Zevon the entertainer

We were enjoying an evening with our friends the Kriegers and the kids decided to put on a show.  But Zevon pretty much stole the show:

New park!

 Guthrie and Zevon taking turns at the wheel

We explored a new park recently and the kids loved it!  It had places for the little boys to play as well as an awesome climbing area that Evie was all over.  And, it has a soft springy ground, so it's mom approved.  It is a little out of the way for us, but we will have to make many return trips.

 Guthrie and Zevon fighting over driving rights.  It's only going to get worse when they are 16!

 Guthrie trying out the see-saw

 We happened to run into our friends Avery and Jack at the park.  More fun on the see-saw!

 Evie climbing up high.

You can see the storm clouds behind Evie.  This was the start of many rainy days for us, but the rain was welcome and got us out of some drought danger. 

Happy Mother's Day!

Evie eats a jalepeno

Hanging out

Will was pretty excited to pull out his hammock when the weather got warm.  The kids were pretty excited too.  I think they have the 'hang' of this hammock thing.

 Guthrie

 Zevon (who I think wins the most natural hammock pose award)

Evie

Twin boy nonsense

Zevon (top) and Guthrie (bottom)

I am very thankful for when the boys get along, mostly because it is rare when they do.  They have started wrestling and playing a little rough with each other, something I never experienced with Evie.  But Zevon and Guthrie seem to both enjoy the roughhousing, at least until someone gets sat on or poked in the eye.  They also have gotten into hide and seek and love finding new places to crawl into.  The laundry hamper became the hiding place of choice for Guthrie one day this spring.  The stuffed animal bin is frequently a boat or a car.  It is so much fun to see my boys pretend up a storm...as long as they don't destroy the house and each other while they do their pretending!

 Zevon in his race car and Guthrie...not sure what he is doing but he loves it!

Peek-a-boo, I see you!

Early spring trip to the park

These pictures are from early March when we visited a nearby park.

 Zevon

 Evie

Guthrie

Easter fun

Zevon, Guthrie and Evie posing for an Easter portrait

Easter included a visit from Grandma Bev and Grandpa Wayne, an easter egg hunt in the backyard, blowing bubbles, decorating easter eggs, an easter dinner, and lots of low key hanging out.  Of course, low key in our house is usually high energy, but nothing like easter to keep you hopping!  (A pun that makes me groan, but I can't resist!)

 

 Guthrie dyes his egg yellow.  (Never though the egg in a whisk trick worked, but it does!)

 Zevon likes blue.

 Evie gets creative with her eggs, first going two-tone, then adding stickers after they dry.

 Grandpa Wayne helps the boys with their bubble juice.

 Evie shows how it's done!

Relaxing with Dad

Tooth fairy made a visit!

 The tooth was hanging sideways.  I had to resist just yanking it out on my own!

 I already lost my first tooth a long time ago!

Despite his best efforts, Gus still has all his teeth.

Back earlier this February, Evie lost her first tooth!  It had been hanging by a thread for a while, and all the coaxing in the world couldn't get her to make the final pull.  She went to bed one night, only to come back downstairs 20 minutes later with her tooth out!  She was pretty proud of herself and couldn't wait to share the news with her class (they sing a special song).  She was pretty excited to put her tooth under her pillow and find a dollar waiting for her the next morning.  As I write this, the adult tooth has finally made its appearance and a second tooth is soon on its way out. 

Stop copying me!

Evie is now fully understanding what it is like to have younger siblings.  Guthrie especially has started copying everything anybody says, falling only a beat or two behind.  ("Stop copying me!" "Op opying me!" "I mean it, Guthrie!" "I eeen it, utry!") It really bugs Evie, and I have a hard time scolding him because it sounds so funny.  I also wonder if he is simply trying out words and phrases he hears; he might not mean to bug Evie. Well, maybe he does get a little joy out of annoying his sister.

Perhaps one of the funniest incidents occurred between Evie and Zevon this February.  Evie was throwing a fit about something at the dinner table one night and Zevon decided to copy her behavior for humorous effect.  Just take a look:

What a punk.  Sorry, Evie.  Somehow you are going to find a way to cope because your brothers aren't going anywhere and they aren't going to make life easy for you.  Maybe some day you'll look back on this and laugh?