Memorial Day Backyard Fun

*WARNING* POST CONTAINS LOTS OF CUTE PICTURES!

So what is more American the Baseball and BBQ? That is what we did Monday.  Hit the backyard for some baseball and bbq fun. The Kids enjoyed the sunshine, fresh air, and just being outside.

Hoola Hooping is big at our house, especially since Audrey has seemed to perfect it.  Mason is till working on it.

Some times it is just better to sit down and watch the fun.  Although, I am not sure that sitting like that is comfortable.

This was the first time in weeks all three of them had gotten along for more than 5 minutes.  What were they doing? Playing in the mud of course!

Mason even made a mudsicle.  That is so boy of him! LOL  They were a mess!

Then Audrey got creative and wanted me to put these big pieces of grass in her hair.

Monkey see, Monkey do.  Gracie wanted me to fix her hair the same way.

All in all we had a great time and a quiet evening, cause everyone was worn out and went to bed early!

Audrey the Movie Star!

What happens when you are in Target for over an hour trying to shop and check prices.  You end up with a very bored 3 Year old who take the iPod and creates her own entertainment.  It turns out...it is entertaining for all!  Check out Audreys video. LOL

Tree with Pink Flowers & Audreys Photo Skills

There is this tree, that is unlike any we have ever seen before in person...being from Florida.  It is full of pretty pink flowers, and every morning when we drive by after taking the kids to school Audrey asks me to take a picture.  Well, I finally remembered the camera and took a picture of the tree. Put the camera down and continued to drive to Target.




I kept hearing this clicking sound and looked over.  My Jr. Photographer was snapping pictures. LOL  Check out some of her pro shots.  Yes, she even took some of herself.

Easter Weekend

The Sun made a debut for just long enough Easter morning for us to hit the backyard for an Easter Egg hunt!  While it wasn't as warm and sunny as we would have liked we made due and had a blast in the yard!

Mason pretended he wasn't snatching all the eggs!

Audrey found 1 or 2 for herself.

But the girls ended up distracted by the wildflowers growing in the yard.

Then Gracie got busy when she realized the skirt of her dress would fly up when she spun.  I think she ended up super dizzy!

She came and sat by me and watched the Robins in the yard for a bit.

Then Mr. Mason got busy with the bubbles.  Better him than me.  They wear me out with those things.  I need to invest in another bubble machine.

I love this picture of Audrey.  She was bringing me some flowers.  She was such a little lady in her coat and dress.

Then the lady went right out the window when she tried to Hoola Hoop.  Which she managed to do and was absolutely thrilled!

Olive Monster

  I think it is a cute little olive monster!  I spotted it the other night at my dinner table.  All I could do was snap this quick picture and then it was gone.  I heard screams from down the hall and then, Audrey came around the corner.  I am beginning to think it was somehow related.

SNOW in APRIL

It is not December, although the kids did ask if we could get the Christmas tree out. It is April.  Seriously, my last post was Daffodils and now snow.  I don't pretend to understand the weather here. One day 70 the next 30.  That would help explain the mass amount of tissues we have gone through and the constant sound of snorts and sniffles.

We are ready for sunshine, warmth, grilling and yard work! Instead.  We have this.

Spring in Iowa

 Spring is here.  Atleast that is what my brain is telling me.  The weather however has been anything but springlike.  I have tried willing it to get warm.  I have tried praying for sunshine.  The only thing that I have accompished is keeping it from snowing this week. LOL

I did get warm today.  By warm I mean 60 degrees.  On the way to school I found these beautiful Daffodils outside the kids school.  I wanted to snap some pictures of them before the kids picked them all. I am sure some people looked at me strange with my camera outside the school, but I don't care.  It's not everyday you see a field of Daffodils.

After school I got my beautiful tribe outside to blow the stink off.  We have been cooped up for way too long. The hoola hooped and played while I raked some of the gazillion leaves.

My Totum of Cute Carlisle Kids.