Easter Doings

Well, that was an eventful Easter weekend! It involved trips to Green Bay, Rapids, Waupaca and the emergency room. (Don't worry, everybody's fine.) We spent the first part of the weekend up in Green Bay, the first time we'd been up there in a while. Unfortunately, Iris hurt her hand while we were playing with her. Looking back, I think it was the combination of being hungry, tired, and a just a little bit in pain that made her shriek about it enough that we took her to the ER to have it looked at. As soon as we got there, she was her normal self, using her hand and not making any fuss about it. Oh well, better safe than sorry. That delayed our trip to Rapids, but not by much. It was nice enough in the afternoon to get the kids outside for an Easter Egg hunt. :o) Iris didn't quite get the concept, but Felix was so quick picking up his designated eggs that I could barely take a picture of him! On Sunday, we saw more family in Waupaca.

So, Iris is a little smarty pants. She's coming up on 20 months old, and already knows all the ABCs (by sight and how to say them) and recognizes all the numbers from 1-9. At my last count, she says over 320 words, and uses multiple word phrases. She will also answer your questions. For example, "Iris, where's my wallet?" "Ground." (Oh good, now I know not to look up for it.) "Iris, how did you bump your head?" "Jumping." Here's a video of her randomly telling me the letters on a manhole cover. Sorry for the vertical video - I was trying to take it quickly when I realized what she was doing.

Felix has been his usual, challenging self. We hit upon a way to motivate him to stay dry at night: for each dry night, he earned a star. Enough stars earned him a toy plane from the movie Planes. We started with two stars needed and are now on seven stars needed. He's pretty proud to draw the star himself and get the new plane. This is the last one - next he'll earn the sheets and we'll take away the pull ups. Wish us luck! He is a pretty strong-willed little guy, whose imagination has no bounds. He draws very detailed stories, as you can see.

The Princess and her baby (right side)
have spider fingers.

Here is Nick winning a trophy for
baseball

Olaf, Frosty and a praying mantis

Angry Birds

And finally, for your viewing pleasure, a game of Shriek-a-Boo the kids played last week. Iris requests it by asking for "Iris screaming". You might want your sound on low... :o)

Felix: 4.5 yrs & Iris: 19 mos