Three Cuties

Sigh.  I wanted a good photo of the kids, as the girls had a desire to have their hair "match" this morning.  Payge has ponies in too, but she wouldn't sit up and smile for me.  I think she's going to be one of those kids that gets all flustered when we tell her she's cute when she's angry.  :) 

Enjoying Spring

Searching for bugs.

Enjoying the sun.

Ahhhh, bugs, dirt, green grass...did I mention it was in the upper 70s?

Decorating the picnic table with weeds flowers found around the complex.

Letting rolly-polies play on our arms!

I just really loved this photo.  Zac contemplative in the foreground, the girls sitting together (getting along!) behind him.

Chalk Art

Those cute lil' Tuellers.

Look Zac!  I'm going to "help" draw the hop scotch!

Working on a masterpiece.

Masterpiece (Cinderella) complete.

Drawing the sunset.  Once he was done, the mix of pink, blue, and peach was very pretty.

Growing up!

 
It's not her birthday (phew!  We have a few more months!), but I'm constantly amazed at how quickly my kiddos grow.  I am really loving having an older daughter.  She's so helpful and kind to me.  We do butt heads, but it's mainly because we are so alike.  She's learning to cook, has taken on some responsibilities in the house, and L-O-V-E-S to get dressed up.   She's also one of those kids who show me up...for example, I get out some (very healthy, thankyouverymuch) flax seed tortilla chips and cheese dip, and she goes to the fridge, gets the head of broccoli and dips THAT in the cheese instead.  Soon, it'll be her favorite season--play in the pool season (here, that's Spring, Summer, and Fall).

Happy Birthday, Payge!

See the baby's face on this cake?  Now she's 3!

Lighting the candles.

Going to blow them out!

I did it!

Look!  Presents!

In the polar bear cave.  :)

We went to the  zoo to celebrate.  Everyone had fun!

The inside of the cake...why is this photo clear down here?  Eh.  Not fixing it now.  :)

Lotsa Bucks

Payge ran in to our room this morning with all the toy paper money folded in half in her pee-cess purse.

"Look bomby! I has lotsa bucks!"

Cute

Post Payge-to-English translations
pee-cess == princess
bomby == mommy

Playing In The Trees

If you don't read Searching For Simple, you haven't seen the great photos of our kids playing outside in the lovely February, North Carolina weather.  So, for family (and friends') sake, here's a recap.

Here are some of things I wrote down that they said while they played (and I watched):
Here's a glass bottle!  We could turn it into a lantern!
I wish we had coconuts, they have water and food.
Let's gather moss for softer pillows.
If we make bedframes with sticks, we can fill them with these long pine needles, that'd be comfy.
Our shelter is good enough, we need to go find food.