Easter weekend

Here are some pictures from our fun Easter weekend at Grandma & Grandpa Allen's house.

Easter egg hunt

coloring Easter eggs

family picture!

C1's Easter basket

C2's Easter basket

C1 loves his new dump truck

C2 gets a ride

look at me! I'm crawling!

C2 has finally done it!,... She's CRAWLING!! Hooray! We are quite excited. And she is too! You can see her new found determination to get around and try new things. She is very determined to pull herself up (to get to things C1 purposely places out of her reach), but she can't quite get her legs out from under her. It took awhile to get her crawling, but I think with her new "I can do it" attitude, she'll be walking before we know it!

snow fun

We had a fun visit with Grandma and Grandpa Allen this weekend. Grandpa brought his snow clothes and decided that C1 needed to spend some time out in the snow (something that his parents haven't done too much of with him). So the following are some fun pictures from Saturday's snow adventure! Good thing we have lots of snow to spare!

C1 had a hard time walking around in the snow because of how deep it was. He fell quite a bit.

C1, Grandpa, and Jon work on a huge snowman. Wait until you see the final results!

C1 and Grandpa make snow angels. You could barely see C1's, but he had the right idea at least.

Check out that snowman! Or should I say snowGIANT! We actually added a bucket hat and a scarf made from a cut up towel (something we had to do to make it long enough to fit on!)

the cutest vampire ever!

C2 is the cutest vampire ever! Instead of her two front teeth coming in, the ones next to them have come in. So when she smiles big she looks like a little vampire. An adorable one, that is! If you look close you can also see her ever-present mohawk. She has a habit of pulling at the hair on the top of her head in the back, so it never stays down. Any one who sees her comments on the mohawk. She really is a cutie!

clearing the snow

We have gotten quite a bit of snow this year. I'm not sure exactly how much, but it's been a lot. This last weekend C1 helped Jon clear the driveway on the 4-wheeler. C1 even got on his own 4-wheeler to help. Now he thinks he needs a snow-plow on his 4-wheeler like his daddy has.

the rolling queen

C2 is our little rolling queen. She rolls all over the house and has even started army crawling on her belly. Her favorite rooms to visit are C1's bedroom (she loves destroying his tracks) and the hard, cold kitchen floor. In this picture she was army crawling her way to the camera.

world of geotrax

C1 loves his GeoTrax trains and the little world Jon has created for him! C1 could watch the trains go around and around for hours.

C1 and Jon usually play GeoTrax trains together after work, but today C1 played by himself. He had all three trains going at the same time. What a coordinated boy - operating three remotes at once!

what's with the blog name?

So, you might be wondering,... How did you come up with a name like that for your blog? Well, let me tell you.

Once I decided to include our family in the world of bloggers, I realized I wanted a creative name. I played around with different options using our last name and such. I didn't come up with anything, so I asked Jon about it. I wanted to know if he thought we should include our first names or last in the title, or if we should pick an off the wall name. He thought we should just call it "off the wall". I played around with the idea of "Off the wall Parker's" or maybe "Parker's off the wall". Then Jon suggested that we just call it "Something Off The Wall". So there you have it,... That is how we came up with our unique, fun, and creative blog name - Something Off The Wall. Pretty random, huh?