Easter Dinner in Columbiana

 

We went to Aunt Sherry’s house the week before Easter for Gwynn’s first Easter egg hunt. We weren’t sure how she’d do since she’s so young and had never done anything like that before, but she ended up doing awesome!

Gwynn listening to instructions from mommy on what to do.

Gwynn put her basket down while she went hunting for eggs which was probably a good idea as it helped her run around faster.

Luke didn’t do any hunting, but he’ll be ready for next time.

Luke was all smiles as he took notes on how to Easter egg hunt.

Gwynn’s basket slowly fills up.

Gwynn was very deliberate about picking up her basket, she never dropped a single egg.

Daddy showing Gwynn where some more eggs can be found.

“Mom! Come here! Look at how good I did!”

Gwynn accidently open up an egg. Her response was to say “Uh oh!” and give it to daddy to fix.

Going over her loot.

Happy Birthday Grace!

Grace turned 7 on March 21st and we celebrated on her actual birthday with dinner at Outback.

Although Luke would have probably eaten a nice, juicy steak…he had to settle for a bottle and puffs instead.

On Saturday we celebrated Grace’s birthday again with a “Wizard of Oz” party!

We put Gwynn in the bouncy house and she didn’t really like it.

She would run to the door after about 3 seconds of jumping!

They had the movie playing inside.  Kate and Daddy enjoyed watching that.

Gwynn wasn’t into the movie, so she played with Kate’s dolls.

We kept saying how miserable Luke is going to be in a few years when he’s the only boy at these parties…I guess him and Daddy will have to stay home and do guy things while Mommy and Gwynn go to the girlie parties!

Luke loves his Uncle Jack!

We had a great time celebrating Grace’s birthday…we can’t believe she’s already 7!

Mommy and Me Playtime

One of Mommy’s friends invited us to join her for Mommy and Me Playtime.  Since we are on Spring Break this week we were able to go.  It was so much fun!

Gwynn was a little apprehensive at first with all the new kids and new toys, but she came around eventually and had a blast!

They had an obstacle course set up…the kids had to run in and out of cones, lift weights, go over a step, crawl across a mat, hop in and out of a ladder on the floor, and go through a tunnel. Gwynn didn’t do it exactly right, but she tried hard. 

They had free play next. I think we’re going to have to get Gwynn a hula hoop
…and a ball pit
…and a tunnel.
They ended the class with stretches and Gwynn’s favorite part…
a treat bag with snacks inside!

Sweet boy

Dinosaurs at the Zoo

We took a trip to the Zoo today.  It was pretty much the perfect day to go…the weather was SO NICE! They have a special exhibit on dinosaurs set up so we decided to check it out.  It was really cool…the dinosaurs move, make noise, and some even spit water at you! Luke and Mommy came very close to getting soaked!
Daddy told Gwynn all about dinosaurs along the way.
Mommy and Gwynn about to be eaten by a T-Rex. Gwynn didn’t know that this dinosaur made noise and jumped a foot when it roared at us!

Luke missed the dinosaur exhibit.

Someone’s getting sleepy…

Daddy teaching Gwynn how to drive a tractor.
Someone’s awake!!

We had such a great time at the zoo…we know we’ll get lots of use out of our membership in the next few months since the weather is so nice.

Spring Break so far…

We are staying in town for Spring Break this year. It’s nice to get to sleep in (at least until 7 am) and just hang out with the kids instead of always being on the go.

Luke wore himself out at dinner one night…

We bought a new (used) jogging stroller, so we’ve been putting some miles on that.  Mommy and Daddy are doing a 5K in June, so the training has begun!

We’ve tried potty-training Gwynn. She LOVES her Minnie undies and has actually used the potty once, but we’ve had lots of accidents too. 

Another ride in the stroller.

This little guy started crawling this week, so he’s been spending lots of time in the bouncer!  :-)