Waterpark fun

Thank goodness for Auntie Jill and her camera!!

I couldn't believe our little scaredy-cat was going down this slide all by herself! What a champ!

Safe at the bottom.

The boys hottubbing!

I've never seen Danica smile so big in her life. Every time she went down this big slide (which was about 128 times) I thought her face would break from such a big smile!

Averie braving the slide!

Tate loving the slide too!

Aves was dazzling us with her under-water cartwheels.

Look at that face... come on Daddy!!! Even the little ones did it! Toughen up! ;)

Looks like it was fun!

A smaller slide, but still so much fun!

Whee!!!!!!!

What a great weekend we had in Minneapolis! It always breaks my heart to leave there because Dani has the time of her life with her awesome cousins... they're so good to her. As we were pulling out of the city this time, Dani was a little upset and didn't want to leave. She said, "It's okay Mom, Averie and Tate will visit us at home... I'm sure of it." I don't know which one of us she was trying to console more!

Minneapolis pics

Danica was Averie's little baby girl the whole weekend, just loving getting carried around everywhere by her!

Cool dudes on our shopping day.

Dani picked out these blue with yellow polk-a-dots sunglasses and didn't take them off the WHOLE weekend!

They can look so innocent on camera, can't they?

Averie reading the bedtime story. She's such an amazing reader!!!

Would've been a great picture, but...

Again, would've been a great picture.

The 2nd coming?

On the way home from the circus (my first and last), I had quite a conversation with Dani...
D: Mommy, Jesus is coming to Minot.
Me: Who's coming to Minot?
D: Jesus.
Me: Who told you that?
D: Her grandpa.
Me: (Long pause)
D: Jesus sure is a sweetheart!
I think we have a little more explaining to do.

Sandbox

Danica's been loving her new sandbox.

Now we've just got to find a way to keep the sand INSIDE the sandbox.

Loving the weather!!

Since Danica got her swingset, Mommy and Daddy had to get one too.

All the squeals of delight make those long windy cuss-filled hours of assembly well worth it.

Casa de Klabunde is now open for business!!

Dani and Emma decided to play hide and seek under the covers this morning.

We are loving this weather... FINALLY!!!! We've been doing a lot of playing outside - on the swingset, on the tricycle, on the scooter, going to the park, etc... And of course taking our trips to DQ (guilt-free for me for another 3 months!!!)

Strike a pose!

Dani thought it'd be fun to do some posing, so we had a little fun with it.

America's Next Top Model, here we come!!!

CHEESE!!!!

Pumping away!

Dani learned how to pump her legs... out, in, out, in, out, in! :)

Jumping bean

LOVING her trampoline!!!

Too close for comfort!

The hall light fell and shattered just seconds after Dani walked down the hall. YIKES!!

Don't count your eggs before they hatch

Dani had to count her loot... we're gonna work on counting a bit I think.

Dying eggs

Easter

Enjoying her Easter treats.

The Easter Bunny came!!!! Dani was very excited to hunt around the house for the eggs. She got to have another egg hunt at Auntie Ali's house later in the day too... that's a very generous Easter Bunny!!! We'll have candy to eat for a year! :)

The end product... my pictures are out of order.

She did much better than I thought she would! We didn't have any spilling or splashing around.

CHEESE!!!

We had a great Easter (even though Mom was sick). Duane and Danica went to church in the morning while I stayed home to nurse my sore throat a bit. Also, someone had to be here to answer the door when the Easter Bunny came!! After church Danica searched the house high and low (mostly low) for all the hidden eggs the Easter Bunny delivered. Daddy thought the Bunny went a bit overboard this year... but I thought he did a great job! Then we went to a lunch buffet with Grandma, Grandpa, Great-Grandma Hazel, Ali and Jared. And after that we went to Ali's house for the afternoon. Although we missed the rest of our family, we had a great day!

Two thumbs up!

We had our first ever family movie night last night, complete with cuddling and popcorn! I rented Alice in Wonderland, and after dinner last night we all watched it... and Daddy even stayed awake for the whole thing!!!!

Ma'am, yes, Ma'am!!!

Her Highness, Princess Danica has been giving us a good little chewing out lately for getting mad at her. When she gets in trouble and is crying, she yells at us between sobs, "DADDY! You DON'T yell at little girls who are crying!!!!" Pretty soon it'll be off with our heads!