Crazy Hair Day

Today was "Crazy Hair Day" for school. My kids look forward to it all year.

Halle really is happy here. This is a crazy as Halle gets.Halle from the back.
Not so crazy from the front view . . .
Lacey is famous for this hairdo. She has done this every year and loves it because she gets so much attention. I got this idea several years ago from my friend Tara and have used it ever since - you put a water bottle in her pony tail. Doesn't she look great!

Happy Easter!

We had a very nice Easter yesterday. I think I have decided that next year we will do all of our Easter festivities on Saturday and try to concentrate on the real meaning of Easter on Sunday. I've talked to a few families that do it that way and they say it is much better. Any thoughts?

We took a quick picture of the kids in their new Easter attire before we left for church.
Kate was content just to play with one of the eggs while the kids looked for eggs.
Jack was so happy to get a tie so he can dress like his dad for church.
What more could anyone want for Easter?

Little Miss Mischief caught in the act . . .

I've been going through a lot of toilet paper lately. I wonder why? I guess it's better than her other favorite hobby - playing in the toilet!

Oh, yes! Now if I can just pull myself up...
Aren't you going to stop me?
Watch this ...
I can empty a whole roll in less than 10 seconds flat.
I'm sorry, Mom. I just couldn't resist.

Going Private

I've been thinking about it for a while and I have decided to make the switch to a private blog. Please send me your e-mail address by Friday, March 21st if you would like to be able to access my blog (toblers@comcast.net). Thanks!

Playing Zebra

Today is the last day of men's basketball for our stake/region - yeah! Harmon has been gone a lot due to his calling and men's basketball. As he was getting ready to leave for his last day of being a ref for the men's regional championship games, he was saying goodbye to Jack. Jack asked, "Are you going to play zebra?" What would we do without our zookeeper?

Jack's Fiesta

Jack got into his birthday more and more as the day progressed. By the time we did presents and cake and ice cream he knew it was his special day.

He started the day with his favorite breakfast, pancakes. One was shaped as the number three and the other was a birthday cake - if you can't tell from the picture:).

For those of you that don't know, Jack is really into animals. He must have some special power to speak to the animals, because these three deer were in our front yard this morning visiting Jack on his birthday. They actually made national news because after they left our neighborhood, the followed three runners for 12 miles!

Jack chose to have a Go Diego Go cake. Two minutes after I brought the cake home, he ate a bunch of the frosting off of it (Swiper, no Swiping!).

Had I known, I would have had Jack open Papa's present last. Papa gave him a set of animals from Bass Pro Shop - deer, elk, pig, a hunter, etc., etc. Jack could care less about any other present after that. We were exclaiming over all the other presents and trying to get him excited about the "laptop computer" that Halle had just opened for him since he wouldn't. He just looked up and said appropriately, "Oh my goodness!" and went back to his animals. Thanks Papa!

Kate enjoyed the party - wrapping paper and all!

Happy 3rd Birthday Jack!

Jack is so excited for his birthday - all he wants for his birthday is a cake with candles and to make a wish! All I want, is for him to break the Tobler mold and not experience the "terrible threes." I'm afraid he is already making the transition. He has been so funny this morning - every time one of us said, "Happy Birthday Jack" he started crowing like a rooster!

Our three year old Jack.
Jack on his 2nd Birthday.
Jack on his 1st Birthday.