how to tell a knock knock joke

Laci has entered the age of joke telling.  And, like any four year old, has no idea what really makes a joke funny.

The other day, I hear her instructing Mia on how to tell a knock knock joke.  Mia, ever the admiring little sister, listened to her big sister's directions.

Laci:  Ok Mia, now it's your turn.

Mia:  Knock, knock.

Laci:  Who's there?

Mia:  Papa.

Laci:  Papa who?

Mia:  Papa E!

They break into hysterical laughing for several minutes.  Papa E is what they call Ryan's dad.

And THAT is how you tell a knock, knock joke.

easter 2014

This could possibly be the world's most boring post to read. I just don't have the words tonight, but I wanted to share our pictures.  I hope you'll forgive me.

A few days before Easter, Noah took a nice, long nap and I was able to dye a few eggs with the girls.

A few days later, the girls dyed eggs with Ryan's mom, including a nice glitter coating to make them sparkle.  We ate a few of these eggs the other day...glitter everywhere.  But that's nothing new around here.

And the holiday itself was very nice.  Good time with family, perfect weather, almost perfect children.  I feel like there is much more to say, but I'll just let the pictures tell the story.

april...

Oh, hello.  Why yes, I'm still here.  April is quickly passing and I'm finding blogging to be the lowest priority on the list.  I'm not really happy about it.  I don't like to have gaps in our story, but such is life.

We spent the first couple weeks of the month being sick.  Laci passed her fever to Mia who passed it to Noah who passed it to me.  Instead of all being sick at the same time, this virus decided to take its sweet time between us, leaving at least one of us feeling bad for 12 days in a row.  But, we are all well, for the moment, and Ryan somehow made it through healthy.  Excuse me while I knock on some wood.

My dad's stay in the hospital lasted much longer than planned due to an infection, which was brutal to his body, but he is home and getting better each day.  And the girls didn't complain too much because, although they missed my parents, they had the company of Maverick for ten whole days.  We had a visit from my Aunty Jenny and two of her boys.  I took only a few pictures on my phone.  We've been playing outside a lot.  Driving jeeps, digging in dirt, flying kites.  Laci is enjoying dance class.  Noah is getting giant and trying to figure out how to scoot across the floor.  And Mia continues to amaze me each day by finding new ways to get into trouble, and by being the cutest two year old I know.

I'm sure there are stories I have already forgotten, but there's no sense in trying to "catch up."  Time is continuing to fly, so I'll just start with a seriously random group of pictures I grabbed from my phone, spanning the past couple weeks.

Random pics, right?  But isn't that was life is...just a random collection of events, big and small, that make up our "story."