94/365 April 4, 2010

Christ is risen! Hallelujah!

The boys got their Easter baskets this morning.


Levi got a Thomas train, sunglasses, Cars ziploc bags, sidewalk chalk, a hand sewn holder for either matchbox cars or crayons, and some treats (M&Ms and Annie's organic bunny fruit snacks)


Rockin' the new shades and enjoying a pre-breakfast treat


Jonas got a book, a new pack of pacifiers, sunglasses, a ducky spout cover for the bathtub, and some treats (Cheerios, Gerber puffs, and yogurt drops)




Tyler got an Easter Mr. Potato Head, some duckies, and lots of eggs with candy (I think those are more for Mom and Dad)


Demonstrating where the Mr. Potato Head mouth goes (totally out of focus, but eh, oh well)

In the afternoon, after we packed all of our stuff into the car, we went to Jackie's house and had Easter dinner and another egg hunt for the boys. Jackie's two younger sons weren't there, but her oldest was, along with his fiance and their two boys, Rylan and Talan. The boys all had a great time together!


Jonas going for an egg (with a little help from Daddy)




Tyler in Levi's old clothes


Tyler enjoying a cupcake...well, just the frosting, really


He was trying to "blow out the candles"


This one cracks me up


Talan chilling in the bouncer


Levi, Jonas, and Rylan, going through their egg hunt loot


Levi said that the egg wanted his picture taken


Levi was dying to hold the baby. I guess Jonas is big enough now that it's not the same. Talan was not impressed.


All the grandboys (somebody needs to have a girl! Preferably not me, at least not for a few more years)

93/365 April 3, 2010

Today was a busy day! Shane and my brother in law Darren went to help my dad move a bunch of stuff from storage into his new house, so my sister and I were on our own with the boys. We took them to an Easter egg hunt at our old church and they had a good time there.




Levi didn't seem to get it that he needed to move quickly and grab eggs, so he only got a few. He had fun, though.


They made sure every kid got one egg with a cross on it. Inside was a token to take inside the church and claim some small prizes. That was Levi's favorite part. He picked a cross-shaped pencil sharpener (with a little encouragement from me, since I knew he'd be getting pencils in his Easter basket the next morning) and a rubber bracelet.

The weather finally warmed up when we got back to the house, so we took the boys outside to a park that backs up to my sister's back yard. There's a creek bed that runs between them, and the banks are kind of steep, so it was a little tricky getting 3 little ones across, but we made it. No pictures of that because there was no way I was going to make it across with all my equipment/camera AND carrying Jonas.

After that, we came back and the boys had a great time playing with the water table we gave Tyler for his birthday last summer. Even Jonas got into it. They were filthy and soaked, but we weren't done yet.













The boys had dinner and then we dyed eggs. Levi had never done it before and I think he enjoyed it. It was MESSY, but we were prepared and nothing got ruined.




Levi had a little help with these, but the crayons didn't write on the eggs very well even when I did it, so they didn't turn out great.



We have another busy day tomorrow - my dad's fiance Jackie is hosting Easter dinner at her house, and there will be another egg hunt for the boys. And of course the boys will get their Easter baskets in the morning. No church, unfortunately, since Jonas has a runny nose and this weekend is just so packed. We are also going to drive up to Shane's parents' house tomorrow night and spend a few nights with them.

87/365 March 28, 2010

Today was the Easter egg hunt for a local attachment parenting moms group I'm part of. We met at the park right by our house and had lunch, did an egg hunt, and even had a visit from the Easter Bunny (my friend's husband, who was a great sport). The kids had a great time and the weather was great, despite a not-so-great forecast. Levi finally got to try out his Cars kite he got last Easter, and he was thrilled with the prizes he got in his eggs.








Checking out the Easter Bunny


FREAKING OUT about the Easter Bunny


Jonas got to ride up front in the big boy seat since Levi was off playing


Trying to fly the kite. He was not very successful. I didn't do much better than he did when I tried it.


Playing with an egg