Happy Spring

Spring is finally making an appearance in Central New York!!!  A^4th has tried to get outside as much as possible.  We did have a mid week "speed bump" with Ayson developing an ear infection and tonight, Addie is now complaining of her ear hurting but the kiddos don't seem overly bothered by the pain and have not slowed down all the much.  Mommy will most likely be making a trip to the Drs with Addie on Monday.

Monday night game night with another birthday gift game!



On Wednesday, Mommy got a call from the school that Ayson was complaining of an ear ache.  The first appointment Mommy could get for Ayson was 5:15 so Daddy picked Ayson up from school at his normal time and then headed back to Syracuse for the appointment.  Afterwards, the boys went to McDonalds for dinner.  Apparently Ayson chattered non-stop to Daddy during the trip to and from the Drs Office.  Once home, Ayson proclaimed it was the "best day EVER" while Daddy just looked fried :)


Mommy came home from work on Thursday to find both kiddos intently playing Daddy's fighter pilot game.  Check out Addie's bottom lip :)



Ah, either they are concentrating REALLY hard or are totally zoned out!



Addie eating an oatmeal pie while on her horsey Saturday morning.



The adorable purple snow suit that Addie will wear this year and next:)



We went for a walk on Saturday but the wind was fierce and we did not linger long after our walk to the creek.



On Saturday afternoon, Beverly Oliver (a friend of ours and the Director of the Day Care program at Ayson's school) took Ayson and Kwahumeer to see the movie, "Home."  This was Ayson's birthday gift from Kwahumeer/Beverly (even though Mommy said that Kwahumeer (Beverly) did not need to bring a gift for Ayson's party...we just wanted Kwahumeer to be included in the festivities).  Beverly admitted she wanted to see the movie too and was happy to have a friend along :)






After the movie, Ayson asked if Khanlen could come over to play and we said yes.  We had one tired boy on our hands Saturday night!






Three "red heads" cuddling on the couch!



On Sunday, the temps got up to 40!!!!  We went to the "little park" (across the street) and got ourselves re-acquainted with the playground equipment.



Kisses!



Ayson picked right up on his bike riding skills and had fun riding on the blacktop.

Grandma Pat, we have a story for you:  With the melting snow at the park, a bit of trash has been uncovered and of course Ayson noticed the trash and said that the people who threw it there must not be Americans.  Ayson then went on to state that the trash offenders must be "Contadians" (meaning Canadians).  Daddy and Mommy had a good chuckle over that statement AND the mispronunciation. Note: We drive through Canada to get to Michigan when we visit family and that must be where Ayson picked up the Canadians portion of his statement (second note: Mommy and Daddy do NOT bad mouth other countries in front of the kids OR in general :)



A mini snowball fight






After Addie's bath, we put together a necklace kit that Grandma Collene had given to Addie for her birthday.  Addie LOVED it!  She still has 2 more necklaces that she can build...what a neat gift for a little girl!






Cheese!



A bit of Ayson's school work:
Pictures of Ayson with Mommy and Daddy.



Thursday night, Ayson kept track of everyone's table manners. If you got your name on the list, you were in trouble for something (talking with food in your mouth or chewing with your mouth open).   Mommy was the only one who got a "good" AND a "check mark" for no slip ups at the dinner table:) Mommy is pretty sure they covered table manners in school that day!



A very cool cat with movable parts!