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Easter 2013...let the hunts begin...

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Crowd.  This is supposed to be my santuary...the place where I go to relax and get away from the chaos.  That is until they find me and take over.

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Sick. Wes has been sick, so I've been behind posting.  Sorry.

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Long Days.  This is a love letter to my friend Katy.  I've known her since Lu was months old and she's never let me down.  She's always up for any adventure and puts up with my circus of a family.  Seriously one of my best friends and probably the nicest person I know...Thanks for keeping me company on many a long day...

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Party.  While daddy's away, the mice will play.  We're having our own version of Vegas at home!!!

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Addicted.  All my kids love TV. We try to limit the amount of TV they watch, but they sneak it in whenever they can.  This was captured during dress-up play.  I think she's watching the news or something else non-kid, but it didn't matter...she'll take anything she can get when it comes to TV.  I also liked the accidental reference to Mike TV from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  

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 Pretend. The twins spend a lot of time entertaining themselves playing pretend.  Some days it's family, other days it's school.  Recently, Tripp got his first cap gun (minus the amunition) and they've been playing a lot of "shoot games". I'm not sure that he know's what shoot games are, but he LOVES them...

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Afternoon walk.  We love going on walks...As rediculous as it may look, we load the babies in the double and Tripp and Lu ride their scooters.  Our walks are part exercise, part exploring, and part togetherness.  I love when we take late afternoon walks when the sun is low and the light is just begging me to take pictures.  This is from yesterday's afternoon walk.  It was beautiful...

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Babies.  My baby and my could've been, still acts like a baby. And yes, I know I skipped day 45. Sorry.

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Sunshine. This is what the first day of Spring looks like in S. California.  I'll take it!  Today we made finger paints with shaving cream and food coloring.  It's a lot prettier than fun.

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Slackers.  This time change really messed up the household.  Getting Lu up for school was a disaster and the kids didn't want to go to bed...Can't wait for "Fall back".

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Puddles.  Another rainy day...these guys were anxious to get out and get wet.  So, we did.  Too bad I didn't get pictures of that! XOXO

 

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 Spring. Spring has sprung and I couldn't be happier! XOXO

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Sneaky.  It's been raining out, so we've spent a lot of time building forts and playing in tight corners.  Anything to keep these monkeys entertained.  I caught this while she was sneaking up on Tripp in between my bed and a chair.  She's still really tiny and is able to squeeze into the tiniest places.  Like a little mouse.

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Robot Parade. Lu had a robot parade at school.  The idea was to repurpose recycled materials and learn creativity and building perspective.  I thought it was cool cuz we got to build it together as a family.  Lu and daddy built the body and Lu and mommy gave her some style.

 

Kari Lovequist Photography

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Neighbors. They sleep in the room next door, they play family and live next door, they build forts and talk on the phone from their "rooms" next door...they swear that when they grow up and are mommies that they will live next door to each other.  Sisters are the best!

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The Great Escape.  Here he is again, trying to escape to the beach.  I seriously couldn't keep him contained.  We'll have to get him a surf board ASAP!

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Beach life. This weekend we went to my parent's place at the beach.  The kids love it...I found out that Wes especially loved it. He couldn't get enough of the beach and I thought this shot was hillarious.  I was trying to just shoot Lu, but every time I turned around, Wes was headed back to the beach.  I litterally would grab him, put him back in the yard, get my camera, and he was heading back to in that direction...after many times trying to get him out of frame, I just went with it...

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Healthy Competition never hurt anyone.