Playing w/out electronics - LOVE IT!

April Fun

Easter Egg Hunt

March 27th

Day at the park

Spring break March '10 brought some beautiful weather with it here in Texas. We decided this would be a great day for a picnic up at Kid's Kastle in Highland Village. Mom, recognize the basket? We try to put it to good use. Capri Suns, string cheese, pretzels, PB & Honey sandwiches, grapes & lots of water - can it get any better?

This place is so fun for the kids. Lots to explore, climb through, jump on, swing in, slide down and whatever else they wanna try.

One of the kids favorites - hold on tight and go for a ride!

The kids looking like they own the place.

Eli's 1st Grade Program & Komi's Marathon - 2 more milestones in the Tui Fandamily

Eli did a great job of singing during his 1st grade program for the parents.

February 16th I'll never get bored of these cute programs. Can't believe I have only one 1st grade program left to watch next year with Eva. GULP!

Here is the proof Komi ran his Marathon - the official finish line of the Fort Worth Cowtown.

February 27th, 2010.
Ez patiently waiting to cheer for his dad as he crosses the finish line. Can't you just feel his excitement - hee hee.
At this point, Eli and Eva were so bored from waiting! (their dad had a hang up with major leg cramps at mile 18 which put him at the finish line 1 1/2 hours after we expected him there) They were real troopers to hang in there.
Yeahhhhhhh - here he comes!

He did it!
Boy - doesn't that face make you want to run a marathon right now? NOT!
Good job, Komi.

Valentine's

This was Em's creation this year. It looks just like her yellow locker at school. Pretty cute.
Eli was pretty pround of his Lego box. We wrapped it up in old lego magazines. Then he taped some lego creations he made. The boys in his class went kookoo over it. Fun!
Eva loves stickers - can you tell? She put on every sticker she got for valentines on this shirt.

My OWN babysitting job! (and it's not for my siblings)

Emma here! Sorry I haven't blogged for awhile. I've been busy. Okay, so this time, I'll be telling you about my babysitting job. I babysit for the Rebers, a family in my church. They have three sweet girls: Ella 4 yrs, Kayla 3 yrs, Dessie 9, 10, or 11 months(I can't keep track)! I babysit every Thursday and this is usally how it goes: I get there at 3:30pm and go upstairs to watch the kids while their mom teaches piano lessons. Sis. Reber always puts Dessie down for her nap right before I come. When I get upstairs, Ella and Kayla are watching T.V. After their favorite show, 'Martha speaks', we like to play games such as Candy Land, Bingo, the Oreo game, and the My Little Pony Matching game. After that, it's about 4:30 and the girls are hungry, so I go and get them a snack along with some milk in their favorite sippy-cups. Then we play some more games. At around 5:30, Dessie wakes up. I take her out of her crib and put her down on her blanket with some toys. Then at 6:00, it's time for her bottle. She almost always drinks every last drop of her formula. Now it's 6:15 and the girls are watching Babar. At 6:30 Sis.Reber comes upstairs and takes the girls. It's time for me to go, and Sis.Reber pays me every other Thursday. I get four dollars an hour, which equals up to twelve dollars a day. I am so lucky I have this babysitting job! Have a super spring break!

Snowing AGAIN???

Can you believe we're getting snow - AGAIN - and in Texas? CRAZY! We definitely don't mind it, though. The kids have had 2 days of fun in the cold stuff so far, and I have 4 more loads of laundry to wash. I think this is even more than we ever got in Oregon when we lived there. Oh well, we're just drinking lots of hot cocoa, snuggling up in our robes/slippers, and enjoying it while it lasts!

Another 5 year old Tui

Daddy has been giving Eva his change lately. She realized she was getting rich, so she had to spend it. She asked if we could go to the dollar store. Here she is ready to go with her purse Grams H. gave her for Christmas.

Well, this is what she found at the store.
I think they lasted one day. One of her earrings was lost within an hour of putting them on. The sparkly hair clip fell apart the next day. Get what ya pay for, right?

We had a small celebration for her real 5th b-day. We already had a big party for her last August at the Excite gym.

She kept asking me when she was going to get to open her presents. I had to keep reminding her that she got LOTS of presents at her other 5th party. She did, however, get to go to the store and spend her $5 from Grams on anything. She immediately picked a cute pretty pony on a remote control motorcycle. She has a friend that has the same thing, and she wanted it so badly. I couldn't tell her no, even though it was waaaay more than $5. Lucky she is so darn cute! She helped me make the chocolate cupcakes that we each got to decorate, which made her pretty happy, too. So all in all, I think her real 5th b-day wasn't so bad after all.

Good ol' Ez

I love it when he gets his hair cut!

I have to give kudos to Ezra for keeping me laughing. He attempted a large bubble and this was the result. Tee hee heeLove ya, Ez!

Eva's our party queen

Here's Eva at her friend's birthday party a few weeks ago. She had a blast!

No problem, she can race cars.

Now she's trying her hand at skateboarding.

Having a break - can't beat cheese pizza.

Time for the real race cars - Go EVA!!!

Can you see Eva on the far side of the track? She HAD to beat the boys!

Eva's competitive side coming out. Rules - what rules?
It was a pretty neat party, and I had fun just watching her.

New Year's Eve

We were bored, so we went to the mall on New Year's Eve. The kids wanted to bungee jump for some excitement. Looks like fun, ay?

Em was able to get a couple flips in.

Eva was pretty excited for her turn.

She has no fear.

Eli didn't want a turn at first, but quickly changed his mind when he saw his sisters having fun.

He was the flipping master. I think he flipped 4 x's.

Eva was spoiled with a ride on the horses while the older kids checked out some books.

This was pretty much the extent of our New Year's celebration - other than eating all evening and screaming 'Happy New Year' outside our front door at midnight. Woohooooo!