Easter 2010!

We've had a very busy Spring so far and are really enjoying the great Spring weather!  Lauren attended 3 Easter egg hunts prior to Easter (yikes!!  Did you know that Easter eggs contain desserts?  Yum!!)  We had a great time enjoying egg hunts at the church, the zoo, and with my Newcomer's group.  It all culminated in spending Easter weekend with my family and another egg hunt!  Whew!

Here are a few pictures from the Cosley Zoo egg hunt. 

Lookng for the eggs.  Lauren was very picky about which eggs she picked up.

So excited with her eggs! 

Meeting the Easter Bunny for the first time.  She liked it better with Daddy next to the bunny.

We spent Easter in Iowa enjoying dyeing eggs with cousin Stephanie (and Tinker Bell fairy dust of course!), enjoying time with family, and eating too much.  Click here to watch Lauren opening her Easter basket.

Click here to watch the Great Easter Egg Hunt!!

Lauren, Steph  & Emelia

Thanks for checking in on us.  We're busy preparing for the arrival of Baby #2.   
Until next time--

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Lauren wanted to wish you a Happy St. Patrick's Day today!!  Enjoy her Little Leprechaun song.

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Happy Valentine's Day!!

We spent Valentine's weekend in Washington D.C. visiting the Malsches.  Yes, Washington D.C.---the place with 40 inches of snow!!  Luckily it didn't delay our travels and we had a great weekend.  I forgot my camera, so I only have one picture to post.  Despite the crazy snow, we had a great weekend.  Lauren LOVED following her older cousins around all weekend.  We spent one morning at the Air and  Space museum.  It was very neat and Lauren enjoyed seeing the "huge planes."  She also was convinced to go sledding at one of the Battlefields.  If you know Lauren, she's not the biggest fan of being in the cold or the snow, but she really enjoyed it and spent over an hour sledding. To top it off, the weather was sunny and beautiful all weekend!!

The weekend before Valentine's Day, Lauren enjoyed decorating Valentine's Cookies with Caroline and Ashley.  Aunt Becky sent Lauren 8 tubs of sprinkles!!  Whew!  That's a lot of sprinkles (and I'm still finding them hiding on the floor).  I made lots of cookies and the girls enjoyed piling on the sprinkes.  As you can see from the pictures, piling of sprinkles is not an exaggeration.  Thank you Aunt Becky for the sprinkles!!  Great idea and it made for a very fun (and messy!) morning. 

Lauren is very creative and really loves pretend play.  She is often twirling around the house in her princess dresses, enjoying tea parties with her stuffed animals and tells us the funniest things.  The other day she was wearing her Cinderella dress and told Justin she needed to put on her glass slippers so she could go find Prince Charming at the ballgame (instead of the ball!)  So funny.

Thanks for checking in on us.  We're off to Iowa next weekend to celebrate my grandparents' 60th anniversary.

Until next time--

A Fun Day in the City!!

Lauren was so excited to spend the day in downtown Chicago with her Aunt Megan, cousins Ashley & Caroline, cousin Michael and Nonny and Boppy.  Mostly she was excited to go by herself without Mom & Dad!  She is quite the independent one.  It's probably a good thing Mom & Dad weren't there as they spent the morning at the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) observation deck.  They got to walk out on the glass platform.  Lauren cautiously enjoyed it.  She kept her feet on the carpet and looked down 103 stories!!  YUCK!  Check out the pictures.

After a quick lunch, the group was off to enjoy the afternoon at Shedd Aquarium.  Lauren told me her favorite thing was the "big giant turtles."  She had a great day.  Thanks to Aunt Megan for letting Lauren tag along for the day.

Thanks for checking in on us. Until next time-

Happy Birthday Memaw!

Just wanted to wish Memaw a very happy birthday today!!  Thought you'd enjoy a little concert in your honor.  Click here to watch Lauren singing her new favorite song!

Lyrics translation:
We're Going to Kentucky;
We're Going to the Fair
To See a Senorita or as Lauren say Sentorina) with roses in her hair;
Shake it Baby Shake it
Shake it all you can
Shake it like a milkshake
and drink it if you can
Roll it to the bottom
Roll it to the bottom
Turn around and turn around until you stay stop, Stop!

Happy 2010!!

We spent New Year's in Iowa with Justin's family.  The Chaons were gracious enough to host the entire Mead clans (except the Malsches who had to remain in Virginia...we missed you Malsches!)

The Zorns, Chaons, and Meads enjoyed a quiet evening in to celebrate New Year's Eve.  Well, as quiet as you can get with 6 young children.  It was a great night with great food, family and fun! The kiddies evening got to have their own New Year's Countown with London.  Click here to watch their celebration.

On NewYear's Day, we enjoyed a wonderful NewYears/Christmas Day celebration.  As usual, Chip outdid himself with dinner.  It was fabulous!  Enjoy the pictures.

Nonny with her grandkids.

We spent Saturday at the Children's Museum in Bettendorf.  We had a great time!  Nonny and the girls even got to do a little tap dancing while we were there!  Too cute!  Watch the video here. 

We've had a busy holiday season.  We wish you all a healthful and happy 2010! 

Until nex time--

Snow Snow Snow!

Old Man Winter has been brutal this year...and it's only January!  I'm not sure we can handle two more months of this stuff.  But, we've been trying to make the best of it.  Lauren likes to play in the snow...for at least a few minutes at a time.  Boy, we've had alot of it.

In Iowa at Christmas, she got to go sledding "Iowa-Style."  Papa got out the tractor and took Lauren and Stephanie sledding through the fields.  They loved it.  Lauren even got to take her turn at driving with Papa.  Oh what fun!  Too bad we don't live closer so we could do this everyday!

Watch the video here. 

We were in Crivitz two weekends ago with Nonny & Boppa.  The weather was great...35 and sunny everyday!  (Hard to believe I'm saying the weather was great when it was 35 degrees!)  But we got to enjoy sledding and Justin got to do a little snowmobiling (or as Lauren calls it Snowbiling!)

So, as it continues to snow (just as it's doing AGAIN tonight), I'll continue to think about all things warm.....ahhhh, Jamaica where are you?

Thanks for checking in on us.   Please send warm and sunny thoughts our way.