Not a Usual Catch

Gabriel and Annalina were thrilled to catch a baby bird running around the yard. Gabriel told me he caught a bird and I was surprised! He caught it with a butter fly net. The bird was returned to its mother!

New Abilities . . . My Baby is growing up!

Yesterday I had to go to the bathroom and heard Carson starting to fuss so I asked Gabriel to watch him. When I came back out into the living room Carson was gone . . . Hmmm, I went into Gabriel's room where he had been playing and there was Carson!! He had picked him up and THANKFUL put him in a baby recliner type chair and pushed him to his room. He told me he put a hand behind his head when he picked him up but that "Carson didn't like it" but Carson was content when I got there!

Also yesterday, I walked out of the room to do something and when I came back Ross was standing in the kitchen with a raw egg in a bowl with a fork preparing to eat his egg. I asked what was going on and Gabriel said "Ross said he wanted an egg" so Gabriel cracked an egg and put it in a bowl for him! I explained it need to be COOKED!!!!!

Oh well, Gabriel is growing up and spreading his wings!!

Annalina's and Ross' Pretend World and Dressup over the Last Month

Annalina and Ross are quite the pair and both of them have HUGE imaginiations!! From being a king and queen, to a queen and a warrior, or a horse with a rider. One day Annalina had the metal ladder from her bunk bed and it went from a ladder to a hopscotch squares when laid on the floor, to a plow when she crawled on the ground and pretended to be a horse and pull it behind her! 

The fuzzy hat is a real fur hat from Russia that dad brought back for me. I have now given it to Annalina since she has a collection of winter hats from other countries.

Loving on Carson (May 2009)

Date Night with Daddy!

Annalina and Daddy are meat eaters and they enjoy going out for a fancy dinner to "eat meat". Annalina calls it "going to the meat store". They had another fun together. Annalina talked about their first time going out while Daddy was away on cruise it was a very good and fun memory that she held onto. (May 2009)

Grandma Johnson's Visit (May 2nd-June 2nd)

Grandma Johnson came to stay with us for the month of May!!! The kids love having Grandma here and Ross especially spent a lot of time with Grandma doing sticker books!!! Of course, having mom around is a HUGE help. She is always doing something to help us out. While she was here we celebrated her birthday too!!

I Love You Party

Annalina invited her Daddy and her Mommy to an "I Love You Party". Brian had to leave for work unfortunately but I was able to attend. The party was on a Strawberry Shortcake blanket on the floor in her room. We sang while Ross played the doll house piano and Annalina played the "horn" which was some type of tube made into a horn. Annalina also sang me an "I love you" song which was wonderfully sung from the heart. I was also able to choose my favorite stuffed animal to attend with me!!!