Thomas!

On Saturday, we took the kids to see Thomas the Train in Fillmore, CA. I had no idea how rural that area was (it's not far from Magic Mt in Canyon Country); they had tons of orange tree groves, avacado groves, tree farms, bee/honey farms...it was so green! On the way home, we stopped at one of the fruit stands and purchased some oranges and strawberries. OK, the oranges are just amazing...orange candy! I've never had oranges that we sooooo goooood! As for the strawberries, wow!

Here is Michael looking out of the window from the train. Michael thought it was so cool to walk down the aisle.

This is Michael's reaction when the train started to move!

Thomas...Part2

This is Brittany on the Thomas' train ride. She was so excited when the train moved, especially going through the tunnel! OK, the kids were less than thrilled about Sir Topham Hatt...this is as close as they wanted to get to him, but they talked about him all day long.

Thomas, of course!

There were several activities on the grounds and this is the music one. They enjoyed hearing the music (and a little dancing), but didn't know what to do with the bells.

Mud & Kids

We've had a lot of rain this year (a lot more than usual) which is great because we need it. The downside to all of the rain is the mud that is created (we have an area in our backyard that is waiting to be seeded for grass and to plant a garden); this is a perfect area for mud. I thought it was dry enough for the kids to play (the previous two days I had let me go to town in the mud, and I was tired of cleaning them and the house)...well, as you can see...they found it! Also notice Brittany's boots; she took the time to switch shoes before playing in the mud....I guess I should be greatful for that! Michael had Thomas and Percy covered in mud!

Easter

They kids found the Easter baskets behind this chair and were thrilled with the "treats" as Michael put it. Brittany was given new sunglasses and loved them. I just love this picture of her!

Michael was happy with receiving a talking egg and Thomas the train and Percy.

This is Percy...in case you didn't know.

Easter Eggs

This was Brittany's and Michael's first year decorating Easter eggs; they loved it! In this picture, they are watching me "demo" on how to color eggs...notice the concentration. Jamie showed Brittany what an egg looks like after it has been dyed.

Michael was more interested in "mixing" the egg with his spoon.

Brittany was very interested in watching how the egg turned colors.

After all of the eggs were dyed, they both decided to finger paint with the left over paints.

Dressing Herself

Brittany has been dressing herself lately. These are pictures from yesterday...notice the polka dots on her socks! Anyway, Michael wanted to be part of the action too.

Fun Pictures & Con't Car Wash

For some reason, Michael thought he needed to have on his sunglasses this morning. I thought it was too cute not to take a picture! This picture of me is Brittany's masterpiece. She got hold of the camera while I was cleaning and went to town with it. She asked me to include it on the "computer"...so here it is.

Final car washing picture of Michael.