Spring Break

Spring Break was this week and we have had our share of fun!  Since we didn't  go anywhere, I tried to do something a little special every day.  We had lots of play dates with friends, some of whom we don't get to see all that often, we went to see The Lorax with some friends, Jacob had his first sleep over at Ben's house (and didn't miss me at all!!), we played outside every single day, and of course we hit the Strawberry Patch with some friends!  The kids are all pros by now, especially Jacob who picked some awesome berries.  Gwyn had lots of fun, and Annie would ask, "is this one a good one?" on every one that she picked.  Annie just looked too cute walking in with her bucket:

 Gwyn getting started:

 Jacob showing Annie the ropes:

 For it being the last day of Spring Break, the field had tons of berries, we love this new place we found!

 Annie picked her share of green ones that we had to pay for, and her little thumbs went through several that were really ripe, but she had lots of fun:

 Looking for the perfect one:

 I found it!

 Jacob loves strawberries, and I'm guessing ate about 2 lbs by himself that day:

 Gwyn had to put some muscle into it:

 Look at mine!

 Annie loved the strawberries:

 Annie, you got a little something on your face!

 After everyone ate their share for the day, we put about 2 lbs in the fridge for the next few days, we froze about 2 lbs, and then I canned, yes, I canned three jars!  I followed The Pioneer Woman's recipe, and I must say that it is REALLY good!  We only made 3 jars, so no one hold your breath about getting any, we'll be keeping this to ourselves!!  I also tried to make some homemade biscuits for dinner tonight, so we could eat some jelly.  The biscuits were not very good, but Brian said if you put about 3 times as much jelly on them as you normally would, they are great!

 Jacob had a blast at the park swinging

 Gwyn having fun at the park...poor thing, her cheeks get so red when she's outside playing:

 I always knew I would be a VIP...I just didn't know it would be at the Lego store!

 One day we went over to the Lego store and the kids each picked out a set...then we spent about 2 hours at home putting them together.

We are into baseball full swing around here.  Practice twice/week and we had a scrimmage last week.  Jacob's first game is this coming week, and then we'll start practice a couple times / week and games a couple of times / week...I can't imagine what life will be like when they are all 3 doing some type of activity at the same time! I love having a little boy, can you imagine that attached to this sweet face...

 were these dirty knees?!?!  I asked him what happened, and he said, "I just got a little dirty."  Yes, a little...requiring extremely hard scrubbing to get him clean!  If you notice in this picture behind Jacob on the floor is a sticker stuck to the hard wood floors, I find about 5 of these a day...guess who the culprit is of that??

 Yep, this sweet face likes to put stickers just about everywhere EXCEPT paper:)

 Annie found the camera setting on my phone, and I've got about 25 more pictures just like this on my phone now.

 Coolest purchase ever...a left handed pink and black glove for Gwyn, so exciting!!

 I don't know what is cuter, the fact that she's drinking a juice box and driving, or the fact that she's got Gwyn's too big shoes on the wrong feet?!?!

 LOVE this face!

 I had a great birthday, even though Brian was gone.  He and a friend went to surprise John in Florida for his birthday and they had a fantastic time.  I got a sitter and a few friends went out for dinner and cupcakes!  It did rain that entire weekend, so I mainly entertained the kids inside, and they did A LOT of this:


Here is some of the artwork and things the kids have brought home the week before:

They are still brainwashing him with all things Texas:

Love how Jacob is doing math problems:

Sweet little Annie likes to get up at the table and color with Jacob and Gwyn...she only knows how to draw a sad face!




Funny things the kids said this week:

Me to the kids:  How old do you think I am?
Annie:  2
Gwyn: 6
Jacob 22 (I love these kids!)
Me to Jacob:  That is nothing to tattle about.
Gwyn:  Yes, you only tattle if someone is on fire or if there is blood.
Gwyn:  Can I listen to my CD (she got a CD from her school at Donuts with Dads)
Jacob:  We listen to that CD all the time.
Gwyn:  No we don't, we've only listened to it 4 times.
Jacob:  No, it is more like 13.
Gwyn:  No way.
Jacob:  Yes, I'm right, and when I die, I'll ask God and he'll tell me that I was right.