Spring has Sprung

I love, love, love when the weather starts to warm up!  I'm just not a fan of cold weather so I always look forward to the warmer weather.  And now that I have kiddos, I appreciate it even more.  The park and outdoor outings are so much more enjoyable, to me,

when it isn't cold. And hopefully with warmer weather comes healthier babies.  We've had our share of sickness this year.  The girls and I both got two different awful stomach bugs. Hoping we got our share of them this year and maybe we'll be exempt next year. :)

The girls are both at really fun ages.  Mattilee plays with baby dolls 85% of her playtime.  She's such a little mommy.  Diapering, feeding, burping, singing, strolling, and even disciplining her dolls. And Ivey Kate has just started to get really interested in whatever Mattilee is doing.  So if Matti is rocking a baby, Ivey Kate wants to as well.  Mattilee has one really big baby doll and it seems like Ivey Kate always chooses that one to carry around the house.  The doll is bigger than she is! It's really cute. They both like to carry purses too. Such girly girls.

Zoo day with Jackson and Cooper. 

Jackson helping Mattilee across the rope bridge. She was a little apprehensive about doing it but Jackson took her hand and helped her the whole way. He was so patient with her.  What a gentleman and a sweetheart. 

Fun on the slide. 

Ivey Kate was filthy when we left this area but she had fun. 

She liked sitting on the frog. 

Three sweethearts, minus Cooper. I didn't get one picture of that precious boy from the day. 

During my mom's spring break, she rented Parties on the Move for the kids to get-together and play.  We all had such a great time.  I think places like that are almost as much fun for adults as they are for kids.  

Mattilee and her cousins. Sweet girls. 

Lyla did not care for the wind tunnel. Look at that pitiful face. It's funny, it didn't bother little Cooper. 

 Gigi and Ivey Kate sliding!!

 Having fun!

These girls like to pose. :)

And these little ones loved these cars. It looks like my nephew King is trying to get Ivey Kate out and she doesn't want to. 

We had a snack and Ivey Kate felt so big at the table with other kids.  She loved feeding herself this ice cream and was the last one to get up. Everyone else wanted to get back to playing but she just wanted her ice cream and cupcake.  

I kept a precious little boy a few days a week this semester.  We took lots of wagon rides around the neighborhood.  

Celebrating warmer weather with ice cream from Top-it-Off.

Ivey Kate at Top-it-Off.  She didn't get to hold her's and she had to share with me but she didn't seem to mind.