Holidays – Page 89

Easter Day

April 12, 2013

We woke up at the lake bright and early Easter morning only to find out the Easter Bunny had been there! Hot dog! He left some fun goodies for both Maxwell and Spencer…

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I think Maxwell’s favorite gift was the egg full of M&Ms..for real. After the M&Ms, his favorites were the new Cars plate (and his brother’s Thomas plate!)..

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his monkey house shoes…

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and the slinky.

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He has loved his nerf football too! Spencer loved his Elmo rattle…

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but Spencer’s favorite was the bendable bunny, hands down. That bunny has been in his mouth pretty much every day since Easter!

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Not only did the bunny leave some fun presents, he also hid eggs all over the deck for Maxwell to hunt! By this point, Maxwell was a master egg hunter so had no problem finding all of the orange and yellow eggs…

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and even one golden egg!

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While all of the orange and yellow eggs had stickers in them, the golden egg had a Twix in it! yum!

I think Robert was hoping to get his fishing line back in the water one more time that morning, but before we could even finish our pancakes the rain came! Oh well! Overall it was a really fun weekend…even if we never did catch a fish! 🙂

The hunt!

April 11, 2013

On Saturday afternoon, we drove over to the Easter egg hunt outside of Montgomery that we go to every year (2012 and 2011). It’s hosted by the parents of one of Robert’s friends from high school and it’s always a fun time and good chance for him to see some old friends. Of course, you’ve got to dress up in some Easter duds to hunt the eggs! Spencer wore the same bubble Maxwell wore last year and Maxwell rocked some seersucker pants. Lookin’ sharp!

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We got really lucky with the weather this year – the rain held off and the temps were perfectly pleasant! We almost didn’t make it into the hunt though. When we got there, we parked and quickly realized we were totally stuck in mud. The Jeep was sunk down deep in muck and mire! (that’s for you, Robert!) Luckily someone with a tow rope was right there and gave us a quick tow to get us out. That would have been a mess if he hadn’t been there! But, we made it in and were happy to be there!

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When it was time to hunt for eggs, the boys were off!

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Maxwell did pretty good finding lots of the candy that was hidden around the grounds…

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and then he got to eat his findings. His favorite? a Cadbury Cream Egg! yum! He loved it just like his momma does! 🙂

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Spencer was a hit with all the ladies…they couldn’t stop squeezing on his cute little cheeks!

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Maxwell had fun running around, eating cookies and swinging!

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Spencer and I took our picture with the (scary!) Easter bunny. I had just handed my camera to some man to take the picture – he had a great eye, huh?! 🙂

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It was a fun day!

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See you tomorrow for the last of the Easter posts!

Finding balance

April 1, 2013

Happy Monday everyone! We had a really fun Easter weekend at the lake. It gave me a chance to really think on a lot of things I’m trying to balance in my life. Work, babies, family, friends…blogging. We’re all trying to find balance every day…even Maxwell at the tot lot. Gotta practice that balance!

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He’s got great balance! Right now, I don’t have such great balance. There’s just too much to do and not enough time in the day so something has to give. I’m sad to say that the thing that has to give is the blog. I just can’t do it all and am going to be signing off for…well, I don’t know for how long. Hopefully not indefinitely. I’ve loved seeing you all here every day and hope to see you all again when I can get things a little more in control in my life. I’m leaving you with some sweet pictures of my little Spencer…he and his brother are the reason I’m signing off after all.

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Thanks for reading and April Fools. Did I get you? I’m never quitting this bloggy blog…knowing I’m capturing all these memories is the only thing making me feel balanced these days! 🙂 See you tomorrow!

Happy Easter!

March 31, 2013

happy easter!

Egg Hunt

March 29, 2013

Last Sunday we went to the egg hunt at church and Maxwell had a ball. We’ve been having egg hunts around the house for about 2 weeks now so he was ready for the real thing! 🙂

Looking cute and Easter-y!

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Spencer and I met Robert and Maxwell up at church and all of Maxwell’s Sunday School friends were very interested in checking out the baby!

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Luckily big brother Maxwell stepped in to save Spencer!

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I don’t think Spencer minded sweet Anne checking him out though! 🙂

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It was then time to head over to the hunt which they had moved inside because of the soggy, wet ground. While waiting, Maxwell got his basket stuck on his head…

I laughed and took another picture before finally helping him get it off! 🙂

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Spencer enjoyed the hunt from the comfort of his stroller…

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But Maxwell was on a mission…

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His goal wasn’t to get as many eggs as possible though…

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No, his goal was to get all the ORANGE eggs he could find! He only wanted those orange ones!

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He knows what he likes! He ended up with a pretty full basket with mostly orange eggs plus a few red and yellow mixed in. Not a blue or green in sight! He was even more excited when I showed him the eggs had candy in them!

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