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!

My sassy girl

I just heard Danica drop the handsoap in the bathroom sink and say, "Oh dangit!!" Thanks a lot Daddy.
Then I went in to help her and she said, "Mom, how many times do I have to tell you to stop jumping on the bed?"

Another first

Danica saw her first little person today. We had stopped at Starbucks for her to go potty and decided to get a coffee (juice for her). We were going to sit and have a nice little girl's time. I was at the register ordering and she was standing beside me. She said, "Mom, look!" She was pointing behind me and had a very peculiar look on her face. I turned around and looked down to see a little person standing behind me. I tried to stop the inevitable questions by asking her to put her mittens on, then asking her what kind of juice she wanted, asking anything else I could think of. While the waitress was taking her sweet time with my credit card, Dani said, "Look at THAT little guy!!!!" Oh geez. Don't make eye contact. Talk to the cashier... I didn't hear a thing. "We'll take that to go actually... I forgot my dog's in the car!" UGH!! I'm sure that's just the beginning of many typical embarassing kid moments to come.

Oh poop, it's croup

The dreaded croup has returned to our sweet girl. Dani woke up in the middle of the night barking like a seal again, so we did the steamy shower thing and bundled her up and took her outside for a bit. Then she said to me, "Mommy, maybe cartoons will help me feel better," in her sweetest voice possible. So yes, Mommy sat up for a bit and watched cartoons at 2:30 in the morning. While laying awake for 2 hours afterward, waiting to hear more coughing (crazy, I know), I quietly wondered what that lady with 19 kids could possibly be thinking.

Aahhh, sweet memories

I was looking back over some old pictures and videos tonight and this one is just too cute to pass up. Dani was about 13 months in this video. Thank God for videos, otherwise it's just too easy to forget what kids were like as babies. SO CUTE!!!

Spring, is that you???

Emma getting some spilled Goldfish crackers.

Dani and Baby Kyla playing. She's 7 months old and almost as big as Dani!!!

Danica and her buddy Kevin having a drink together.

A little morning cuddle.

No one wants to cuddle with Mommy???

"What?! We are who we are!!"

Pretty cute, minus the creepy red eyes.

We've had a pretty fun week, considering Danica had a cold for most of it. Last Saturday we had a fun family day. We went to the Home & Garden show and then to the Flea Market (yuck). After that we decided to take Dani bowling for her first time! It was lots of fun. Daddy didn't bowl because of his knee, but I figured I would. So what's NOT good for a pregnant lady's sore back? BOWLING! :) But it was still lots of fun. Dani had the time of her life, jumping up and down each time she pushed the bowling ball down the lane. I'm really wishing we would've stopped by the house to get the camera first!

We had a busy week of preschool, gymnastics, library fun, and playing at the gym. She's been asking to see Grandma and Grandpa lately (and was very jealous they got to go to the "belly button beach"... aka Jamaica) so we let her go stay with them on Friday night. Thankfully she was on the tail end of her cold and had a great time!

Then we ventured out last night to a barbeque... YES ALREADY! We've all got spring fever! And today holds some fun with Grammy and Papa. Busy Bees we are!!!

It's a girl!!!!

We had our ultrasound today and saw our sweet little teacup. SHE is quite a little spitfire. I was absolutely certain it was a boy because she's been so darn active (a very nice way to say she's trying to dance her way out of me). And during the scan, she was bobbing and weaving and kicking and twisting and punching and hopscotching to get away from the scanner. I'm afraid this little gal isn't gonna be much of a sleeper!!!! She's quite big also... very tall. She's about as big as she should be in another week and a half. So either we have the date wrong or we've got another very tall kiddo!
I was a bit of an emotional wreck today for some other reasons (and also hormonal I'm sure) and was boo-hooing a bit in the car. Dani was just blabbering about having a baby girl and she said to me, "Moooom, don't you WANT to have a pink baby??!!" :)

Drama queen news:
The other night as I was helping Dani put her jammies on, I noticed she had scratched her tummy and made it bleed in one little spot. I asked her about it and she said, "Ya, that's cuz my dad hit me." HUH? What do you mean dad hit you? "Dad hit me and I got a owie." When? "Last weekend my dad hit me." I had to turn around so she couldn't see me giggling... meanwhile Duane came running to her door asking what the heck she was talking about. Her little smirk told it all. Little stinker.

Tonight I was just resting and watching American Idol and Dani was climbing and jumping all over me. After asking her to stop many times I finally got upset and sent her off to Daddy. Apparently she went to him saying, "Why does my mom just always tell me to get off her?!" Oh geez! Then five minutes later she came in the living room again and said, "Mom, I just have to tell you something. I'm really very sorry that I was teasing you." :) She can play me like a fiddle!!!