March 2013

Another Season of Soccer

Easter

 Sarah had an Easter egg hunt at her day care. It looks like it was a chilly hunt.

Our church had some games, face painting and an egg hunt. All of the festivities had to be moved inside due to some rain.

 Adam and Jackson sitting and listening to the rules of the hunt.

Sarah found an egg! The boys ran off to a different part of the church. Sarah and I had to go on an Adam and Jackson hunt once she was done.

More Easter

Jackson and I concluded our Spring Break with a trip to Gramma and Granddad's. Sarah went to her 18 month check-up (she weighed 26 pounds and was 33 1/2 inches long) and then we went to pick up Adam and headed towards the lake. Kevin stayed home to work on the porch steps. On Saturday, everyone came down for an Easter lunch. After lunch we all headed out to find Easter eggs. We had to come home on Saturday night so the Easter bunny could find our Easter baskets and fill them with goodies.

Bedtime stories with Gramma.

Dying Easter Eggs at Gramma's. Adam and Sarah are taking their naps or they might have been dyed themselves!

Adam's job was to put stickers on the dyed eggs. Gramma used the dyed eggs to make deviled eggs for Easter lunch. Yum!

"First of all, Granddad, why are you holding Ivey and not me? Second, Ivey, why don't you have much hair on your head?"

Don't you just wish the two of them could talk so you'd know what they were thinking?

Sarah's favorite place: in Grandad's arms (as long as he is standing and walking around!).

Adam and Jackson looking for the hidden eggs.

Chillin' out in the shade.

Look what the Easter bunny left us!

Adam loves his Peeps!

Sarah got some new barrettes.

Adam got a book with a dry erase marker that teaches him all about colors which he has yet to put down!

Easter Egg Hunt at CDC!

YAHOO! This week is Spring Break for me and Jackson. We have waited a looooong time for this week, and it is finally here! I've been staying home and getting some closets cleaned out without a three year old and toddler underfoot. It's been wonderful! Today Jackson and I ventured out to Sarah and Adam's daycare to help out with the Easter Egg Hunt. We hid more eggs than I have ever seen in one place for Adam's class. It took us about 30 minutes to hide them all (with the help of two other moms) and only about 5 for the kids to find them all. They made these cute little bunny baskets out of milk cartons. They would fill the baskets and then dump the eggs in a shopping bag and start all over again. Those eggs that I thought I was getting rid of by sending them to the daycare multiplied and then came back home with my children. We will definitely be having our own Egg Hunts here at home over the next few days!

Sarah never smiled but got the hang of picking up eggs and putting then in her teacher's bag.

I got lucky. I hid the eggs for Adam's class, ran down to Sarah's playground, watched her egg hunt, and then ran back up to the front of the church for Adam's egg hunt. I didn't miss a thing!

After Sunday's practice, Adam knew exactly what to do!

He would pick up all the eggs in one area and leave one laying on the ground. Jackson would try and get him to pick it up but he would say he wanted to leave it there!

This was his third time filling the basket.

Adam's class sitting down waiting to go inside.

Home Alone

If you asked Kevin, he would tell you I keep leaving him. It just so happens that two very important events happened two weekends in a row. Last weekend I headed to New Bern with three of my girlfriends. We went to the Home and Garden show to look at old houses and beautiful gardens. This past weekend I headed to Ridgecrest for the WINGS (Women IN God's Scriptures) Retreat.
If you asked me, I would tell you Kevin doesn't like to stay home. He packed all three kids up and headed to the beach to see his parents last weekend. He helped his dad build another section to their storage building. The boys were excited because they got to sit on the roof. If you asked Jackson about his weekend at the beach, all they did was sit on the porch the whole time. The weather wasn't the best but it did warm up for them on Sunday.
This past Saturday Kevin took them to the Natural Science Center in Raleigh. They had a great time until a tornado went through and forced them to head down to the lower level of the museum. I'm sure that was much more than he bargained for! I was innocently shopping for antiques in Black Mountain when the text came through that they were seeking shelter around 4:00 that afternoon. Thank God they all returned safely. They even made it to church the next day. It has been our church's tradition to have a hot dog lunch and Easter Egg hunt after church on Palm Sunday. Jackson and Adam also sang in the choir at the Worship service.

I really want to know what they are all looking at. Every picture has them facing in the same direction looking at the same thing.

Look! I found something in this egg!

This is the best picture of all three of them. Kevin only took about six. This was actually the first. It all went downhill after this!

Egg Hunts Galore!

Our church usually has an Easter Egg hunt for the children after the annual Palm Sunday lunch. They canceled it this year due to the weather and moved it to after the service on Easter Sunday. After the egg hunt we headed to Aunt Jamie and Uncle Roger's house for Sunday lunch. There, they enjoyed looking for eggs in their backyard. Adam wasn't quite sure what to do at church, but by the time the eggs were hidden a second time at Jamie and Roger's, he knew exactly what to do.

I had to coax him to pick up the eggs and then put them in his basket. Several times he picked up the egg, looked at it, and then put it back on the ground.

Jackson needed no help what so ever!

Sarah just got to watch. She'll get to hunt the eggs next year.

Emptying the eggs and checking the loot.

Adam finds an egg in Aunt Jamie's yard.

Someone hid the eggs pretty well. Jackson had trouble finding some of them.

Still looking for eggs...

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! The boys were very excited about the Easter Bunny coming this year. They just couldn't wait to get downstairs to their baskets. They each got a book, some sidewalk chalk, and a little candy. Sarah seemed more interested in what the boys got than what was in her own basket. She got some sippy cups, some new toys, and a book.

Adam and Jackson did not like posing for this picture. They wanted to get into those baskets.

I'll take that, Jackson!

What's in that egg, Adam? Yum! Some jelly beans!

I didn't get any of these. I'll just take Adam's. He won't mind.

One of Sarah's many expressions. She has tons lately!

Books are my new favorite thing!

Easter Egg Hunt

Our church hosts an annual Easter Egg Hunt on Palm Sunday. Adam knew exactly what to do. He did start taking the eggs out of his basket once he got a few in there. The highlight of the day for him was finding an egg that looked like a football. He was calling all the eggs balls anyway, so it worked out perfectly!

No Maggie, let me get the ones over here!

I'll put these in my basket.

Am I done now?

Oh, look! I found another one!

My basket is full. Can I play now?

I'd rather climb than find Easter Eggs.

Jackson and his friend, Will swinging in the tire swing.