Mother's Day Weekend

We've had some really busy Saturdays lately.  We have swimming lessons in the morning and a birthday party or baby shower in the afternoon for 3 weeks in row!  On Mother's Day weekend, we went over to Gigi and Granddaddy's on Saturday for dinner.  We decided to let the boys drive their 4-wheeler cars down to one of the lakes.  Daddy brought his fishing poles and the boys got to fish for the first time from the dock.  We didn't catch any fish, but we had fun watching the turtles and ducks.

On Sunday we had a nice and relaxing day.  The boys helped Daddy make me an amazing book with special decorated pages.  Daddy also cooked a delicious dinner, he also did all the dishes!  We went by Grandma and Grandpa's earlier in the day to visit.  It was a perfect weekend!

Spring Carnival

Jake's school had their annual Spring Carnival.  They had pre-school games/activities, food, and prizes.  Grandma joined us and we had a great time!

The Bounce House is always a hit.  This poor girl got stuck with the 2 monkeys!



Bike Race, although it was more like a leisure ride.



Jake was very excited to have his face painted.  He proudly showed off his baseball.



Picking from the lollipop tree and having a popcorn snack.

Jake's new glasses, one of the prizes!  



Easter 2011

 Easter Morning, the boys woke up to special treats left by the Easter Bunny.   Although this year, we did not mention his name very much, due to Jake's new fear of him.  We also read the Easter Story from their Children's Bible Stories book and enjoyed a big breakfast.

Checking out Easter Basket treats.

All dressed for Easter!

We went over to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner.  Gigi and Granddaddy joined us, what a treat for the boys to have both sets of Grandparents at one time! 



Cousins playing Candy Land before dinner.

We had an egg hunt with Blake and Benjamin.  This was the first one that Jake participated in without any tears or worries of the Big Bunny showing up. 



Cousins with their baskets full of eggs!



Our Family



Park, Ducks, and Swimming

Ford has been wanting to take Daddy and Jake to this park for a few weeks, but we've had some busy weekends and a little bit of crazy weather.  We finally made there and he was so excited to show them the bouncing truck. 

This is the best place to feed ducks.  There are a ton of them and they are very friendly and used to people feeding them.  We also saw a bunch of ducklings waddling around, what a treat!

Ford and Jake recently started swimming lessons at an indoor pool.  This is the second week.  The first week was a rough experience for Ford.  He cried the entire time.  They still took him in the water, but he never stopped crying and yelling "Mommy".  I was able to bring him during the week for open swim while Jake was at school and it sure did pay off.  They both did great at week 2.  We are getting prepared for summer and are planning on doing a lot of swimming! 

Pre-Easter Fun

We hosted a special Easter Playgroup that included an Egg Hunt!  We had a great time with yummy lunch, a craft, and a bunch of playing.  I actually got a picture of Jake doing the egg hunt.  This was at the very end.  He did not want to participate because he was afraid the Easter Bunny was going to be there.  He developed a fear of the Easter Bunny this year after the last egg hunt/spring party.

This is Ford's crazy face (while wearing every sticker from his egg loot). 

Blake and Benjamin came over after school one day which is a huge treat for Ford and Jake.  They just love their cousins.  Ford and I happened to get a painting craft earlier that day.  It was perfect to keep all 4 boys occupied!

Ford and Jake colored eggs for the first time this year.  They had fun picking out the colors then decorating with stickers.  They did a good job on listening to instructions and the final product turned out great!

We also did some cookie decorating.  I think more of the icing went into their mouths instead of on the cookies! 

Bikes and Family Night

Now that we have two working tricycles, the boys are enjoying riding them around a parking lot nearby.  They were going up and down a small ramp, then they decided to do a tandem style ride.  These tender moments give Mommy relief from the wrestling/fighting moments.  Thanks again Grandpa for helping us fix the "blue bike". 

Jake's school hosted a Math and Literacy Family Night recently.  Jake was so proud to show us the way to the activity room at his school.  They had stations of different activities and provided handouts so we can re-create them at home over the summer.  It was fun to see Jake in action and Ford got to explore his future school. 

Working on a Summer Book.

About a week earlier, Jake was given a home assignment of decorating a paper cut out person to resemble him.  He helped picked out the decorations and glued it.  When we walked into school, we found his right away near the entrance.  He was so proud and wanted to take it home with us.

Jake's person is the one with the green shirt and glasses :)

He wanted to take it down to bring home.