Thad's Hiding Spot

 Thaddeus had a little accident and didn't want to get in trouble. He thought he could get away with it by hiding the evidence on the shelf. He couldn't get rid of the stink in his room though.

Outside Fun

 Claire has adopted this flower as her own. She makes sure it is always watered and is routinely checking on it. One day the boys came up and just plucked it off because it was pretty. Poor Claire was devastated that her flower was ruined.

 Theo is getting more and more talented on the trampoline. He is getting good at front flips and handstands.

These boys built a little house. They are always building things. They ask daily if they can build a house. They see wood at the store and ask if they can buy it to build a real house.

Summer Flowers

 Claire made a great tent. She is a master tent builder.

 Christine loves to play with babies!

 We planted some fun summer flowers!

 I sure love our home!

Sakura Time!

 I love the sakura trees! The blossoms are so pretty!

 We love this Totoro bush. The kids love the movie and we had to make sure we got a picture of it.

Rice Field

 Teddy did some good work on our parking lot. He turned a corner of it into a rice field. Unfortunately, it got a little too cold and our rice didn't make it.

Fancy Chinese Restaurant

 Our landlord gave us a some tickets to a super fancy Chinese restaurant. It was several courses, about 8 or 10 plates of craziness! The kids didn't really like any of the food. There were a couple of  plates that I liked, but it was an adventure!

 The kids were troopers even though they didn't like the food. Christine caused us some angst when she blew out of her diaper and we were trying to figure out what to put her in. Here is what one of our plates looked like.

 This is a fancy place that I would never pay for on our own! The kids will never eat at a place like this again until they are out on their own! It was sure nice of our landlord to do this for us!

Welcome Chihiro-chan!

 Takuya and Keiko had their baby! Welcome to the world Chihiro! We were excited to go see her in the hospital. On our way to the hospital, we got a flat tire. The kids enjoyed playing around in the parking lot while Teddy got us ready to go again.

She is a cute baby!

Park Before Swimming

 Christine loved these balls that fell off the trees. Theodore is getting bigger and stronger. He can do more and more things at the park!

 We spend a lot of time at the park. We usually eat our lunch there before swimming lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Everyone except for Christine swims! Sorry Christine, you have to be 3 years old.

Happy Easter! (I know... I'm still behind)

Christine might have been peeking as I hid the eggs around the yard.

 These kids are excited to find some candy filled eggs.

 We sure had a fun time finding eggs. They were so fast that it was hard to take pictures!