Spring is around the corner

Our computer is still down, and it's hard for me to do blog updates at work, so I apologize for the lack of posts.

We had a great 3-day Easter weekend with Grandma Rita in town from Indiana. We went to the Mall of America, ate at the Rainforest Cafe, and rode rides in Nickelodeon Universe (ok, so it was 3 rides in almost 3 hours - that wasn't so great.) The Easter bunny visited us on Sunday, and Madeline finally started sharing HER candy with us all.

Madeline got a cool note from her teachers saying that she was the only student in her class that remembered why we use drums in music (to keep the beat) and the Spanish word for cold (frio). It's fun to see get feedback like that! She's been really into her body these last few weeks - like making her eyes cross, crossing all of her fingers on one hand, and saying the word "butt." After prayers, we try to say "thank you for Madeline, thank you for our books, etc." and she said "thank you for my butt." The other night, Nathan had her ROLLING with his version of a nursery rhyme: "1, 2, buckle my butt, 3, 4, shut my butt, etc." He's hilarious all right!

Henry is 5 months old this weekend. He just started rolling over 2 weeks ago, and now he's doing it all of the time - what a show-off! He is constantly smiling and is so easy-going (much more low key than his older sister.) And another first.... We put him in the high chair and fed him cereal on Friday night. It's all going much too quickly!

With warmer temperatures, we're getting excited to start playing outside more regularly. And I can't wait until we can stop bundling them up! Spring is around the corner!!