I hate Aristocats

The Disney Movie. I seriously can't stand it and Phoenix LOVES it. It's annoying how they live in France so they have these really irritating accents. Not that French people have irritating accents, but in the movie, they do. Also, there are 2 boy kittens and a girl kitten and the girl kitten is always whining and tattling and she is the one that falls of the truck and has to be saved and then she falls off the bridge and has to be saved again. Both times, of course, by Thomas O'Malley the alley cat while her mother just watches and says "Oh no, Marie!"
Sexist, anyone?

Anyway, here are couple of videos of Phoenix doing funny things that we didn't teach him. He cracks me up.

I promise, she really does smile!!

A lot. I just can't seem to capture it on camera.

New Exersaucer!

First time eating rice cereal. Yummy!

Phoenix's new bat and ball he got for Easter. No pictures of the egg hunt, Cory video taped it and I dropped the ball on the still shots. Oops!

We decided to make bird feeders with Phoenix. We brought home some pine cones from AZ that were on the lawn by Pat's apt and I got birdseed for $.39 per pound at Winco. I love the bulk bins there! Phoenix was more interested in throwing the birdseed all over the kitchen, though, so Cory and I ended up making them. So far, it seems like we had more birds in our yard before the bird feeders! Hopefully they get the idea soon.

Worst April Fool's Joke Ever

Universe, you've done it again!
- Tobias Funke

Easter Egg Hunt

Phoenix's first Easter egg hunt. It was so fun and so short! The eggs were just all over the grass at the park across the street from our house and the kids went crazy. Phoenix got a few, but only because Cory kick some over into a little pile by his feet. He was pretty slow at picking them up and putting them in his bag. He loved it, though. We're going to do another for him this weekend at my parent's house.

I should be packing.

But I'm not. Just wanted to post a few pics of the cutest kids ever before I get to it. Cory and I are going to Phoenix tomorrow and leaving the kids with my parents. We're excited for the warmth, sunshine, and baseball!

Special K Protein Water...

...I like it.

I can't believe how quickly Skylee is growing up. It goes by so fast!

Phoenix is a super picky eater. He won't eat bananas or peaches plain but if I put them in the blender with some huckleberries and put the "juice" in a cup (not a sippy or plastic kid's cup), he's all over it.
He looks kind of like the joker...

Tagged

It seems we have a budding graffiti artist on our hands. We finally had to throw away all of Phoenix's crayons and get him the kind that are like a pencil, that twist up and down in the plastic case. This way, he can't bite off little pieces to hide in his room to use to color the walls when he should be sleeping (exhibit A) or to color the desk when I am taking a shower (exhibit B).

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Since I cut Phoenix's hair, I get my hand wet in the morning to spike it up and then put mousse on it. When he wants to fix his own hair, he gets his hand wet and runs it through his hair, slicking it back. But he only uses his right hand. I tried to get a good picture of it, but I couldn't get him to hold still. It's so funny, though.

Phoenix loves to read. Even books that have no pictures!

Skylee is awesome, of course. She smiles a lot and loves it when we play with her hands and feet. For some reason all of her pictures keep turning sideways when I post them and I don't have time to fix them. So her pictures will have to wait for now.