Here’s some of the neighborhood gang.  Apparently we only breed girls down in this neck of the woods.  The children missing are girls, and another neighbor is also pregnant with a girl.  It’s quite fun seeing them play together.

Here Emma, Anna, Kate, & Brooke are filling Brooke’s scooter basket with dirt.  Kate had the great idea that it was gas, to help make the scooter run.  That’s a smart cookie.  The not smart idea is playing with dirt directly after you just played in the sprinkler.  Whoops!

After dinner I asked Josh if we could all take a walk.  And being the gracious & giving husband he is, he said, “Sure.”  We got the strollers (our neighborhood is virtually all uphill, until the return trek) for the ones with little legs, leashed the dog, and were off.  I decided to bring my camera to see what we could find…

Emma’s strawberry plant survived the winter snows & came back bigger!  (Emma doesn’t like strawberries, but Brooke does!)

Brooke noticed a few of Josh’s tattoos.  Here she is asking what that guy’s name is.  Let’s hear a shout out all you LKP fans!

And my favorite:  Emma swinging her hair as she walks her empty stroller.

Today we trekked through 30 inches of snow for this lil’ guy’s birthday!  Well, not really.  The 30 inches ended on Saturday, so it’s probably close to about 1 to 2 feet packed down.  And Lucas just lives about 10 houses up from us.  So it wasn’t THAT bad, but I like to have one of those, “We used to walk to school with no shoes in the snow….” stories like your grandparents used to tell you.

Today was Lucas’ 3rd birthday party and luckily everyone invited lived in the neighborhood.  Lucas is a major Cars fan (the movie) so his cake was Cars, the decorations were Cars, and most of his presents were Cars.  We felt so lucky to be able to get out & walk to our dear friends’ house to celebrate with them.  Thank you Lucas for inviting us all!  Happy birthday!