Easter

Amy and the kids came up for part of their Spring Break.  Easter just happened to 

fall right in the middle this year.  They also came up to meet Pete.

It seems more times than not when Amy is here it snows, this time we got hail

Like they'd never seen hail before

Well maybe not this big

Too funny!

No visit to Gram's is complete without a trip to Dairy Queen

Then we headed to Brooke's so Claire could hold Pete

and Pete could get to know his cousins

Warmed up to Auntie Amy right away

And of course Ellie time!

Pete's talking and smiling more every time we see him

Then we came home for a day to give Brooke and Chris a break

and took the kids to the Naval Museum on the waterfront

Claire found a flight suit like Grampa used to wear

They got to see how the sailors slept on a submarine

and tried not to get ejected from a plane on the deck of an aircraft carrier

 Great-Grampa ~ a Four Generation picture

Then back over to Brooke's for Claire's birthday celebration

Everyone pitched in

Happy Birthday (early) Claire!!

I made her doll a replica of her 1st Communion dress

They all enjoyed the cupcake slippers and ice cream

But not Pete.  But he was enjoying something

Auntie Amy got some Ellie and Pete time in

We went to the Museum of Flight

The kids had a blast :)

There are all kinds of attractions

A cute picture of Pete at home again

Dying Easter eggs with cousins

Doing a good job

Easter morning after Mass

And then they were done

You can only get them to sit still so long

And then the Easter Egg Hunt in Brooke

and Chris' yard

One last cuddle with Pete

before heading home

Look who's catching

Amy sent some pictures of Cade's baseball game on Thursday

Gosh he looks like he has grown since we saw him last.

They won in overtime

Just Pete

Pete's smiling and talking a lot now but as soon as I put the

camera in front of him he gets this inquisitive look on his face.

Babies are so cute when they are asleep!!

two months old 

More of Ellie and Pete

Big strawberries and a cutie girl

Pete loves laying under this gym set

he kicks the orange and yellow bar and 

the star at the top plays music and flashes

Ellie said she was feeding her airplane

She's been watching her mom  :o)

Another Wednesday with Ellie & Pete

New Pictures for March

Pete's first bottle so Gram can feed him when

Mommy goes back to work

Ellie's peeps now have a very fancy tent out of

the doll house

Never stops talking

Pete loves his big sister

Puttin' on the L B's

Cutie Pie

Some days are chillier than others

The elite group

Making cards

Gram tried her hand at it

Ellie put the thumb print in the new recipe.

Thanks Ellie!!

Wednesdays with Ellie and Pete

Some of these pictures are from our visit the weekend of February 28 - March 1.  

Brooke and Chris are trying to get their backyard grass in so we went over to help.

Well Walt helped with the yard I helped by watching the kids so Brooke and Chris

could work outside.  The other pics are from Wednesday, March  4th.  You can tell the 

different days by Ellie's clothes but not Pete's he get's changed a lot more than her.

Ellie in her cute little tutu

Pete is smiling a lot now

Ellie is helping Pa put parmesan cheese on the tetrazzini 

well, and in her mouth

Family activities 

Pete is tracking people with his eyes now

What's Ellie doing down there?

This looks like Chris to me

Smiling at Mommy

That's what Ellie does down there!!

Another big smile