mommy's day.

Lincoln's class did a wonderful little Mother's Day program last week. Each child got to come up and deliver a line about mom's (scary stuff for 3- and 4-year olds). Lincoln's line was something like "Mommies take good care of us." Of course when he got up to the front of the room, he nervously stood there playing with his lips and giggling. He barely got the words out of his mouth. But it was cute nonetheless. I personally despise public speaking so I don't fault any of the kids who were frightened up there. For the one or two who went right up and delivered their line, well, I commend them.

The class also sang two songs. You can see Lincoln below dancing and singing.

And here are my two beauties. I am so lucky to be thier mommy.

cuteness from Lincoln's mouth.

Linc is at a very fun age as it relates to the things that come out of his mouth. The other day I had my hair in braids and Linc says, "I like your pretzels, Mom."

Other recent cuteness:
"Do worms have eyes?" (as he helped me in the garden)

"What are the clocks on the car for?" (he was referring to the speedometer and, appropriately, thought it looked like a series of clocks)

"Is the sky everywhere?"

"Oh, this book rhymes." (as he and I read "There's a Wocket in My Pocket" to Cassie before bed the other night)

I try to remember the cute comments rather than the times when he exclaims, "You're not my best friend" in the whiniest voice imaginable after I've asked him to do something unimaginable like put his coat on or take a bath.

thomas the train - year 2.

We went with Grandma again this year to The Henry Ford for a ride on Thomas the Train. Despite the semi-icky after-the-rain weather, Linc had a wonderful time.

Here we are with Sir Topham Hatt. Last year, Linc wasn't too keen on him. This year went much better.


Matt & Lincoln patiently awaiting our ride time. Here comes Thomas. Peep! Peep!


Lincoln showing us some personality as always.


Linc showing off his sweet "James" tattoo.


Linc and dad having fun making and chasing giant bubbles.






Linc driving an old-fashioned car. Flintstone style.


Playing with the train sets.


And finally enjoying his first carousel ride with Grandma. The joy on his face throughout the ride was seriously too cute for words.

anne of green gables.

It's as if we don't have a ton of kids books to choose from in every room of our house. Cassie is constantly at my book shelf pulling the Anne of Green Gables book to peruse. I can't wait 'til she's old enough for me to read the book to her or for her to read it on her own. I hope she loves it as much as I did.

Here she is enjoying the book alongside my "Anne" doll.

Opening Day 2010.

I started this blog exactly one year ago. It was Tigers' opening day '09. The kiddies have certainly changed over the last twelve months.

Here they are supporting their team this year.

here comes Peter Cottontail.

The kids enjoyed the neighborhood Easter egg hunt again this year. Last year, Lincoln needed some prodding to gather eggs; this year he did a great job filling his basket. He also liked the Easter bunny! Good times for him.

Cassidy, on the other hand, didn't particularly care for the Easter bunny. Though after a while she did blow some kisses to the bunny. During the "little kid" portion of the egg hunt, Cassie grabbed one egg and then plopped on the grass. Pretty much didn't care about getting any more eggs. It was cute.

After the egg hunt, we dyed eggs. The egg kit we got this year: SuperHero Squad. Linc loved it.

cloudy with a chance of...marshmallows?

So the daycare center that the kids go to have two special helicopter candy drops each year - one for Halloween and one for Easter. I hadn't attended a helicopter drop until this year, but I'd heard a lot of cool things about it. After attending, I have to say it's a pretty neat thing for the kids. They do a marshmallow drop at Easter time where the kids all run and gather marshmallows that have dropped from the sky! They get to turn their marshmallows in for a prize. Here are a few pics from the event.

Showing off the goods.

And here's Linc sneaking one. I told him not to eat them since they had been on the ground, but how can a kid resist...and how can a mommy get upset?