We visited two historic farms with the Hawkins and the Collis families. It was great fun for all. We even got to try real hot cross buns and learned where they came from.
I let the children decorate Easter eggs on their own. I didn't realize until too late that they were decorating their hands instead of the eggs. It took 20-30 washings to get the color to fade from their hands. 
They didn't seem to mind. Great fun was had by all. :)
Queen Ashley.
We recently took a trip to the zoo with the Hawkins Family. Alex asked if he could take a picture of me. In fact a few pictures in this set were taken by Alex.
We loved the gorilla so much we did a who series of pictures with him. (Alex, Amber and Elliot)
Amber has found her first true love. It all started when they realized they were both four years old. Elliot is a wonderful friend they have decided that they will probably get married. I did almost flip when I saw them holding hands at the zoo. 
Ashley kept us on track by finding every animal we saw on her zoo map.
Amber and Elliot were inseparable.
Alex taking a short rest at the zoo.
The girls taking a break from wrestling with Dad.
Alex took a picture of Dad filming the girls dancing.
Caleb got himself into Amber's suitcase quite gracefully but had a bit of trouble getting out.
In fact, we often find him climbing into things.
Caleb is now an avid stair climber.
Caleb's big accomplishment this past week was learning how to climb up the stairs at the park and go down the slide all by himself. You can tell that he feels quite old and quite proud of himself.
Ashley at the park in her new dress that she got for her birthday. She LOVES dresses. I can't believe she is three!
Amber climbing around.
Alex our monkey.
Caleb now gets to play in the backyard with the big kids. Often Ashley or Amber will push him around in the car. He loves it.
We recently went to the White Fence Farm where Amber was the first kid brave enough to let the HUGE cow eat from her hand. Look at the size of that tongue!
Amber and Caleb have formed quite a bond sharing a room. He just loves her.
So one day I came out of the kitchen and found Caleb cleaning up Alex and Amber's mess in the playroom. He managed to put all of the blocks away except four. We now use him quite often to clean things up. Will he always be this helpful?
Our church recently hosted a pinewood derby. Alex had great fun making his car with Papa and then we raced it. Here is Ashley's car...it didn't get raced it got eaten.
Alex was up against some pretty big competition. We missed the announcement that there were no rules. Some of these cars were pretty weighted.
None the less, we had a marvelous time. Alex wants to add some weights to his car now.
