a friday night at our house.

we got a little crazy on friday night {per noah's defination and all}. we put the tent up, made some rice krispie treats and snuggled in to watch wHeRe tHe WiLd THinGs arE. noah had a blast, and i think was most excited that said events occurred after his baby sister went to bed. i was a little surprised at his request to make rice krispie treats though. until he reminded me that we had that as our snack when we went to see the movie last summer in the theatre. gosh i'd love to get my hands on that memory!! none the less, daddy watched it best, followed by mommy and then noah came in a distant third since there were train tracks to be built in the near vicinity. ahhhhh, his love for trains is never ending.......

{thanks for hanging out with us little buddy- we had such a great time!!}

st. patty's celebration.

we had a fun st. patty's day this year- and fantastic spring like weather that we ate up. and apparently sissy was in entertaining mode. she made her big brother laugh.it.up before we headed over to nana's house for a bit. silly girl.

she rocked her shades and shamrocks from the pink jelly bean
and of course- noah rocked them too......

{i knew they wouldn't last.....i'm surprised, however, that the bow is still in.....}

what's a guy to do when there are snack choices to make? why, just take them both of course. and in separate bowls none the less as it is completely unacceptable for them to mix. edder.edder.edder. no need to steer the fire truck either. score one for noah.

{thanks for not dragging your feet too buddy and tearing up the toe again......}

ainsley meets hazel.

new friends......

what do you wear when you channel surf?

ains is pretty sure a diaper with a pair of her big brother's "diegos" is completely appropriate. she does look smashing, doesn't she?

girls weekend.

girls weekends. there's nothing better. each year {well, for 2 years now} we've gotten together with college roomies and good friends for a nice weekend. ains and i had a blast. that said, i'm pretty sure there was some discussion regarding future weekends and the presence of below said sweet children. something to be said about some girl time sans these little ankle biters. we were lucky though cause ryder's awesome grandma came down and stayed with the kiddos one night so us gals could enjoy a night out. it was fantastic!! {we missed you erin!} so here they are- and i totally snagged this pic off of erin's blog!

ains gave lots of open mouth kisses to becks. we're going to have to work on that before she gets too old. at least she's going to have to learn to keep her tongue in her mouth- geesh girly! and ryder loves to cheese it up for the camera. his mom must give him a break from time to time.....

so much fun having a littler baby to snuggle- baby zach is so sweet!

and ainsley was in awe over many a things that ryder was doing. i'm sure he got a little tongue to the face for whatever he did here.....

all in all a fantastic weekend!! thanks gals- looking forward to next year already!!