Our first garden

Tim decided he wanted to build & plant a raised garden in our back yard.  It was a great project for the kids to help out with.  Even the neighbor kids joined in the fun.  

Tim bought some tomato plants.  He let Brielle & John pick out seeds and they chose: carrots, zuchinni, squash, and sweet peas.

Brielle's preK graduation

We went to Brielle's end of the year preK program, "A Rainbow of Learning", and graduation at the end of May.  The kids did a great job singing several songs about colors, days of the week, and summertime.

She's holding the O for the song about the color orange. 

Getting her certificate from her teacher, Mrs. Miller.

A final blessing song.

Frentress in May

This was a fun day we spent at Frentress- Brielle & John played a lot with my cousin Anna's kids: Lauren & Peyton.   They did a lot of swimming and running around.

 Peyton, John, Lauren & Brielle

When John rides his scooter around, he likes to lift up one leg to show us how long he can balance :)

A little to say about Ted- a good sleeper

Here's another photo of Ted at 2 1/2 months.  

People ask how Ted compares to John & Brielle... let's talk about their sleeping habits.

Ted started sleeping through the night around 9 weeks old, this was just after when I went back to work :) -- perfect!  Brielle slept through the night starting at 8 weeks, so they are pretty similar.  John wasn't sleeping regularly through the night until he was about 7 months old!  

Loving being a Big Sis

Brielle is a great big sister and a great helper with Baby Ted.  She asks often to help out with taking care of him.  She has helped give Ted a couple bottles... and she asks when he can have another bottle.  Since he is breastfed, the bottles don't happen too often.  But she's always ready to help :)

Josie & Brielle, photo by Emma

The girls were taking a bunch of photos the other day with our point & shoot camera.  Here's a really cute one taken by Emma! :)

Teddy, 2 1/2 months old

Kiddie Kayaks

Grandpa Ted bought 3 little kids kayaks in the early spring.  Brielle & John were excited for the day when the weather was finally warm enough to try them out.

But then when it came time to hop in and paddle, Brielle & John were a little unsure of what to do and wanted some help.  Tim said, "Should I show you how they work?"  

"Yes!" they said.

So Tim gets in...  

John gave him the paddle...

Hmmm... maybe he's a little bigger than a kid

Well it looks like they didn't need much help on what to do anyways--- quick learners! :)

McKenna & Brielle

 Brielle has fun playing with and dressing up like her American Girl Doll, McKenna.  

Getting ready on a Friday...

And later with matching hair styles :)

Bubbly Brielle

What's going on with their fingers?

What's going on with their fingers?!

Leftover noodles from dinner!

Flower necklaces

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Little ones can sleep in the funniest positions :)

This little girl doesn't like to get under her covers at night!  She likes to sleep on top with a blanket or 2.  She says then she never has to make her bed.

Acting like a monkey

And not just any monkey, but the monkey on his shirt :)

Chillin' in the hammock

Ted's tiny movements- arms waving around and legs kicking actually caused the hammock to rock slightly... it was pretty cute.  He relaxed here for about 20 minutes :)