Tea Party (the non political kind)

While Audrey has zero reservations about diving into social interaction, she has always been VERY timid when presented with physical challenges (swingsets, soccer, roller coasters, etc.). I didn't think there was anyway she was climbing on a pony, no matter how small.



Well, we now officially have a little girl that says "Daaadddddy, I want a pony!!!!". Great.
Sam deciding he would be the "bad guy" who knocks the princess off her pony. Oh my, we are living the boy-girl stereotypes in real time.

We took a trip up north to see Lisa's cousin John and his family. Here are Sam and Aiden tickling the ivories. Well, if you can see Aiden's great finger technique . . . he is tickling . . . Sam is on the verge of . . . slapping the ivories?

Lisa's mom handed down some china so that Audrey could have an official tea party. Lisa grumbled that this is the same china that her mother absolutely would NOT let Lisa have a tea party with when she was a child. Hmmm, are you saying grandkids get special treatment? Who knew?! Anyway, Margaret and Audrey made cucumber sandwiches and tea cookies while putting on their Sunday best for Audrey's first real tea party. Great, great memory for Audrey.

And mommy came home as well to make the party complete. If you're thinking "why didn't Sam put on his Sunday best?", well then you haven't seen Sam's wardrobe! Frankly, he was lucky to get a seat at the table, odds were seriously against him getting the invite.

Based on Sammy's pinky placement snafu, I'm not sure he's making any follow-up tea party invite lists.

The weather was nice enough to do the old fashioned, outdoor, real egg easter egg hunt. Whoo hoo . . . until the kids realized there wasn't 1) candy, or 2) money inside the eggs. Spoiled little stinkers.

With the disappointment of not getting "free" money in the eggs, I used it as a learning opportunity to teach them about hard work. "Come on kids, let's go put that excess energy behind some elbow-grease!". Jeesh, I sound like my mom.

"Doin good Sam, doin good. Keep working the sponge in a circular motion while I go get the hose. Where's the hose? Sam have you seen the hose . . . ".

"WATCH OUT SAM, INCOMING!!!!!!!!".