Dakota - Week 11 - Happy Mother's Day

What two words start with the letter M and are lots and lots of fun????  That's right - Moms and Mulch.  Now you might be asking what mulch and moms have to do with one another - but if you were around our house this Mother's day the answer would be obvious.  Momma started the Mother's day weekend off with a huge (two truck loads) delivery of much for our endless gardens...  I thought it was pretty neat to get our own visiting dump truck.

 Not to mention my own mountain to climb...

And then came the Moms... Both Nanny (with Grampy of course) and Grandma came over to celebrate Mother's Day.

Flowers were the gifts of choice for this year.  Momma picked pretty rose bushes for her present.  This one is called sentimental...

But it wasn't all work this weekend - we also had a huge case of the sillies which Momma managed to capture...

We hope we made you laugh out loud!

Dakota - Week 10 - New Things and Some Old Ones Too

This week was a mixture of activities for Sierra, Dakota and me.  Sierra had the most exciting new activity - or at least that is what you would think my Momma and Daddy's reactions...  This week Sierra pushed her pee into the potty for the very first time.  Momma ran to get the camera but Daddy was really quick getting Sierra's diaper back on... so here is the shot to commemorate the event...

Dakota's excitement for this week was all about her hands - or her little fists I should say. For the first time Dakota was able to bring her little hands up to her mouth all on her own.  She has enjoyed having this pacifier that never leaves her.

For me, this week was one where Momma finally realized that trucks were going to become as popular in my world as Thomas the Tank Engine was last year.  If you come to play you are sure to be asked if you want to play trucks with me.  The digger is my favorite.  Fortunately Daddy and Sierra like to play trucks too!  I'm still waiting on a answer from Dakota... Do you think she likes trucks?

Momma also become excited by one more event this week - its old hat to Daddy and me but a new trick for Dakota.  Momma hopes this means an easy transition is in store for when she heads back to work next month.

Dakota Week 9 - 2 Months Old

Yesterday marked Dakota's 2 month birthday.  Momma has these pictures to share with everyone to see how she has grown...

Dakota Week 9 - Happy Easter

This week was a big one for my sister Sierra.  It was her very first Easter Egg Hunt - hosted by Aunt Janet.  So of course we had to practice this week at home.  Momma found our easter baskets and set out eggs.  Even Daddy helped with the egg hiding.  Then the big day arrived.   Fortunately it was beautiful out.  Sierra did a great job finding the eggs with me.  Take a look and see...

I was did a good job too... finding the majority of the 30 eggs that Aunt Janet hid around her front yard.

Dakota enjoyed watching from her car seat.

After the Easter Egg hunt it was time for Easter dinner.  Sierra was ready early and enjoyed every last bit.  The ham was my favorite.

While dinner was finishing cooking Momma took an opportunity to take some First Easter pictures of Dakota.

And of course - any trip to Aunt Janet's would not be complete without a lacrosse lesson.  Sierra did a good job for her first time!

 I showed how well my skills had progressed over the last year!

Pretty impressive don't you think!

I hope you all had a great Easter too!

Dakota Week 8 - Jump If you Love Soccer!

This week marked the start of my soccer career - Momma and Daddy both hope it will be a long one!  I took my first practice at a park in Washington Crossing.  It was a mixed group of girls and boys ages 3 - 5.  Momma had a great time taking pictures - of course =+)

We practiced dribbling skills...

and other ball control skills.

Sierra took notes from the sidelines.

Meanwhile, Dakota slept.
Sierra had so much fun at soccer that she just couldn't contain herself when we made it home.  So she turned into a bouncing Tigger jumping all over the house!

Sierra wasn't the only person getting excited this week about new skills.  Momma and Daddy had a great moment when Sierra grabbed my hand as we were playing outside and convinced me to play ring around the rosey with her.  If you've ever been to our house you know that a kid can outlast an adult at ring around the rosey any day of the week...

Not to mention we had a good game of chase...

tackle daddy...

and airplane flying.

And since Dakota isn't quite mobile yet - Momma took these pictures of her to mark the week.

Amazing to realize she will be two months old next week.  And on a side note from Momma - Dakota had her second night of sleeping from 10:30pm until ~ 6am.  This too excited Momma.

Dakota Week 7 - Social Smiles

This week has been all about the smile...  Smile-wise it was a big week for Dakota.  No more gas induced smiles for her... our newest family member has learned how to smile.  Momma caught this snap shot.

Dakota wasn't the only one smiling this week... Sierra has found the joy of the sit-n-spin.  This brought many smiles to her face.

Not to mention she can now climb up the ladders in the play house.

It wasn't just the girls who were in the smiling mood this week.  With all this nice weather I found my smile for Momma's camera.

I hope your smile found you too!