Easter fun!

We started early this year. The kids helped paint some eggs that we've hung around the house and we made salt, dough eggs in the oven last weekend to hang as garland. I also attempted to take some Easter pictures of the kids in the backyard. You never know what to expect with 3 little ones but i've learned the beauty is in the imperfection of these photo shoots. It's more about capturing a moment or a memory rather than all the kids saying "cheeeeese". Who wants a million of the same pictures anyway right? We also visited the Easter bunny! Presto gave him a million high 5's and Phia insisted on showing him her new dress(that was still in the bag). She pulled it out of the bag and walked over to him and showed him then just stared at him. Once she realized he didn't talk she put her dress on the ground and gave him a huge hug followed by blowing him a kiss, picked her dress up and walked away. It was such a cute moment:) Presto should absolutely be scared of the big bunny at this age but he didn't phase him! We gota huge smile out of Bentley even though we woke him up out of a deep sleep to take the picture. Complete success...

Such a sweet pic:)





Bentley just loves his feetsies so much I can't stop taking pictures of them!

Phia and Presto...

These two love playing together. They do some of their finest playing right before bedtime. We noticed they get along famously for the few hours leading up to bed time. They probably figure it's better to get along than have to go to sleep! We let them run around like wild indians upstairs for an hour or so. They both play in Phia's room for a bit where we can usually hear Phia telling Presto how she "has to go on a run" and she'll "be right back". For a while they would decorate Phia's hot pink mini Christmas tree(she insists on keeping it up in her room). We took them to their favorite park last weekend and got some really cute pictures of them:)

Mama loves this picture!

Sophia sings "This little light of mine...I'm gonna let it shiiiine" over and over around the house. We love that sparkle behind your smile Miss Phia:)




Such a lady. Even on the coldest of days like this day at the park...will only wear a dress. She tels me "mommy you still look pretty like a princess even though you're in pants".

In my next life, I'd like to come back with a 10th of Preston's enthusiasm!



We didn't last long at the park bc it was in the low 50's...too cold for mommy but we do love our park trips:)

Oh and Bentley bear was there too(looking cute as a button):

AND this is what happens when it rains and the kids get creative. They decided to take everything out of the pantry! Everything was fun and games until the baking soda broke open...woopsie!

3 of Bentley's favorite things...

Bentley favorites this week are: Sophie the giraffe, his bouncy chair, and his fingers!!He's getting so active and giggly and bounces so high in his seat. We've been waiting patiently for him to be able to use it and he LOVES IT!! This weekend he sat up on his own for the first time and is trying soo soo hard to turn over from his back to his front. We take so many pictures of him bc we want to capture every moment but also bc he's so smiley!!

He gets so much air and giggles so much! He loves this chair way more than either of his siblings ever did:)


This picture says it all! Bentley's skin is looking better and he's pretty excited about it!

Misc fun with Sophie...




Mmmm I'm loving my fingers(and almost have my toes in my mouth too!!)Sometimes I like one finger, sometimes I like two,and somtimes I put BOTH HANDS!!





Oh...here's one of me looking super cute!

One of me showing off my new skill: sitting up

Phew...after a long day of looking ridiculously adorable and posing for mommy, I'm pooped!

Preston's new art class

Our sweet Presto all ready for art class...

We enrolled Presto in a new art class once a week and took him out of Gymboree to switch it up. The best part is that I get to go with him before work! It's at a park very near our house. He's such a social boy so this is the perfect outlet for him to interact with other kiddies and get creative at the same time! We had our first class last week and we made a caterpillar and a butterfly. Presto was such a champ and listened to the teacher and sat in his seat like a good boy:)Mommy ate up every second!

They must've known he was coming. The teacher had these chunky trucks sitting out on the tables...heaven for Presto! And he shared like a good boy!


Making the caterpillar:)

Sophia's St. Patrick's Day school party

One of my favorite parts of being room mommy is planning the menus:)

Mommy threw another awesome school party for St. Patty's Day!! And the theme was...drum roll...green food!! When I showed up all the kids were in music class and the sneaky Leprechaun had completely destroyed the classroom! He tipped over the books, the tables, and even put the trashcan on the potty that sneaky little guy. The kids set a trap in hopes of catching him but instead the sneaky guy left gold and lollipops for everyone under the trap! The kids had so much fun discovering all the mischief the little leprchaun had gotten into while they were gone. It was so fun to see their faces. After cleaning up, we made four leaf clover lollipops out of lifesavers and decorated sugar cookies with green frosting. Sophia was soooo excited bc she'd accumulated 5 stickers so she got to go into the magic box for a prize:) I truly have the best of both worlds. I'm able to participate in all the kids extracurricular activities AND work...it's a beautiful thing:)

I just love Sophia's face when she saw the mess. She's so animated and excitable. Makes everyone around her smile:)

It's gold!!

Sweet Phia concentrating very hard on decorating her cookie. She's always the last to finish as she takes great pride in savoring every morsel of her food:)

All the kids gathered around to see what the leprechaun left for them!

They sing really cute songs at school and Sophia is always really excited to participate. I love this action shot of her singing and dancing!



Not surprised one bit when Phia sits in Miss Adele's chair and pretends to teach the class. She is DEFINITELY a leader and loves to pretend to be in charge:) She uses "Penelope"(the wooden spoon with a painted face) as her pointer when teaching...just like Miss Adele!

Me and Phia. You are everything I ever dreamed of in a little girl and SO much more. You are brave, and strong, and so confident. I'm so very proud of you Miss Sophia Lilly!!

Note: Sophia's "act of service" is to bake cookies for others(and by others we hope she means her mommy and daddy...ha!) For Lent she gave up watching so much tv:)