Spikerific!

We sure love our pet Spike.

"Popp-o Poppee... Nnose" (popcorn popping, nose)

This pretty donut eating lass sure gives us a run for our money! To date... I've now extracted 2 popcorn kernels from her nose and a button. The first time I used my eyelash tweezers. The second I used a nifty trick a friend taught me which is to blow in her mouth like I was giving her mouth-to-mouth (not plugging her nose of course) and that sucker popped right out! Freaky and gross, I know. The third incident, the button, wasn't in far enough and I was able to just squeeze it out. Later the same day, she tried putting a "baby rock" as she called it, a small rock in her nose but it didn't fit. What is with this girl?

Our Lakefront

We enjoyed an afternoon at our own personal lakefront the other day

(also known as the Clark's backyard)

Lucky for us we can use it anytime we want... and I'm sure we will!!

Peanuts Playhouse

We spent one of our chilly Spring Break days at Peanuts Playhouse... a cute little play place in town. It's a little pricey but very cute and very fun for the kids. I took too many pictures but I couldn't resist.

Happy Easter!!!

Did Easter sneak up on you? It did me!! And now it has passed and gone along with the month of March! It will not go undocumented, however, and so behold the Easter post!

 

Egg dying was a real hit around here! Jackson is old enough to get a little fancier in is dying skills (some double dipping action and a suicide egg - dipped in all the colors!) Ivy only cracked 2 eggs but was so happy about the occasion I couldn't stop her.

Easter Sunday was such a pleasant day. I can't help but smile at this picture of my sweet, adorable, perfect little family.

Here is my prettiest princess!!! With her silly brother.

After church we went to the Grands for our annual Easter dinner and egg hunt. It was a super success.

The Easter bunny did come and spoiled our kids rotten!

 

Green Meadows Farm

We enjoyed a wonderful day at Green Meadow Farms... a cute little petting zoo and animal park. It is a fun little place and the kids had a really fun time! My only complaint is that they made you stay with a group and visit each animal pen/exhibit all together so it took a really looong time. I wish we could have just visited each animal at our own pace on our own time. Either way, the kids enjoyed it, as you will see!

We started off on a hay ride! There was absolutely nothing to see on the hay ride so we had to bust out the snacks right away!

Took some time to take a look at their turkeys.

The pony rides were a definite favorite!

Picture time on the tractor!

This was while we were on their little train ride... again, a cute idea, but there was absolutely nothing to see on the ride. Sort of weird.

 They had a little room with all kinds of little boxes filled with rabbits or guinea pigs, lizards and birds. 

Yes, we got to milk a cow!!!

 Taking a water break.

 She knew exactly what to do with these things... such a cute little piggie.

 We had a chance to hold little chicks and ducks. Jackson was a gentle pro.

 This was one big pig!

They had lettuce there to feed these pudgy pigs.

 I think the goats were our favorite. There were so many in this pen and they were so friendly! At one point, Ivy was actually laying on the ground with her head on one of their bellies. It was quite the sight.

 My boy was a natural in the chicken coop. He kept running over with his catch for a picture. Notice the last two are actually ducks. Those were a little trickier to catch because you couldn't run up to them, you had to sneak up to them. But he managed to grab a couple of them!

 My little farm animals and their farmer!

 We ended the day at their playground... it was a success!

 A messy girl!

 Completely tuckered!