You are too late!

My dear friend Sarah and her husband Chad invited us over for Easter yesterday.  We had a fantastic time with them and their two great kids Emma and Cooper.  Thanks again you guys!!!

Audra really enjoyed "hunting" but I think her favorite part was running away from me yelling "you are too late" as a was trying to take her picture.  I had to sneak up on her to get this one...

However, she was more than happy to pose for a picture 

to show off her loot!

It took Phoebe a while to understand the concept of easter eggs but once she found out there was candy inside she became VERY interested!

So pleased with herself!

After hunting eggs the kids decided to "break in" Emma and Cooper's new swing set.  The girls loved it and I am sure we will be fielding questions about why we don't have one... maybe next year

PEEK - A - BOO!

Hat trick

Given that we have to transport everything from the townhouse here in La Crosse to St Louis in two vehicles we were a bit limited in the number of toys we could keep with us during our month long stay. 

This is a snapshot of Audra in her hat while dancing to Raffi...

Good thing I have inventive children!

And the winner is...

Phoebe!!!!

4-7-09:  28 lbs, 0 oz; 34 1/2 inches (Phoebe 18 months)

2-2-07: 27 lbs, 8 oz; 33 inches  (Audra 2 years)

Last week I took Phoebe in for her 18 month appointment and as you can see she is giving Audra a run for her money - not only is she catching up fast she is BIGGER than Audra was 2!  

Any predictions for when she will be taller than me?

(I am sure it will be sooner than I think!)

Tagged with a bit of sunshine

I was tagged by Sara and here were the rules:

1.  Take a picture of yourself right now (NO primping or preparing!) Just snap a picture

2.  Load the picture onto your blog

3.  Tag three people to play. 

*Remember, if you are tagged on another blog, we will all be heading to yours to see if you played along!

Luckily Audra was "helping" me check blogs and was more than happy to snap a few pictures with me using the iphotobooth on my MAC.  

Here are a few of the pictures we took using the effects features (A few months ago Audra was terrified of how these distorted her features but now she LOVES them and routinely asks to take "those funny face pictures") Enjoy!

Now it is my turn...

Lisa, Julie, and Maria - you're it!

Thanks in advance for playing along =)