Sunday, April 28, 2013

May 2013

Congratulations Dan!
Dan finished the Garmin Half Marathon in Olathe on April 20th in record time.

It was cold for late April, but a little bit of cold was worth it to cheer dad on at the finish.

We had Polly, Jeb and Brecken Vader over for dinner (they cooked!) so they could see our new house and the kiddos could play. 
Jammy Time!
Little do these two munchkins know that they will be the best of friends.


CROFT FAMILY PHOTO SHOOT-  2013

 Dan surprised me with a family photo shoot as my birthday present this year. The best present ever!
He knew I wanted some new updated photos of our family since we hadn't done anything formal since Burke was a newborn. I am so excited to have photos of all three of us and just our little man since he has such a personality at 2 years old. 

 Deep thoughts by Burke J Croft


 The boys were watching an airplane. Doesn't that sound about right?
 Such a little thinker. I wonder what he is thinking?



 One of my many favorites!
We were at the Overland Park Arboretum. 
A train track with a mountains, bridges and rivers captured his attention.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

April 2013

We hosted a few guests this Easter. 
We enjoyed Karyl and Grandma Jean and Richard at our breakfast table before Easter morning church.
Burke's latest school work.
Burke, all cleaned up for Easter service.
Beforehand, Burke woke up to an Easter bunny's trail of eggs down the stairs. Let the hunt (or game of clean up) begin.
Jack Pot!

Grandma Karyl
The Crofts after church
Grandma Jean and Richard behaved at church
Silly Burke talking my ears off
Easter Sunday turned out to be a beautiful warm spring day. We all enjoyed the sunshine and Burke put on some comfy shorts to hunt the eggs with his big cousins.

Daddy helping Burke remember to keep looking instead of wanting to open each egg as he found it.
Happy Grandmas!
Sweet Tessa aiding Burke in his hunt

Nonna and Papa with their favorite, perfect grandkids.
What a great Easter1

A FEW BURKE QUOTES:

  • Driving home from daycare one day, Burke is buckled in my back seat and says. "Burke ride a horsey. Momma, Burke wanna horsey." There wasn't a horse in sight. Who knows where that came from.
  • Burke is particular about his clothes in the morning. Getting dressed one day I pull out a pair of jeans for him to wear. Burke says "Burke want to wear BLUE pants." I tell him, "Well, these are blue pants." Burke responds, "I want to wear DIFFERENT BLUE pants, mommy." Wow, who can argue with that?
  • Burke asked me today, "Where my FAVORITE blankey?" Hmmm. I didn't know there was a favorite. I guess I will learn.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

March 2013


March 2013 brought on the madness.
We kept busy with work, appointments, basketball, visitors and more snow!


 Burke had his second dentist appoint. This was his first official cleaning and XRays. He was a champ! Grandma Karyl was in town and came along. We adults were impressed with this pediatric dentist that gave Burke superior treatment that included Disney movies, a bouncy ball, a sticker, a balloon and ice cream.

 Grandma Karyl snapped this family photo in front of our new fireplace. She once again, came to the rescue, so Dan and I could make a trip to Wichita for a family friend's funeral. Thank you Karyl!
We are still loving our new home and slowly unpacking, very slowly.
Laughter for all!
Now that we have a great space to play in we can have more play dates. My coworker and great friend, Rebecca, brought her son, Lawson, over for a Sunday morning jammy play date. The boys are only 4 months apart and everyone benefitted from some play time.
March is Dr. Seuss' BDay so Burke's day care had fun with snacks and art. 
I also bought Burke this Hallmark clucking chicken that sings and lays eggs. He loves it!
Aunt Megan and Uncle Brett made a trip to KC to see Mr. Burke and the new casa. We had an adults only night out at a comedy club.

We joined Pacey and McGown Families for the Snake Saturday St. Pat's Day Parade in KC, Mo. It was a bit chilly but worth seeing all the fire trucks, motor cycles and fun floats.

The Grier cousins came to play a few friday nights so Nicole could get in some KU hoops. The kids are great help and entertainment for Burke. Here a mean game of Connect Four is under way. Burke is pretty good at sabotaging either team's strategy with a rouge chip getting inserted if you aren't watching.


Burke is still infatuated with trains. The toys Aunt Becky and Uncle Rod gave him for his 2nd Birthday are train-like, therefor they join us at the dinner table.


On a snowy Saturday we headed to Crown Center to visit the Funville exhibit where Burke could test out some future occupations. How about a Nascar Race Car Driver?
Umm. Mr. President. Please don't pick your nose at the State of the Union Address!
Lunch at the Crayola Cafe was a hit. We also went to see the Easter Bunny. We don't have any good photos. Burke was fine with the Easter Bunny while we waited in line but once it was his turn to sit on his lap he was not having it. Better luck next year Easter Bunny.
At home with coloring our own masks. Burke likes his own KState Mask.
Can you believe we got over 4" of snow 4 days after the first official day of spring?!? 
We were hoping to have sod in by Easter next week but the outlook is not good. That Easter bunny is going to have to hide all his eggs inside.
We dug out the Easter decor even though there is snow outside. While we were in the basement, five of our neighborhood friends (that we don't even know) were shoveling our driveway. How sweet! We have the best neighborhood. We can't wait for nice weather to meet them all and have a BBQ.