SPRING BREAK IS OVER! :(

It's hard to believe that our spring break is over already! It went by incredibly fast... but we managed to cram a lot of fun and visiting into the week. Here's our spring break in pictures...

Joey, Johnny and Noah at Papa and Grandma Cookies for a birthday dinner for me... it was a beautiful day and Noah enjoyed playing outside with his cousins. Grandma Cookie and Papa's four grandkids...Meg, Johnny, Joey and Noah.

The fabulous four again... so cute.

Noah watching the fish at the Rain Forest Cafe... he likes this place a lot- so much to see! He also got to see the Easter Bunny this day with his cousin, Maria. He told the Easter Bunny that he wanted "Doc" (yes, from Cars) in his Easter basket- and was a little upset that the Easter Bunny didn't respond to him. He didn't understand that the Easter Bunny doesn't talk.

We had a playdate with Jackson and his mom, Kathy- a friend of mine from college... it was so much fun catching up and hanging out. Noah absolutely loved Jackson's toy room (especially his little trampoline).

Jackson--- truly one of the sweetest 4 year olds I have ever met!

Jackson and his mommy, Kathy.

Noah and his friend, Andrew, playing at the indoor park at the LaGrange Rec Center.

OK Andrew let's do this together...

so much fun!

How handsome is this kid???

Boy can Andrew climb... absolutely no fear- even on the "big kid" stuff!

Hmmmm... I seem to remember them being under the table last time we were together! It makes a cool fort!

Look at Andrew peeking at me... such a sweetie!

Auntie Cathy came for a visit and brought Noah a present (of course- no big surprise there!). He loves the Thomas the Train whistle- he actually slept with it that night and thought it was hilarious to wake mommy and daddy up with the next day! Thanks Cath!

This is what we woke up to our last day of spring break- 3/29/09- can you believe it??? Crazy.

Auntie Lorrie, Amanda, Kevin and Kacie came to hang out with us and Noah had so much fun (I did too!) Of course, Noah received more presents (can you say, spoiled??). Auntie Lorrie brought him a Cars frisbee, Cars Easter Eggs, and a giant Cars washcloth- he loved everything and has been carrying one or more of the eggs around since they left!

Kevin and Noah- look how happy Noah is...he loves his cousins!

Amanda, Noah and Teddy

Kacie, Noah, Kevin, and Amanda

The gang with Auntie Lorrie- Noah is so lucky to have such cool cousins and such awesome aunts and uncles.

Noah and Kacie

Cracking up with crazy Auntie Lorrie.

Joey- with his missing tooth. He is so cute and such a sweetheart to Noah- who loves to follow him around everywhere.

Grandpa Don and Great Grandma Betty- had us all over for dinner- it was delicious and the company was great!

Noah with Aunt Stefanie!

Noah with his cousin Olivia- he couldn't get enough of her. He is such a love bug and kept kissing her and wanting to hug her. Thank goodness Olivia was very patient with him.

Cutie pies- four months apart- I see lots of fun in their futures!

Hanging with Johnny and Olivia

That pretty much wraps up our spring break- lots of visiting and playing. Noah is doing great with potty training. I'm pretty amazed that he did it so easily. He's such a joy- but also very good at being TWO! He's talking like crazy- there are days when I wonder why I was in such a hurry for him to talk!! He can be quite the chatterbox- especially when he is tired and trying to keep himself up.

Well, Happy Spring everyone!

Love,

Barb