Peeps

Dallin came into my room and said, "Mom, Dad's eating a nasty, nasty, nasty bird!" I was a little shocked and started into the kitchen to find out what he was talking about. And yes, I was a bit nervous because it's Doug we're talking about...You never know! I saw Doug and just cracked up. He was standing over the stove roasting a peep! I agree with Dallin...Nasty Birds!

Shell and All

Brooke and Dallin loved decorating Easter eggs. However, they loved eating them even more. I was missing an egg and figured that Brooke had taken it. After looking everywhere, I found it under the place mat. She had taken a bite out of it...shell and all. Since then I have found several more eggs like this around the kitchen. I guess she just couldn't wait!

Easter

The Saturday before Easter Doug and I took the kids over to a local park for their annual Easter egg hunt. It costs $1 to get into the park and for that small price the kids get loaded with sugar and entertainment all day. We had a lot of fun!

Dallin loves the ladies!



Brooke loved looking for eggs. The poor girl was sweating like crazy
the whole day. It was eighty degrees out, but also really humid. We
all had wet hair by the end of the day.



Dallin was so excited to see Mickey. We waited in line, but by
the time we got to the stairs Dallin was a little nervous. Mickey asked
if he wanted to sit on his lap, but Dallin said, "No, I just sit by you."

Dallin's favorite part of the day was the Bounce House.
He's a great jumper!!

mascara

Mascara. What a horrible thing. Yesterday I was switching out the laundry and when I came back into the front room I was faced with a major disaster. Dallin had gone in the bathroom and taken my mascara. Within the few short minutes I was doing laundry, he managed to brush his teeth and Brooke's teeth with the mascara wand and then wipe the remainder on the couch. Not to mention the huge black puddles on the floor from all their drool! If I hadn't been so mad I would have gotten some pretty incredible pictures! I put Dallin in timeout which made Brooke go crazy! (She hates it when he gets in trouble)...and then I started to clean up the mess. When I went to get Dallin from his room and asked why he was in trouble, he said, "I brush Brookey's teeth??" I couldn't believe it. He really didn't see the harm in anything that he had done. After all, he was just trying to help her out.

Simple Success

Brooke finally figured out how to use the straw! She was so proud of herself.

Play Group

Dallin is in a play group with three friends every Tuesday morning (Kennedy, Ella, and Lane). This week it was at our house so I was able to get some pictures. They were having too much fun playing to stop and pose, but I did get some action shots.

My Florida Snowmen

Dallin informed me yesterday that they were snowmen. I'm surprised I got Brooke happy...she was not enjoying the bubbles on her head.

Sleeping or Studying???

I got after Doug the other day because every time he says he is going to our room to study, I find him asleep instead. The only way to get him up and back to the books is to stick a kid on him.

Doug claims that he rarely falls asleep, but admits that his Pharmacy class is awfully boring. Well, yesterday Dallin said, "Mom, where's Dad?" I told him he was studying. Dallin then said, "Well, can I go wake him up?"
I rest my case.

Nana and Papa

My parents came down to visit this last week for a few days and we had a great time. Dallin was so excited and Brooke loved following Nana around and sitting on Papa's lap. We are so lucky to have such great parents! Since they have been out to see us and Julie so many times there wasn't much we could do that they hadn't done before. So it was nice to just relax and enjoy each others company.

Elder James Dester

My little brother left on his mission at the beginning of February. He is actually already in Toronto, Canada and I can't wait to hear from him. He was supposed to be in the MTC until April, but because he already speaks Portuguese they ended up sending him out 6 weeks early. Last Wednesday was the day he ended up flying out of the airport, which also happened to be the day that my parents were flying to Florida to visit us. It was a great surprise when they ran into each other under the flight screens at the airport!! We are so proud of James and know that he will be a great missionary.

Dallin was especially excited when I told him that James was going on his mission. He was jumping up and down and said, "Yeah, Dames going on a mission...Dames coming to my house for dinner!" I guess we really need to talk to Dallin a little more about what a mission is. His only knowledge of missionaries is that they come to our house for dinner!

Hair!

Brooke's hair is finally long enough to put in a bow. I don't know if this is a good thing or not because I am not very good with hair, but at least I can start using the bows that I made!

Orange Blossom Parade

I don't know that there are many things that Doug looks more forward to than parades and fairs. I think that it is a combination of the fair food, excitement, and relaxed group of people that would not miss this event for the world. Doug has been excited for weeks to take the kids and he put off all studies until the next week for this event. Keep in mind that this is the Davie town parade... very small, but well attended. We enjoyed a day to relax and eat giant turkey legs, greek salads, and of course funnel cakes!

Time Out!

The other day Dallin was sent to his room for coloring on the wall...Later, he was sent to his room for pushing Brooke...Once again he went to time out for not obeying, and a final time for dumping water on Brooke. It doesn't matter how many times he goes to time out or for what reason, Brooke always cries and bangs on his door until it is time for him to come out. She gets so upset when he gets in trouble!

Lizards

Dallin lives for lizards. He has two real pet lizards that live outside in a hole under our stairs. Well, they are the neighborhood lizards, but he seems to think that they are just his. He looks for them every time we go to get into the car and he could sit and watch them for hours. One of them is about 6 inches long and the "mom" is about 10" long. Papa Richie knows how much he loves hunting for lizards and sent him a fake one for Valentines Day. Dallin loves his lizard so much and takes great care of it. The other day he asked me if I would let him go outside because his lizard was hungry and needed to find some bugs to eat. It is never too difficult to find bugs in Florida so we just had to step out the front door and found plenty. Dallin didn't dare touch them but he kept telling Brooke, "Bookie, dust (just) pick it up...pick it up Bookie...come on...it's dust a bug Bookie." Brooke will pick up anything, and fortunately I caught her before she ate it!

Too Many Toys!

The kids had a blast emptying all the toy bins into the crib last week. It was a little humorous the first time, but it has happened several times since and has now lost its charm. I don't know why I even try to organize any of the toys into bins!