My boys and their loot 

This is what Luke likes to do with Easter eggs - throw them like a ball. 

Easter egg dying with my boys! 

Joseph desperately trying to stop Luke from making a bigger mess.
 

I love you Joseph Maddry! 

Caleb's smile/grimace! 

Look at this little innocent look! 

Luke trying to destroy his eggs 

Caleb decorating his eggs 

Why is Superman walking around with his fragile little eggs? Better yet, why are his parents letting him? 

And here is what we caught Superman doing - launching his eggs down the slide! 

My little man! 

Luke was pretty much in awe of these big boys running around our backyard! 

Luke's big dilemma - how does he get that egg in his basket without putting down the eggs in his hand? 

look how serious their faces are...this is buisness! 

2 peas in a pod! 

Here are some of Caleb's good friends - the Crandall boys - and baby brother is looking for some eggs while there are no big boys running around! 

Caleb and Luke love riding in the bike trailer together! 

And here is what Joseph has to pull around DC...the kids & what you can't see is Caleb's bike hooked on the back of the bike trailer. 

Happy Easter! 

My little imaginary trouble maker

Caleb is a funny, funny, IMAGINATIVE boy! I’ve never met a child with such an imagination. I was hoping to shield him at this age from friends that are bad influences but what does a mom do when her sons friend who is a bad influence is imaginary? Caleb has an imaginary friend named Shawn and Shawn wasn’t raised with the same rules as Caleb. Shawn doesn’t get out of bed until it’s time to literally walk out the door, then Caleb makes us wait until Shawn is ready before we can go. Shawn doesn’t like to wear his seat belt in the car, often takes it off while we're driving, & has to be reminded numerous times that we don’t tell people, “I’m gonna kick your butt”. Shawn apparently doesn’t like to do our devotions in the morning either. So now instead of 2 boys to discipline I have 3! Whew, that’s exhausting. Maybe God is getting me ready for something?...

Caleb went to a "pirate" themed birthday party over the weekend where they went on a treasure hunt and gathered items to dress up as a pirate. For this child that LOVES to dress up this was so special! They also got to make wooden swords and decorate them. Here is my little pirate!! 

Argh... This is the face that Caleb makes at Luke when he tells him to "walk the plank". 

Cherry Blossoms

Since we are moving soon we are trying to see some the "DC sights" before we go (boy, there are a lot of sights!) One of the big things in DC is the Cherry Blossom festival downtown. We went down on Saturday morning, took a picnic lunch, walked the National Mall and then fed the ducks at the Tidal Basin and in front of the Capitol. It still amazes me everytime I go down and I see the White House, Capitol and all the monuments.

We had a great day!

Boys, look at the camera and smile... (is that too much to ask?!) 

Boys look at the camera.. 

Does Luke look very happy in this picture? Joseph snapped this right before he starting crying and wanted me to hold him for the rest of the ride. Caleb was so excited and kept saying, "I'm going faster than all the other children."