Eleanor's First T-Ball Game!

Eleanor played a fantistic game today! I was very impressed with her hustle and enthusiasm on the field. She did well at the plate but wasn't able to make contact with the ball when pitched. But she got some great hits off the T.

 

 

Grandpa Streidl

Grandpa/Coach/Jack Streidl passed away Monday April 16th at 93 years old. It's been a privilege for me to have met him and been able to call him family. He's lived a fantastic life and I can go on and on about his accomplishments. But the best thing about him for me was his story telling. He had amazing recollection whether he was recounting his days serving with the Navy during WWII or telling about the weight and playing ability of former athletes.

We had a wonderful visitation and funeral at Plainwell High School. It's always so wonderful to see all the Streidl's. And it was my first time at Streidl Field. We walked on the field before the funeral for these shots.

We love you and will miss you dearly Coach!

Happy Easter!

Buchanan Easter egg hunt at the Commons

 Coloring eggs

 2 seconds later, CRACK! Hank smashed the two eggs together.

 Easter morning with their baskets

Hank started saying "candy" on Easter morning 

and was seriously upset when I wouldn't open them before breakfast.

Carolyn's Birthday

Carolyn is four. Weighs 31 pounds. Is getting sweeter and listening better. She just learned to ride a bike without training wheels on her first try. She loves her sister and brother and will come to their rescue any time they are upset. When she talks her eyes widen and she gets so excited. We love her to pieces.

 

What is your name?  

Carolyn, C-A-R-O-L-Y-N

How old are you?  

Five. (stare from mom) Four. 1,2,3,4, oh four. I'm four.

When is your birthday?  

I already passed it.

What did you get for your birthday?

A unicorn and I got a puppet from Jaja (it was from Aunt Jennifer and the unicorn was from Easter)

What is your mommy's name?  

Tara.

What is your daddy’s name?  

Matt.

What does your mommy do all day?  

Make dinner and clean-up and make bessert (dessert) and feed Hank.

What does daddy do all day?  

He's works. And he makes dinner too and he takes us to Sandy's and mama takes us to Sandy's and Hank takes us to Sandy's and Pres comes to Sandy's.

What do you like to play?  

With Squinkies.

What is your favorite color?

Purple and pink and white.

What do you want to be when you grow up?  

Be nice.

Where do you want to live when you grow up?  

Um, with you guys. With Mama!

What is your favorite food?  

Macaroni and cheese and pizza and chips and sauce (salsa).

What is your least favorite food?  

Not yucky stuff. Not hair and skin not computers and not house.

Do you know what school is? 

No.

Will you go to school soon?

Yes (what school?) Sandy's 

What do you like to play with Eleanor?

With Squinkies.

What is your brother’s name?  

Hank.

What do you like to play with Hank?

With hair.

Do you have any friends? Who are they?

Luke, Presley, Hunter and Sophie. Oh and Mackenzie

What is your favorite thing to wear?

Sweatshirt and sweatpants

Where do babies come from?

From houses...oh from doctors. From doctors!

What is your favorite movie?

Shrek

What is your favorite toy?

Squinkies

What is your favorite thing to help Mommy do?

Make dinner and to clean up.

What is your favorite thing to help Daddy do?

Make bessert (dessert)

What is your favorite thing to do outside?

Play with scooters and bikes.

Where do you like to go in the car?

To the beach

Where do you live?

With you. Is that it?

  

Mini Spring Break / Carolyn's 4th Birthday

To celebrate Eleanor's Spring break, Carolyn's 4th birthday and my clean house and weekly grocery shopping complete, we spent the weekend doing fun stuff. Saturday morning, the kids and I did some exploring at Fernwood...

Hank LOVES the train. Wait a couple months until he sees the real deal setup on the outside track!

Sunday was Matt's day off so we took the kids to Potawatomi Zoo to see the lions and tigers and (no) bears...

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The tiger is so cool!

Love those kids!

The lion paced the cage and let out a thunderous roar. It was impressive!

Eleanor, our Southern Cricket Frog

Carolyn, our Flea

Train Ride!

I love that silly look - he's so goofy sometimes. Well a lot of the times.

Monday I took a day off work to take the kids to St Joe to the Curious Kids Discovery Zone...

And the carousel...

Hank thought the carousel was super cool!

After a lunch at Schu's, we had 'squeeze up yogurts' and went to the 'Church Park'...

These kids we so amazingly good. They didn't ague or fight. They just had a grand time. I will definitely make more time to enjoy weekends like this! My kids are seriously cute and amazingly fun!