Simpson Family Life

4/8/12

The Easter Bunny Came

The Easter Bunny Came in the wee hours. The kids had fun "discovering" the baskets that he brought and the fun treasures inside. I love this age because the kids were great about sharing and I don't think that they realized that they each had their own baskets. We all had fun playing together in our PJ's and bunny ears, reading our books, coloring in the color book, hugging the stuffed animal, and laughing at the wind up chick waddle around. Later in the afternoon Laken and Chase played with the bubble blower outside while River tried out his new sippy cup inside.

Mom and Rod had us over for Easter brunch. The food was amazing as always, and we had fun visiting with Aunt Pat, and cousins Kyle and Blaire Wilson. I wish that we had captured more pictures of them in their Easter outfits, but everyone seemed to be running a hundred miles an hour....no surprise why;) These two are so blessed...they made a haul since they had two more baskets from their Grandparents and Auntie. When we loaded them up to go home, both kids were fast asleep within a block from Grandpa and Grandma's house. We even heard someone snoring!

~Laken rocking the clip in bunny ears....perfect for her pigtails;)

~Riv's 1st time wearing shoes out of the house

4/7/12

Random Photo Pictures

Please note that most of these pictures were taken on our cell phones. It's a real bummer that all of the spontaneous moments seem to turn out blurry, but I want to archive them because they tell our story so well;)

Sweet picture of Laken and Daddy making surprised faces. They were on a daughter/daddy date.

A picture that Riv and I sent Daddy at work

This is my precious cargo at the 13 hour Rosauers cereal sale. As you can see I never have room for the groceries;) And where is River? I am dreading the day when River can no longer ride in the car seat. I am not quite sure what I will do. I am so grateful that I now have Rosauers back with kids and let me tell you why: 1.they give kids a cookie in the bakery to eat while Mom is busy shopping. 2.they are one of the only grocery stores in all of my travels that still uses paper bags. 3. They always offer to push the cart out to the car....and this is such a blessing so that I can keep my babies safe and attended to while I pack up the groceries in a busy parking lot. Love this store, most of the bag boys know my children by name;)

Cool picture that Chase took of River....so creative!

Laken's special time with Momma shopping alone. She got to ride in the car........ it was so late and slow at Safeway that I did not feel silly running up and down the isles growling, "Vrrooom" while Laken squeeled "WHEEEE!"

River smiling at the new toys that Grandma Peggy brought him.

I'm trying to document some of the special little details that seem so mundane now...but I know that someday I will cherish. This is a typical Laken lunch nowadays....grilled cheese (anything with cheese:) veggies, apples (she asks for them several times a day now because she likes to say"apple"), and yougurt (yes she is that cool and eats with utensils now)! It should be mentioned that half of this ends up on the floor. And when she is ready to get down she says, "aww done!"

"Top of the Morning and Night to Ya!" -Riv in the morning and at night @ 7 months

The House of Simpsons

This is the future House of Simpsons! Woohooo we are building a house and this is the little slice of heaven that it will be on. Planning to move in the end of June!

Egg Hunt 2012

Today we took the kids for a last minute egg hunt with the Howlands. Both Ashley and I were a little leery of the community egg hunts with our little toddlers. So we had our own mini egg hunt on a Saturday at Pioneer Park. The kids were so funny.....grabbing an egg and eating what was inside before getting another one!

4/4/12

Sibling Love and Jealousy;)

It all starts out with Sissy wanting to hold brother or "baby" as she calls him lately.

Then realizing that she can't and settling for a love pat on the head.

Somewhere around here the switch turned....

A swift karate kick to the head fueled by jealousy.....lucky Dad was right there to intervene since Riv never saw it coming.

On this night I was admiring Laken's beautiful hair and realizing just how much it and she is growing. I was a little sad and decided to bust out the camera to catch a few photos while she watched a movie.