Happy Easter!

The crew really got excited about seeing the Easter Bunny this year. They were even more excited to color eggs and find their baskets and do an egg hunt today! I will let the pics tell the story.

 

The finished eggs!  They did a great job!

                                                The Easter Bunny brought lots of fun stuff!

The carnage after the egg hunt!  LOL

The weather was soo mice we got the kids outside and had fun!

A Cute Video of the Boys!

A Birthday Post - whose bday? Mine!

Georgetown Cupcakes for my 39th birthday!  Thanks to the wonderful Roach family! I was soo excited to enjoy these!  They were super yummy and I did share - a few!  LOL

 Georgetown Cupcake is featured in the tv show DC Cupcakes which I love to watch every week.  Getting the cupcakes was a great start to my birthday weekend.  Dave let me sleep in on Saturday and then he and the kids surprised me with this-

Awesome!  We don't drink coffee, but love herbal teas, hot cider and hot chocolate.  Now when I have friends over they can have coffee without me having to make a fuss and I can have tea all within about 4 minutes!  I have loved trying it out the past few days!  My friend from church came over with balloons and we chatted for a bit, then the babysitter got here and Dave and I were out!  Rachael Roach was nice enough to watch the kids for us for a few hours.  It was amazing!  We went to a great seafood restaurant in Mystic, went to see a comedy show at the casino and walked around and talked for hours! It was definitely a great night! I have missed our couple time in the evenings while he is at work!  Sunday was a relaxing day and then dinner with our other favorite family the Boyers!  All in all a great birthday weekend! 
      However, Sunday night I woke up at 2am with a nasty headache and by Monday morning I was feeling awful.  I was achy, feverish and had a nasty headache and super sore throat.  Monday was rough, but Tuesday was even worse.  Now today, I am finally starting to feel more human again and ready to get back to working out and hanging with the kids!

This weekend the weather was nice enough for us to get outside and get some much needed yard work done! We got the kids little sets with shovels and rakes and they loved "helping" rake the big piles of leaves in the front yard.

That little pink person in the middle of that huge pile of leaves - would be Jessica in her jacket!  She sat in there and played for 1/2 hour.  We got the front yard done and hopefully we can tackle the backyard very soon if the rain stays away!

March is Flying By!

Wow - I blink and 2 weeks have gone by!  Yikes!   We have been busy as usual, but Jess and I were able to travel to PA for my cousin's wedding together!  It was soo much fun spending the weekend getting major one on one time with her.  We left on Fri the 11th in the morning, went to my cousin's wedding that afternoon! She was a great traveler and handled all the newness well.  She was quiet as a mouse during the wedding ceremony and I could not get her off the dance floor during the reception!  We stayed with my Grandma and Zia - they enjoyed spoiling her rotten.  We spent Saturday visiting/playing with several family members.  My dad made an awesome breakfast then Jess had a blast having cousin Michele all to herself while we visited with Aunt EJ and Uncle David.  In the evening, we visited with cousins Lisa and Bob and their 3 girls.  Jess was in heaven with all the girly toys!  lol  She even had a bath with Alivia and Ava - she cried when it was time to go - she was having way too much fun! We came back on Sunday afternoon and the boys were very excited to see me and their sister!  I enjoyed it so much that I decided that I am going to take both boys on their own weekends away with me. 
     While Jess and I were away in PA  - it was all the boys hanging out together!  Dave said he had lots of fun playing with the little ones and he and Lucas were able to get along. ( Trust me - Lucas and him getting along is BIG)
      What else?  The weather gave us teaser spring week last week.  All the snow is melted and we even got outside several times to every one's delight and started to enjoy our backyard.  Swim  and gymnastic lessons at the Y are going great and I am going to zumba classes 2-3 times a week as well. 
      I was sick with a head cold for most of last week and am finally felling better!  Now,  let's hope that Lucas and the trio don't get sick!

Things have been busy around here!

First things first, Lucas has a new smile!  He got the top row of his braces on last week!  His orthodontic treatment time will be about 2 1/2 years and involve a surgery, but I know he will have a great smile in time for his senior year of high school!  He is adjusting well and was only sore for a few days.  The little kids did not know what to think when they saw him for the first time.  LOL

Last weekend, we took the kids to Olde Mystic Village for a chowder cook off.  We, and by we I mean Dave, Lucas and I, tried 5 different chowders as we walked thru the shops.  The little kids were content with juice and a soft pretzel, although Jess did try a spoonful or two of chowder! It was a brisk day, but the kids loved walking around, seeing the ducks and just being outside felt good!  A quick pic while we waited for Dad and Lucas to get some chowder -

see - they were way to excited to be outside to even look my way!  LOL

I am trying again this year to do a 365 blog with a pic a day, some days I remember at 11pm, but hey at least I remember right? Anyway after dinner one night I realized that I had not taken a photo and when I asked them to pose this is what I got - 

crazy kids!  Love 'em!

This crazy mom let the kids use the couch cushions to bounce on!  When they got tired of bouncing they did not want to put them back and watched the last show before bed just like this -

Towards the end of last summer we heard about these floatation devices called puddle jumpers.  We even tried one a my friend's pool, but the kids were a little unsure  - NOT this year!  I found them at Target for $18 a peice and snatched them right up.  I know it is early to be thinking summer, but we have been swimming at the Y and thought they would be great!  and save Mom and Dad's arms in the process!  The kids were wearing them all around the house for the first few days!  see-

When we finally got them to the pool, Jess did awesome!  She loved being able to swim all by herself!  She also spent about half an hour just climbing out and jumping right back in!  She would go under, pop right up and just laugh with a huge smile on her face - definitely my water baby!  The boys did well, I think another time or two will have them enjoying the freedom too!

The little kids started a gymnastics class on Thursdays at the Y and they loved it!  Let's hope swim lessons (1st time without Mom and Dad for the boys!) go just as well on Tuesdays!!

Lastly, in other big news - we got into the preschool I wanted for the fall!!!!!!  They will actually be starting in July with their summer program and going Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 -1 for six weeks!  Then once the fall semester starts they will be going MWF 9-1130!  It is pretty costly, but I know that it will do both them and I a world of good!  They are already talking about going back to school! Can you tell I am just a wee bit excited?  WOO HOO!!!!