I've been so lame lately, I haven't posted much at all. Sorry! Here's a little catch up........

Violet started ballet a few weeks ago and absolutely loves it. Her friends Brae and Grace are in the class as well and I know she really loves that. I also really love the fact that their mommies are there (my darling friends Lindsey and Emily) for me to talk with.

Violet and I had our "date" last Sunday and went to the museum so she could see the "Egyptian exhibit with REAL mummies!" We had such a blast. Of course that was the first place she wanted to go and then we went to the rest. I think the dioramas (I am pretty certain I spelled that wrong) came in second. Especially the Batswana area. It was so nice to take our time and answer all her questions without interruptions. When we got in the car she said-"I'm stoked that no boys are coming!"
That girl and I are inseperable and sometimes a little too much alike. This often leads to power struggles that I'm sure everyone that's close to me has witnessed.

My Spring Break was spent in Pueblo. Hell. The end.

Violet's spring break (the week after mine) was spent inside due to the blizzard. That is the worst nightmare of both Violet and me. We are NOT homebodies at all. It almost did me (us) in. Travis could stay in the house for a week as long as there were sports on T.V. and cereal in the cupboard. No thanks!

My poor sweet Ollie has croup. I knew once I heard the bark like cough that he was in for it. Poor baby. He is so sweet, he even tries in his sickness to be happy and smile-well the first day anyway. Today he had little red eyelids and a glazed over look. I wish I could take away his discomfort. I love him so much.

My big, mature, grown up boy popped a second tooth. That's right ladies-he's a man now. Watch out.

Travis is working his ass off towards the LSAT which he'll take on June 8th. Please pray that he does well so we don't end up somewhere icky. I couldn't take an icky move. I'm WAY too attached to my friends. (Kristin-remember you are NOT allowed to go anywhere!)

I was again growing out my hair. Got to about an inch longer than usual and snipped it. My awesome friend Kyrsten did it for me and I love it. I'm sure no one is surprised I gave it up (Emily!) I just need to come to grips with the fact that I will forever have short black hair. Done and Done.

I am really excited about the upcoming birthday parties for my kids. I love making a huge deal over them! I can't believe how fast this year has gone and my little bunny will be one and Violet will be four. Crazy!

My son,the Genius

Most people that know Ollie, know he is capable of a lot but the amount of energy it takes to display this, is just too much for him (he's VERY lazy)-especially when i bust out the camera. He says "ball" when he sees one, Says "hi" to us when we come into the room and waves. I got two out of three on the camera this morning and I'm stoked! I'll make sure to let everyone know when he starts crawling. I'm guessing he'll be about three when that happens. Damn he's sweet though!

Gillian, just let them be.

Friday mornings are one of the only days (this semester) that I have to fart around with my kids. This morning I decided very quickly, that I would take my future "scientist for big cats" to the zoo as a surprise. She was overjoyed when we pulled up to the zoo and said "oh thank you mom! thank you so much!" (sqish. my heart melted). Of course the first thing she said was I HAVE to see the lions first! Anyone who knows my Violet is not surprised by this. We went to see the lions first and then to the feline house. I kind was hurrying her because I wanted her to see more and then I thought to myself. Why am I hurrying her? She is in absolute heaven right now! I feel like I am so used to rushing all the time, but why do I do this? Why rush when the reason we have the zoo membership for my children? So we looked at every sign, stayed and watched the cats for a really long time (I kept Ollie occupied with snacks of course). We also saw the giraffes and some snakes but then decided we needed to go back to the lions again. It felt so good to not be on any schedule and just let my kids do what they love which is staring at the big cats for two hours for violet and for ollie-eating. So here's some pictures of the fun morning we had.