March 31, 2010

So...while this picture wasn't actually taken on the 31st it was taken within a few days of the 31st. It's OK to do that, you know. :) We crammed so many things into such a short period of time that I didn't want to leave anyone/anything out. Baby Alex was quite possibly one of the biggest highlights of our mini vacation. Hannah and I were so excited to meet him. I had a hard time letting Hannah hold him...I wanted him all to myself. What a sweet, sweet baby boy.

March 30, 2010

Emmie loves her cousins. Kenny, Robin and the boys came over to Caryl's for dinner tonight. It's always fun to watch the kids interact with their cousins. Emmie was a bit partial to little Kenny's hat. She insisted that it was HER hat, not his.

March 29, 2010

It appears that we brought the crummy weather with us. We had rain, wind, hail and sunshine. It was during a sun break that we lost power. The power was out for 5 hours. We all took a nap, went to Kendra's to feed her cats and then to get some dinner. Hannah picked Panda Express. It was a shame that we had to eat out with all the groceries we bought the day before. :)

March 28, 2010

Spring Break 2010 - The girls and I made our trip over the mountains today. No Tom, just the girls and I. I was a little nervous to make that trek by myself, but they did just fine. Our first meal...Zips. We had to take a picture and send it to Tom, who we knew would be a bit envious of our meal.

March 27, 2010

Emerson LOVES the movies UP and Monsters, Inc. I actually think she is just a tad bit obsessed with them. Hannah and I noticed she was a little too quiet so we went to check on her. She plopped herself down on the floor in front of the TV and was quietly watching Monsters. She looked so sweet there in her pink polka dot dress that I felt a little bad for thinking she was up to no good.

March 26, 2010

I filled out my 2010 Census form today. I wonder what the next 10 years will have in store for our family. Where will we be? What will we be doing...Hannah will be 15 and Emerson 12, Oh Lordy! Anyone know how to stop time?

March 25, 2010

I had just gotten done telling Tom that I hadn't taken my picture of the day and then Jen sent me this picture of Daisy. She is such a cute dog!

March 24, 2010

We are totally loving this warm spring weather we're having. Today we ventured down to the horses. There is a brand new baby foal that we were hoping to see, but it went into the barn as soon as we got there. That was OK, because the girls loved the two bigger horses. Hannah even has a special horse call that she uses to get them to come over to the fence. I was pretty surprised at how well it worked.

March 23, 2010

Another fun play date at our house. This time Hannah's friend Mimi came over. It was such a beautiful day that the girls played outside while enjoying the sunshine. Mimi is such a sweet little friend and was so good to include Emerson in their playing. Emerson wasn't about to let them have all the fun on their own.

March 22, 2010

I can't believe that I'm even posting this picture. It happens to be the only picture that I took today. I snapped this picture to send to Tom to show him what a disaster Hannah's room was. We had Jacob and Caleb over for a play date and Hannah's room was the play place. Thankfully the kids all pitched in and it didn't take too long to find the floor.

March 21, 2010

Someone taped these letters up on the side of our mailboxes and it made me smile.

March 20, 2010

Judy and Kevin took the girls for two nights. Our big date night...Papa Murphy's and a Red Box (Up in the Air). We were both too tired to actually watch the movie. That's a problem when you decide to get dinner at 8 and are normally in bed by 8:30.

March 19, 2010

Earlier on in the school year the PTA did a craft night. I pretty much forced the girls to make these garden hand prints for me. For some reason Emmie likes to fill her hand print with dirt.

March 18, 2010

Emerson is getting the hang of pedaling. Woot Woot. For some reason it's only on this bike that she can pedal...her smaller, easier to pedal bike, not so much.

March 17, 2010

I know I've mentioned how much I love Hannah's teacher and I should have known better than to be surprised with his St. Patrick's Day outfit. I laughed so hard as he walked out in his 1970's lime green polyester pants (he was thrilled that they still fit), green sport jacket and bright green Dr. Marten's. As if his outfit wasn't enough, apparently a leprechaun visited their classroom and left behind gold sparkles. There was no way I could compete with that. Our St. Patrick's dinner...tacos (with lettuce and avocado for the green) and mint chocolate chip ice cream. Nothing screams Irish like tacos.

March 16, 2010

Today was Mom's birthday. We celebrated her day out at Becky's with spaghetti and chocolate cake. Oh...the chocolate cake. Happy Birthday Mom - we hope you have a wonderful year, we love you!!!

March 15, 2010

It was PTA skate night tonight. We started out thinking only Hannah would skate, but then Emerson decided that she REALLY wanted to give it a try, so we all got skates. She cracked me up with her ability to skate. She got so comfortable out there that she did NOT want Tom or I holding her hand. She just assumed she was one of the big kids and could head out on her own. I think that Tom was the one who took the biggest fall and I missed it. *sigh*

March 14, 2010

Oh the zoo! We love the zoo and today was a perfect day for the zoo. We've decided that our new favorite exhibit is the Willawong Station. You can purchase a seed stick and feed the birds. It's a money sucker as Tom called it. We spent more than Tom would have liked for a few moments of fun but the memories are well worth it.

March 13, 2010

The excitement for the day...a birthday party for one of Hannah's friends.

March 12, 2010

Another wild and crazy Friday night at the Walker house. We had a fun night of playing Wii Fit Plus.

March 11, 2010

I've been plopping a picture or two in one of these cute computer desktop calendars for over two years now. After two years of doing them one would think that I would be better about getting them done on or shortly after the 1st. I'm usually lucky if I have them out to my mom, Caryl, Judy & Tom before the middle of the month.

March 10, 2010

My sister and Rob took their taxes by Tom's office today and were nice and picked him up a coffee. She texted me and said she knew what her picture of the day was going to be and sent me the above picture with a great big "LOL". She was thinking she might even frame it and hang it in her kitchen. I guess it IS pretty funny but I don't know about hanging it in the kitchen. I have to admit that I do get a good giggle out of the barista's reaction at Starbucks when I order his drink. I don't think I've documented his difficult drink...so, here it is, my picture of the day, taken by my sister. Tom's tall 1 pump caramel, 2 pump vanilla, 1 pump mocha, with whip mocha. I love that guy!

March 9, 2010

Us Walker girls had a rough day today. Hannah made several trips to her room and Emmie to her crib. I for one could have used a timeout. What's the rule? One minute per year of age? I should have had a nice time out. I had to laugh when I went to get jammies and saw this on Hannah's door. I guess that during one of her many trips upstairs she had to get out a little anger and took it out on the door. "No babby" I had to break it to her it would be a more effective sign if Emerson could read. Thank goodness the day is done.

March 8, 2010

Gray hair #7624. Emerson found the baby powder.

March 7, 2010

Hannah was so proud of her outfit today. I'm not sure which I like best, the hair or the socks.

March 6, 2010

I couldn't figure out why I was getting strange looks on the freeway and then I looked in the rear view mirror.

March 5, 2010

JJ & I took the little ones to Sky Valley Gymnastics for open gym. Emerson and Caleb had lots of fun playing on all the equipment. It was hard for me to not jump on the trampoline or jump into the foam pit. Too much fun!! As JJ put it "it's the best $5 I've spent in a while". I agree completely!

March 4, 2010

Green Eggs and Ham at school. I made Hannah take at least one bite of the green eggs. She was a pretty good sport about it.

March 3, 2010

It's Dr Seuss week at Hannah's school. I made a frantic search through all of our books looking for any and all of our Dr Seuss books. This was all I could find. No Green Eggs and Ham or Cat in the Hat. It's just a shame! I know we have One Fish Two Fish but it wasn't to be found tonight. This will have to do for now. I'm actually surprised I found the Ear Book. I was pretty sure I hid it real good. It was the only story Hannah liked for a period of time. :)

Edited: We now have Green Eggs and Ham, Cat in the Hat (thanks to Aunt Susie) and "A treasury of Dr. Seuss Classics" Six by Seuss which includes And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, Horton Hatches the Egg, Yertle the Turtle, The Lorax and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Pheeewww...I feel much better now. :)

March 2, 2010

Tax season means late nights for daddy which leads to little girls waiting in the window for him to pull into the driveway.

March 1, 2010

This was my early morning text from Leina & Rich. Baby Alex made his entrance into the world early this morning. Alex Walker 3.1.10 - 12:20 am - 7lbs 10 oz - 20.25 in. Welcome sweet baby Alex!