Good Friday

Our Good Friday was great.  It was one of the best days ever actually.  Loli asked for the day off, and so Chad and I both took the day off to spend with the kiddos.  Chad then needed to tend to some family business, so I was home with Will and Katie for most of the day.  This was my true stay-at-home-mom experience and I loved it.  I may have loved it a little too much.  While I am not sure I could do it everyday, it sure was great.  I really treasure the time I have with these two great kids.

The Kinder kiddos came over for a few hours to play, and we had a blast.  Trent (7) and Nick (3) had a great time splashing and getting wet in the water tables while Maddie (5) watched Katie like a hawk.  She sat next to Katie almost the entire time - covering her, shading her, rocking her, etc.  It was so sweet to watch.  We had a great time and Will is always sad when our playdates come to an end.  And so am I!

Maddie and Katie

Will rocking Katie

Will and Nick

Nick and Trent getting their hair wet

We had lunch and then Will took a bath in our tub.  We had the best time.  I don't know what it is about bath time, but it is always great for Will and therefore great for the bath giver as well.  I think he could stay in the tub all day.

with his "crazy hair" as he calls it

all smiles

love those eyelashes

When Chad came home, he took Will to Lovefield to go look at airplanes.  This kid has a good life!  But we are really the lucky ones to have him as our kiddo.  He is just awesome.

Little Sleeper

 Katie is such a dream sleeper.  She currently falls asleep around 10pm and then wakes at 10am.  While this is just awesome that she sleeps 12 hours, I am eager to get her on an earlier-to-bed, earlier-to-rise schedule.  I go back to work next week, and my work day starts at 8am.  I definitely want to have some time with her before my meetings begin, so I am trying to get her to bed a little earlier.  Oh how I will miss my leisurely days with her!

Big Yawn

I just love this little bubble

Holding her head up!

Rain

Today we had one of those Dallas thunderstorms.  The kind where they interrupt Oprah to track the storm, predict when it will hit all the different areas of town, and show the photos people have sent in of the hail in their area.

So when Will woke up from his nap I told him that it was going to rain at our house soon.  The weather man predicted that the rain would be here in 11 minutes, so he got dressed and we went downstairs to wait for the rain.  I told him that after it rained there would be some good puddles for us to go play in so he watched intently waiting for the rain. 

As we waited Will offered to go to the store to get some rain so we could have puddles.  I tried to explain that you can't buy rain at the store, but for now, you can buy anything at the store in Will's world.  Once we went outside and played in the huge puddles, Will requested more rain and again offered to go to the store to get it. 

We had a blast playing outside!  Some puddles were so deep and would splash so high that his boots actually had quite a bit of water in them when we were all done.  We went inside when it started to thunder again.  I told him thunder was the sky's way of telling us more rain was coming.  I don't want him to be scared of thunder as we get a lot of thunderstorms here in Dallas.  When we heard the thunder again, he told me it was time to go inside.  The rain was coming again.

Will watching the rain from inside

Looking at the sky for more rain

Checking out a huge puddle

This puddle is deep!

 He loved it so much he went back again...

...and again

big splash

More Katie...

 Katie got this cute dress in the mail from Deanna, and I just had to put it on her immediately.  She seems to like it too - look at that smile!

her big brother loves her!

Big Brother in the Bumbo Seat

 Will just loves Katie's bumbo seat.  He really likes to sit in it, get stuck and yell "I'm stuck!  Baby chair!"  Today he ate his flavor ice in the chair which was great fun for him and for Maggie.  Will donates most of his flavor ice to Maggie or the water table, and today Maggie got more than her fair share!

Here she comes...

He thinks sharing with her is hilarious!

Will handing me the flavor ice so he can scoot

He loves to put the pirates in the crows nest

and then help them jump down into the water

I just love his hair color!  I assume it will get lighter this summer!?!

 He put these two in the crows nest and said "together!"

Do you think they would hire him to be a baby Ralph Lauren model?  Do you think he could keep the clothes???