The Traditional Easter Photo 2013

Sara 7, Jonas 4, Callie and Tobin 2

Easter Eggs 2013

One family tradition is to dye Easter Eggs.  This year, Callie and Tobin were able to participate on their own.  They really enjoyed it!  Sara and Jonas were able to perfect their artistic flair.           

More Mackinaw City, Climbing the Overlook

Mackinac Island and Mackinaw City 2012

My apologies that these are so late being posted.  Our camera has not been working, so we've had few pictures to post.  Jon took some on his phone and I just recently got them to share.  We went for a 4 day stay to Mackinaw City and went to Mackinac Island for a day.  All four kids had a blast.  They love to travel.  The beach by the hotel left much to be desired, but we had fun anyway.  They tried to catch little fish with their hands, and Tobin freaked out about them.  We had beautiful weather, ate out (which I appreciated :), and just had fun being together.  They enjoyed the ferry ride to the island, biking around the island (which Sara did all by herself and made us work hard to keep up!), the butterfly house was a huge hit, and they loved hanging out by the water.

Pumpkins from 2012

This year we picked pumpkins as a family.  The kids had fun choosing their own.  Sara mostly carved her own - a peace sign - currently one of her favorite things.  Jon carved Batman for Jonas (I forgot to take a picture of it, though).  It's fun watching them get so excited about life!

Funny things they say...

Sara's favorite word is "disastrophe".  I love it!  It so aptly describes many things around here.  We have many disastrophes a day.

Jonas is obsessed with super heroes - The Incredibles, Spiderman, Batman, not so much Superman yet, but I'm sure it will come.  The other day he asked me if super heroes are real.  I told him they were not.  They are pretend.  He said, "It's okay mom. When I grow up I'll be a real super hero."

The other day we were at Target and Jonas saw a Batman image from far away.  We went closer to investigate.  When we got near them, I told her them they were underwear for men.  He said, "Mom, when I'm a man can you buy those for me and bring them to me in the Bat Cave?"  I said, "Yes, I can."  :)

Callie now calls Tobin, Tobin James when she is trying to get his attention.  If you take something from her she screams bloody murder, but if you ask her nicely if you can use or have something she politely says, "Yes, you may."

Tobin is our copy cat.  He repeats everything.  He's like a little parrot.  It's pretty cute how he picks up on everything and he adds it for emphasis.  The other day, I was getting pretty frustrated with him because he was screaming and yelling, so I raised my voice.  He looked directly at me and said, "Mom, don't yell at me."  Nothing like your words being directed right back at you...

Christmas 2012

 

 

 

 We had a wonderful Christmas this year.  The kids are all at really fun ages.  They were each so excited for Christmas.  They had a great time decorating - in fact, they did most of the work.  We started a new Advent Calendar this year that had a family activity for each day of December 1 - 25.  It was a fun way to remember what Christmas is about and to focus on spending time with each other instead of just rushing around.  We feel so blessed by these four young Bartholomays!