March

 Hockey season came to an end. This year, Dennis was definitely one of the better skaters out there. He was on the most advanced scrimmage group the whole year. He mastered stopping.

 We had a fabulously warm March. Springtime air feels so good on the skin.

 We tried our hand at making maple syrup this year and it was soooo yummy.

 We planted our seeds indoors this year. You can see our crockpot boiling down the maple syrup in the background and our geraniums wintering inside.

Zola: "Mommy, when I get older, can I take care of the earth?"

 Sunday cuties

Nothing sweeter than a baby deep in sleep. Deep breathing, soft warm skin, "dreaming of nursing" as he sucks his tongue. I love that he sleeps with me from 5am-7am... For sure my favorite part of the night. 

 Then when he wakes up he gave me 5 kisses and a hug. I think I'll keep him. My lover boy.

 Andrew kills me with his selfie smile. He walks around holding my phone and smiling. This is it. squinting with one eye.

 Finally, we got our snow day! I wasn't quite ready for winter to be over yet.

 I got some dirty looks after I took this picture in the middle of the prayer... but, I had to capture my sweet boys praying.

 Easter Egg hunt!

 Easter morning.

 Easter day at Russ's house

 a pinata for Tammy's birthday!

 We went to Quarry Hill...

 Andrew was squealing with delight because the boys let him play cars with them. Also, by choice is wearing a bike helmet today.

 baseball practice

 Dennis is the one in the middle blue.

February part 2

We love living close to cousins. We went to the Minnesota Zoo and had a blast. 

 Andrew LOVES animals. He would have stayed at any exhibit the entire time. He is just fascinated with all the new things that move. Even the birds were interesting to him.

 Dennis loves making valentines for people. He's got a big heart.

 Zola has started reading lessons! She is quickly catching on. She doesn't have a very long attention span and easily gets distracted mid sentence but she remembers things very well.

 Dennis having fun with his fort kit that he got from Myer for Christmas.

 I love her hair~

 My valentines...

 Dennis's favorite job to do is peeling wallpaper. What will we do when we don't have anymore?

 Andrew is so good to sit up on the big stools all by himself. He knows that if he moves I will put him down. He definitely doesn't want that.

 ... But he did get a boo boo climbing on the basement couch. He fell off and hit the coffee table on the way down. It was pretty sad.

 We took a winter cabin trip with our friends and cousins. It was soo much fun and perfectly warm for playing outdoors.

 Owen got sad when his mom and dad took a sauna without him... no worries... I know the keys to his heart. We played kitty and I gave him a piece of gum. lonely blues gone.

 The babies fell asleep in the ski trailer.

 Zola's art

 Dennis's art

 Zola practicing her letters... and wrote ihop on accident.

 The kids wanted to play with our robot fish... so I put a bucket of water in the tub so that if it spilled it wouldn't be a big deal... well. I should have just filled up the tub.

 Best decision for Zola to switch to morning preschool. Now she is talkative and social at school. She has a best friend Cecilia and she gets to ride the bus to school in the morning with Dennis. She is so happy.