Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all of our family and friends!  We hope everyone was able to spend time with their family and friends!  A^4 spent the weekend with Grandma Collene, Grandpa Chuck and Pama, and Auntie Julie, Uncle Dan, and the cousins.

Bike riding after dinner this past week after dinner.


Daddy helping Addie make a basket.


Spring flowers are blooming!


Ms Annie sent photos from Addie's class on Thursday.


Listening to a story.


Friday morning sunrise and moon set.


On Friday we went to Grandma Collene's
Grandma received a letter from another relative with great family photos!
The girls in the middle: Great Aunt Betty and Great Grandma Barb (Grandma Collene's mom) and Great Great Grandpa and Grandma Schlesing


Great Grandma Soudan, Great Great Grandma Appleman, Great Aunt Toadie.


Grandma Collene as a "Baby Doll"



Hot tub fun on Friday night!!!


Daddy splitting the rest of Grandma's wood for next winter.


Kids being kids :)


We then went to Grandpa Chuck's house for Easter dinner on Saturday afternoon.
A little bit of "wind relieving" pose for Addie and Pama :)


Connect Four, anyone?


Getting ready for the massive egg hunt!!!


Grandpa and Pama had 200 eggs hidden around the yard!




Check out the loot!




Addie was wiped out Saturday evening.


Pretty sunset!!!


Four wheeler ride before dinner at Grandma's on Sunday.


Easter egg hunt at Grandma Collene's!
On your mark, get set, GO!

Hi Spring!!!!

Ah, it is starting to feel like spring in the Finger Lakes region of NY!  We had a fun and exciting week!  Ayson lost his other front tooth (finally), Ayson's class made birds nests in school, Daddy bought a new truck, and we had a friend over on Sunday!  All is well with A^4 and for that we are thankful!  We hope the same is true for all of our family and friends!!!

Monday night fun at the "little park!"


The boys working on their bikes


While Mommy pushed Addie on the tire swing




Oh dear....Ayson got hit in the face with the basket ball :(


AND look what it did to Ayson's crazy front tooth that would NOT fall out!


That tooth did not want to come out and it was literally hanging by a (strong) thread!  Ugh, GROSS!


But Daddy convinced Ayson to let Daddy pull it! TaDa!


And LOOK what was waiting to make an appearance!  The other front adult tooth!


Ayson did not want to loose the tooth:)


Indoor playtime during a rainy evening


Ayson's class made bird nests at school.  Hopefully Mommy did this correct and you just need to click on the link (or press Ctrl and click the link) to see the kids making their bird nests on Friday.  Friday was "jammie day" at school (so that is why the kids all look like bums :) If you turn up the volume, you may be able to hear a child tell Ayson that they love his nest near the first few seconds of the video :)

Making the bird nests!

Ayson's finished nest.


Saturday:
Ayson working on his Earth Day poster for school.


Picking up trash, putting trash in garbage cans, and recycling!  Yay, nice job, Big Guy!  He did not explain what he was going to do and he started drawing in crayon (Mommy suggest starting in pencil but Ayson had his mind made up!) and finished with marker.


Addie did not want to be left out!


Checking out the crocus.


Ayson had a friend over on Sunday afternoon and the boys were being boys...shooting bugs :)


Addie had fun playing with the boys too!




We then went to the "little park."  Look, three against one!




Daddy's newest love, a NEW truck!


Addie's school work:


Addie was so excited to tell us that she got to eat all of the jelly beans!  Mommy forgot to ask Addie if she liked the black jelly bean :)









Ayson's school work