Happy Easter!

Wow, was it just me, or did Easter just sneak up on us? I was up the night before until midnight getting their baskets ready, stuffing eggs, and getting my lesson ready for church the next day. The kids were thrilled when they woke up to find baskets for them downstairs. They wondered how the Easter bunny got in our house. We had an egg hunt before church early Sunday morning. It did not surprise me that a certain little girl, Miss T, only picked up the pink eggs. She didn't even bat an eyelash any other colored eggs. It was such a busy day that I didn't even get pictures of the kids in their Easter clothes. They all fell asleep on the way home from church! Anyways, here are some pictures of them in their p.j.'s sifting through our backyard for eggs. It was a little cold that morning, so they were all bundled up.

Hanging out with Papa and Nana

Cedric's parents came to visit (Papa and Nana) from NY. The kids enjoyed spending time with them. I think it brought out the inner kid in everyone. We spent the day at the park, sitting on the see-saw, riding on the fire truck, playing tag...we all had a blast. The kids also made a cake with Nana and Papa and the best part was licking the bowl. However, they were worried about licking the bowl, because I have told them that there were "raw" eggs in there. They took it to mean "rotten" eggs. The whole day, they kept telling me they ate rotten eggs and that they were going to get sick! Kids say the darnest things!

Science Museum

Last week was the kids' spring break. We felt a little bad because both Cedric and I had to work all week. We decided to take a day off head up to Baltimore to the children's museum there. It was really neat. Everything was hands-on and there was this huge play area where the kids could climb up pretty high. Both G and T were pretty brave and climbed all the way up to the top with their dad. Here are some shots of our day!

This is just part of the climbing adventure!
G & T at the top with Cedric...they were quite proud of themselves!

M pointing at the fake cow that you could actually try your turn in "milking."

Building a house from wood sticks... Introducing Queen T... G the Jester...

T was so tired that she fell asleep with a french fry hanging out of her mouth...what a day!

A Visit From the Tooth Fairy

You are looking at one happy man. For almost a month, G's bottom tooth was loose. He wiggled and wiggled, to no avail. Then, we started noticing that the permanent tooth had come in and that the baby tooth was not budging. We immediately called and made an appointment with the dentist, because we have heard that the roots could intertwine and stick the teeth together. We told G that if that thing did not come out before the appt., they'd have to take matters into their own hands.

That about did it for him. He marched into the kitchen and got himself an apple and kept biting as hard as he could. After a few hard bites and some tugging from me, pop, out it came! He was so excited to get money from the tooth fairy. The next morning, when Cedric went in to wake him up for school, he was already sitting up with a grin on his face, waving the money around. He walked around for the rest of the day staring at the money with glee. When we went to the store to cash in the dough for a toy, the little stinker even talked me into using my own cash because he said that the money he got from the tooth fairy was too special and he wanted to keep it forever. That was a double whammy on the wallet!

Our Ballerina

T started her first ballet class last week. It was the cutest thing. I think she was more excited about wearing the pink leotard and ballet shoes than the class itself. She had a wonderful time. Here she is practicing her move before we left. I was going to post a video clip, but it took too long to process. At the beginning of the class during roll call, the teacher gave each girl an opportunity to dance around the circle by herself. T decided to run and then slide. It was so adorable. I'll try and post it later.

Photographer in Training...

G always wants to take pics with my camera. He will not leave it alone. A lot of times I turn the camera on and find the most random things on there. I even got him his own cheap camera to use, but he still cannot keep himself away from mine. Here are some shots G took. He will be happy to see I put them somewhere!

Daddy being silly...

Random shot of the family room...

He even got one of himself!

Doing What Princesses Do Best

The other day when I came out of my study (I work from home) I found the girls playing dress-up. It was just too cute, I had to take a picture. Then, a few hours later, I caught M red-handed (literally) with my lipstick painted all over her face...I guess they moved on to more realistic things as the day progressed!

Playing in the Sand...I Mean, Rice Box

Being the Asian that I am, I will be the first to admit that we may have A LOT more rice in our house than many families. By a lot, I mean, as we speak, there are about 5-7 50 lb. bags in our basement ready to be eaten! We eat rice like a white person eats bread :) In our pantry, we have these big buckets that we hold the rice in. For some reason, all of our kids have been drawn to these buckets. It's like a sand box, only with rice. They dig their toys in the the rice, they love running their hands through it, and not to mention, spreading it all over the floor. I just wanted to say, I'm probably the only one who has kids that play in rice buckets!

Healthy Again!

We'll see how long this streak lasts! Our poor little M got the stomache virus and it lasted about 2 weeks. With 8-10 dirty diapers a day, she lost half a pound during that time. If you've ever seen this little girl, you know that she's already petite, so every ounce counts! She's finally back to her old self again, laughing, singing, running...and eating like a pig! Now she does this thing where if she thinks you are going to leave, she will run and get her shoes and wait by the door. The little girl wants to go anywhere and everywhere, even if it is to get the mail. Above is a classic picture of her almost at the garage door, worried she won't get to go out. That bug she had must have given her a major case of cabin fever! Here are some pics of M and her brother and sister...

Reading with Daddy

Every night before bed (when all goes well) we read to the kids. They love reading with their daddy...so much they fight over who gets to lay on him. There's always an odd man out because of the lack of daddy lap space, but everyone always enjoys it.