Going on a lizard hunt!

On Easter Grandma gave Harrison and Madeline a bug catcher, which they then spent the rest of the day hunting for bugs. That evening Harrison called Uncle David and asked him if he would help him catch a lizard, unfortunately Uncle David had to work for the next several days, but on his first day off, (and after several requests by Harrison) Uncle David took the kids for a lizard hunt. He caught one right off the bat, and all three kids were very excited!!! Harrison named the liziard XYOA, Uncle David suggested Lizzy,but he went w/ X for short. The kids had a blast and completely enjoyed the day looking for lizards, however Uncle David's luck ran out and we only ended up with one lizard.

Uncle David handing over the prized lizard.

Three very excited kids!


Harrison, Madeline and Austin

Close up of X

Madeline helping Uncle David hunt!

Sitting with their lizard waiting for Uncle Dave to get more.

Uncle David and his muscles, I mean lizard!

Egg Hunting

Here's the kids hunting eggs and being adorable! Harrison made sure Madeline had eggs in her basket and kept pointing out ones for her to find! He is so sweet. He was excited there were eggs hidden all over his toys. Madeline was ready to eat the chocolate after each egg.

Basket Heads

I'm not sure what this was about, but I thought they were cute!

Coloring Eggs

The kids had a fun time coloring eggs. We were lucky we had some by the end of the day. My inability to boil an egg ruined several, then Madeline's ability to toss the eggs into the pan broke a couple more and of course the natural losses from egg coloring we lost a couple more. But it was fun! Harrison was expecting the bunny to come to the door and pick up the eggs.

Picture taking fun!

My friend Christina and I went took the kids to the mustard field and orchards so we could practice taking some pictures. The kids loved playing. But Harrison was not in a mood to have his picture taken, but we got some cute ones.






This is Christinas adorable daughters Baylee and Riley

I love this one of Christina and Riley

Bicycle Riding

The weather has turned nice and Aunt Dawn just gave us a bike for Madeline, so we have been riding almost every day. The kids love it and they are awesome at it! We go to the park or around the block. They are going to keep me in shape, because I have to run to stay up with them.

Here is a short video of them. (No sound)

Chicago

We went out to Chicago for my Grandma's birthday! She had no idea we were coming. The kids and I had a blast. Unfortunately most of the pictures are at my mom's house. So here is some of the ones I have. We went to American Girl for lunch and we went to the zoo. There was snow for the first two days and then it was all gone, so the kids didn't play in that much. We had a great time visiting with everyone! Grandma has a nice lunch for her birthday, hopefully I can post those pictures later.



Everyone at American Girl lunch


Madeline watching/helping blow out the candle with Great Grandma Sally



Madeline feeding her dolly at lunch


Cousin Emily feeding her doll

Harrison and Madeline at the zoo

Uncle Ralph and Harrison on a mission to see all the animals on the map! Harrison was great at reading the map.

Watching the polar bears.