Greenbrier Girl

She likes wearing her school T.

Bedhead

Now that it has been cut, Benji's hair is ridiculous when he gets up in the morning (and for much of the day)

Cheese!

You can really see those new teeth growing in here.

I Like Beans

Haircut!

Cakes

Benji's birthday cakes. A bus (what else?):



And two cars:



It was gratifying to hear him, when he first got up his birthday morning, pad into the kitchen, point to the cake, and yell "buuus!"

Benji's Birthday Party

Lots of kids. Lots of play-doh. Lots of running around:

Gifts

We spread Benji's gift opening out so that he woudl have tiem to enjoy all of his new toys. We opened gifts from Kevin's family on Sunday, and boy was Benji excited:



Who knew a suitcase could be so much fun?:



Nifty tunnel from Uncle Tom and Christine:





And a trike from Uncle Chris and Aunt Annmarie (well, the handlebars are fun! Daddy is still putting the bike together):

Softball

Abby had her first softball game this past Saturday, complete with opening ceremonies for the whole league. It was a long morning, but the girls were good sports and had a blast playing "real" ball. Here they are lined up to walk onto the field:


Walking in:



All the teams on the field:



Abby, in the ready position:



Hanging out in the dugout:

Playing Catch-up

We have not had a chance to post this months pictures, so we are going to dump a ton of catch-up posts on the site today and tomorrow. Regular posts will resume next week. :)

Catch-up Posts: Passover

We spent Passover with my cousins in Maryland. Jeffrey, age 9, was enthralled by Benji, who thought J was pretty nifty, too. The two made quite a pair for the evening.

At the Zoo

While we were up in DC, we decided to take a quick trip to the zoo. Definitely not enough time (and too close to nap), but it was fun to see it again.

Softball

Abby had her first softball practice a few weeks ago. She enjoyed it more than expected, and it has turned into a fun family activity (Benji, in particular, loves being out on the field):

He also tries really hard to join in on practice. Here he is trying to line up to bat:



Abby practicing fielding:



And batting:

10 Miles!

Kevin ran the Charlottesville 10-miler on April 3rd. We made it out to watch him cross the finish line. He did the race in good time (about an 8 minute pace), but there are a lot of FAST runners in Cville. After watching hundreds of people cross the finish line, including gray haired women and pre-teens, Abby asked "Mommy, is daddy going to come in last?" Luckily, just then we caught site of him:

Eggstravaganza

After the 10-miler, we decided to head to the Easter Egg hunt at Charlottesville High School. Abby was excited to meet the Easter Bunny and score some extra candy:


The hunt itself was nothing special, just candy strewn across the lawn, but Abby enjoyed it:



Benji seemed confused at first, but then got the hang of it. I am not sure he understood there was candy, but he likes picking things up and putting them into bags:

Birthdays

To top off a busy day, we headed to the playground to celebrate Graham and Georgia's 3rd birthday. Both kids made new friends and had a great time:

Easter Pictures

April Fools!

For once, Abby was not anticipating an April Fools' Day trick, and we got her good this year. Kevin told her that we were having "breakfast for dinner" because he was running late, and put Cheerios and a glass of juice on the table:



Her first hint that something was wrong was when her juice did not come out of the cup when she tried to drink it:



After realizing it was jello, she looked more closely at the cereal, which was actually potato soup with cheerios floating on top. Fooled ya!

Just the Girls

The Pierces came for dinner on Saturday, and Abby was thrilled to discover that she and Elayna were both wearing pigtails and sunglasses. Ah, the little things in life....

Kidvention

Fun weekend activities:

The Office

This was not as helpful to my work day as it might appear: