Easter

He IS risen!  We were up bright and early on Easter morning so we decided to get ready and go to the 8:00 AM church service instead of a later one.  It was the perfect way to start our Easter celebration.

When we got home from church Ford and Jake found a special letter addressed to them.

They ran to the bathroom and found a basket of goodies in the bathtub! (We got the whole adventure on video, so much excitment!!)

We then had a huge breakfast, played Legos, watched The Muppets movie and rested.

We went over to Grandma and Grandpa's a little later for dinner and a cousin egg hunt.  Gigi and Granddday also joined us (although unfortunatley not pictured due to non-cooperative little boys).  We ended up doing an inside egg hunt due to the wet ground from the rain earlier in the day.

Poor little Jake always seems to get hurt.  He fell and bumped his head, Mommy comforted him, but that wasn't enough.  He needed some love from Grandma and Grandpa.

Ford and Benjamin are little partners in crime and always being silly!  I couldn't get Ford and Jake to pose for any pictures, so I just took some when I could.

Boo-Boo, Water Time & Opening Day

The first major injury occurred in the Hansard House.  The victim - Jake Joseph.  Of course, Daddy was out of town.   The boys were running around the house chasing each other.  I was asking them to calm down and stop running (which I do about 100 Xs a day), but before they stopped Jake ran head first into the corner of the wall which resulted in a deep cut on his forehead.  It was almost a perfect line, but very deep.  I was literally about 2 feet from him.  I grabbed him, got a few towels for the blood, told Ford to get their shoes and we all jumped in the car.  I knew this was more than just a band-aide cut.  It was dinner time on a Saturday (I actually had just taken our dinner out of the oven) and I knew our After Hours Pediatric Clinic was open, so we headed there instead of the big scary ER.  The receptionist grabbed a doctor right away to take a look and she decided Dermabond (surgical glue) and surgical strips would do the trick instead of stitches.  I'm sure this is just the first of many more emergency visits and battle wounds.

A few days post-injury. 

The weather has been so beautiful lately.  We decided it was time to bust out some water fun in the backyard.  

The water table is still a hit! 
Ford always looks out for Jackson.  They are so gentle and sweet to each other.

Super fun water hockey!

Rangers Opening Day is a celebrated holiday in the Hansard House.  This year it fell on Good Friday, so Daddy was home and the boys were off from school.  We decided to have a picnic lunch at a park, then we watched the game and cheered on the Rangers.  We can't wait to go out to the ballpark for some games this season!

What is Jake looking at??

A gecko!  He actually first saw him on the steps, then he watched the little guy run to a safe place.

All decked out in our Texas Rangers gear! 

Pre-Easter Activities

We had a few pre-Easter activities planned this year.  We went to our annual PAMOM Spring Fling.  Daddy was out of town, so Grandma came with us.  It was at Owen's Farm, which had bounce houses, animals, train rides, crafts, Egg Hunt and the Easter Bunny.  It was a perfect day and a great location. 

Last year, this was the event that created Jake's fear of the Easter Bunny and egg hunts.  He was traumatized when the Easter Bunny blew the air horn and all the kids started running for eggs.  Thank goodness, he overcame his fear!  He was actually quite curious of the Easter Bunny and very interested in him.  He examined him for a little bit, then looked at me and said "there's a man in there."

We also hosted an Easter Playgroup with friends.  We had lunch, did a craft and hunted for eggs. 

The beautiful blooming bluebonnet fields are a favorite springtime Texas highlight.  We stopped by a field near our house to take a few pictures.  

 

Before Easter, we colored and decorated eggs.  Jake really wanted to make some of his look like a chick, so we did the best we could. 

We also decorated Easter cookies, although only about half the icing makes it on the cookies, the other half goes in the mouth.