Sunday naps

Mason was so tired that he feel asleep on the stairs.  He looked so cute.

I love that little boy.

Mason was mad at me for some reason so he was pouting on the stairs and that was when he feel asleep.

Don't you love...

Don't you love the way little kids sleep?  I have pictures of me sleeping this way when I was little.  Sometimes I still do if I don't feel good.  She just looked so cute we had to have a picture.

...a girl

This is one of the fun things that you get to do with a girl that you can't do to your little boys.

I love little baby feet and hands.  The paint is really dark, but I couldn't find my light ones.  She was so good to just sit there and let me do it. 

playing outside

Here are just some radom pictures of the kids playing outside.

It is so funny to watch Elly on this tractor because she doesn't sit on it she just stand and walks with it.

Tyler and his bike.  I am surprised that he is okay on it because it is a little big for him, but he loves it and you have to love the gloves he is wearing.

Mason is so funny.  He is always pulling funny faces at me and just acting goofy.

My nephew came to play and the kids just loved it.  Mason was so good to push him around.  I was able to get some cute little pictures of him.

Elly loves walking under the lilacs.  She thinks she is such a big kid lately.

So that is what we do on a reagular day, minus the tending of my nephew.  It has been nice to let the kids outside for the brief moments that have been nice.  They are ready to be outside all the time.

Mason's swimming

Friday was Mason's last day of swimming lessons.  This was his second round of them.  He has loved it and can actually stand the cold water the whole hour lesson now, that's a big step for him.

He can swim acrossed the pool without help.

He is almost there.

Jumping off the diving board...

and swimming back without any help.

He loved it and is excited to take lessons again in June.

Swimming lessons for Mason has been hard on Elly and me because she wants to get in the whole time.  The last day I let her kind of wander around and you can bet she was going to test it and see how close I would let her get.

She just looks so cute and innocent.

She came home very wet, but she loved it.  One day we will take her up and let her get in.

Our kids

I am pretty mad about Kiddie Kandids because it is that time of year where I always go up and have them take my kids pictures.  I loved them and now they are gone and I haven't found somebody to take them for me so I had to just take them myself. 

I have always loved the pictures of Tyler that are close to his face.

Tyler thought he was smiling so I had to get a picture to show him that he wasn't.

My little Mason's poor eye was bugging him so I will probably have to do them again but I just wanted to get some pictures close to their birthdays.

I really like these of Mason because they remind me of they way he really his so much.

Elly never would look even close to me so her pictures aren't that great but I wasn't really planning on taking any of her so I guess they are just a bonus.

My three little ones.

Tyler should be my easiest one but sometimes he is the hardest one to get to pay attention and just look at me.  You have to love the way Mason does his smile, it isn't forced at all.

This one is probably the best one I got so I am going to have to head out one of these days and try again.  Anyone who has suggestions they are more then welcome.

Tyler's 6th birthday

On the 28th Tyler had his sixth birthday.  I can't believe how fast that went.  I was glad that Tyler didn't care that he had to wait for Jay to get home from work before he open his birthday present, it did help that Jay was able to get home a little earlier than he normally does.  Because of the basement problem we have had a trailer at our house so we can put a couple of the things from downstairs in it, so it was the perfect place to put Tyler's birthday present.

Yes he got a bike again this year because he broke his bike a few weeks ago.  It had been a bad thing, him not having a bike, because I can't take the kids for rides during the day and Tyler spends so much time out ridding his bike. 

Later that night Grandpa and Grandpa came over to bring Tyler his present.  They also drop one of from his cousins.

For Tyler's birthday cake he chose to have a ice cream cake, that is his favorite kind of cake.  We made his favorite cookies, chocholate chip, earlier in the day for him to take to his school class. 

These candles burn out really fast so we had to pull a couple out really fast and try and get the others going before they all went out.  I am glad my kids don't ask me to make anything fancy because this is about as good as it gets.

Tyler was pretty excited when he woke up this morning and saw the balloons around the house.

He is a good kid and really fun to have around.  I love to watch him playing outside, especially when he is playing by himself.  One day I will have to video it. 

Happy birthday Tyler!  We love you.