Growing Kids!

Our cute Christopher turned 5 years old a couple of weeks ago. It was fun to celebrate with him, but I can't believe how time has flown! He is acting so old these days. He loves preschool and is often the comedian and the ringleader among his little friends. I have to remind him sometimes to let someone else take a turn telling a story!  Here he is with a couple of his buddies:

Although he has little defiant moments, for the most part he is a content, funny, smart, happy kid. He loves to sit down and work on projects, whether it's drawing, building, writing, composing music...but his favorite thing is probably still following his dad around and helping with the lawn or working with tools in the garage. He is a sweet boy who fortunately still loves cuddles and reading. Poor kid broke out in this awful rash a couple of weeks ago. I'm pretty sure it was an allergic reaction to something but I don't know what yet.

He and Brooklyn are good little friends and they play together and help each other really well. I'm grateful he is such a good little helper, because I will sure need it in a few months!

Miss Brooklyn is the little princess of the house. Every day she changes her mind numerous times about which Princess she is- Rapunzel, Anna or Elsa. Her favorite thing right now is singing songs from Frozen at the top of her lungs. I don't have the soundtrack yet but I think it will be our entertainment on our drive to Utah next week! She can be quite the tease to her brothers, but she is also really sweet with them, Matthew especially. She'll often give him a hug and say "Aww, sorry bud!" when he is sad. She is tiny but she loves to eat! She would eat all day long if I let her! I love my reading time with these 2 cute kiddos:

Matthew is quite the character. He is so much busier and bolder than the others and he loves to explore. He LOVES being outside and playing with balls. He's starting to say more words which has been fun. He can be so silly and loves making his siblings laugh! He can also be extremely stubborn which can be quite exasperating!

Last weekend we had a fun night at a park up the canyon. We all loved the fresh air and had a lot of fun. We picked up KFC on the way, but they didn't put in any napkins or utensils, so it was quite the adventure trying to eat fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy and corn using only our hands and little butter packets!

I loved seeing this when I looked out the window the other day!

We also found out our next little babe is a boy! I'm a little sad for Brooklyn just because I loved having sisters pretty close in age while I was growing up. But I think he and Matthew will be great little buds and Christopher and Brooklyn are both excited. Here is a video of them finding out:

(For some reason I couldn't load it like the other one, but here is the link:)

 http://youtu.be/DQvFxhkt_JA

This morning we had a little Easter egg hunt and the kids had a great time!