Happy Birthday Phillip

This afternoon we headed over to Phillip's house to celebrate his 2nd birthday. The twins love going over to other people's houses and playing with their toys.

They were right on top of it when it was time to open presents. Not sure what they are going to do when it is Phillip's 3rd birthday and he can open presents by himself.

You can't see them but the twins were closely waiting for a piece of that cake.

Today the Barkers came into town for Phillip's birthday party tomorrow. First to arrive was Grandma and Grandpa. The twins had so much fun running them around the house.

It wasn't long before Donnie, Cate, George and Henry showed up! The kids had a great time running around the backyard and playing on the playset.

Bring On The Heat

The kids took advantage of the hot weather this evening and played in the sprinkler for a while. They had a blast!

Birthday Feast

Jamie, Mark and the kids came down to celebrate mine and Morgan's birthdays. We got a mess of crabs and the twins actually ate them this time! After dinner Morgan watched the kids while the adults went out for a drink. It was a great time!

Morgan's Birthday

Later that day we had Morgan's birthday party. The twins immediately ran outside to enjoy the nice day.

In addition to the regular crowd we got to hangout with Michael's girlfriend, Jen and her 7 year old twin girls, Jess and Kaitlyn. The twins had a blast playing with the girls.

After dinner and a lot of playing, the twins dove into some delicious cupcakes. Happy Birthday Morgan!

Our First Trip to Crabill's

Today the twins went on their first trip to Crabill's Hamburgers in Urbana. Of course they saw the chips and forgot about the hamburgers! There is always a next time I guess!

Easter Morning

The Easter Bunny hid the kids baskets and they had to find them.

After church and brunch, they spent the rest of the day counting their candies.

Uncle Michael comes over for Dinner!!

Tonight Uncle Michael come over for dinner and to color Easter Eggs with the kids. They had a blast coloring the eggs and putting Toy Story stickers on them.

Easter Egg hunt on Fountian Square

There was a break in the rain, a very little one, but we were able to make it dowtown to Fountian Square for the Easter Egg Hunt. It was a MADHOUSE of kids and parents running over the square to find 2000 eggs. The kids had fun since it was their real first time going downtown to see the "buildings" as Ethan calls it.

After our egg hunt, it was broken down into age groups, we decided to stay and watch the other age groups. You would not believe the people that would fight over a egg with a couple jelly beans in it. Someone actually called the police.... Glad we stayed to watch that.

Fun with the camera

Just messing around before bedtime posing for the camera.

Easter

Easter started off with a co-worker of Jenny's giving the kids some Easter Cupcakes that looked like bunnies. Of course, they loved them!

Stay out of the Backyard!

The kids cousin Morgan was nice enough to lend them her old Power Wheels car. At first, they would either go in circles or just run into things. They are getting better by the day! Just wish this rain would stop so they can get out and play with it agian.

A Week at Disney

This weekend we headed to Disney World with the twins' Aunt Cate, Uncle Don, George and Henry. We had a blast. The kids had such a good time hanging out with each other and getting to share some Disney magic!

Something New!

It was alot of fun to watch Ethan and George try Pixi sticks. Little did they know, I picked out the sour flavors!

DISNEYWORLD!!!

Jenny has been waiting for this day all her life, taking her kids to Disneyworld. Here are a couple pictures and we will follow up with more later.

Tonight was the twins' last swimming lesson. They missed last week because of Elaine's pneumonia so they were rearing to go! Ethan even wore googles for a part of the lesson. They were being such good listeners and participants. Both did such a good job swimming. Their instructor Miss Jess was very impressed by Elaine still moving her arms and legs even while being underwater. She said that was advanced for someone her age. They will definitely get some more practice down in Florida next week!

Grandma and Grandpa came in for the night on their way home from St. Louis. We met up with Timmy, Melissa, and Phillip for dinner. The twins had a blast showing them all of their toys.

When it was time for bed they showed off their technology skills by showing Grandma and Grandpa how they read books on Mommy's ereader. Everyone was quite impressed with them.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

What a nice St. Patrick's Day! It was BEAUTIFUL and warm day. The kids had a blast playing outside. I spent the time spring cleaning the backyard with a little help from Ethan. He thought it was so much fun picking up sticks and putting them in the yard waste bags!

After some hard labor we all enjoyed a delicious dinner and even had time to play around in the backyard before bed. Now we can't wait for warmer weather and green grass/trees!

All Wet and LOVING It

Tonight the twins had their 3rd swim lesson and Ethan finally made it into the pool! Yeah! It took a bit of time and then a few tears but as you can see he was fine at the end. In fact he gave their swim instructor, Jess, a hug AND a high five at the end! He was SO proud of himself. We had to call Daddy in Boston the minute we got into the car.