New stuff

We've had a pretty great March! Here is the low down.....
We started off the month celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday, because I love me some Dr. Seuss:) We had green eggs and ham.  Well, I didn't have any ham so we had green eggs and pancakes:) Mina was NOT a fan!

 The boys didn't seem to mind:)

Although everyday for a week they said "don't make green eggs, mom!" Here I was thinking I was being a cool mom;) We also did a "thing" craft

and some "one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish" jello;)

Everyone liked that:)

Our Big Boy finally got a big boy bed! Before:

After:

He really likes it:) And he's so cute and proud!

I'm not holding my breath on the next big step...big boy potty!
Magdalena started using her Bumbo seat too! I think she likes it:)

Magdalena started rolling over too!
Almost there.....

Success!

 Max has been enjoying his Karate.

And we have been enjoying our baby girl:)

I think our horsey is at capacity!

Papa paid a visit to his fan club:)

We started a little Easter countdown this week:) We read some scripture surrounding Holy week, discuss it,  and -of course- the kids get to open an egg with candy in it;)

John and Lena enjoyed some tummy time

and today we dyed some Easter eggs! The kids were pretty excited:)

In true Gaitan fashion, we got Easter egg tattoos!:)

I was taking a picture of Mina tattooing her egg and I managed to catch Max squirting vinegar in his eye

Magnus got a little tired toward the end.

But he perked up a little later:)

Almost done.

We horsed around waiting for the eggs to dry:)

This picture made me remember this

Aww, baby bee:) John spent some time with Magdalena too:)

After the eggs were dry it was time to put on the tattoos!

They sucked!

That's John's "really" face:) The tattoos totally didn't work at all:( The cousins would appreciate Max's response.

So we took matters into our own hands and got some sharpies and drew on them:)

 John's creation

a "Slayer" Easter egg. How appropriate.
The kids did pretty well too

I'm not sure if Magnus made this egg or not but he sure likes it:)

Then we had a nice Skype session with Poppi:)

It was a month of so many new things! Now onto another!

February

It's been a little more quiet around these parts.  Well, not really, but not too much has been picture worthy;)We did have some fun introducing the kids to a right of passage.

They were a hit, of course.

 I can't believe how big Mina is getting! Here she is all dressed up for her first book club meeting:)

She is doing so well in school and loves to read American Girl books:) They decided that the next book for book club will be "Little House in the Big Woods":) Should be fun!

Max started Karate! It's pretty cute:)

Here he is practicing his Karate face.

I'm sure I'm right when I say that it's the cutest Karate face EVER:) He's loving it! And doing well:) He can't wait to get his yellow belt:)

I'm sure I'll have more pictures to post next month:)

Here's some random cuteness of Magnus.

 He loves to play his "ee-ha" and sing:)

He's saying more words now but you still have to try to decipher most of it;)

Magdalena is such a beautiful baby!

She is 4 months old now! Time is flying by! She is so sweet and a great sleeper:)

We can't imagine our family without her:)
Stay tuned for next month.  I think someone might be getting a "big boy" bed!