"march madness" as dad says

our handsome little man

okay, fun story.
babe wants to help dad bring in groceries...so she does.


notice anything interesting about this picture?
yep, she's going away from the house...might i note, after she dragged the bags to the house.
needless to say the bags were pretty torn up.

the happy helper (yep, in pajamas...they didn't quite get changed that day...)


and not to be left alone, buba joins us


with his trademark army crawl (the moms at playgroup find it quite the novelty)


uh-oh...found some chocolate chips


yay! into the house, finally!

babe loves to do wii fit. i think between a remote
and a board to stand on, it's just too much fun.

fun at the park (now that the weather is warming up-yay!)

okay, so babe loves her brother. if she has it or does it, he needs it and should join along. she wanted to play in the swing...so she wanted her brother with her.
he was super happy. he was beaming almost the whole time.

time to color!

so he's not quite getting the idea yet, but once he saw his sister coloring he wanted to, too. not to mention the ongoing chorus from analee of 'buba too'

tired? me too. g'night.

it's my boy

yum! brownie batter!

don't forget the milk!

leah's attempt at turban-izing the boy

this one just made me laugh

honey...i think the tie is just a bit big...

so i took the cushions off the couch to vacuum under them, a few minutes later i couldn't find the boy...until he peered out from beneath the cushions. i guess i tossed them just right and made a tunnel b/c he crawled through.

this day he was totally mad, he cried and screamed and would not be happy. we were tired and pretty much had given up on making him happy...so we put him in a box and whoosh, the tears stopped and that sweet little smiled creeped onto his face. i have strange children.

he eats hockey.

Christmas with the Christensens

this Christmas we went to nebraska to spend time with my (anika's) family. i didn't get pictures of everyone...but here is some of what i got.

Josiah (my brother)

John (my brother...and i managed not to get a picture
of his wife, Rocio, or their littlest, Athena)

John's son Sebastian
(it is incredibly difficult to get pictures of this kid)

Ariel (my sister) grinning at buba (next picture down)


Ariel's son, Chris



my mom and Anja (my sister)

just chillin'


Josiah helping Analee play outside (despite very cold weather)
thanks Josiah!


buba and the dog (daisy) watching the kids play outside


Anja making a funny face


mom and Josiah

Erika and buba

babe chill-axing (chillin' and relaxing) with some goldfish

Anja and mom sewing

John and babe

the little guy

apologies to dad, rocio, athena, ander, speed (the other dog) and anybody else that i didn't get a picture of...unless you'd rather not be in a picture...then i guess you're lucky