Addison Playing Ball with Ba Bo (Brother)

Addicado and Jelly Mouth's Excellent Adventure

We were eating dinner and both of the kids were a mess so I decided to take pictures.  After about five minutes of photo taking Joel said, "I have no idea why dinner takes an hour and a half!"  Ooops... they are cute though.

The most normal picture Jam has taken in a while

Then he said, "Lets take one where I don't smile."  This is James trying not to smile.

"Mom!  Mom!  Take a picture of this face!"  He is so much like his dad its scary.

Addison's very favorite food is Avocados.  She can eat 1/2 an avocado in one sitting.  That may be why she gained 2 1/2 lbs in 2 months!

Happy Food Face!  She also does a wonderful Happy Food Dance.  I guess there is some of my side in her after all :-)

The last piece did not quite make it all the way in

Easter in the Dank House

We had a lot of fun this Easter.  Addie was just old enough to be fun (at Christmas she couldn't do too much).  The Easter Bunny spoiled the heck out of them.  He even went to camp!  When we got to camp there was a note from the Easter Bunny explaining that he hid plastic eggs in various parts of the camp yard for each kid.  Each kid had their own search area (not a single fight... that Easter Bunny is one smart cookie).  They found lots of candy and a couple of toys.  Addie let James have her candy, but she loved the animal crackers!  Below is our day in photos...

Addie with a "girl" car.  Now she has some of her very own.  James was really good about sharing, but some of his were pretty small.

James showing off his cars.

Jumping for joy after finding an egg!

Joel and James searching for eggs.  Addie didn't wake up until all the eggs and James' basket were found.

Addie and James checking out the stuff in her basket.  The Bunny left hers in the seat of her exersaucer instead of hiding it.  She doesn't even crawl yet!

A cute picture of Addison during her tea party with Jam.  The Bunny brought her a little tea set.  She tilts her head like this all the time, but its the first time I've got a picture of it.

James and Addie's tea party.

Addie likes the whites of the eggs.  She was sooooo not a fan of the yolks.  She actually threw them on the floor and cried!

James only likes the whites too.  No one in our family will eat the yolks so Indie got a few in her bowl.

Joel getting set to carve the prime rib at camp.  It was super yummy :)

Grampy and Addison waiting for dinner to be ready.

James being a "red english setter" because his shirt is red.

Grampy likes to give "appetisers."  Today it was animal crackers.  Here is Jam trying to figure out which animal he has.

Addie liked them very much!

Our family picture taken at the end of the day.  We had so much fun :-)

Videos of Egg Coloring

Below are some videos of our egg coloring.  One is of James coloring the first egg; one is of Addison trying to eat the paint roller; one is of all three men coloring eggs and Addie saying, "Dada."  Enjoy!

Easter Egg Coloring

Jam got to color the first egg.  He started out using all the colors, but by the end he was using mostly yellow.

Grandpa Dank helped.

Addison colored one egg (with dada's help)  She tried to eat the paint, and when everyone laughed she kept doing it.

Ad was excited about her egg.

Jam ended up with messy hands!

Our Home Make-over: Upstairs Edition

Here are a few pictures of our continuing construction.  Grampy is now working other jobs for a while.  The list of things for him to come back and do continues to grow.  I forgot that it uploads the pictures in reverse order so if you want to see them in order start at the bottom.

Grampy and James put in a new window

Our new bathroom floor

Addison and James help Grampy lay concrete board.

Addie, Joel, and James send the dishwasher on her maiden cycle.

Jam works on the cupboards before the dishwasher can go in.

James and Grampy working hard :)

Video of the New Playroom!

Pictures of the New Playroom!

After the room was finished and some of the toys were brought down we took a little time out to play.  Thanks Grammy and Grampy :)

Watching the kids play!

Grammy telling Auntie Barb about it.

All of us by the dry erase board

Jam finally got to have his play mat down!

Addie and James' first time on the carpet!

Video of James Painting

Playroom Construction cont.

On Valentines day we finished the construction of our playroom.  The next couple of blogs will be pictures involving that.  Grammy came up to help finish it off before she left for Barb's house on Tuesday.  We still don't have all the toys and stuff down there and situated, but we're getting there.  James loves it and keeps asking me if I want to do some laundry so I can watch him play!

The carpet going down.  James was thrilled to death because after the carpet went down then he got to put his playmat down that has a Mendards on it.

Jam got to pick the paint color (obviously) and Grampy let him use a roller for the first time ever.

James rolled the roller up and down, but also left to right and upside down!

Grammy, Grampy, and James primed the walls.  In a couple of weeks Grandma Dank is going to help do the decorating of the room.

Grammy got to be the first one to use the new utility sink.  It's very nice and new and doesn't endanger anyone's lives like the old one.

Random cute pics from the week

Basement Construction

My dad has been working in our basement for the last couple of weeks.  He built walls cutting the basement roughly in half.  He also built some shelves for us to put stuff on.  We have been going through things and throwing things away.

My favorite part of my dad being here is how cute James is when he's around.  He told my dad, "You're the best Grampy."  After he left he told me, "Grampy is the best builder ever!"  We have renamed the project Grampy daycare because when he's here its like I only have one kid.  James has even got used to the noisy tools.

The enormous pile of stuff we still have to go through.  Maybe cutting the storage space in half wasn't such a great idea.

James putting primer on one of the new walls.  Grampy joked that it's about a 1/4 inch thick where he was working.

He managed to get a fair amount of primer in his hair and on his face and clothes.

James and Addison's future playroom!  The little niche into the right wall was where James was painting.  That will be shelves for toys, books, and games.

The laundry part of the new room (Jam is in the play area to the left in the picture).  Check out the counters for folding clothes!  The end of the left wall is where the door will be to lock all the tools and chemicals and furnace away from the kiddos.