Treat Time

The kids love treats in little cups and bowls. Todays treats were M&M's The tricky thing about M&M's is they can't let Annie get them because of the peanuts. The kids are so cute when they protect Annie. They say "No Annie, choke" and then shake their fingers at her.

Jake, Anthony, Michael, Jaileigh and Annie trying to sneak in for a candy steal.

Anthony and Mikey

Michael

Quads in Chairs/Stackers and Play Doh

I originally bought these chairs for Easter but Mike broke them out one day while babysitting. The kids love them. Annie loves them the most though. She loves that she can climb in and out all by herself. Daddy took this picture while he was babysitting. I escaped for a long overdue pedicure.

Michael (reading), Anthony, Jakob, Jaileigh, and Annie

Annie and Anthony playing with the stacker pegs. They love these.

Jaileigh and Anthony

Michael and Jaileigh

Lately, play doh has been a big hit at our house. Last week they wanted to play with it every day and sometimes twice a day.

Anthony

Jaileigh

Michael

Even Annie likes it. She usually tries to taste it so I have to watch her very carefully.

Jake and his innocent look

Annie loves corn!

Look how excited she is!

How Did You Get Up There?

How does this kid get so high?!

Jake

Playing "hosey" with mom. Look at them holding hands. Too cute.

Jaileigh and Michael

Jaileigh and Anthony

Jakey and Daddy

BlackHawks

In case you didn't hear the news, the Chicago Blackhawks made it to the playoffs again, by the skin of the teeth. Mike is pretty excited and the kids seem to be too.

Michael, Jaileigh, Anthony, Anndalyn, Jakob

This one is the best! They are all looking and smiling.

We got this for the quads 1st birthday and they still love it.

The San Diego Zoo

The Zoo! We love the zoo! My kids want to go to the zoo everyday! They absolutely love it. The are getting so good at walking it too. We can almost leave our strollers home and take a single stroller for Annie. Almost!

I dressed the kids in summer clothes because it was warm at our house and by the time we got to the zoo it was freezing. Good thing I packed warm clothes! We added their layers on in the car and then headed in.

Giraffes.

Jaileigh, Jakob, Michael, and Anthony

Annie and Daddy`

This giraffe was a week old.

The rhinos! They were sleeping according to the kids.

Michael

Looking at the zebra and the donkey. For some reason they were together.

The flamingos.

Michael and Jaieligh

Jake and the flamingos.

Anthony and Michael watching the wild hog.

Jake eating a snack while checking out the wild hog. I was nervous he was going to share his cracker.

The wild hog. Bad picture but you can kind of see how gross and hairy he was.

Jake climbed up for a better view. I only let him do this because other parents were letting their children.

"Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, eating all the gum drops he can see. . . ."

My kids love this song so they were really excited to see a real Kookaburra.

Anthony reading up about the kookaburra.

Annie

Jaileigh and Jake playing on the tractor

Anthony and Jake digging up fossils

Jake having a quiet moment

Annie wanted to walk really, really bad.

Jaileigh and Daddy looking at the camels

ahhhh, so sweet

Turtle time. There was a turtle the size of a fifty cent piece and then the mommy turtle close by.

Jake, Michael, and Anthony

Jaileigh was too tired to walk anymore.

The elephant.  This area has a "thunderstorm" that we got caught in. Mike and I thought it was real because the day was so cool. We figured out it wasn't when only a small area was getting wet.

I hate snakes but my kids seem to like them. Here is a rattler that we saw on our way out.

June Gloom=Gloomy Days and Indoor Play

June Gloom has hit California. Everyday looks like it should be raining. It would be rather depressing in normal circumstances but I have 4 little sunshines living here that make my days bright and sunny. So, we have been hanging out and having fun.

Last weekend we were a little adventurous. On Friday night we went to our church picnic and took the kids. Saturday we went to Hollywood for a talent audition. A talent agency is interested in the babies being models. Mike and Joe golfed Saturday morning and Saturday night we went to a party. The teachers from my school had a end of the school year party and we crashed it. We were the surprise. Sadly, I didn't get pictures from anything but hanging out at our house. Oh well.

Jaileigh has the pink ball . . . .



Michael steals it away . . . .



Michael loses it and they're off . . . and Anthony wins




Uncle Joe single-handedly entertaining the kiddos

Jaileigh and Uncle Joe

Anthony and Mikey with their cheesy grins

Anthony, Michael, and Jakob in their "going to Hollywood" outfits and hairdos

Jakey and his famous grin and mohawk

Mikey and Jakey

Anthony and Jakey

On Friday we went to our church BBQ. We had to put our winter outfits on because it was so cold here. I think it was 65 degrees out. Brrrrr. Here are the boys before we left and before we put their pants and jackets on. All of the babies fell asleep at the BBQ/picnic and slept through the whole thing.

We had to install a gate because the babies love the stairs. They are too steep and I was afraid that they would fall down them. Also, our Early Start teacher requested we put a gate up. Here are Jakey and Mikey feeling like they have been imprisoned.

Jaileigh and her friend the cheerio : )