National Zoo

We went down to the National Zoo a few weeks ago and had a great time. The kids loved the pandas!

 

 

All the walking wore Brayden out and he took a nap. The little nap was enough to recharge him for the rest of the day.

Roommates

Aliya and Brayden are now roommates! We converted the guest room into their new room and tried to make it nice and cozy for them. Aliya's room is back to being the guest room and Brayden's room is going back to being a nursery. We never got around to repainting his room so that is making it pretty easy to convert it back to a nursery.    

They love their new room and being roommates. The big challenge is bedtime. They just want to play and talk. I love that they are buddies and get along so well for the most part. But, they are staying up way too late, which makes getting them up in the morings for school very difficult. We are hoping the newness wears off soon and they are able to go to bed at a more reasonable hour. We've split them up and moved Brayden back into his old room a few times. We're keeping the crib as a toddler bed in Bryaden's old room for awhile yet so we can split them up when necessary.

 

Easter

We had a great Easter weekend that started with coloring eggs on Saturday.

Then on Sunday morning, the kiddos got dressed in their church clothes and came downstairs and hunted for their Easter baskets. The Easter Bunny left them some great treats. After checking out their Easter baskets, we headed off to church. Then in the afternoon, we went back to church and had a pot luck there with some friends in the fellowship hall. The dads hid eggs in the gym and the kids had a great time looking for them. Everyone then played in the gym for awhile since it was raining outside and we couldn't get out to play. We all had a great time.

 

Aliya didn't want to wear her hat in church for the pictures so Roberto put it on. I think it's a nice look for him! 

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 Here are the kids with the Schreiber girls. We didn't make it to church in time for the annual group photo with the rest of the crew, but at least we managed to get a picture with the Schreibers.