Soccer Star

Julia played on the Red Hawks this year.

They got progressively worse as the season went on. It was SO frustrating watching them. I just wanted to go out there and tell them, "Look at the ball! Get the ball!" And then watching them finally get a bit aggressive and get in there and take the ball from their own team. . . Julia had fun though. She mostly just ran back and forth following everyone around. Or stood out there twirling in circles waiting for her turn to get subbed out so she could rest. She claims that she likes soccer though and wants to play again next year even though she told me that she doesn't need to go to practice anymore because she "already knows how to do soccer"

Lydia did a good job entertaining Kayla during the games :) Neither of them find soccer very interesting.

Talia did great cheering for Julia though. Every time she saw her sister out there she would yell, "Go Julia!" and it was so cute :)

Jude skipped a lot of the games since he's big enough to stay home alone for an hour or so now.

Waiting for the Doctor

It seems like we don't spend nearly as much time at the doctor's office as we used to. I guess we don't since we aren't taking babies in every few months to be weighed and measured and checked anymore. . . And we don't have to take everyone since we can go while Jude and Lydia are in school. But I kinda miss the waiting room shenanigans sometimes. Today was fun. And Julia apparently grew 2 inches this year! She's still only 44" tall and 38 pounds (the 35th% and 20th% or something like that), but I was convinced she had stopped growing completely the way Talia has been catching up to her so quickly.

And yes, Julia pants are covered in Emojis, and she LOVES them.

T talking and Jude singing

Talia just told me "I found my Pocahontas on Lydia's bed" (Lydia's had it hidden there for days) then Talia continued with "What?!? She is dressed silly, silly, silly!" (Lydia had her dressed and accessorized in very modern clothes) So I directed Talia to the bin of barbie clothes and told her that Pocahontas's clothes were probably in there somewhere. And about 5 minutes later she came to me and said "Look! That's better!" And she had in fact dressed her properly, shoes and all.

Also, Jude sang the Star Spangled Banner on repeat during his shower today and I was cracking up. Over, and over, and over. Then when he got out he switched to Shiny from Moana. But only until he opened the door, then he was quiet. I'll never tell him that I was listening!

No Thank You!

Kayla is seriously the funniest. She's so stinking smart that every time she talks she cracks me up. Recently she has started saying, "No thank you" instead of just no. What makes this funny is that even when she's mad or frustrated or not getting what she wants she doesn't just yell no, she yells no thank you!

Example:
*Kayla eyeing my sandwich ingredients and begging for something*
Me: What do you want? You want more pepperoni?
Kayla: No Thank Yooooooou!!!!
Me: Okay. . . you want some turkey?
Kayla: Yeah!
Me: Okay, okay. *hand her some turkey* What do you say?
Kayla: Thank you!

Example 2:
Me: Here's your milk (handing her the sippy cup I just filled for her)
Kayla: Noooooo thank you! (carefully placing it on the ground in front of her than laying down next to it to continue throwing a fit)
Me: For real? You *just* asked for milk. . . (picking the cup up and handing it to her a second time)
Kayla: Yeah! Thank you! (Taking the cup and running off perfectly happy)

She's funny, and a tad bit nuts.

Easter Fun!

Coloring eggs.

Can I just say that coloring eggs with 3 big kids and 2 little kids is a LOT easier than coloring eggs with 3+ little kids. . . Each kid got 6 eggs to color and they were all very individualistic and creative. It's fun seeing their personalities in something as silly as egg-dying.

Jude started with yellow of course, Lydia with the pink. . .

Julia chose blue for her first egg. . .

Talia started with purple- her favorite! And kept with that color for a while before she switched to pink for her second layer. Kayla didn't get a choice of colors, but she was happy with anything and dipped and double-dipped and spilled 2 cups of dye and would still be out there working on her eggs if I hadn't sent her and John away after the second spilled cup.

Easter Sunday!!

These girls looked so dang cute in their new Easter dresses!

And look at those gorgeous smiles! 

Jude was pretty upset when we got home from church and the Easter Bunny hadn't come yet. He was convinced that he wasn't going to come at all and that Easter was ruined! But then my parents and their cousin Monique showed up as a surprise and while we were visiting in the living room the eggs went missing from the fridge! Julia was the first to notice and came into the living room completely excited and started yelling about the eggs being "literally gone!" I tried to stall them all from running outside right then and we all went and checked the fridge and looked out the windows to see if we could see any eggs. Julia started telling everyone that she thought she saw the Easter Bunnies big white head so she just went and checked for the eggs and that's when she noticed they were gone. It's safe to say they were VERY tricked and this will forever be known as the year the Easter Bunny came when we were all home and wide awake.

The first egg Jude found was yellow! Go figure.

(I think Easter is probably the hardest day to be color-blind. He doesn't see those bright colors the same way the girls do so it's definitely harder for him.)

This girl and her enthusiasm for life make me smile.

These girls take egg-finding WAY too seriously. They tied with eight each.

I'll let you guess who cried the most each time the other one found an egg.

It was both of them. EVERY time someone else found an egg. . .

This nerd just followed everyone around, content to be outside enjoying herself.

She wouldn't go to class at church today- opting to walk around the church outside and pick flowers and blow on dandelions and point out the masses of bees making the bushes buzz. I taught her that bees were ouchy so she wouldn't swat at them and then she wouldn't walk past them and just pretended to be scared. She's funny, and wicked smart.

Kayla had my favorite quote of the day too (besides when the eggs were "literally gone" of course)

I asked her if she had had a happy Easter and she just said, "Candy"

Yep, sounds like she had a good day.

The final count (being careful not to mix them up)

Jude: 8

Lydia: 8

Julia: 8

Talia: 2

Kayla: 1

Why did we color 27 eggs you ask? Because the 2-dozen carton that we bought at Costco plus the 3 eggs that wouldn't fit in the egg bin of the fridge of course.