This post is chronologically backwards because I’m more excited to share this years Tulip Festival pictures, than the boring happenings of everyday life.

Though it looks like he’s intelligently contemplating why a red tulip would be among the yellow ones, this is actually as close as he would get to “smell” them.

Here’s another pretty “reject.”

A SMILE!!!!  So hard to come by in pictures these days…

yum, yum, yum…. tulips!

Giving mommy “the look!”

In other happenings…

Nathaniel and Samantha and I made cookies for Easter.

And, our typical silly boy, always coming up with ways to make us laugh!

He crawled into his basket of Legos in order to play with them, without any prompting.

You’ll be glad to know this doesn’t end like I would predict.  He didn’t actually fall, just got the toy he needed from the other bin and sat back down!

As the rain has returned, it’s time to update the blog.  I really wish I could be better about this, it just seems like such a process to get the camera downstairs, get the pictures off of it, and make sure it gets back upstairs so I don’t miss something wonderful, and then remember to blog about the pictures once Nathaniel’s in bed!

Though this isn’t the greatest picture, it’s sometimes hard to capture their hugs on camera, despite how frequently they happen.  Nathaniel has started to ask us for hugs occasionally, he says “ Be Huh” for “Big Hug?”

There are tons of pictures from Nathaniel’s birthday party, but here are a choice few.

As soon as Nicole broke out her phone, Nathaniel was by her side, ready to learn.  He loves cell-phones, but I think most kids do!

The slide in the living room was a favorite for the kids.  Taking turns was a little tough, but they did pretty well.

Nathaniel opening his gifts, Ella helping so nicely!

Everyone in AWW over Nathaniel’s new Melissa and Doug Touch-N-Feel puzzle.

The classic “it’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to” moment.

More Duplos!!!  Always a hit in this house!

The infamous cake.  We took this picture with the intent of trying to duplicate it ourselves next year.

YUM!!! That was some GOOD cake!

The last weekend in March, my mom and I took Nathaniel to Westport for our first visit to the beach.  It was so stormy on the only day I had any energy (thanks to Nathaniel’s lack-of-sleeping ability in a strange place).  We only took a brief walk on the beach to get some photos as proof that he finally made there!  Of course, he was most interested in running straight for the water, which got quite exhausting, quite quickly!

So much for all the sand-toys he has!

Last weekend we went to an Easter Egg hunt hosted by the mom’s group I’m part of.  It was a blast!  Nathaniel got the hang of it pretty quickly.

Until next time…