Character Parade

This was a character parade at school.  The kids were able to choose a character from one of their favorite books and dress up as that character.  All the characters from each grade participated in a parade for all of the teachers and other students.  Joshua was not very excited about it and had planned to not dress up.  But his buddy Trey talked him into it.  Let's see if you can tell who he is...

Brown pants, green shirt and wig

So, he didn't quite know how to fix the wig:)

There goes Scooby!  So he has to be Shaggy!

Do we have a plummer in the family?

We might just have us a plummer in the family after I caught this little munchkin climbing a ladder with her little Abby Cadabby undies on and the top of her crack showing.  Too funny!  Had to grab the camera!

We are not potty training yet - but she does go on occasion.  She loves her little panties!

TRACK CLUB

Joshua and his best bud at school (Trey) made it into the Track Club!  They have to run so many laps in P.E. to make it into the club. 

GO JOSHUA AND TREY!!!

Planting - Day one

It is so much fun learning about flowers and vegetables - planting and taking care of them.  We have already made mistakes, but we are learning.  The kids have really enjoyed being a part of it.  My dad brought over some tomato plants and tilled up an area on the side of our house for us to grow some tomatoes and other veggies.  If we had the space, I would have a huge garden because we love vegetables so much.

I also bought some seeds and starter cups for the kids to plant their own.  They chose watermelons, cantaloupes, and I also bought some squash, peppers and more tomatoes.  So I let them have at it.

We are hoping for a little bit of good luck with these starters. 

Tomato plants day one

I hope to take pictures every few weeks to show their growth!  The kids are ready for some tomatoes.  They thought the tomatoes would grow overnight.

These are some tommy-toes for the kids:)

Photo shoot with Aunt Brookie

We continued our Spring Break in Huntsville - our second home.  Where we love to go because of all my wonderful nieces and nephews - sister, brother, and 2 sister-in-laws and brother-in-laws.  When we go to Huntsville we have to make our rounds and we love every minute of it:)

We always try to take pictures of the 9 kids together - which is so hard, but I think Brooke got a good shot of them.  I need a full week with Brooke, with NO kids for her to teach me how to use a camera like she does.  I know it would take a lot longer than a week, because she has been studying photography on her own for years.  I think all her time is paying off because she is AWESOME! 

I will take credit for this one - it was mine:)

Probably my favorite of Macy

Okay - I will warn you - the next few are ones I took - I have LOTS to learn

Our Spring Break - the Zoo

Spring Break always involves a trip to the zoo, or at least we try to make it there.  Rodney and I enjoy the zoo as much as the kids do.  This year we went to the Birmingham Zoo. 

The water pad is a great place to end the long hot day. 

Macy loves the water...

So I went ahead and blew up our little pool from last year because it has been so hot.  Macy was so excited.  The child loves her bath time, so much that she has been getting in trouble for wanting to lay on her back in the tub (she could drown doing this).  We have taken her to the Y to swim and she hates for us to hold onto her in any way.  She has NO FEAR.  She keeps on saying "swim swim" like she can do it all by herself.  Already getting nervous about taking all the kids to the pool this summer.  Because she is going to be all over the place wanting to jump in as soon as we get in the pool gate. 

So the pool has about had it.  The pink layer is having a hard time staying inflated - must be a hole:)