April 24, 2011...Hoppy Easter!

We're up to our earlobes in Legos, Playdoh, and jellybeans around here.  But having celebrated Easter with the family and completed all the chores required to get ready for guests yesterday...TODAY is rather relaxing and stress-free.  

April 23, 2011...Early Easter

We did our Easter dinner early and had nearly the whole family there for the occasion.  It was great to all be together and let the kids run and play.  

Family

 Everyone was too busy with their social networks to take a photo...

 Lots of love and plenty of hugs

cousins...even the one who was ridiculously unhappy to take a photo (Nate)

April 21, 2011...Easter Egg Thursday

Tiff and Brie came over tonight for dinner and Easter egg dyeing.  The kids flew through almost 2 dozen eggs in no time!  We wound up with a whole lot of pink eggs for some reason, but they had a great time doing it and it's always fun to let them go at it.  Alex may be pink until his 3rd birthday, but that's ok.  If you ask Nate, he'd tell you "Boy's can like pink, too!"  

April 17, 2011...More Easter Fun

Today was our Easter breakfast at the fire house.  It was a lot of fun to hang out with the other members. We had breakfast, held an easter egg hunt for the kids in the truck bay, and did some Easter crafts with the wee ones.  It's a great bunch of people and I had a great time!

April 16, 2011...Easter Egg Bunny

Today we paid a visit to (as Nate calls him), the "Easter Egg Bunny".  I was glad both boys were cooperative and we didn't have any scare issues like previous years.  Luckily the photo I paid for was much cuter than these.  But it was still a good time with great friends.  

April 9, 2011..."Hunting" for Easter Eggs

Sarah, Kenny, the boys and I attended an Easter Egg Hunt at the Morton FD today.  I was amazed at how natural it was for the little ones who have never done it before.  I staged one for Nate and Brie once in our backyard on Avery Street, but otherwise this was fresh territory for us all.  Alex ran and scooped up those eggs like a (little) man on a mission!  I think he wound up with more than 20...Nate came back from the "big kid" hunt with 5 eggs..."because [he's] 5 years old!"  The fun was in opening them all to see what they got.  Alex scored $2.75 in nickels and quarters, a boatload of candy and half a pound of jelly beans.  Nate got significantly less candy and gum, but was still happy with his loot.  Afterwards we went to the FD to see their trucks and Nate got to shoot the hose.  Then we headed to Mom & Dad's to hang with Sarah and Kenny for a bit before rushing home to grab gear for Nate's swim lesson.  Busy, busy!

April 4, 2010

Easter!  We spent Saturday day/night down at camp so on Easter morning, the boys woke up and went outside in the woods to find their Easter baskets.  The weather was beautiful and we had a great time playing outside, roasting marshmallows, riding the "TV" (as Nate calls it!).  It's nice to have a place to go and let the kids roam "free".

April 1, 2010

Dave and the boys picked me up at work today and we went over to Cobbs Hill for lunch.  We got hot dogs at the street vendor and let the kids run on the playground.  The weather was gorgeous - sun and 70s.  It was great to get out of the office!!  Nathaniel wanted to come into work with me when we left the playground and when he found out he couldn't he wouldn't give me a kiss goodbye.  Instead he yelled, "Good BYE, mean KNUCKLEHEAD!"  I think he was mad at me!

That night we went to Melon Bean to meet up with Tiff & Brie.  I snapped this photo of Bug just before we left.  He's clutching his beloved "Bolt" (who is FILTHY right now from being dragged around on his "leash"!) and looks so grown up!  If you look closely you can still see remnants of the whiskers he had drawn on his face at school for his Easter celebration!  He asked me, "Mommy, do these whiskers make me look silly?"  I told him he looked very handsome but when it came time to meet his precious Brie, he was found scrubbing them off in the bathroom because he "didn't want to look silly for Brie".  Awww.....

March 30, 2010

Auntie Pam, Shawn and Brianna came over tonight to visit so we used the opportunity to dye some Easter eggs!  I love that the kids are getting old enough for this stuff now!  The boys did very well and made BEAUTIFUL eggs!  Hopefully next year Alex won't still try to drink the egg coloring so it should be much easier!!