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Hippity Hoppity

April 17, 2014

We’ve been hopping down the bunny trail this week getting ready for Peter Cottontail!

Maxwell got to hunt eggs at church last weekend, at school yesterday, and even in the backyard on Tuesday thanks to Mrs. Susan!

eggs

He said, “Momma! I think I have ONE HUNDRED eggs!” For the record, he had 54!

eggs

We dyed some eggs too. GJ had sent us these neat pastic dyeable eggs that I thought would be great…

eggs

but they weren’t. They floated in the cups and, no matter how long we soaked them, couldn’t get anything better than a dull pastel color.

eggs

So, Maxwell and Mrs. Susan dyed some real ones the next day so he could have a real orange egg!

eggs

The boys had fun up at Bunny Tales at the library of course…

bynny tales

and Spencer even got to work in a visit to the big bunny himself.

bunny

We’re ready for the bunny to come Easter morning!

We had a GORGEOUS spring weekend…practically summer weather actually. It made me realize the boys could use some new summer shoes. I took them up to Sikes first thing Saturday morning to get some new Keens. I really wanted to get red for both of them but they didn’t even have red as an option! Hmph. So, we walked away with these instead…

keens

Yes, orange. Orange is his favorite color and these were the ones he wanted.

keens

He’s REALLY proud of them and I think they’re great because I know how much he loves them. Spencey got these adorable multicolored ones…

keens

Spencer’s are a size 7 and Maxwell’s a size 10! whoa! He’s got canoes at the end of his legs! 🙂 Of course, we had to pick our clothes on Sunday based on what would match our new shoes!

new shoes

new keens

Adorable.

Palm Sunday egg hunt

April 14, 2014

On Sunday we all made it up to church for Palm Sunday and stayed for the egg hunt! It was a beautiful, warm day so they boys could definitely dress “springy” and I figured this is the last year I’d be able to put Maxwell in a jon-jon so I went for it. And I have to say that he looked ridiculously cute. Spencer was in the jon-jon that Maxwell wore for Easter 2 years ago (with a broken leg!) as well as at Spencer’s baptism. I have to say that he also looked ridiculously cute.

Attempted a backyard pic unsuccessfully…

palm sunday

Got a few in front of church…

palm sunday

and got Maxwell there in time to march in the palm parade…

palm sunday

After church was the egg hunt. They tried to get all the kids to sit on the steps before the hunt so they could take a big picture…yea, good luck with that!

egg hunt

When the hunt started, the eggs for the “big kids” aged 3 to 3rd grade went really fast…as in every single egg was gone within 30 seconds before Maxwell could even get over there. So, we went over to the “little kids” area and let Maxwell get the 6 orange eggs he wanted to get. Yep, 6 orange eggs. That’s all he wanted and when he got them, he was done! Then he helped Spencer get 2 eggs. He also helped Spencer eat his candy. He’s such a good big brother. 🙂

egg hunt

Don’t worry though, Spencer was sure to snatch a piece of candy for himself!

candy

Happy Monday!

A No Love Letter

April 11, 2014

Dear Pollen,

You’re such a lovely shade of green and I do love the color green. However, you coat all of our outside toys and plants and really just make a mess of things. You’ve been hanging around for about two weeks and I think it’s safe to say you’ve already worn out your welcome. Spencer and his red, swollen, itchy eyes agree…

allergy eyes

You can leave now. Welcome spring!

Cheers,

Stephanie

ps – have a great Spring weekend!

Puppy Love

April 10, 2014

So, “Puppy” is to Spencer what NeNe is to Maxwell – his lovey, his main squeeze, his most prized possession. We try very hard to not let Puppy leave Spencer’s room. When he gets up in the morning we always make him put Puppy back in the bed and he does it with no complaints. But, he’s also known to sneak into his room and reach through the rails of his crib to grab his beloved Puppy from time to time! Sometimes you just need a little lovin’ from your lovey, you know?

Last week we were out in the yard and poor Spencey was having a rough time with itchy, allergy eyes and just a case of the all-overs (ever get those?). He disappeared inside and, next thing I knew, he proudly walked outside with Puppy hanging from his mouth. Stinker. All I could think about was poor Puppy getting covered in grass and pollen so I snatched it out of his mouth to take back inside. This is what Spencer did when I took his favorite buddy away…

Puppy