I’ve become quite fond of the Istagram photo app on my phone lately, and I have the pictures to prove it.

Shopping for new ball gloves.

Yay for this weather!

35 weeks of baby growing.

Waiting for monkey bread.

Love it when Dad comes home early enough to get Blake off the bus.

Fancy girl, who is quite fond of this pose.

Sometimes the whole gang comes to get Blake off the bus.

Time for some projects.

Roly poly soup is served.

Just relaxing in the green grass.

Supervising the window washer.

Cozy tree spot.

Now this Gator is street legal (except for the expired sticker).

Fun at the zoo during Spring Break.

And so the tee ball season (a.k.a. season of torture) begins again.  If you’ll recall from years past, this isn’t necessarily an area where Blake excels…or is even moderately interested.  But Matt is determined to bond with Blake over baseball, so we will give it another shot this year and see how it goes.  Blake does seem to be showing at least some small bit of interest in hitting this year, and he will play catch with Matt for a few minutes at a time. 

Matt seems to think that if we had fewer toys, then Blake would be more interested in playing ball.  I’m fairly convinced that he’d rather play with sticks, dirt and rocks if we had fewer toys.  Actually, he plays with those things despite all the toys he has.  Alexandria, on the other hand, does like to play ball with Matt.  So maybe he will bond with her that way.  Either way, we have some entertaining tee ball practice photos.

Power swing.

The kids have had so much outside time with their friends lately.  There’s something about being outside that makes everyone happier too.

Alexandria got to meet some of her preschool buddies at the park for a playdate a couple of weeks ago.

And then we got to meet up with some of my very first childhood friends in Brighton a few days after that. 

The scene of the meet-up.

The adults didn’t require nearly so many shots as the kids.  Julia and Gretchen were our neighbors in Brighton on Victor St. in the early 80s.  They now live in Wisconsin and Georgia, so when they meet in Brighton at Grandma Huebener’s house, I try to track them down.  So fun to catch up!

Bonus–there are cows there!

And then we headed to Papa and Ma’s house for a bit to play.

Even before Spring was officially here, we had all the signs of it and some from summer as well.  So much green to soak up!

Popsicles and swings.  Maybe we are going to skip right to summer this year.

And I am sure Blake is resposible for the next several pictures…

I was busy trying to get all the weeds out of the landscaping before the rain started.

Alexandria crashing our neighbor’s family pictures on St. Patrick’s Day.

“Helping” Dad trim the bushes.

And then for some backyard tee ball with Dad and Dace.

And a few other random shots from this month.