like mother, like daughter

Lili has taken up photography on her own initiative. She borrows my camera, while I pray for it's safety, and takes pictures of her siblings and surroundings. She really enjoys it! She has become quite creative and takes very interesting photos! Here are some of her favorites!

Easter

Easter was a lot of fun this year. We went to our neighborhood's annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday. The kids collected eggs full of candy, money and tattoos. The Easter bunny came early for us and the kids found their newly emptied baskets full of more Easter treats! Their favorite thing was their "Webkins" which are apparently all the rage at their schools. It's all the kids talk about now. They are stuffed animals that you can register online in "Webkin world". In this virtual world the kids can feed, cloth, bathe, and play with their webkin pet. Alex got a tree frog(he named it "froggy"), Lili got a golden retriever (named it "bow" like a hair bow), and David got a panda (named "Goli" sounds like the beginning of Goliath... no I don't know why). If you want to get them talking, just ask about their Webkins pet!

On Sunday, we dyed hard boiled eggs at Grandma and Grandpa Syphers house, had an egg hunt thanks to Grandpa and one million plastic eggs and penny's, and I made the silliest looking lamb cake ever! Of course we also talked about the true meaning of Easter. Grandma gave us a wonderful FHE with symbolic things and scriptures, inside 12 Easter eggs. The kids loved it, despite David having a hard time keeping reverent (what's new?). HAPPY EASTER!

Lucy's 1 year old!

Lucy turned one year old! She is such a character and loves to communicate. She walks around babbling baby language. Oh, yeah I forgot to mention that she's walking everywhere now. Today she started telling us when she has a dirty diaper. I never thought the word "poo poo" could sound so cute. But no fear, she also says cuter things like "tank oo" (thank you), boo (for Blue, our cat), "Ahh" (for Alex - does that count as a word?)and of course, "Momma", "Da!" and "baba". We are all totally infatuated with her antics. When she was getting her one year photos done (see the slide show), we were trying to get her to smile with out a lot of luck. When Alex walked in the room, she yelled his name and started laughing and smiling all over the place. She sure loves her siblings. Yeah for that!