Dying Easter Eggs

I am trying to take as many pictures as I can...however, Caleb is at work and I am managing both the kids, the dye, the black sticker trick we are trying and the camera...haha...what fun! 

Sweet smiles, ready to help! 

Corben putting another egg into the dye 

Mason holding the egg with her name on it!  Cheese! 

Oh how she loves her big brother!

Corben still putting the cheese face on and Mason is now holding her egg securly, not sure if I am going to be able to get that egg back from her  (what a great football hold...huh Pop?)

Final product

Black electric tape squares on and off with two different colors

(turned out okay, but not really like MarthaStewart.com....oh well). 

Happy Easter to all!

Broccoli & Strawberries

Look how cute these growing broccoli plants are!! 

Love them! 

Our strawberries are doing great and producing more and more each day

Corben & Mason enjoying a swing and a strawberry!

Swingset House

Mason playing in the big pile of sand 

Wee...sliding down the hill 

Mason playing while Daddy builds the playset 

The finished project

Corben & Mason's new clubhouse/fort/swingset 

Swinging with Daddy 

Nonie sitting on the bench watching Mason swing.

Thanks Pop & Nonie for helping us build this playset. 

Mason and Corben exploring 

Daddy with the kids on the second story! 

Mason looking out of the top story!

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The kids are going to love this playset for years to come!

Sprinkle cookies

Corben & Mason putting sprinkles on cookies to share with Pop & Nonie 

Sprinklers

Mason was leading the two into the wer sprinklers 

Getting wet 

Love this action shot and their faces!

1st garden strawberries..

The kids have another scarecrow...Bunny! 

Notice the asparagus inbetween my Texas sweet onions!

Asparagus is about the cutest thing sprouting up!! 

Kids eating some of our first strawberries from our garden!

They love picking from our garden and eating while outside..such a treat!

Swim lessons with Lauren

Today Mason's swim teacher was Lauren

This is the first time Mason has put her head up while kicking on the frog and actually kicked her way to the toys they threw in the water!

Mason swimming over to the wall 

Mason monkey crawling a long way (without help)

towards the step she gets a little tired and reached for Lauren 

Corben kicking strong 

Miss Lauren has Corben shoot off like a rocket when he is swimming 

Another rocket 

Corben swimming back to the steps 

Corben floating, anytime Lauren moved her hands Corben reached for her, but he was improving and she only had one finger touching him. 

BIG jump into the pool

1st day of Preschool

Let me just first say that I forgot to take the picture in the morning....

so this is when I picked him up.

Honestly his clothes were matching in the morning,

but two pee accidents later and this was how I picked him up.

He was happy, but hungry and thirsty.

His teacher Miss Rachael said he didn't eat much and didn't drink the milk they provided...he wanted his water, next time he will have to ask for his water. 

Mason was so excited to pick up brother!

They held hands in the car on the ride home.

(while Corben was eating any snack I could find and he also devoured his dinner that night).

"I need a Bible"

Last night While sitting in the bathroom before bath time. Corben was sitting on a stool 'reading' a book.....and he looked up at me and said, "I need a Bible (pause)....a Jesus Bible".

He is such a sweet boy and I wanted to record this date and memory.

Tonight at bible study, a dear friend gave me a list of age appropriate children's Bibles!
So grateful to God for these amazing times in our lives!

Mason Kate 18 months

Love this sweet, wild, crazy, giggly little girl. 

Mason has 9 teeth, two dimples, chubby belly and the need for speed (all the time).

She is saying many words: heart, star, fish, more, please, thank you, yes, all done, cat, bird, hat, diaper, shoes, socks, bath, eyes, kiss, hi, bye, momma, dadda, brother, papa, kick, ut-oh (etc, too many for me to think of).

She loves to run, sit on your lap, pat your back, play with her dolls, play trains with brother (really anything brother is doing she would love to do).  She looks up to him and just adores Corben! 

Her hair is getting longer brown curls, it is fine and getting thicker. 

Love those big brown eyes and sweet chubby cheeks!

You have our hearts miss Mason Kate!

Brown wooden building

We drove to the store today and saw a brown wooden building, so I seized the opportunity to take pictures of these growing kiddos!! 

They love holding hands 

Precious

Mason Kate 18 months, Corben Reed 3 years 

Trying different poses 

Smile big! 

Sweet sibling kisses 

They were pretty much done with the photo shoot at this point 

This is proof! 

Corben is sweet and quiet, a listener and observer...

and well Mason is.....just as you see above! 

Love these two very different personalities!