Easter Bunny Comes Early

The Easter Bunny came last night incognito.  I think he was casing the joint.

Leaving treats for the Easter Bunny.

Coming downstairs in the morning!  Not sure how Hollan changed her shirt in the night....

"How did the Easter Bunny know we liked the Octonauts?"  Santa told him, of course.

"He ate all the snacks!"

Getting ready to hunt for eggs.

The loot.

Bunny cinnamon rolls.

 Nailed it.

 She doesn't care how they look!  I love this age!

Baking Cookies

We kicked off Evan's spring break this afternoon by baking some Cars Easter cookies that Babee gave us.

 Dear Mr. Pillsbury, you must be smoking crack if you think preschoolers and/or pregnant mothers want to waste calories on cookies that don't contain chocolate, Lightening McQueen or not.  Here, let me help you out.  Love, Mr. Nestle - Toll House

 Carefully adding the chocolate chips.  At first we thought two chips per cookie was a satisfactory ratio but I, err I mean, the kids, quickly decided more was needed.

 This is our bake time dance break.

 This dance is called "We Have Pockets in our Aprons"

 Almost cooled enough to attack, I mean, enjoy.

 The fruits of our labor.

 Mmmm.

 Taa Daa!

Bonding Over Taylor

The kids have really gotten attached to Great Aunt Laurie.  Her room is pretty much their favorite place to hang out at Great Grandma's house!  

Hollan and Laurie are bonding over some Taylor Swift videos.

Style Me Pretty

As I'm sure all of our blog readers know, last fall was the Peterson Wedding Tour as our family was in 3 weddings in the course of six weeks!!
First up was Andie and Andrew's wedding, which was absolutely stunning and planned down to the last detail with great care by Boo and Andie. As if my praise weren't accolade enough (chuckle), the wedding video and photos are being featured on a very popular wedding blog today. One that Andie referenced quite a bit in the planning. Congrats again to the beautiful couple!!
Check it out:
http://www.stylemepretty.com/2013/03/27/minnesota-wedding-from-jeff-loves-jessica/
You can also link to the full gallery of wedding photos, which are spectacular!

Emmett: 28 Weeks

I have been scolded lately for not having taken any pictures of this pregnancy.  Brian says Emmett will question his maternity if we don't step it up so here is the update and picture at 28 weeks!

From babycenter.com:

By this week, your baby weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of his head to his heels. He can blink his eyes, which now sport lashes. With his eyesight developing, he may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. He's also developing billions of neurons in his brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world.

 Yes, I know the camera is covering my face...that is by design.  It never occurs to us to take pictures when I have make up and real clothes on (which honestly, is only about 5% of the time these days).

Yellow Stripe Belt

Evan had a big week at Tae Kwon Do!  On Monday night he received another tip on his belt and then on Wednesday he achieved a NEW BELT...Yellow Stripe!  

 He was so excited he could barely concentrate the rest of class.  He kept wanting to look in the mirror at his new belt.  (Kind of like me with new shoes :-)

Dude and Master Moon.

Welcome Bergmann Twins!

We are so happy to introduce Avery & Jack Bergmann, born March 14th to our dear friends, Anna & John.
Aren't they so sweet?? We can't wait to meet them in April!
The bonus good news about their birth is that it means I'm rounding the corner into the home stretch with Emmett!!

Glitter Nails

We took Hollan and Lyla to the mall this morning to get their nails painted for St. Patty's Day. They even got lollipops and tattoos. Ooh.
After nails, Hollan and I stopped by the pretzel stand for a little sustenance. A big morning for a big girl!

Hollan Potty Training Update

So we are well on our way to having two fully functioning toilet using kiddos.  Hollan has done a great job all week of going on the "big girl potty" and also a great job of eating mini chocolate chip cookies, sour worms and jelly beans as her treat each time. So she may end up with diabetes but at least she'll be wearing undies!

This picture is the drawing that Evan made for Hollan that hangs in the powder room. Hollan is big on her privacy so we all have to wait outside the bathroom while she gets her business taken care of.  She can read this sign for inspiration while she goes.  See if you can find the gummy worm and jelly beans he drew!

Breaking Boards

  Big day at Tae Kwon Do yesterday!  Evan was chosen by Master Moon to demonstrate board breaking to the class.  He was so beyond excited.  

We are so proud of how focused and dedicated he is to TKD.  He absolutely LOVES it and his instructors all seem to really enjoy him and comment on what a good student he is.  Proud parents!!

If anyone is interested in hiring Evan out for small construction projects, let us know!

Counting one to ten in Korean!  The kids are asked to count quite a bit in class so this is another big accomplishment...to be able to count out in front on his instructors and classmates.

Randoms

Last week Evan had a snow day!  

 I mean, Batman had a snow day.

 Building a snow fort with Daddy.

 The first attempt to get rid of the pacifier.  Hollan decided before nap time on Saturday that she would mail her pluggie to Baby Kiki.  We are not sure who Baby Kiki is or why she is requesting Hollan's used pacifier but anyway...

 The kids decorated an envelope and put the pluggie inside.

 "See ya, pwuggie!"

The kids then went and put the envelope in the mailbox.  We put Hollan down for her nap and....two hours later she is still raising cain in her bed.  She finally broke down and cried that "I wan my pwuggie!  I don wan Baby Kiki have my pwuggie".  So...given that she just transferred into her big girl bed and is showing some signs of wanting to use the potty, we decided Baby Kiki can get her own pluggie for another bit yet.  Good thing Daddy caught the mail man ;-)

The Party, Etc...

Let the jumping begin!

 The facilities.

 "It's cool, I'll just go up this way!"

 "Oh, you are right...this is much faster than my way."

 Lyla gets her graceful sliding techniques...

...from her father.

 The partyers.

 Auntie Andie.

 Cake time!

 Best dinner.  Ever.

 Cousins.

 New super hero costumes from Grandpa Joe & DeeDee!

 Mmmmm, buttercream frosting.

 Decorating cupcakes.

 5th birthday cupcake!

 Birthday morning!

 Birthday Morning Take Two: BabeeBaba's House.

 More Legos!!

 Remote control cars in the driveway!

 "I love being outside!!!"

 Wow, Boo...that's a big icicle you have.