Trip to Medford

Me and the girls took a trip down to Medford with Caleb's mom and sister Anna to visit Scott and Sarah. It was fun to see everyone, and eventhough we didn't go anywhere, it was nice to visit. Anna I think had the most fun because she got to visit all her friends that she left in Medford when they moved to Portland. We tried to have Noah and Megan take a bath together, but Megan didn't like that idea. They played well together most of the time, but for some reason whenever the lincoln logs got dumped out Noah would grab the biggest one and run over to hit Megan on the head, it was kinda funny.
Here are all the cousins together and smiling. Which is hard to do with kids.

Alyssa had fun playing dress up with Julia.

Trip to Utah

Right after the tax season ended, we decided to take a trip to Utah to visit family and to let Caleb take a break from working so hard. My parents loved seeing the grandkids and it was fun seeing some of Caleb's brothers as well. We went to the Salt Lake City children's museum, which was a lot like the portland children's museum, but still really fun. Alyssa went shopping for some milk.
She worked the crane, we tried to have her lift Megan up in the basket, but Megan squirmed to much.

There was also a helicopter up on the roof which was fun for me to see as well as Alyssa.

We also went to the aquarium in Sandy and Alyssa was captain of the boat.

Touching the stingrays and fish! Alyssa was to afraid.

Our trip was not complete until Alyssa took a trip to the duck pond, she actually went like three time.

Easter

Instead of mixing Alyssa with coloring dye I decided to just let Alyssa paint a few eggs, she really enjoyed it and ate them all when she was done.

Here Alyssa is examining her handiwork, and yes, I also cut her hair. It was the first time I have done it by myself because I usually make my mom do it. I think it turned out pretty good, and her bangs are almost as long as her hair now.

Megan just shared eggs with Alyssa and she didn't like the bunny ears much, but i did snap a few pictures before she took them off.

Alyssa got fingernail polish.

A necklace.

A jump rope.

And of course candy!!
They share pretty good together.

Fun at home

Alyssa discovered make up the other day and she put it on all my herself. She even put some on me.
All things considering, she did an okay job.

Aunt Anna dressed Megan up in one of Alyssa's princess dresses, and it actually fit pretty good.

Cupboards are always fun!

Videos and Dare to compare!

Lots of people ask me if the kids look the same, I think that they do except for the obvious hair and eye color issues, but you can make your own comparison (the pink pj's is Megan).

Megan and Alyssa get along well most of the time, but they always have the most fun in the tub. Megan especially likes the bath, if she is in the living room and hears the water she crawls toward the bathroom as quickly as she can. The video is a little long, but I kept waiting for more cute things to happen.

Alyssa is forever the dancer! I know I have put up other videos like this one, but I think they are all funny.



Here is one of those rare moments when the two kids get along well. Most of the time one starts crying because the other is trying to play and doesn't do it right. For example, Alyssa takes toys from Megan and says 'thank you for sharing Megan' while Megan cries because her toy is taken away. Then Megan will pull Alyssa's hair while she is laying down and Alyssa yells "Megan stop!" Also Megan has learned to turn off the TV and Caleb and Alyssa get so mad at her and she knows it. She just turns around and smiles when we exclaim 'Megan!!"

Portland pictures

I know this picture looks boring, but this plant grew in a little bit of dirt that got stuck in the crack in the trunk of our car. This is an excelent example of primary sucession! (I knew my geography would come in handy one day)
This is a picture from our balcony, it is not the rocky mountains, but it beats just our neighbors yard.

It is sort of strange living in a big city, this is the 6 lane highway that we have to cross to get to the park.

I sometimes give Megan a cracker to suck on while I prepare dinner and I guess it was just too much work to eat it because she feel asleep when she was done.

Megan is very good natured she loves to smile! Alyssa likes to smile too, but I haven't taken as many pictures of her recently for some reason, I will try to take some more soon.

They really doo like each other, most of the time, until Megan borrows Alyssa favorite shirt and spills spagetti sauce all over it (I'm not looking forward to those types of fights).

Fun Day

We went to the childrens museum in Portland and it was really fun. It was for kids under 10 so Alyssa fit in just fine. Caleb actually had a day off too so he was able to come.

face paint-Alyssa did it all by herself.

Even megan got in on the action