Easter Sunday!

Easter morning the boys woke up to an egg trail outside their doors that led them to our room. Once they came in our room and woke us up we got up and got the video camera out and then the hunt for the boys Easter basket ensued. 

The Easter Bunny left the boys messages in each of their baskets inside an egg that led them to an even better surprise! 

Squirt Guns!!! WHAT?? These boys were stoked! 

Then the candy eating began. haha 

Emmett had a basket too and he had a hidden surprise as well. His was this massive Mickey Mouse!! Emmett was so excited about his Mickey! He wanted to take it to church so badly and was pretty upset when we didn't let him. 

After church we had some lunch and then let the boys dye some eggs since we had not gotten around to it during that week. 

Emmett thought it was more fun just to dunk his hands in the colored water and then lick his hands. So gross!! We had actually done the vinegar in our egg dyeing stuff and I can't believe Emmett kept trying to drink it! So nasty!! 

These were the best pictures I could get of these 3 crazy boys! haha It was a little stressful with Emmett trying to take every ones eggs and drink the egg dye but other than that it was fun! haha Thank goodness we had nice weather and could dye the eggs out in the backyard!

After some egg dyeing fun we had our Resurection Egg hunt and talked about the events leading up to Christ's death and resurrection! Then it was time to chat with the Murri's and then we had an Easter egg hunt with friends from church at the park. 

It was a sugar overloaded day but, a good day at that. The kids had fun with all the Easter festivities and I feel like we made sure that they remembered why we really celebrate Easter. It is a great time to remember Christ's atonement and resurrection! So it was a good day! :-) 

Some more Spring Fun!

We are so excited for Spring and all the nice weather to come as we get closer to summer. We have nice warm days and then we have some colder days. However, that just gets us more excited for the warm weather that summer will bring!! So we are just enjoying life as much as we can! 

We sure do love Costco lunch outings! :-) What is a costco outing without some pizza for lunch! :-) 

Put this little Captain America outfit on Emmett and he kept running around saying, "bad guy!" haha He would run and then stop and squat down and point and then start running! Seriously the cutest thing ever!! Also his new thing now is to point his finger at me so that I give him my finger so he can take me where he wants to go. haha 

blowing bubbles in the front yard since the kids would rather play in the front yard where I have to watch them instead of the backyard so I can get things done! haha 

Made some cookies and Emmett climbed up on the counter when I was not looking and started licking the spatula. I can't blame him and yet at the same time I didn't really want him to be licking it because it has all the raw egg in it. Oh well... he has put worse things in his mouth. Like toilet paper that he stuck in the toilet and then pulled out and stuck in his mouth! So..... GROSS!!!! 

Brandon started a new way of getting the boys to wash themselves. The boys think it is hillarious! What am I going to to with him!! haha Of course Emmett has to join int he fun as well and now when he is in the tub with them he will stand up and stick his chest out because he wants his nips (as the boys call them haha) covered with foam soap too! haha  

The weekend before Easter

The weekend before Easter our neighborhood put on its annual Easter egg hunt at the park. This year they had 15,000 eggs for the kids and did 3 different egg hunts for different age groups. There were also 4 food trucks and some bounce houses as well as popcorn, cotton candy and snow cones. It was a big deal this year and the kids had a lot of fun! They also got way too much candy! haha 

Emmett was super excited about all the eggs on the ground!! I do believe this was his first egg hunt where he understood more of what was going on and why he wanted to get the eggs. haha The first egg he grabbed he opened up and was ready to just dig into the one piece of candy! haha 

Ethan was ready to book it as fast as he could to get his eggs when it was his turn. Both Ethan and Wyatt filled their baskets up completely!! 

They were only a little excited! haha 

Emmett thought he wanted to go in the bounce house but was very mistaken and cried almost instantly!! 

Later that day I took Ethan for some one on one time! Wyatt was at a birthday party so it was the perfect opportunity! It was super windy but we decided to ride our bikes to the bigger park near us. Then after playing there for a little bit we decided it was too windy and we started the windy trek back home. It was funny taking Ethan to the park. He kept showing me things that he could do and then telling me that I couldn't do it. So naturally I had to show him that I could do it. I also took the opportunity to tell him, "see!! You can do anything you set your mind to." I wanted to show him that when I made up my mind that I could do something than even though it may be hard I could do it as long as it is safe and smart and I don't give up! 

After the park we headed home and put together the batman kite that I have bought from costco close to 2 years ago. Then we headed to the little park to fly it for a little bit! 

Ethan LOVED flying the kite! Plus the kite was going crazy because it was super windy! So it was going all over the place and was making us laugh! At one point I went to go pick it up off the ground for Ethan to get it in the air again and as I got to it the kite shot back into the air and scared me! haha 

I normally don't like going out in the wind. However, it was a really warm day with a warm wind, so we decided to take advantage of it. 

After getting Wyatt from the party he was at we headed to get some slurpees! Since that is what we do and then headed back to the park for some more kite fun with the whole family! 

Wyatt thought it was pretty cool too. He seemed to be the best at flying the kite too. It would start to come down and Wyatt would tug on it and it would shoot straight back up into the sky! 

Emmett was scared of the kite and made sure to stay close to Daddy on the bench! haha 

Then he got brave enough to fly it with Daddy's help! 

Then of course, after flying the kite we had to play at the park for just a little bit. Then it was time to head home and call it a day! It was a good Saturday! I have decided that I need to take the boys out individually more often. It was so good for me to get out with Ethan and to just have some fun! It is always nice to be able to take a break from my "strict mommy" role and be able to be "fun mom" every once in a while!