Sorry for the quality of the photo here, but all I had was my phone at the time and I didn't want to leave little man out there by himself whilst I ran in to get our camera. The kids were all playing on the trampoline and I told them to make a silly face. No, Ethan does not have some kind of palsy...maybe this is his pirate face! Arg!

Nonetheless, spring has sprung! WOOHOO! I was so tired of rainy, drizzly snowy days. Granted, I am sure we will get some flurries at some point, at least we are on the tail end of them. The past few days have hit the 70's. On Monday, the thermometer said 78. So the kids stayed outside for the majority of the day and ended up in their swim suits playing with the water hose.

Ethan started basketball team this week at the local YMCA and he loved it! He is pretty decent making baskets, but we haven't worked with him on dribbling soooo we will need to do that. Ella will start soccer in a few weeks and she is very excited about that.

We had some thunderstorms this week that were pretty loud and they were scaring Ella a little bit. I told her what any honest mother tells their kids... God and Jesus were just up in heaven having a good time at a bowling alley! Later in the day, Ethan, unprompted, asked me if Jesus lived in our hearts. Before I could answer, Ella replied, "no, Ethan, Jesus is just bowling today." Ethan took her word and said, "okay"....and ran off to play. The things they say sometimes are priceless.

Gracious, it is sure dreary here in Indiana and we are ready for some sunshine! The kids are getting anxious to be able to go outside and get some free play in without their fingers getting frost bitten! We have found other ways to let the kids get their energy out. We found this new indoor playground at Trader's Point Christian Church and it is awesome. The kids have a blast there and are exhausted when we leave...which is just the way I like the to be!
Not to much new this month with our family. Ethan is flourishing with his pre-reading skills. He is starting to sound out words and his small motor skills are getting better each time he sits down to practice his writing. He must be in a growing spurt because he is hungry all the time. Most of jeans are too small now, but we will see if we can make them last until it's shorts weather. Ella is still as sweet...and as devilish as ever. Last night she woke up in the middle of the night crying and I went into her room and asked her why she was crying. She never told me and went back to sleep. A few hours later, she woke up again crying and again I went into her room to check on her and I asked her why she was crying. She said, "why do you always ask me questions, mom?" So funny. Evan is crawling and pulling up to stand and can walk along furniture now. He seems to be reaching milestones every day! We are so in love with him and I just melt when I come home and he smiles and reaches for me. He still doesn't sleep through the night, but I am not so concerned with that. If he were my first born, I would be so worked up about that. But I am much more laid back now and maybe it's because I have pretty much not slept through a night in 4 years.

Last weekend we had a long time friend of mine take some pictures of the kids. She is trying to start up a new little photograpy company: erikabanichphotography.com
I'll leave you with a few pictures of the kiddos that she took!