening to him jabber and sing as he skied. He talked nonstop to himself. I would hear him say, "I gotta keep skiin' I gotta keep goin'. Let's get skiin'." It was almost sing-song like-SO funny!


Below are some of my favorite pictures from the trip. I included a clip from the Day #1 and Day #3 so you can see him in action.