Lil' Sounders!

Daniel joined a local group of church families for "Lil' Sounders" - his first soccer practice!  Needless to say he had a blast, and Dad took lots of pictures.

Open spaces!

"Ball, you have no idea how hard I'm about to kick you."

Time stretch!

What warmup is complete without super jumps - Daniel's patented exercise."

Time to start the drills.

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"You and me are going to be good friends, goal."

LASER!

Speed dribbles.

Daniel, soccer player.

Coach Steve laying down the rules.

Critical skill #4 - trapping with arms out wide like a bird.

It's soccer practice, but hey, everything is better with parachute games!

In their natural habitat

Bean Play

When Daniel was Matthew's age we would let him play with a bag of dried beans, a pot and a spoon to keep him occupied while we were busy with something else. The beans have come back out, and we have some new variations on bean play.

 Stirring beans got old fast. The bowl becomes a helmet.

 Daniel's bean tower. Fun, but dangerous. I would not want to be the one to clean that up if it was knocked over.

Scooping up and dumping out beans with trucks.

 Some beans were turned into bean bags for...

tossing!

Happy Easter!

 We had a pretty eventful Easter this year, including a trip to urgent care with Matthew who has been having trouble staying healthy, a wonderful impromptu visit from cousin Olivia, the celebration of our cousin and goddaughter Meagan's entry into the Church, and of course, treats! Here are some highlights from the weekend.

 Dyeing Easter eggs with cousin Olivia.

 

"Whoa! A blue egg!"

Easter Vigil Mass

So proud of Meagan!

It was a very late, rough night for everyone, but Easter baskets in the morning makes it all better.

Finding eggs all over the house. (Which almost didn't happen because the Easter bunny didn't realize until 1 am that the eggs we reuse every year were left at another family's house last year...)

Making tasty Resurrection Rolls for breakfast. Yum!

Happy Easter everyone!

Homemade Hats

My knitting skills are not very advanced, but after learning how to follow a simple hat pattern I bought a couple skeins of yarn to make semi-matching hats for the boys. Of course, I finished the hats just as it's starting to get warm here...

Showing you their toothy smiles.

 Taking a break from photos to give Aaron a kiss. :)

 Matthew's hat was first. His is pretty basic.

Aaron's hat came next. Also basic, but I had to learn how to make some ears.

 Daniel's took the longest. Mostly because I made one that was much too big and had to start over.

Love these boys!

Fresh from the bath

Bed Head

St. Patrick's Day

 We love St. Patrick's Day! We prepared with a few crafts, then celebrated the big day with chocolate coins, visits from leprechauns, festive clothes, a play date and general Hanzeli silliness (probably induced by the chocolate).

 Matthew and his potato stamp.

 Daniel moves away from stamping and into hand-painting.

 Love the look on his face. :)

 Daniel's finished product.

 What we were aiming for.

 Leprechaun sighting!

 Oh wait, that's just Daniel.

Does this shamrock make my butt look big?

Leprechauns came during the night and left a box of chocolate coins!

Delirium sets in.

Chocolate-induced coma.

The O'Hanzeli boys.

Month 4

 Aaron is now four (!) months old. Here is what he's been up to this past month:

 Working on his cuteness.

 Getting some love from Daniel.

Sharing some pre-bedtime snuggles with Matthew.

Getting comfy with great-grandma Eva.

Playing on the play mat (and working on his drooling skills).

 Finding his feet.

 Working on fitting all ten fingers into his mouth at once.

 Learning about trucks with Matthew,

 and how to read with Daniel.

Rolling around like crazy. [This is not where we left him!]

Being a little ham.