Special Moments

A couple of special moments happened in our family last week. Grandma came to meet baby Silas, and Silas started smiling. In the picture above, we captured both of these moments ;)

We love it when Grandma comes to visit. The kids love having her here. She plays with them, reads to them, listens to all their funny stories, and often brings them some new outfits. We also tend to do a lot of fun things when Grandma is in town, such as: going out to dinner, going on a field trip, and this time we took Grandma to visit our new neighborhood. 

We spent a day with Grandma at the zoo. Above is a picture of our kids admiring the peacocks. Below they are looking at the zebras.

Snack time.

And a couple of weeks ago, on an uncharacteristically hot day we closed our books and spent the day at Crescent beach. It was beautiful and we loved playing in the sand, and soaking up the sun. 

But when we went to bed, we found these "special surprises" under our pillows. "A liveing clam for Daddy" and "A liveing clam for Mommy." 

As in, Ella surprised us by putting living clams in our bed. Ew!

A couple of Wednesdays ago, it was wacky hair day at community class. This year we went all out!

Unfortunately, Ella was sick for this day. 

And unfortunately, I had to go grocery shopping at Costco with Karis that morning ;)

Last weekend we had a special brunch for Ms. Moo's birthday. 

Brotherly love.