Coen Attempts to Sing the Alphabet

I know it sounds nothing like the alphabet but he seems to think it does and it's pretty cute. Notice the shoe? Coen has a major shoe fetish like Paige did (Remember Dana- Paige and Audrey's shoes?).He likes to put on, carry around and eat shoes.

Easter Festivities

Our Easter festivities started out on Saturday morning when we colored eggs. Paige and Johnny loved it. We only did a dozen eggs since that was pretty much all I had. They each got to write their names on the eggs and they loved this. We didn't do anything fancy with the eggs, just color them with normal colors (I know I am a boring mom). They loved it anyway.

(Paige and Johnny looking at the final product)

(Johnny looking at his egg with his name on it)

(Paige showing the camera the egg with her name on it)

After we colored eggs we headed over to my sister's house and had an Easter egg hunt. My kids look forward to this every year. Not only do they get candy but they get money too. I guess I should say that Paige looks forward to it more because she is really motivated by money. Coen could care less about the eggs. He just wanted to play in their little play house and shovel rocks.

Then came Sunday. We went to church and then came home and got ready for family to come and eat at our house. We had 14 adults and 4 kids. It was a lot of fun. Before the family came I attempted to get pictures of the kids. None of them turned out of course but I will still share them because they are pretty funny. Coen did not want to cooperate at all as you can tell.

Easter was great this year. It is so fun to see your kids get excited for holidays. Last night we we had FHE and Paige read an Easter story and then we did an activity that our primary handed out with eggs. Paige was the only one participating but it was so great that Paige could read the story and tell us why we celebrate Easter. It's moments like these that make you realize the important responsibility we have as parents to teach our children about Christ. I am so grateful for the Gospel in my life and the knowledge that I have about the Resurrection and the Atonement.

18 Months

Coen is 18 months today. I can hardly believe it. Most of you know what that means....NURSERY. Outside of Mormon culture I am sure that 18 months is not a big milestone but in the Mormon culture a mother and father long await this milestone. You no longer need to cart your restless child with you during all of your church meetings. Now I might be able to listen to a Sunday school lesson!! Coen is growing so fast. He now is talking more and his personality is getting more prominent. He is such a sweet kid and is such a ham. He loves to play catch with anyone. He loves Johnny's Woody doll and will carry it through the house and put Woody's hat on his head and when it falls off he will just laugh and laugh, it is pretty hilarious. He also loves to compete with his brother on who can scream the loudest in the car (Not my favorite). He also loves when we are driving and when we are going down a hill he will scream "Whee" all the way down the hill. He is also the only child of mine that has a favorite stuffed animal that we call "bear, bear" that he has to have with him when he sleeps. When we go in and check on him at night he is usually cuddling up to his "bear, bear". It is so cute. He is quite an adventurer and we love this about him. We are so glad he is part of our family. Happy 18 month Birthday COEY!

Caught Red Handed

Coen is by far my most busy child. He gets into everything. From the trash, my makeup, my feminine products, Paige's jewelry. It is amazing the things this kids gets into. For the past few weeks John has been coming home and getting upset because someone had pushed his books in on his bookshelf. Any of you that know John know he is pretty obsessive about his books. So I had a pretty good idea who was getting into his books but I didn't know for sure because I hadn't caught him in that act. Well, today I did.

(Making the Climb)

(Making it to the peak)

(Preventive measures in place)

(Sitting and contemplating his next move)

What a Turkey!:)