Easter Sunday

Cale was having none of the posing but we did get his hair done before church!

Easter

This Easter was so fun and jam packed with fun activities. Friday we did a BBQ and egg hunt at the park and the kids played and played I don't think Cale came to talk to me at all the whole time we were there. The weather was perfect and Maryn fell asleep in my arms, it was very fun. Saturday morning I took Cale to a pancake breakfast and egg hunt with my parents( Maryn stayed home to have a nap and Cason stayed home to study :( ) Saturday afternoon we went to the Surprise Eggstravaganza where the had a bunch of candy and plastic eggs on two of the spring training fields and let the kids go by age group onto the field and pick the place clean. I don't think I have ever seen candy picked up faster. They also had face painting food and a lot of jumpy houses. Later that day we had a nap then colored eggs. Sunday we went to my parents for dinner and decorated cookies. The kids were both asleep by 7:00 that night and Cale was a little sun burned but It was a lot of fun.

Spring goodness

kids kids kids

Well I feel like all I write about are my kids, but thats what I do and who I am with 90% of the time. Most of the time they are easy to be with but sometimes I have seriously considered selling them on Craigs List. SERIOUSLY! Today was an especially warm day so I decided to get out our little blow up pool and play outside. That lasted about an hour and 45min of it was me taking toys away from Cale because he was using them to dump water on his poor sister.

I have been trying a new (kinda new) thing with them limiting TV time and doing more activities before we are stuck inside most of the day because of the heat. They weren't watching that much before but I felt like it was too much (how much is too much?)
And so far the table and tile has crayon all over it. Every toy bin is dumped out and my house is totally trashed (I'll pick it up later there's no sense in doing it now) The morning trip to the park ended in a full out tantrum, and playing with the little water pirate ship outside consisted of cale drenching me with the hose and laughing hysterically then squirting the screen door getting water all over the house.

Needless to say I haven't showered today or really sat down, except to write this post, and Im not trying to write about how terrible my kids are (cause they're not there pretty good most of the time) I am just writing because everyone has THOSE DAYS and today was one of mine. A lot of times on blogs people write or post about all the positive things and happy times,which is good, you don't want to dwell on the bad, but I think its good to let people know that some days just suck and sometimes kids are just hard!




PS I am looking for good ideas of things to do inside with little ones

Happy Valentines Day

This Valentines day was a little different. Usually I am all about holidays and do lots of stuff, but valentines day totally snuck up on my this year. We got the kids a treat and a couple little toys but we didn't make any cookies or do any crafts or anything which makes me sad but I guess their still little and won't really remember how bunk it was.

We did eat a lot of candy and had a heart shaped pizza. I know Cale enjoyed his treats and Maryn enjoyed her toys.

what we've been up to

We have been trying to finish a few projects around the outside of the house before it gets too blazing hot, and Cale hsa been such a good helper.




We did take some time to enjoy the nice weather as well

Maryn Elizabeth

Maryn is growing so fast she is tall and thin for her hight but heavy for her age. She laughs and coos all the time. Shes constantly making noises and laughing at Cale. Shes such a happy baby now that shes a little older and grown out of that awful colicky stage. She eats a little rice and oatmeal but is still learning to eat from a spoon, she spits most of it back out. She sleeps about 12hours at night waking up once sometimes twice, but shes so fun and always makes me smile. I love watching Cale and her play, and I hope he is still nice to her when they grow a little older.