April in review

With a couple of days left in June, it seems like a fitting time to check out everything that happened in April. Ahem. Here goes:



My first impression of this picture is: what are those clothes? About a month ago, we rotated Leo and Max into 2T and 4T clothes, respectively. The old ones weren't fitting as well (particularly for Leo) and summer called for some more shorts and outdoor wear so now I don't even recognize these outfits. The second impression is: man, those kids are quiet when you throw cookies at them.


Early on in April, we drove up to Almonte to visit with our friends Jenny ("Jenny with the shovels", to Max) and Toby. The two of them had tapped a maple tree on their property and were in the process of making their own syrup. So we got to go out there and check out the operation and see the syrup at about three different stages of processing. Oddly enough, I took precisely 0 pictures with any sort of syrup in them...but feel free to enjoy the above two pictures from the trip.

Yes, this is the 827th picture posted from Sushi Kan, but it underscores that the restaurant is still a big hit with the kids. In fact, I'm already starting to dread Max turning 4 because then we'll have to pay for him. I'll have to sneak Leo in on the sly, I suppose. This is a picture of Max and Maddie getting squirrelly after a face full of yummy Japanese cuisine.

This is the aftermath following round 1 of Max vs. Nutella. I would say he liked it as much as he did peanut butter the first time around:)

This picture makes me think about how the kids have really started playing with each other cooperatively over the past couple of months. Yes, Max teases Leo a lot. Yes, Max still asks me every day how long it is until Leo's nap time and he enjoys playing alone in his room. However, he is often a really good big brother too and teaches Leo lots of things (obviously, we'd like him to skip some of his lessons...HEY LEO, TRY TO STAND ON THIS, e.g.).

Lastly, this is a reference to a picture Grandma took last year (see here). It's crazy to see how kids grow at this time in their lives. Max was like this too, but I have a different perspective on Leo's growth over the past year, given that it covers the time I've been off with him. Did he really look like that a year ago? Were we really writing blog posts about Leo being able to crawl a year ago? NUTS!