Weekending

 my beautiful sister-in-law Kristen and Kenna

 story time with Aunt Kristen

 Kenna the ham!

 camilla bush in bloom

 the first of the wild strawberry blossoms

 new life emerging

 a style her own

 where did my two year old go?

We had a wonderful weekend.  Probably the first low key weekend we have had in awhile.  It started off with a visit from Aunt Kristen and Uncle Spencer.  The kids are usually a bit shy at first, but are quick to warm up.  By the end of the evening, MaKenna was cuddling with both K and S and was giving hugs and "I love you's".  It was sooo sweet and I couldn't help but to think how lucky my kids are to have them in their life.  They absolutely adore them!  And since the weather was gorgeous, we spent a lot of time outdoors soaking in the spring sunshine and noticing all the changes happening.  Our yard is bursting with new life and we are all excited that spring is here.  Next to fall, it is our favorite season!  I was also able to accomplish a bit of spring cleaning...decluttering, sorting through old clothes and setting aside for donation, rearranging of rooms.  Peter and I finally have a grown up bed and we moved our old mattress into Parker's room since it was large enough for it.  Now MaKenna and Jacob share a bed and Blake is back to having his own room. As a result of the shifting of beds, we took apart the crib sniff sniff.  She is just getting so big so quickly, growing up a little too fast for this mama.  But at the same time, it has been a lot of fun seeing her develop into her own person.  Her strong opinion for what she wears, both clothing and shoes (boy does this girl love shoes!), the way she turns everything into a song, how she tries to "mother" her brothers, my constant shadow.  I still have to remind her that she is not quite big enough to do everything that they do.  Most times she accepts that, but sometimes, not so much.  It can be so hard being 2!

We ended our weekend with a family hike.  The boys wanted to go to the greenway, so we decided to find a part we haven't walked yet.  About half way there, MaKenna said she didn't want to go to the greenway....she wanted to go to the purpleway.  We all had a good chuckle at that.  Turns out she was right anyways as the violets were in bloom and bountiful along the trail.  We had to hold back from picking them all.

It was a good weekend indeed!