Daring, Daring

I don't know if this is a sommersault or if it's close, but it sure is Josiah!

Reading

Today while I was getting the waffles ready for breakfast, I caught Goldie and Josiah showing Stuart the delights of reading a book. So I thought that maybe we could share a few of our current favorites with you.







My Two Hands, My Two Feet by Rick Walton and Julia Gorton
This is one of my favorite books. I love to read it to my kids.





Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
This is Mike's Favorite. Whenever we read this book we sing, Rumpus, Rumpus Rumpus!





Cowardly Clyde by Bill Peet
This is Josiah's current favorite. He has checked it out of the library twice and while we have it at home he makes me read it everyday sometimes two and three times. He loves the knight, the horse, and the MONSTER!





Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger and Michael Hays
This is Goldie's current favorite! When Grandma Allen came to visit us awhile back she told this story to the kids and they were singing the song for weeks. Then a week or two ago we stumbled upon it at the library. Goldie loved this story. All about magic and the Giant Abiyoyo.


Anyway, we are reading these great books and hope that Stuart will like some of them too.

Waiting for Sunshine...

It seems to just keep raining here in West Virginia this month. I guess they say April showers bring May flowers, but I could do with a little more sunshine.

In the meantime we are hanging out and having fun together.

Here is Tigger and Pooh. We couldn't miss this photo opp. Also, I just realized this was the day that Goldie helped Josiah get his clothes on. They managed the Tigger all right, but his shorts are backwards! Oh well!

Goldie is sitting in a laundry basket piled high with toys. This is one of her favorite pastimes. Sunday when the missionaries came over for dinner Mike suggested that we remove the basket to the bedroom. I said, "Of course, I was thinking it would be better to line up the toys from the front door straight to the kitchen table." So when he came home from work we'd done a good job of making a straight line. It was fun.

And while there is still not a lot of sun, there are a few halfway dry hours here and there. Goldie, Josiah, and Cameron (the neighbor) love to pick either Mike or I flowers. They are only allowed to pick dandelions and so every other day or so we get a big bunchful. This was Mike's bunch last Saturday.

So maybe the showers are bringing flowers after all. Now isn't there something about a ray of sunshine after the clouds depart? ....I'm ready!

Happy Easter!

The 2009 Bunny Rabbit has visted. We loved having him over to our house.















During his visit we made Easter Eggs

Cried, and then laughed with snot running down our noses. The youngest among us was completely entranced by those lovely colors.

We sat around and told Easter Book of Mormon Stories.

And today April 12, 2009 we attended church. Tonight the missionaries are coming over to eat Mr. Bunny Rabbit. Hope you have a great Easter too.