Water Fun

The kids found this little and very fast crab when they were digging a deep hole on the beach.

This is Kapooka putting her toes in the ocean for the very first time. She wasn't too sure at first.

But, she got used to it quickly. She really enjoyed having Daddy take her out and she would kick the "wawa". The older kids really like swimming too. It turns out I didn't get a good picture of Wildcat in the ocean, but I love Skye's face here!

Kapooka spent close to an hour just sitting at the edge of the surf. She would just pick up handfuls of wet sand and throw them in the water. She would laugh when they would make a plopping sound. She would also laugh when a wave came up and got her. The older kids and Paul would go out and swim deeply or build sand castles while I did this with her. Sometimes, Wildcat and I looked for shells and built sandcastles while Daddy took Kapooka into the deep water. I thought the water was pretty cold. I went out chest deep once then just waded the rest of the time. Even then, it took me hours to warm up. I really just enjoyed being at the beach and looking at the water and playing with the kids on the WARM sand.

Next up...alligator pictures.

Playing in the Sand

Dad was a good sport and got buried. All of the kids got in on the action. They even found a crab as they were digging the hole.

Notice how pleased Skye is to be taller than Paul.

Wildcat and his sandcastle!

Kapooka sitting in a little hole just like Daddy!

Easter

My dad substitute taught a few days this year. He wanted to buy all of his girls a new Easter outfit. I love mine, and am going to wear it to Skye's open house too! Thanks Dad! My husband looks pretty sharp too.

The girls in their new Easter outfits. Wildcat, let's just be happy that his hair is combed. He is a 9 year old boy.

Kapooka, and I and Ma (Grandma) went to Build a Bear. This is Hoppy. Pooka loves Hoppy. Hoppy has bows that matched Kapooka's Easter dress. Hoppy was dressed for Easter too, so Hoppy had to come to church. Pooka was really pleased about all of that.

Kapooka in her new outfit. Notice the purse. She requested that Ma buy her that purse. Of course there was a white one too. She requested both, but Ma drew the line at one. The purse had chapstick and money for the offering. She was quite the little lady!

Right after church we went home and changed and started driving for vacation....those pictures will be up next!

Catching Up on Random Kapooka Cuteness

We finally downloaded a bunch of pictures. YAY! This means I can get caught up on sharing through our blog! I thought I would start with just sharing some randome Kapooka cuteness. She loves to dress herself. Can you tell?

Bubba's shoes and bike helmet and the too small jacket!

Mama's lipstick!

We call her the Blue Lump!

Two Year Pictures

Kapooka and her Bubba.

Bethany loved sitting on this couch. It was just her size!

Look at those eyes. They are beautiful!

She was playing hide and seek with her dog Spot. She thought it was great that she was wearing a dress with spots!

We have a picture from when she was one with these letters, so we thought we would continue the theme. What you can't really tell is that the dress is a 4T and is above her knees and starting to be short in the arms. She is our big girl at 37 1/2 inches and 37 pounds!

We've ordered real pictures, so hopefully family will be getting some in the mail in March, but since Christmas thank yous were written before New Years and are still sitting on the counter, we will see how the mailing out goes.

Go Colts

While I am officialy in mourning over the Colts loss and really don't want to talk about it. I did want to share one of my friends' blogs. This is why I am such a big fan of this organization. I am sure other teams have similar impacts in their cities, but this is my hometown. I love my Colts!

http://www.themcgfamily.blogspot.com/

Wildcat's Birthday!

Wildcat had a busy birthday weekend. He started by placing fourth in the area spelling bee. That was his goal, and we are really proud of him! Sunday was his birthday, and he got to have cake at home. He decided that he would like to skip a meal out, but go out for just cheesecake on a different day.

Tuesday, he found at that he gets to represent our school at the area speech meet. That night we had a light supper and headed to the Cheesecake Factory. We each got our own piece of cheesecake (a big splurge!). Wildcat was really happy that they put a candle in his.

Today, he woke up running a fever, so he got to come with Kapooka and I down to visit his grandparents. Kapooka got her haircut. The sides are FINALLY even with the back. She has been talking about cut and car for two days. She gets to sit in a pink car to get her hair cut (Grandpa and Grandma treat her to a Cookie Cutters haircut and then french fries after). Grandpa entertained Bethany and bought her a fake tomato for her play food while I bought new silk flowers for church. Grandma made yummy potato soup for lunch. Wildcat got to watch a movie and play lots of games with his grandparents. Grandpa took him to Halfprice Books to spend some birthday money. Wildcat read a lot the rest of the day.

Tomorrow is Kapooka's birthday, so we will fill you in on all her presents in her post. She has been practicing at blowing out candles though!