Almost June or Middle of March?

I'm starting to feel like every Sunday, as I write the blog entry, I complain about the weather. Today is no different. Fortunately, it was nice and warm most of the week. It was a pretty low-key week, with plenty of parks, preschool, and play dates. Hopefully now that we're entering June, you won't have to read my weather complaints each Sunday!

Just a little view of my backseat on a typical day.

Mommy-Ella selfie!

My apologies if it's weird to see a half-naked toddler, but he's getting so lanky and I just had to capture it.

Talks with Brownie.

A cheesy smile.

Doing some yoga.

Queen Elsa did her own hair.

More pictures from the park last weekend.

Ella made a new friend at the park.

A Nice Long Weekend

Even with the weather flip-flopping from 80s to 50s this week, we still managed to spend a lot of time outside. Over the long weekend, our good friend, Sara, came to visit. The kids love spending time with her almost as much as we do, and we enjoyed hanging out at the park and BBQing together. Today's rain cleared and we took a long walk to a non-neighborhood park and stopped for pizza on the way home. Hopefully summer is right around the corner!

Art projects in our jammies.

Apparently Ella got a hold of my phone.

Dinner at Potbelly while Dad was traveling.

Swinging with some new friends.

He's so scrawny!

Picnic at the park.

Ella's first school photo!

Dad, Ella, and Jack explored a new park over the weekend and Ella made a friend.

It's blurry, but his mouth is covered in blue frosting.

What a fun week! On Monday we babysat our cousin, Jace, and the kids had fun playing together. Later in the week Ella and Jack accompanied me to my 16-week doctor's appointment. Ella got to help the doctor find the baby's heartbeat, which she loved. She's been busy making all sorts of pictures and gifts for the baby - she is so excited! We were cooking in the kitchen on Friday morning, preparing for the bake sale at Ella's school. And that evening we hosted Abbie and Eric, who were in town visiting, as well as Jeff, Kristin, and Jace, and Erin and Martin. Today was full of running (literally), running errands (including hair cuts), and a trip to Scooter's for ice cream. 

Jace came to visit!

You can fit three kids in a stroller.

Ella's artistic abilities have suddenly improved to the point that her family portraits are truly recognizable!

In this one, I'm the one with the blob (baby) in my belly.

Ella and her pals at the preschool bake sale.

All of the hair Ella had cut off - it was so long!

The after!

Jack before.

Another of Ella after.

Little man after his big boy hair cut (with gel in his hair).

"Painting" earlier in the week.

Their paintbrushes and paint.

Ella making Great Grandma C's famous popcorn cake for the bake sale. It was a huge hit!

Feeding Jack a bite.

All week Ella talked about the two of us going on a "girl's run" by ourselves. She was so excited that every morning she woke up early with her running outfit on, so finally on Sunday we went on a run around the block. She was so cute, and it made me really excited for future runs with my best girl!

Stretching before our run.

Girl power!