The Rudolph Family: May 2011

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Happy Birthday, Elizabeth! She is 2!!!

I can't believe our BABY is 2! That sure did go by quickly!
Here, the 3 of us were making cupcakes for her party

And a little ice cream from the ice cream truck on a warm day

We had a small family celebration after work and school.

The cupcakes

Fun water table!!!!

Look at my cupcake! (and my crazy after school hair-do)

And that big balloon!

Kyle is great at helping to open presents

Wow! a big Aqua doodle mat!

That weekend, we took the kids to Build a Bear for the first time! We thought this would be a fun birthday outing for Elizabeth (and Kyle too!)

Bathing the bear

Watching the Bear get stuffed

Touching the bear's heart to her head so it will be smart like her!

They did lots of fun things with the heart, touched it on their arms to be strong, their heart to love, their legs to run fast and dance...very cute!

Kyle helping Elizabeth give her bear a bath

Daddy helping Kyle to dress his bear

Pop Pop and Carol got to come and watch the fun

Checking out their finished products

For Mother's Day, the 4 of us went to a new local playground and park. It was a beautiful day!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

I just couldn't get rid of any of these pictures!

What a cutie! (he is not this quiet all the time!) It has been a challenging time with a new puppy in the house..but as you will see with some of the pics and hopefully videos soon...the kids LOVE Max!

It took a while to get these pictures up here...very slow connection. I did not take the time to clean up the spaces between pictures...sorry!

Escaping together???

I took the kids to Linvilla to see the Easter Bunny, but it was rained out. We just decided to feed the animals and play on the playground. I am having so much fun watching the kids. They are really playing together well now.

look at those curls!

KYle was so sweet after this trip. He noticed one of the ducks looked sick. It's eyes were covered up and Kyle wanted to take him home and care for him. What a sweet boy!

THe kids were having a blast on this slide. I heard lots of giggles through the tunnel. I took a video...but it will not upload...boo hoo!

This is Kyle's new Buzz Lightyear toy...he let is slide alone several times!

The following Thursday, I let Kyle choose the day's activity. He had a choice of going to the zoo for a party, or back to Linvilla to try to see the Easter Bunny again. He chose Linvialla. Here, he is "showing" Elizabeth a cool waterfall.

THis is the Hayride to the Easther Bunny's House.

The Easter Bunny comes around to meet each kid. They both enjoyed the visit.

Then, they got to go for a train ride~!

And Kyle got to ride on a pony!

Kyle had a good time making Easter eggs again this year. We didn't quite get in a good time that Elizabeth could join us...she was napping!

Testing out how they taste

Pointing to his "sports" egg

Loving Max!!!!! she crawled under the table to play with him

Making Easter cookies

Kyle has a great memory. Dave was working over night last Easter. The Easter Bunny was thoughtful enough to allow Dave to be home to see the kids' reaction to their baskets....how did he do this?? Well, he left the baskets in the back of Daddy's car! This year, Dave was home, but Kyle was convinced that their baskets would be here again...and he was right! They both got candy, swim attire, coloring books and bubbles

Our little girl LOVES candy!

Posing for an Easter picture

Not quite the smiles we were hoping for! ...but good for a laugh!

Silly girl!

Kyle getting a haircut....and setting a happy example for his sister

Elizabeth has crazy hair!!!! We decided it was time to get her first haircut. She did great! I think she actually enjoyed it! ...but it didn't do much to calm the crazies!