Biker Child

Samuel has learned how to ride his bike and it is all he wants to do now.

I realize there are a lot of pictures here,

but when you have such a cute child how do you choose?

What's a mother to do?

-I really do love his longer hair-

-Dr. Evil?-

This is his current braking system, drive onto the grass. It's a work in progress.

My Heart

i.love.my.samuel.

Here he dressed in Pete's clothes pretending to be a doctor. He'll listen to your heart and then say "hmm ok sounds great".

Everyday when Pete gets home from work Samuel asks,

"howsyourday (one word) daddy?

What did the waydy (lady) say?

Is she still sick?

What about the other waydy?"

We have the greatest landlord in the world! One of his many great qualities, is his endless patience with Samuel. Samuel is a bit obsessed with Simon and loves to be a "helper". Simon humors Samuel and lets him follow him around. This last visit Samuel assisted in mowing and fertilizing the lawn, mixing concrete, and replacing some tiles.

I got this cute picture of Samuel mowing the lawn alongside Simon.

We are really going to miss Simon!

Samuel constantly keeps us laughing. . .life would be oh so dull without him.

I Made This

It took me 2 1/2 - 3 hours.

I was pretty proud of myself, it looked just like the picture from Cooking Light.

I thought it tasted good, but I have to say if I'm going spend nearly 3 hours on a cake it needs to taste like a piece of heaven.

Probably something with chocolate would make it worth my time :)

I would probably make it again -

HOWEVER if I do make it again I won't be using a FRESH coconut.

Easter 2010

We had a lovely Easter this year.

Our ward had an Easter egg hunt at the church on Saturday.

Our dear upstairs neighbors came along - we love baby Jacob!

Needless to say the egg hunt was a bit crazy with all the kids from our ward.

Sweet Samuel got one egg and was SO excited about it.

On Sunday we decided to have another egg hunt with Samuel and Jacob in our back yard.

The boys loved it.

Have you ever seen two cuter little guys?

The weather was amazing. A perfect day.

Suggested Reading

I hosted book club at my house last night.

We had all read:

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

How my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less.

I saw the movie about a year ago - loved it.

I figured the book would be even better and it didn't disappoint.

I LOVED the book. It's a great (and true) story.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.