Easter Weekend Part I: Tulips!

Just a dad, two kids, and some flowers

Callie says:

Happy Easter everyone! Just winding down for bed here after one of the busier weekends of the year so far. The weather was nice, we had a lot of (well photographed) fun, and we'll blog about it in a three part series.

On Friday afternoon/evening, we decided to get out of the house and check out the nearby tulip fields in Mount Vernon. The crowds are usually huge, so going on a Friday was smart. The flowers were pretty, and I think I've just about convinced daddy to tear out the grass in the back yard and make one big tulip field of our own.

STOP! I wanna smell the flowers!

Really? Pictures here too?

One of many attempts at a good picture..

One of these flowers is different (the one w/ pigtails)

Stop Flowers! Be nice to my sister!

Pulling the wago away from the shadow

Telling daddy that pink flowers are the best

I spy something......red.

Doing some windsprints

You gotta try these crackers

Video: Tulip Running

So long, farewell

Balance Beams and Cows ARE a Good Mix

Cohen: Our own personal Clydsedale

Callie says:

As is the case more often than not these days, this entry is mostly just some fun pictures. Since it's been a bit nice the last few days, we have been able to get back outside for our nightly walk/wagon ride/bike ride/scooter ride/shoulder ride/skateboard ride/rollerskate ride, which generally involves a trip to the park. Enjoy the pics!

Goes straight for the slide!

Can we go up the slide? YES WE CAN!

Staring contest....with...

duh... a cow! what else?

COW! GET OVER HERE!

Please excuse my bossy sister, Mr. Cow.

The woodchips are hot lava!

Whoa! That was close!

Running away to avoid leaving the park

Cohen literally had to DRAG her away

and decided just to keep pulling

and pulling...

and pulling...

Homeward Bound! (great movie, btw)

Video: Child Labor

Nice for mommy and daddy, bumpy ride for Callie

Seriously. REALLY bumpy.

Gotta get home!

Balloon Party!

This looks like Megamind's head!

Callie says:

Tonight we had an impromptu balloon party. Not much else to say about it. Luckily, our staff photographer was on site, so here's some footage.

Cohen always walks thru pictures

Can you center the shot next time?

I think pink balloons are my favorite

Doesn't everyone hang out at home in their underwear?

Video: Balloon chaos

Where'd they all go?

Really dad? enough with the pictures.

Even growls at balloons

Static electricity does crazy things to a girl's hair

Getting kinda sleepy...

and out!

Bunnys and Colored Eggs

How long do we have to wait?!

Cohen says:

I'm still trying to figure out the tie between a big magic bunny that brings candy, and decorating eggs in a variety of colors, but even if it doesn't quite make sense, I like every bit of it. Last weekend we saw Hop, and while it was good, it still left me without a full grasp on the Easter Bunny. Oh well - I still love all bunnies, whether they are real, magic, chocolate, or toasted marshmallow.

Maybe I'll just put my hand in the pink bowl...

Callie working on the concept of "gentle"

Video: Small kids + colored dye = brave mommy

Yellow and Blue makes GREEN!

Tonight was a bit of a test run, and mommy says that we are going to decorate more eggs later, but I think they came out pretty good. I'm not sure if you've ever tried dipping an egg in blue, then pink, then yellow, then blue, then green, then licking it, then blue, but it comes out pretty awesome! We'll to try to share pictures of the next batch too. Until then....

Callie = Process Control

Callie didn't really want to stop

A Natural Striker

Coming to a pitch near you

Callie says:

At some point in time, Michael Jordan was given his first basketball, Wayne Gretzky tried on his first pair of skates, and some weird Russian kid was probably given his first Chess set. If you listened to my brother Cohen, you'd get quickly get the impression that he would add April 12, 2011 into that conversation as the first time he played semi-competitive soccer. I hardly think you'll see him in Europe anytime soon, but I suppose he did pretty good for his first time out.

Video: Pregame shoot-around

Showing some finesse

Wait, you can't use hands?

Getting some quality instruction

Pretty like Beckham, skilled like Messi

All joking aside, tonight was pretty fun for Cohen, and it was definitely fun to watch him. He started playing in the 3-5 year old soccer league, and even though he's only 3, he was close to as big as anyone out there, and definitely the cutest.

Tonight was less of a competitive game, and more of a practice / skills competition. There were 3 teams on the field going thru different drills. We caught one of them on video below. Check it out!

Roaring like a bear is effective

Video: The Cone Drill

Soccer is EXHAUSTING!

Using only 1 soccer ball is for wimps...

After practice was over, I had a chance to get out and kick the ball around a bit. I tried to wait until the older kids left so that they didn't feel bad when they saw my magic. Maybe I can get a waiver to play early. I'm pretty sure I can hold my own.

Sounds like Cohen will be playing at 4:30 the next few Tuesdays, so if you wanna come watch with us, let mommy and daddy know!

Board play

You can't stop this!

See ya next time!