Loyet Family Odyssey

We spent the afternoon of St. Patrick's Day with Anakin and Avy. We went to the book fair at Anakin and Avy's school and ran some errands. We capped the day off with some intense play outside at a friend's house. Benjamin and Tarini were asleep not two minutes after we left Aunt Heather's house.

Tarini, Benjamin, Avy and Anakin

BOYS!!! *sigh*

Our little daredevil

Tarini is always at the ready to pose when she sees a camera.

Making up a game with a rope tied to a tree; kids are so good at thinking outside of the box.

So we finally wore Daddy down enough to let us get the puppy we wanted. Luna is a chocolate lab and he is six weeks old today. We will be picking him up on our way home from spring break April 1st. He is already enrolled in puppy classes, which is really an excuse for mommy to get away for an hour or so every week :) His name means moon in Latin/Spanish and it is in honor of Benjamin's undying affection for the moon...or "moon ball" as he affectionately calls it.

Tarini meeting Luna

I decided to take Tarini along with me to pick out our puppy and it was a really special mommy and daughter trip. We had to drive about an hour south to the breeder's home and Grandpa rode along with us. It was especially meaningful for me as my Dad took me to pick out my puppy Shiloh when I was sixteen. It was really hard to leave him but we know it won't be long before we have him with us.

It is so cute when he furrows his brow.

1,2,3,4 I declare a noodle war!

Tarini and Abraham - He is 13 yrs old and almost as big as she is :)

I simply love them!

I just so happened to be perusing pictures on my camera when I glanced over and there were my boys enjoying a moment.

OK, so this picture has a story behind it. We went to Aunt Heather's one afternoon and Avy was playing with makeup when we got there. We barely got in the door before Tarini wanted to join her. They played for a little while in Aunt Heather's bathroom and apparently at some point someone got into the real makeup. Tarini waltzed out and all I could see were her eyes - the girl put on black eyeliner by herself...perfectly! I cannot even come close to getting my eyeliner this close to my eye. This one is definitely worth clicking on to see the bigger image :)

The kids enjoyed a bike ride to, and on, a nearby church parking lot. As Tarini is new to bike riding, we have had to take it slow. We like to take her to this parking lot because she doesn't have the fear that she associates with the narrow sidewalks and changing elevation. And she feels brave enough to ride around and practice without one of us holding on to the handle bars. She's getting better every time we take her out and she LOVES her fairie bike. She really identifies with the character Iridessa :)

Tarini absolutely loves Aunt Heather's new puppy "Pink", and loves on her as much as she can. We have joined forces and are currently trying to convince Daddy that we need a puppy :)