Easter 2015

Seeing that a certain four-legged friend of ours didn't succeed in eating all of the candy-filled eggs left behind by the Easter Bunny, Easter was a little less eventful this year...much to our relief!  Danny and I learned our lesson last year and she was kept under a watchful eye.  Don't worry, she did attempt to eat some on her way outside that morning...she's one determined pup!

Warm Spring weather and Easter brought with them some fun things for us to do during past few weeks.  Read on and enjoy the update on the Schuerman Family!

Mom sent a sweet picture of Colin to us while we were at work one Friday

Mom spoiled the kids with goodies brought from drug reps at work.  The frosting from the Cheryl's cookie was more like paint!

Cadence, the goofball

Colin found a blue colored pencil while I wasn't looking...I wonder if it tasted good?!

Cadence the other day before school, "Take my picture and send it to Uncle Mike!"  She had her princess shoes on and wanted to show off :)

Colin likes stickers...

...a lot!

He's a busy boy!

Danny was able to attend Cadence's Easter party at school.  There were tons of treats during snack time followed by an Easter egg hunt!

Ms. Barr, Cadence's pre-K teacher, recently moved to Tennessee to pursue furthering her education.   We were bummed to see her go!  She has promised to attend the kids' "graduation" in May; I know Cadence will be excited to see her.  She gave Cadence a cute poem describing her using the letters of her name.

The kids (and the adults) had fun dyeing Easter eggs. Colin didn't quite understand the concept and got a little upset when we tried to intervene.  Cadence got creative with her eggs.

The kids were excited by the Easter baskets and eggs left by the Easter Bunny!  It was so cute to see their reactions.  Cadence could see some of the eggs by peeking downstairs before they were allowed to start "hunting".  She did a good job helping Colin find some of the eggs.  She kept yelling, "This is awesome!" while Colin was saying, "Whoa!"

So, I tried really hard to get a cute "staged" Easter photo of the kids...Cadence was all about it, Colin was not.  I think he wanted his pacifier (which we're trying to limit him using) and it was all downhill from there.

Notice Elsa "planking" in the background

Poor little guy was so mad at me!

They love each other so much...I hope that never changes!

So, our roomies moved out this weekend.  Even though they'll be right next door, it will still be quite an adjustment.  If you think about it, since August of 2013, we've lived under one roof for 18 of the past 21 months!  That's practically Colin's entire life!  Part of the time, we were living with my parents while we searched for a home and had renovations completed; part of the time my parents were living with us while they had their home built next door!  A lot of people I know have said, "Oh, I could never do that!" or "I could never live with my parents!"  To us, it was easy!  We enjoy the company of my parents and we don't hold grudges!  My parents also spoiled us -- mom cooked us dinner practically every night, dad was like our live-in Bob Vila and helped with stuff around the house, the household chores were a lot easier to tackle...the list goes on.  I know the kids enjoyed having them around, and so did we!  We are lucky that they'll be literally "a stone's throw" from our house.  

Winter 2014-2015

A couple of weeks into spring seems like the perfect time for a winter post, right?  Better late than never, I guess!  We had a decent amount of snow this winter -- it seemed like it would snow early in the week, stay freezing all week, and the snow would still be around for the weekend.  Cadence was able to play in the snow a few times.  As the weeks went by, Cadence became more of a dare devil when it came to sledding.  She had fun building a snowman too. All of the snow gear was too much for Colin.  He doesn't like hats, refuses to wear gloves, and was unsure about his boots.  That's not a good mix when the temperature is freezing!

Here's the one picture of Colin I got in the snow.  Poor thing -- he wanted to play in the snow so badly, but he just doesn't understand what all is involved!

Scarlet loves the snow.  She even tries to catch snowballs!

We have pretty wimpy hills in our yard...what do you expect, that's Ohio for ya!  We ended up pulling or pushing Cadence around on the sled.  It's quite a work out!

Here's a pretty picture of the creek down the street.  Looks freezing cold, doesn't it?!

So, there's a property down the street that has turkeys.  Another house has adopted them because they hang out there a lot.  I guess they got bored and stopped by our house one day when my mom and the kids were home.  They fed the things and now they make a daily trip to the Schuerman house!  Like, seriously, they come right up to our windows and look for us!

My mom usually gets some pretty cute pictures of the kids on "Grandma Fridays."

I was able to go to Cadence's Valentine's party at school.  They had some yummy treats (Yeah -- see that chocolate dipped Oreo with sprinkles?  She wanted nothing to do with it...it was delicious!)  and played some cute games.  She loved the Valentine's cards she received and they even had a Valentine's box contest!

Danny and the kids made a cute Valentine's cookie cake for me while I was out getting my hair cut.  It was yummy!

We took Cadence to the Disney On Ice show.  This year it was Worlds of Fantasy.  It included Cars, The Little Mermaid, Tinker Bell, and Toy Story.  She had fun having a special day with us (we felt 2 hours sitting still for Colin was still not a good idea).

Super stoked about lunch at McDonald's after the show!  Danny and I stopped by Tom + Chee instead!

Look how sweet!  He's going to make a great husband some day :)  I've trained him well.

Mega Icicle

Mom and Dad have received all of their appliances for their house.  We got the construction crew to save one of the boxes for the kiddos.  They had fun making a "house"!

Proud of her Lego dino 

We ordered a new rug online; the kids had fun inspecting it.

Colin loves his train

St. Patrick's Day

The best cookie on Earth

Don't expect Colin to share

Cadence was invited to a classmate's 5th birthday party at the local ice rink.  We weren't too sure if Cadence would be brave and try it.  At first I didn't think she would; then I thought she might if she saw her friends skating.  OMG -- you should've seen this kid when I tried to take her out on the ice!  She turned bright red and started bawling because she was so scared.  So, needless to say, we ended up watching all of her friends skate instead.  She didn't even want to try the training/walker thing to keep her from falling.  She was terrified of possibly falling.  Everyone tried to get her to skate -- I mean, EVERYONE -- me, her friends, the parents of her friends.  This girl wouldn't budge.  I admire that she stuck to her decision, but I wish she tried new things more often!  Maybe next time!