Being Taught by the "Missionaries"

Most days I wonder if I'm doing what I should as a mother. Then I have days like today.

And then I got a lesson.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: We have the BEST children in the world. They came to us like this; our job is to continue to teach them and be willing to be taught by them. Days like today let me know that we must be doing something right.

Just Having Fun

We've been trying to have fun this spring before it gets too hot outside. We are EAGERLY anticipating summer vacation when we get to spend more time with Daddy. (However, Larkin will be teaching some classes at a local college for 8- to 14-year-olds this summer. He'll only be teaching in the mornings, so we'll still get afternoons, evenings, Fridays, and weekends with him. Not too bad, we say.)

We've been playing with Josh,

watching Josh learn to crawl, (He hasn't mastered it yet, but he's SOOOOO close!)

making fun food ("watermelon pancakes"),

learning about cool things in preschool (e.g., space unit with astronaut ice cream)

and going on field trips.

We also spent some time entertaining guests

and visiting San Antonio (more pictures of Andrea and Zach's trip are up on Le Sueur Street).

All in all, we're having a fun spring. Here's to a great summer!

Easter

We had a wonderful Easter, despite having some stuffy noses. It started a week early, with someone ringing our doorbell. We opened the door to find this sign:

We had been "egged" - someone hid 24 Easter eggs in our front yard! The twins had a blast finding them all.


We colored Easter eggs with Uncle Zach and Aunt Andrea while they visited us last week.



Since the kids had already gone on an egg hunt this year, the Easter bunny left them a note saying that instead of hiding eggs for them to find on Easter morning, he hid their Easter baskets! The hunt that ensued was pretty entertaining to watch.

Happy Easter!

Fun With Joshua

We love our Joshua. He makes us laugh and is a ton of fun to play with. Here are just a few quick samples of our big little guy.

William and Joshua are already fast friends. They love to play together and it is hard to tell who has more fun.



Joshua is going through more teething (yay!) and we were trying to keep him happy after dinner when we noticed his new talent. The fun part was when he began to understand what we were laughing at and then did it to entertain us. We played for 10mins. It is fun that he is starting to understand, even if it is just a little bit.

Spring Break - Le Sueur Style

This past week was Larkin's spring break. We opted to stay home and relax rather than going out of town. I'm SO GLAD we did! We had a wonderful week. Here are some of things we did.

Helped Daddy change a bulb in the car

Made a turtle cake/cupcakes with our friend Jennifer

Got a swing for Josh for our swing set and played outside

Went on a treasure hunt

Went to the playground


Gave Will and Daddy haircuts
Got teeth (two for Josh, one for Larkin)


Put together a puzzle

Played Heroscape (Sidenote: I totally schooled Larkin by having the character of The Flash on my team. To add insult to injury, it later came out that I've always thought that The Flash and Flash Gordon were the same person. Apparently, they are not.)

Learned how to make the walker move

Got matching ties for our boys


What a great week! Summer vacation will probably be similar. Anyone want to visit?

At the Circus

The circus came to town this week, and we were able to take the kids yesterday. The twins were SO EXCITED for it! Will wanted to see the clowns, and Anna was hoping to see "a girl, who, you know, spins a baton."

Here we are, waiting for the show to start.

At intermission, Larkin walked the twins around the different areas. There was a spot to ride on a real elephant, pony rides, pet and feed the llamas, have your picture taken with different circus performers, etc. Larkin kept asking them if they wanted to do any of those things, and they kept saying, "No thanks!" Because they were so good about not needing or wanting anything, Larkin really wanted to do something special for them. So they came back to our seats with cotton candy!

We weren't supposed to take pictures during the performance, but I had to sneak some shots of the elephants. They were so cool!


In the end, we all had our favorite parts of the show.
Larkin - the motorcycle guys

Allyson - the elephants
Will - the motorcycle guys ("but not when the girl was in there")
Anna - the part when the clown's car was on fire

Josh - the nap he took on Larkin's lap during the second half

We had such a fun time at the circus!

Joshua Kisses!

Josh LOVES to give kisses. It is very sweet and loving, but you usually need a towel when he is finished. His kisses get a little slobbery.

He was especially fond of Mom tonight.

Anyone else want some "Joshua kisses"?