Weekend with Gran' and Pop

John, me, and my mom

My dad and me

Pop, Gran' and Dalton (bear too!)

Dalton was saying on the trip down there that he forgot to bring some toys. I told him that Pop and Gran' have toys to play with but if they did not, Pop would probably take him to Wal-Mart to get one....they had a 16 piece tool set waiting for him when we got there! Pop even found one of his old tool bags to put them all in. Thanks Pop and Gran'! He loves them!

A few weeks ago we had a church-wide picnic at church. We grilled hot dogs, went fishing, played basketball, and enjoyed visiting with friends. Dalton enjoyed fishing and playing in the dirt. His shirt that day said it all..."My favorite color is dirt."

He even had dirt on his nose!

Wild at Heart!

All boy!

Put me in Zoo!

Such beautiful weather, who could resist going to the zoo? I decided I wanted to take him now instead of going when it is blazing hot like it probably will be in a few weeks! We had a great time looking at the animals, climbing trees (?), and riding the train.

Looking at the fish in the water...he was more excited about the fish than the monkeys that were swinging overhead! He kept asking for his fishing pole!

One of God's most beautiful creations!

My favorite exhibit...a cute little boy that climbs trees!

Riding the train

Feeding the birds

The "bird whisperer"

Easter Egg Hunt at Lake Willastein

We were so excited about the Easter Egg Hunt this year at Lake Willastein. Thankfully the rain moved out before Saturday morning.

Trying to hurry to get to our spot before the horn blew....run!

Eggs and candy for the 4 years and under

Waiting on the horn to blow with his friend from church Ben Carlyle

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Organized chaos!

Getting more candy than eggs!

Showing off his loot!

Looking in the eggs to see what he found

Giving the Easter Bunny a hug. He kept saying it was a "small bunny". When I looked back at last years pic of him with the bunny....I saw why....

That was a really tall bunny last year!

We started a new Herring Easter tradition at our house this year....passing out treat bags with invite cards to church to our neighbors this year. We loaded Dalton and the bags in the wagon and at every house he would run up to the door, ring the doorbell, and say "Happy Easter!" and give them the bag. Sometimes he would need to be reminded to say "Happy Easter!" not "Trick or Treat!". We had a great time doing this. The response of some of our neighbors was priceless! I think we had low expectations, though, because when one lady said, "Okay, thanks! We will probably come!", we really did not know what to say next...that was not part of the script! Ha! I am praying that God will use this simple little thing to reach others for Him this Easter!

Spring Break 2010

Overall, we had a great Spring Break. Even though I got the worse sinus infection, we still got out most everyday and did something (thanks to dad who pretty much took care of me and Dalton all week!). We went to the Museum of Discovery, park, indoor play gym at Church at Rock Creek (awesome!), flew kites, and went to see his first movie at the movie theatre: "How to Train a Dragon" (very cute!) I think Dalton got used to going somewhere everyday that he is still asking this week, "Where we going tomorrow?" Here are some pics of our week:

On the way to Museum of Discovery

Exercising like dad

Cleaning teeth

Looks so big sitting in this desk

Arts and crafts with mom and dad

Ladybug puppet

Climbing boulders with dad at the park

Getting the kite ready to fly

Yea! We got the kite up!

Swinging at the park

Playing hide and seek with Mom and Dad

Fishing trip with Dad (and mom, the photographer!)

This has been the perfect weather for fishing. John took Dalton fishing last week to Lake Valencia in Maumelle. It's so great living in a city like this that has parks and lakes to take a little boy to when the weather is nice. With the extra hour of daylight and warm afternoons, this has been a very happy 3 year old little boy!

They met Todd and the girls there too. Dalton is throwing in his line.

Look how big this boy is....He started wearing a 3T pants last fall, turned 3 in January, and he is already in a 4T pants this spring! Thank goodness for adjustable waistbands!

Lake Valencia is a great place to fish and ride your bike on the walking path, too.

Making snow angels in the dirt!

Can not believe how big he is getting! He is saying and doing stuff everyday that cracks us up. I love you Dalton and I am so proud of all the great things you are learning and doing! I love being your mom!