she's WALKING

Wednesday night our little Addi Joy started walking all over the place. She is starting to walk more and more and before we know it she'll be taking off. Right now she will pull herself up on the couch and then turn around and walk but she doesn't get up if she falls, she will crawl her way back to the closest object and then pull herself back up again. I wanted to share a short video for my mom who is so anxious to see her walking. Enjoy!

We just got home from Hagar Park, the girls loved it. Kylynn did not want to leave and started to cry. We told her we could come back tomorrow or maybe go to another park and that seemed to satisfy her. I think this summer is going to be a blast with our girls. Bike rides, the beach, the park, just playing all of the time, with Kylynn getting so much more into everything this is just going to be an enjoyable summer. I'm really looking forward to May 29, my last day of school, at this point it can't come fast enough. Here's our trip to the park.

back to the grind...

Kylynn and I both did not want to get up this morning. We survived though. Now I am updating with Easter photos before I begin working on my presentation on my Action Research for class Wednesday night. But the good news is I will be done with classes until September. I have to finish the paper yet but I'll be done with classes:)

We had a wonderful Easter with our girls. Kylynn was so much fun and she really did get it, that is what makes it fun. She sat in big church with us and only spoke up once, she did great. Now we're just waiting for some warm weather so we can be outside more. Kylynn can't wait to play in her sprinkler.Kylynn coloring her eggs.

Kylynn, Mommy, and Addi, coloring Easter EggsKylynn Joy in her new Crocs and Ariel sunglasses.

Sisters:)

Our family on Easter, it was a little windy

Kylynn Joy says and does the darndest things...

Okay, so here are a few of the conversations and things she has done over the last few days that have just cracked me up.

"Daddy, I went poopy."

Jason, "did you make a mess in my toilet?"

"Yup, all over."

Jason, "well you better go clean it up."

"No, Colleen will do that." (Colleen cleans our house)

Pretty sad when your 2 1/2 year old tells you the cleaning lady will take care of that.

Today Hannah and Jessica were talking to Kylynn about their piercings and tattoos. She said she didn't want one and the next thing you know she goes to her room comes out with a brown crayon and hands it to Hannah. We were like, what is she doing. She starts taking off her sock. Mind you, the girls have tattoos on their feet. She wanted Hannah to draw her a Jesus fish on her foot. We just died laughing.

One of her new words is 'actually'. Like, "actually, I think maybe Addi doesn't like that Mom." She is quite the little mother to Addisyn, I just smile and shake my head. I guess it would be pretty boring without her, it was when she was visiting Grandma, now Grandma misses her cause she is such a little chatter box.

We love you Kylynn Joy, I sure don't know what I would do without you.

Spring Break...

Well, it may be spring break but the weather is not like spring at all. Bummer! I would love to be outside with the girls this week but it's only 40 degrees. Hopefully by the end of the week it will warm up.

Kari and I enjoyed a wonderful weekend in Chicago this past weekend. We left Friday morning and shopped the Michigan City outlets, great deals! Especially for the girls. After shopping for 4-5 hours we headed to Shaumberg to IKEA. It has been a few years since I've been there but Kari had never been. It was funny to watch her, she was pretty overwhelmed. I got some good deals and enjoyed looking at all of the IKEA furniture. We then made a pit stop on the way to our hotel at Target, Kari got her Wii Fit, she was so excited. We finally made it to the hotel and were ready to head up to the room to relax, a no go. Our key would not work in the door so we trucked our luggage through the parking log, off roading a little and through the front door to have the guy tell us it wasn't our key it was the machine. We laughed pretty hard, I can honestly say it was almost the first time I peed my pants, I didn't but came very close.

We got up the next morning and headed for the city. We did some walking, some more walking, and yet some more walking. We found Kari her sweatshirt she wanted at Forever 21, saw the Bean, ate at the Cheesecake factory, walked some more, and hit Trader Joes. After leaving the City we headed to Woodfield Mall, where I found my sweatshirt from Forever 21 and some other good deals. We finally made it back to the hotel and Kari wanted to condense her bags, she ended up with 2, I had a whole lot more than that, did some condensing but let's just say I was pretty successful this shopping trip.

The girls slept in for me yesterday, it was great. We got up at 9:30, got ready and headed to Target and Meijer. Today the girls went to Auntie's, I worked at school for about 3 hours and ran some errands to get the girls' Easter baskets ready.

Tonight I finally made it back to SNAP, a little break. I hadn't been there since last Wednesday, it showed. I was struggling. I am making myself go again tomorrow night, Thursday night and for sure Sat and Sunday. I'm looking forward to scrapbooking on Friday night with Julie. Maybe I'll get started tomorrow night so I can get organized. I'm pretty far behind. Almost a year behind in my family book, a few months behind in Addi's book and about 8 months behind in Kylynn's book. Time to get crackin. I'll leave you with a few pics from the last few weeks.

Addisyn was walking for us last week. Her big sister took a little mini vacation in TC with Grandma and Grandpa Vandyke. I think that Addi was comfortable with Kylynn gone and didn't feel like she would be knocked down. She hasn't been walking much since Kylynn has been back. We're trying not to push her but we know she can do it.Kylynn and Addi in their cherry bathing suits. We're stocking up for the summer.The girls were having fun in the laundry basket. Kylynn said "Addi, you get in and I'll push you." Well, they both ended up in there, a little cramped but they had fun.

Kari and I by the BEAN, I have now seen the BEAN.Shopping in Chicago, Starbucks in hand!